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Movies that feel like Long Weekend (1979)

If you loved Long Weekend, the closest films we have are Coma (1978), The House That Screamed (1969) and The Others (2001). All three share Long Weekend's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, AMC+ Amazon Channel and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

When a suburban couple goes camping for the weekend at a remote beach, they discover that nature isn't in an accommodating mood.

πŸ… 89% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Colin Egglestondreadunsettlingtwistytense

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If Long Weekend hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Weekend (2011) Β· Spa Weekend (2026)

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Coma
1978 Β· dir. Michael Crichton
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.9thriller Β· mystery Β· horror

Both land dread and unease at once

When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.

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The House That Screamed
1969 · dir. Chicho IbÑñez Serrador
β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

The same mix in both: twists, then tension

Southern France, 19th century. Teresa, a young girl, arrives at an isolated female boarding school that is tyrannically mastered by Mrs. Fourneau, the strict headmistress, whose protective shadow haunts Luis, her weak son.

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The Others
2001 Β· dir. Alejandro AmenΓ‘bar
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.6horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The difference: A 2000s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

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Noroi: The Curse
2005 Β· dir. Koji Shiraishi
β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Mystery built on unease, twice over

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.

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Psycho
1960 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8.5horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Both trade on twists more than on being thriller

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

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Sinister
2012 Β· dir. Scott Derrickson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.8horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Tense horror in both cases

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

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You're Next
2013 Β· dir. Adam Wingard
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.6horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Dread-soaked mystery, and it commits to that

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

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Resolution
2013 Β· dir. Justin Benson
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.4horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Unsettling thriller, and it commits to that

A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.

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Goodnight Mommy
2015 Β· dir. Severin Fiala
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both trade on twists more than on being horror

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

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Escape Room
2019 Β· dir. Adam Robitel
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both trade on tension more than on being mystery

Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.

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Us
2019 Β· dir. Jordan Peele
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Horror approached the same way

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021 Β· dir. Michael Chaves
πŸ… 56%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Cut from the same mystery cloth

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.

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