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Movies that feel likeMidsommar (2019)

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

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

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Hereditary
2018 · dir. Ari Aster
🍅 90%★ 7.3horror · mystery · thrillerPrime VideoMax

Aster again turning unbearable grief into ritual horror

The difference: Darkness and dread indoors — none of the daylight strangeness

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

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Smile
2022 · dir. Parker Finn
🍅 79%★ 6.5horror · mysteryParamount+

Trauma that follows you, smiling, no matter who you tell

The difference: Jump-scare machinery in place of slow ceremonial dread

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

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The Ritual
2017 · dir. David Bruckner
🍅 74%★ 6.4horror · mysteryNetflix

Grieving friends walking into Scandinavia's old, hungry places

The difference: A straight monster reveal — less patient, less strange

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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The Invitation
2016 · dir. Karyn Kusama
🍅 90%★ 6.6thriller · horrorPeacock

A gathering that smiles too much while grief curdles underneath

The difference: One dinner party's slow burn — smaller and more contained

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

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They Look Like People
2016 · dir. Perry Blackshear
🍅 92%★ 5.8drama · horror · mystery

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

Suspecting that people are transforming into malevolent shape-shifters, Wyatt flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian.

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It Comes at Night
2017 · dir. Trey Edward Shults
🍅 88%★ 6.1drama · horror · mysteryMax

Grief and mistrust doing more damage than any visible monster

The difference: Withholds almost everything — no answers, no spectacle

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

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Alone
2007 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
★ 6.4horror · mystery · drama

Grief and guilt taking physical form that won't be left behind

The difference: Classic vengeful-ghost scares over anthropological unease

When Pim and Ploy, twins conjoined at the stomach, are separated, the operation leaves Pim the surviving sister, haunted by Ploy's vengeful ghost.

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The Lodge
2020 · dir. Severin Fiala
🍅 75%★ 6horror · mystery

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Trades the stillness of Midsommar for an angle of its own

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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1408
2007 · dir. Mikael Håfström
🍅 80%★ 6.8horror · mystery

A skeptic's grief weaponized against him in a place with rules

The difference: A haunted-room ride — conventional scares, tidy runtime

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

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Lights Out
2016 · dir. David F. Sandberg
🍅 74%★ 6.3horror · mystery

Both land twists and melancholy at once

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

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Jigsaw
2017 · dir. Michael Spierig
🍅 32%★ 5.7horror · mystery

Horror built on dread, twice over

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.

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Barbarian
2022 · dir. Zach Cregger
🍅 92%★ 7horror · mystery · thrillerHulu

Hospitality as a trap that keeps getting worse the deeper you go

The difference: Swerving shock-ride fun, not a slow ceremonial descent

In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

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