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Movies that feel like Ma (2019)

If you loved Ma, the closest films we have are Hannibal Rising (2007), I Saw the Devil (2010) and Thir13en Ghosts (2001). All three share Ma'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 Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.

πŸ… 55% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tate Taylordreadunsettlingtenserelentless
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Hannibal Rising
2007 Β· dir. Peter Webber
πŸ… 16%β˜… 6.1crime Β· thriller Β· horror

Both are working the same pair: psychopath, revenge

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill and learnt sword skills from his Japanese girlfriend, who happened to have similar fate

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I Saw the Devil
2010 Β· dir. Kim Jee-woon
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.8thriller Β· horror

Both are built on the same subject: psychopath

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.

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Thir13en Ghosts
2001 Β· dir. Steve Beck
πŸ… 19%β˜… 5.6horror Β· thriller

Common ground: revenge

Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.

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The Purge: Anarchy
2014 Β· dir. James DeMonaco
πŸ… 58%β˜… 6.4horror Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: murder

One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans a vigilante mission of revenge during the mayhem. However, instead of a death-dealing avenger, he becomes the unexpected protector of four innocent strangers who desperately need his help if they are to survive the night.

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The Woman in Black
2012 Β· dir. James Watkins
πŸ… 66%β˜… 6.4drama Β· horror Β· thriller

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Ma does

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

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I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997 Β· dir. Jim Gillespie
πŸ… 47%β˜… 5.9horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: slasher

The difference: Leans harder into mystery than Ma does

After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.

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Revenge
2017 Β· dir. Coralie Fargeat
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.4action Β· horror Β· thriller

The same mix in both: tension, then relentlessness

Jen's romantic getaway with her wealthy married boyfriend is disrupted when his friends arrive for an impromptu hunting trip. Tension mounts at the house until the situation culminates in an unexpected way.

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Halloween Kills
2021 Β· dir. David Gordon Green
πŸ… 38%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: murder

The difference: None of the relentlessness Ma is built on

Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last encounter, she inspires her daughter Karen, her granddaughter Allyson, and all of Haddonfield to rise up against the unstoppable monster.

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I Spit on Your Grave
2010 Β· dir. Steven R. Monroe
πŸ… 32%β˜… 6.2thriller Β· crime Β· horror

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.

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Unfriended
2014 Β· dir. Levan Gabriadze
πŸ… 62%β˜… 5.6horror Β· mystery

The same preoccupation in both: underage drinking

While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.

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The Conference
2023 Β· dir. Patrik Eklund
πŸ… 72%β˜… 5.7horror Β· comedy

A 2020s answer to the same itch

A ragtag group of public sector employees battle not only their own discord but also a bloodthirsty killer during a seemingly innocuous retreat.

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Martyrs
2008 Β· dir. Pascal Laugier
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Thriller built on unease, twice over

A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.

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