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Movies that feel likeSaw V (2008)

Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests.

If you loved Saw V, the closest films we have are Gerald's Game (2017), The Innkeepers (2012) and Julia's Eyes (2010). All three share Saw V'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 Kill List (2011).

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If Saw V hit the spot, these will too

Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Saw (2004) Β· Saw II (2005) Β· Saw III (2006) Β· Saw IV (2007) Β· Saw VI (2009) Β· Saw 3D (2010)

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Gerald's Game
2017 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· dramaNetflix

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

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The Innkeepers
2012 Β· dir. Ti West
πŸ… 81%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

Tense where it counts, melancholy underneath

The difference: Trades the grit of Saw V for an angle of its own

During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

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Julia's Eyes
2010 Β· dir. Guillem Morales
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.7horror Β· thriller

Horror built on dread, twice over

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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Red Dragon
2002 Β· dir. Brett Ratner
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2crime Β· thriller Β· horrorNetflixPeacock

Two things both keep coming back to: serial killer and mind game

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

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Kill List
2011 Β· dir. Ben Wheatley
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller Β· crimeRent or buy

Gritty thriller, and it commits to that

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

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The House That Jack Built
2018 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.8drama Β· horror Β· crimeRent or buy

One thread runs through both: sadism

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Saw V does

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

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Wrong Turn
2003 Β· dir. Rob Schmidt
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: survival horror

Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.

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Knock Knock
2015 Β· dir. Eli Roth
πŸ… 37%β˜… 4.9horror Β· thriller Β· crimeMax

Both keep coming back to the same thing: torture

When a devoted husband and father is left home alone for the weekend, two stranded young women unexpectedly knock on his door for help. What starts out as a kind gesture results in a dangerous seduction and a deadly game of cat and mouse.

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Antichrist
2009 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 53%β˜… 6.5drama Β· horror Β· thrillerRent or buy

Common ground: torture

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

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As Above, So Below
2014 Β· dir. John Erick Dowdle
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller

Crime with a pulse of unease, in both cases

When a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.

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The Hills Have Eyes
2006 Β· dir. Alexandre Aja
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.4horror Β· thrillerPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: serial killer

Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon realizes the seemingly uninhabited wasteland is actually the breeding ground of a blood-thirsty mutant family...and they are the prey.

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Green Room
2016 Β· dir. Jeremy Saulnier
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7horror Β· crime Β· thrillerNetflix

Tense horror in both cases

Members of a punk rock band and a tough young woman are forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

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