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Movies that feel like Saint Maud (2020)

If you loved Saint Maud, the closest films we have are Us (2019), Escape Room (2019) and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). All three share Saint Maud'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 HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 92% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Rose Glassdreadunsettlingtwistytenseobsessivelonely

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Us
2019 Β· dir. Jordan Peele
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Not nearly as obsessive as Saint Maud

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

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Escape Room
2019 Β· dir. Adam Robitel
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Twisty and tense in the same breath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.

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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021 Β· dir. Michael Chaves
πŸ… 56%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Horror built on dread, twice over

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.

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Pulse
2001 Β· dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

The same preoccupation in both: loneliness

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

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Goodnight Mommy
2015 Β· dir. Severin Fiala
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Unsettling mystery in both cases

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

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You're Next
2013 Β· dir. Adam Wingard
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.6horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Both trade on twists more than on being thriller

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

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Sinister
2012 Β· dir. Scott Derrickson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.8horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Horror with a pulse of tension, in both cases

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

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Resolution
2013 Β· dir. Justin Benson
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.4horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Dread-soaked mystery, and it commits to that

A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.

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Noroi: The Curse
2005 Β· dir. Koji Shiraishi
β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Unsettling thriller in both cases

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

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The Others
2001 Β· dir. Alejandro AmenΓ‘bar
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.6horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Horror with a pulse of twists, in both cases

Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

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Hereditary
2018 Β· dir. Ari Aster
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.3horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Mystery with a pulse of tension, in both cases

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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Old
2021 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 50%β˜… 5.8thriller Β· mystery Β· horror

The same horror instincts

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

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