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Movies that feel like Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)

If you loved Paranormal Activity 2, the closest films we have are Final Destination 5 (2011), The Medium (2021) and The Final Destination (2009). All three share Paranormal Activity 2'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 HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.

Just as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.

🍅 58% Rotten Tomatoes5.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Tod Williamsdreadunsettlingtwisty
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Paranormal Activity (2007) · Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

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Final Destination 5
2011 · dir. Steven Quale
🍅 64%5.9horror · mystery

Common ground: supernatural horror

Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.

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The Medium
2021 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
🍅 83%6.5horror · mystery

Two things both keep coming back to: supernatural and found footage

The difference: Reviewed even better

A shaman's family learn that their goddess is supposedly controlling one of them. However, their lives take a frightening turn when they realise the goddess has nothing to do with the possession.

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The Final Destination
2009 · dir. David R. Ellis
🍅 28%5.1horror · mystery

Both are built on the same subject: supernatural horror

A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.

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

The same preoccupation in both: paranormal phenomena

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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Noroi: The Curse
2005 · dir. Koji Shiraishi
6.8horror · mystery · thriller

One thread runs through both: paranormal phenomena

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Paranormal Activity 2 does

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

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Final Destination 2
2003 · dir. David R. Ellis
🍅 52%6.2horror · mystery

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.

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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
2018 · dir. Jung Bum-shik
🍅 92%6.5horror · mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: found footage

The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.

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Devil
2010 · dir. John Erick Dowdle
🍅 49%6.3horror · mystery · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: supernatural

A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the Devil.

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Final Destination Bloodlines
2025 · dir. Zach Lipovsky
🍅 92%6.7horror · mystery

Twisty horror in both cases

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

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[REC]³ Genesis
2012 · dir. Paco Plaza
🍅 45%5horror

Both are built on the same subject: demonic possession

The difference: Missing the twists of Paranormal Activity 2

A pair of newlyweds must fight to survive when their wedding reception descends into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.

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Lee Cronin's The Mummy
2026 · dir. Lee Cronin
🍅 45%6.2horror · mystery

Mystery with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

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Spiral: From the Book of Saw
2021 · dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
🍅 39%5.2horror · mystery

Horror built on unease, twice over

Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.

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