
Movies that feel likeMidsommar (2019)
If you loved Midsommar, the closest films we have are Hereditary (2018), Smile (2022) and The Ritual (2017). All three share Midsommar's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is They Look Like People (2016).
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If Midsommar hit the spot, these will too

Aster again turning unbearable grief into ritual horror
The difference: Darkness and dread indoors — none of the daylight strangeness

Trauma that follows you, smiling, no matter who you tell
The difference: Jump-scare machinery in place of slow ceremonial dread

Grieving friends walking into Scandinavia's old, hungry places
The difference: A straight monster reveal — less patient, less strange

A gathering that smiles too much while grief curdles underneath
The difference: One dinner party's slow burn — smaller and more contained

Not knowing whether the danger is real or in a loved one's mind
The difference: Tiny two-hander scale, with none of the pageantry

Grief and mistrust doing more damage than any visible monster
The difference: Withholds almost everything — no answers, no spectacle

Grief and guilt taking physical form that won't be left behind
The difference: Classic vengeful-ghost scares over anthropological unease

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath
The difference: Trades the stillness of Midsommar for an angle of its own

A skeptic's grief weaponized against him in a place with rules
The difference: A haunted-room ride — conventional scares, tidy runtime

Both land twists and melancholy at once

Horror built on dread, twice over
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Hospitality as a trap that keeps getting worse the deeper you go
The difference: Swerving shock-ride fun, not a slow ceremonial descent
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