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Movies that feel like Sleep Tight (2011)

If you loved Sleep Tight, the closest films we have are Hush (2016), Split (2017) and The Conjuring (2013). All three share Sleep Tight's tense and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

César, an unhappy concierge, maintains a peculiar relationship with the very diverse inhabitants of the upper-class apartment building where he works in Barcelona.

🍅 91% Rotten Tomatoes7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Jaume Balaguerótensedreadunsettlinglonely

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Hush
2016 · dir. Mike Flanagan
🍅 92%6.6horror · thriller

Tense where it counts, dread-soaked underneath

A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.

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Split
2017 · dir. M. Night Shyamalan
🍅 79%7.3horror · thriller

Both keep circling back to stalking

The difference: Missing the loneliness of Sleep Tight

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

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The Conjuring
2013 · dir. James Wan
🍅 86%7.5horror · thriller

Thriller built on unease, twice over

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

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Insidious
2011 · dir. James Wan
🍅 66%6.8horror · thriller

Tense horror, and it commits to that

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.

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Orphan
2009 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 59%7horror · thriller

Thriller with a pulse of dread, in both cases

After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

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Insidious: Chapter 2
2013 · dir. James Wan
🍅 38%6.6horror · thriller

Both trade on unease more than on being horror

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

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Drag Me to Hell
2009 · dir. Sam Raimi
🍅 92%6.6horror · thriller

Tense thriller in both cases

After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. Her only hope seems to lie in a psychic who claims he can help her lift the curse and keep her soul from being dragged straight to hell.

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

Horror built on dread, twice over

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

Unease is the shared currency

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

Both are thriller through and through

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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Halloween
2018 · dir. David Gordon Green
🍅 79%6.5horror · thriller

Cut from the same horror cloth

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

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The Innkeepers
2012 · dir. Ti West
🍅 81%5.5horror · thriller

Thriller approached the same way

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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