feelsalike.com

Movies that feel like The Borderlands (2014)

If you loved The Borderlands, the closest films we have are Annabelle (2014), Mama (2013) and The Nun (2018). All three share The Borderlands'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 HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max and Cinemax Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

πŸ… 83% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Elliot Goldnerdreadunsettling

When is The Borderlands streaming? β†’

If The Borderlands hit the spot, these will too

Annabelle poster
Annabelle
2014 Β· dir. John R. Leonetti
πŸ… 28%β˜… 5.5horror

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

Feels alike?
Mama poster
Mama
2013 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.2horror

Horror built on dread, twice over

Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.

Feels alike?
The Nun poster
The Nun
2018 Β· dir. Corin Hardy
πŸ… 24%β˜… 5.4horror

Unsettling horror in both cases

A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.

Feels alike?
Annabelle Comes Home poster
Annabelle Comes Home
2019 Β· dir. Gary Dauberman
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.9horror

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her β€œsafely” behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest’s holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on a new targetβ€”the Warrens' ten-year-old daughter, Judy, and her friends.

Feels alike?
Annabelle: Creation poster
Annabelle: Creation
2017 Β· dir. David F. Sandberg
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.5horror

Both run unsettling where it counts

Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creationβ€”Annabelle.

Feels alike?
The Conjuring 2 poster
The Conjuring 2
2016 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.3horror

Cut from the same horror cloth

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

Feels alike?
X poster
X
2022 Β· dir. Ti West
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.5horror

The same horror instincts

In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.

Feels alike?
Saw II poster
Saw II
2005 Β· dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
πŸ… 39%β˜… 6.6horror

Both are horror through and through

The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a gruesome murder victim emerges with unmistakable traces of Jigsaw's sinister methods, Detective Eric Matthews is thrust into a high-stakes investigation. To his surprise, apprehending Jigsaw seems almost too easy, but what he doesn't realize is that being caught is merely another piece of Jigsaw's intricate puzzle.

Feels alike?
Triangle poster
Triangle
2009 Β· dir. Christopher Smith
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.9horror

Horror approached the same way

When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.

Feels alike?
Final Destination poster
Final Destination
2000 Β· dir. James Wong
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.7horror

Horror approached the same way

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

Feels alike?
Ice Cream Man poster
Ice Cream Man
2026 Β· dir. Eli Roth
β˜… 3.8horror

Cut from the same horror cloth

An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

Feels alike?
Child's Play poster
Child's Play
1988 Β· dir. Tom Holland
πŸ… 65%β˜… 6.7horror

Horror approached the same way

The difference: A 1980s film, from a different era of filmmaking

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

Feels alike?

In the mood for more dread?

all dread movies β†’

The best-reviewed films that share The Borderlands's defining feeling.