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Movies that feel like Repulsion (1965)

If you loved Repulsion, the closest films we have are Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Devil's Backbone (2001) and Don't Look Now (1973). All three share Repulsion's contemplative and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on fuboTV, Paramount Plus Premium and Paramount Plus Essential and others, checked against today's data.

Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.

πŸ… 96% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Roman Polanskicontemplativetensedreadunsettlingdreamlikelonely

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If Repulsion hit the spot, these will too

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Rosemary's Baby
1968 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8drama Β· horror Β· thriller

Roman Polanski working the same nerve twice

The difference: None of the dream logic that defines Repulsion

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

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The Devil's Backbone
2001 Β· dir. Guillermo del Toro
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.4fantasy Β· drama Β· horror

Contemplative where it counts, tense underneath

The difference: Leans fantasy where Repulsion does not

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa LucΓ­a orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.

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Don't Look Now
1973 Β· dir. Nicolas Roeg
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1thriller Β· drama Β· horror

Both built around hallucination

The difference: Missing the loneliness of Repulsion

While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

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The Shining
1980 Β· dir. Stanley Kubrick
πŸ… 84%β˜… 8.4horror Β· thriller

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

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Black Swan
2010 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 85%β˜… 8drama Β· thriller Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: hallucination

The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."

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Candyman
1992 Β· dir. Bernard Rose
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.7drama Β· horror Β· thriller

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

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The Orphanage
2007 Β· dir. J. A. Bayona
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

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It Chapter Two
2019 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Both trade on dread more than on being horror

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

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The Shallows
2016 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.3horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Drama built on unease, twice over

While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.

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Dead of Night
1945 Β· dir. Charles Crichton
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5horror Β· thriller

Black and white is the engine of both

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

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Berberian Sound Studio
2012 Β· dir. Peter Strickland
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.2horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Contemplative thriller in both cases

In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.

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Kwaidan
1965 Β· dir. Masaki Kobayashi
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.9horror Β· fantasy Β· drama

Both trade on dream logic more than on being horror

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

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