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Movies that feel likeThe Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)

Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.

If you loved The Autopsy of Jane Doe, the closest films we have are Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), The Wailing (2016) and The Medium (2021). All three share The Autopsy of Jane Doe'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 Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018).

🍅 86% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. André Øvredaldreadunsettlingtwisty
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019 · dir. André Øvredal
🍅 78%★ 6.2horror · mysteryPeacock

André Øvredal working the same nerve twice

Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Stella and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.

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The Wailing
2016 · dir. Na Hong-jin
🍅 99%★ 7.4horror · mystery

Both are built on the same subject: murder

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

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The Medium
2021 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
🍅 83%★ 6.5horror · mysteryRent or buy

The same preoccupation in both: supernatural

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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It Follows
2015 · dir. David Robert Mitchell
🍅 95%★ 6.8horror · mysteryParamount+Peacock

Common ground: supernatural

A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
2018 · dir. Jung Bum-shik
🍅 92%★ 6.5horror · mysteryPrime Video

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

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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Paranormal Activity 3
2011 · dir. Henry Joost
🍅 68%★ 5.8horror · mysteryParamount+Peacock

Twisty horror, and it commits to that

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

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Lee Cronin's The Mummy
2026 · dir. Lee Cronin
🍅 45%★ 6.2horror · mysteryMax

Both lean on dread more than on mystery

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—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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Us
2019 · dir. Jordan Peele
🍅 93%★ 6.8horror · mysteryMax

One thread runs through both: murder

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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Final Destination Bloodlines
2025 · dir. Adam Stein
🍅 92%★ 6.7horror · mysteryMax

Unsettling horror in both cases

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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The Little Stranger
2018 · dir. Lenny Abrahamson
🍅 64%★ 5.5mystery · horror

Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?

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Spiral: From the Book of Saw
2021 · dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
🍅 39%★ 5.2horror · mysteryHulu

Horror built on dread, twice over

Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.

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A Classic Horror Story
2021 · dir. Roberto De Feo
🍅 55%★ 5.7horror · mysteryNetflix

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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