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Movies that feel like Lamb (2021)

If you loved Lamb, the closest films we have are Interview with the Vampire (1994), mother! (2017) and The Eyes of My Mother (2016). All three share Lamb's contemplative and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on YouTube TV, fuboTV and MGM+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.

🍅 86% Rotten Tomatoes6.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Valdimar Jóhannssoncontemplativedreamlikedreadunsettlingmelancholy

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Interview with the Vampire
1994 · dir. Neil Jordan
🍅 66%7.5horror · drama · fantasy

Contemplative where it counts, dreamlike underneath

The difference: Not nearly as melancholy as Lamb

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

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mother!
2017 · dir. Darren Aronofsky
🍅 68%6.6horror · drama

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

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The Eyes of My Mother
2016 · dir. Nicolas Pesce
🍅 78%6.2drama · horror

Both trade on melancholy more than on being drama

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

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The Babadook
2014 · dir. Jennifer Kent
🍅 98%6.8drama · horror

Horror with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.

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Kwaidan
1965 · dir. Masaki Kobayashi
🍅 91%7.9horror · fantasy · drama

Fantasy built on dream logic, twice over

The difference: 56 years apart, and the 1960s show

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

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A Dark Song
2016 · dir. Liam Gavin
🍅 91%6.2horror · fantasy · mystery

Dread-soaked fantasy in both cases

The difference: Leans mystery where Lamb does not

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

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Nosferatu
2024 · dir. Robert Eggers
🍅 85%7.1horror · fantasy

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

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Don't Look Now
1973 · dir. Nicolas Roeg
🍅 93%7.1thriller · drama · horror

Melancholy drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Plays it as thriller more than Lamb does

While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

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🍅 86%7.3drama · horror

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

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The Witch
2016 · dir. Robert Eggers
🍅 91%7horror · drama · mystery

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.

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Let the Right One In
2008 · dir. Tomas Alfredson
🍅 98%7.8horror · drama

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

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Doctor Sleep
2019 · dir. Mike Flanagan
🍅 79%7.3horror · fantasy

Melancholy is the engine of both

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".

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