
Movies that feel like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
If you loved The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the closest films we have are Faust (1926), The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and The Black Cat (1934). All three share The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, Criterion Channel and Shudder and others, checked against today's data.
If The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari hit the spot, these will too

Both are working the same pair: silent film, german expressionism
The difference: Without the same tension

One thread runs through both: black and white
The difference: Not nearly as contemplative

The same preoccupation in both: black and white

The same mix in both: dread, then unease
The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

Both keep coming back to the same thing: megalomania
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Contemplative and tense in the same breath

Both are built on the same subject: silent film
The difference: Played as fantasy first

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

Horror with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Both lean on dread more than on crime

Unsettling drama in both cases
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