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Movies that feel like Let the Right One In (2008)

If you loved Let the Right One In, the closest films we have are Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Carrie (2013) and The Babadook (2014). All three share Let the Right One In's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on MGM Plus, fuboTV and MGM+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 98% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tomas Alfredsondreadunsettlingcontemplative

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If Let the Right One In hit the spot, these will too

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street poster
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.3drama Β· horror

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

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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Carrie
2013 Β· dir. Kimberly Peirce
πŸ… 51%β˜… 5.8drama Β· horror

Both keep circling back to murder

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.

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The Babadook
2014 Β· dir. Jennifer Kent
πŸ… 98%β˜… 6.8drama Β· 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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mother!
2017 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.6horror Β· drama

Both trade on dread more than on being drama

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 Β· dir. Nicolas Pesce
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.2drama Β· horror

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

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

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Interview with the Vampire
1994 Β· dir. Neil Jordan
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7.5horror Β· drama Β· fantasy

Both circle vampire and child vampire

The difference: Leans fantasy where Let the Right One In does not

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

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The Orphanage
2007 Β· dir. J. A. Bayona
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Contemplative drama in both cases

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

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Bone Tomahawk
2015 Β· dir. S. Craig Zahler
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.1drama Β· horror Β· western

Both built around murder

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappearβ€”only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

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It Chapter Two
2019 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Horror built on dread, twice over

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

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Under the Shadow
2016 Β· dir. Babak Anvari
πŸ… 99%β˜… 6.8drama Β· horror Β· war

Drama with a pulse of unease, in both cases

After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.

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Berberian Sound Studio
2012 Β· dir. Peter Strickland
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.2horror Β· drama Β· thriller

A streak of stillness through both

In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.

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The Shallows
2016 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.3horror Β· drama Β· thriller

The same horror instincts

While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.

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