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Movies that feel like [REC]² (2009)

If you loved [REC]², the closest films we have are What We Become (2015), Veronica (2017) and Lake Mungo (2009). All three share [REC]²'s dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.

🍅 67% Rotten Tomatoes6.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Paco Plazatensedreadunsettling

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: [REC] (2007) · [REC]³ Genesis (2012) · [REC]⁴ Apocalypse (2014)

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What We Become
2015 · dir. Bo Mikkelsen
5.5horror · thriller

Two things both keep coming back to: zombie and virus

A family of four is quarantined in their home as a virulent strand of the flu spreads into town and they are forced to the extreme to escape alive.

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Veronica
2017 · dir. Paco Plaza
🍅 86%6.2horror

The same hand behind both of them: Paco Plaza

The difference: Missing the tension of [REC]²

In 1991 Madrid, after holding a séance at school, a teen girl minding her younger siblings at home suspects an evil force has entered their apartment.

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Lake Mungo
2009 · dir. Joel Anderson
🍅 92%6.2horror · thriller

Common ground: found footage

The difference: Reviewed even better

After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and parapsychologist, who discovers that Alice led a secret, double life. At Lake Mungo, Alice's secret past emerges.

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Creep
2014 · dir. Patrick Brice
🍅 91%6.3horror · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: found footage

Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote mountain town where he meets Josef, his cinematic subject for the day. Josef is sincere and the project seems heartfelt, so Aaron begins to film. But as the day goes on, it becomes clear that Josef is not who he says, and his intentions are not at all pure.

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The Sadness
2021 · dir. Rob Jabbaz
🍅 88%6.5horror · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: virus

A young couple is pushed to the limits of sanity as they attempt to be reunited amid the chaos of a pandemic outbreak. The streets erupt into violence and depravity, as those infected are driven to enact the most cruel and ghastly things imaginable.

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Ziam
2025 · dir. Kulp Kaljareuk
🍅 77%4.9horror · thriller · action

The same preoccupation in both: zombie

The difference: Leans harder into action than [REC]² does

In a fight for survival against a horrifying army of zombies, a former Muay Thai fighter must use skill, speed and grit to save his girlfriend.

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Ring
1998 · dir. Hideo Nakata
🍅 98%7.2horror · thriller

One thread runs through both: occult

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

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Julia's Eyes
2010 · dir. Guillem Morales
🍅 90%6.7horror · thriller

Tense where it counts, dread-soaked underneath

Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case.

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Saw VI
2009 · dir. Kevin Greutert
🍅 39%6.1horror · thriller

Thriller built on unease, twice over

Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

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

The same preoccupation in both: occult

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than [REC]² does

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

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Incantation
2022 · dir. Kevin Ko
🍅 79%6.2horror

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

Inspired by the true story of a family who believed they were possessed by spirits. This film follows a woman who must protect her child from a curse.

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The Visit
2015 · dir. M. Night Shyamalan
🍅 68%6.3horror · thriller

Both lean on tension more than on thriller

A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.

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