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Movies that feel likeObsession (2026)

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

If you loved Obsession, the closest films we have are Possession (1981), Hokum (2026) and When Evil Lurks (2023). All three share Obsession'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 Peeping Tom (1960).

🍅 93% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.9 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Curry Barkerdreadunsettlingtenseobsessive
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Possession
1981 · dir. Andrzej Żuławski
🍅 87%★ 7.2horrorRent or buy

Romantic desperation curdling into something monstrous and unreal

The difference: Far more extreme — shrieking marital breakdown as art-house assault

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

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Hokum
2026 · dir. Damian McCarthy
🍅 90%★ 7.3horror · thrillerRent or buy

A haunted retreat where guilt and folklore blur into visions

The difference: Gothic slow-burn mood — atmosphere over dark comedy

When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite. Disturbing visions and a shocking disappearance forces him to confront dark corners of his past.

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When Evil Lurks
2023 · dir. Demián Rugna
🍅 96%★ 6.9horror · thrillerRent or buy

Wrong choices letting evil spread — every fix makes things worse

The difference: Relentless gore and despair — the dark joke is gone

When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse, they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community.

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Peeping Tom
1960 · dir. Michael Powell
🍅 96%★ 7.6thriller · horror

Common ground: obsession

The difference: 66 years apart, and the 1960s show

Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.

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Saint Maud
2020 · dir. Rose Glass
🍅 92%★ 6.6horror · mystery · thrillerPrime Video

Devotion tipping into delusion — one mind's need consuming everything

The difference: Utterly humorless and sad — a lonely spiral you watch helpless

Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.

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Evil Dead Rise
2023 · dir. Lee Cronin
🍅 85%★ 6.5horror · thrillerMax

Relentless horror that refuses to let up

The difference: Demonic gore-machine, family-sized

A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

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The Neon Demon
2016 · dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
🍅 59%★ 6.1horror · thrillerPrime Video

Obsession curdling into something predatory and strange

The difference: Fashion-world art horror, glacial style

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

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Insidious: Chapter 2
2013 · dir. James Wan
🍅 38%★ 6.6horror · thriller

Buried secrets feeding the present's terror

The difference: Ghost-mythology sequel

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

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Heretic
2024 · dir. Scott Beck
🍅 89%★ 7thriller · horrorMaxHulu

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Easier on the obsession than Obsession

Two young missionaries are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed, becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse.

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[REC]
2007 · dir. Jaume Balagueró
🍅 90%★ 7.4horror · mystery

Both are built on the same subject: obsession

The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than Obsession does

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.

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Orphan
2009 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 59%★ 7horror · thrillerMax

Fixation hiding behind an innocent face

The difference: Domestic infiltration, twist-famous

After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

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Death Whisperer
2023 · dir. Taweewat Wantha
★ 5.9horror · thrillerNetflix

Horror with a pulse of tension, in both cases

When a remote village is plagued by a deadly curse, one brother must fight to save his family from a terrifying supernatural threat.

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