
Movies that feel likeThe Babadook (2014)
If you loved The Babadook, the closest films we have are The Eyes of My Mother (2016), The Borderlands (2014) and Talk to Me (2023). All three share The Babadook'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 Lamb (2021).
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If The Babadook hit the spot, these will too

The same mix in both: stillness, then dread

Unsettling where it counts, melancholy underneath
The difference: Trades the stillness of The Babadook for an angle of its own


Contemplative drama in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Drama built on unease, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than The Babadook does

Both are working the same pair: monster, nightmare
The difference: Leans harder into mystery than The Babadook does

Both are built on the same subject: single mother

Melancholy horror, and it commits to that

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The same preoccupation in both: parents and children
The difference: 25 years apart, and the 1980s show

Unsettling drama in both cases

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