
Movies that feel like The Black Cat (1934)
If you loved The Black Cat, the closest films we have are White Zombie (1932), The Most Dangerous Game (1932) and Dead of Night (1945). All three share The Black Cat's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 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.
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If The Black Cat hit the spot, these will too

The same two preoccupations: black and white, and newlywed
The difference: None of the tension The Black Cat is built on

The same preoccupation in both: pre-code
The difference: Sits closer to adventure than The Black Cat does

Common ground: black and white

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

Both lean on tension more than on horror
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Thriller built on dread, twice over
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

One thread runs through both: pre-code
The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than The Black Cat does

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

Unsettling thriller, and it commits to that

The shared currency is tension
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