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Movies that feel like Saw X (2023)

If you loved Saw X, the closest films we have are Final Destination Bloodlines (2025), Malignant (2021) and Fear Street: 1994 (2021). All three share Saw X's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Between the events of 'Saw' and 'Saw II', a sick and desperate John Kramer travels to Mexico for a risky and experimental medical procedure in hopes of a miracle cure for his cancer, only to discover the entire operation is a scam to defraud the most vulnerable. Armed with a newfound purpose, the infamous serial killer returns to his work, turning the tables on the con artists in his signature visceral way through devious, deranged, and ingenious traps.

πŸ… 81% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kevin Greutertdreadunsettlingtwistyplayful
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If Saw X 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 V (2008) Β· Saw VI (2009)

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Final Destination Bloodlines
2025 Β· dir. Zach Lipovsky
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mystery

Common ground: gore

The difference: Not nearly as playful as Saw X

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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Malignant
2021 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery

One thread runs through both: serial killer

The difference: None of the play Saw X is built on

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.

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Fear Street: 1994
2021 Β· dir. Leigh Janiak
πŸ… 84%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery Β· drama

Both are built on the same subject: drugs

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Saw X does

After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.

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The Medium
2021 Β· dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery

Both land dread and unease at once

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 Empty Man
2020 Β· dir. David Prior
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery

Horror built on twists, twice over

On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.

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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
2018 Β· dir. Jung Bum-shik
πŸ… 92%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery

Dread-soaked mystery in both cases

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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Hellhole
2022 Β· dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.8horror Β· mystery

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

In a monastery cut off from the world, the monks run a clinic for the possessed. One day, a young policeman Marek comes to the convent. Posing as a clergyman, he penetrates monastic life and tries to explain the recent, mysterious disappearance of several tormented inmates. It turns out, however, that there is no way out of the monastery.

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The Lodge
2020 Β· dir. Severin Fiala
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6horror Β· mystery

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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Lee Cronin's The Mummy
2026 Β· dir. Lee Cronin
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery

Both lean on dread more than on horror

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a traceβ€”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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A Classic Horror Story
2021 Β· dir. Roberto De Feo
πŸ… 55%β˜… 5.7horror Β· mystery

Both lean on unease more than on mystery

Five people travelling by camper crash into a tree. When they recover, the road they were driving on has been replaced by an impenetrable forest and a wooden house.

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Black Christmas
2019 Β· dir. Sophia Takal
πŸ… 41%β˜… 3.5horror Β· mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: serial killer

A group of sorority pledges are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young women discover that the killer is part of an underground campus conspiracy.

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Paranormal Activity 3
2011 Β· dir. Henry Joost
πŸ… 68%β˜… 5.8horror Β· mystery

Both run twisty where it counts

In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.

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