
Movies that feel likeThe Boy (2016)
If you loved The Boy, the closest films we have are The Lodge (2020), Hereditary (2018) and Lights Out (2016). All three share The Boy'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 Absentia (2011).
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If The Boy hit the spot, these will too

The same two preoccupations: suicide, and murder
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The same preoccupation in both: grief

Both are built on the same subject: suicide
The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than The Boy does

Two things both keep coming back to: nanny and mansion

One thread runs through both: murder

Common ground in both: mask and fire

Both keep coming back to the same thing: grief


Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Both land twists and melancholy at once


Common ground: mansion
The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than The Boy does
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