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Movies that feel like The Conference (2023)

If you loved The Conference, the closest films we have are Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight (2020), Extra Ordinary (2019) and Anna and the Apocalypse (2018). All three share The Conference's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

A ragtag group of public sector employees battle not only their own discord but also a bloodthirsty killer during a seemingly innocuous retreat.

πŸ… 72% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Patrik Eklunddreadunsettlingwittyplayfulrelentless
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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
2020 Β· dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
πŸ… 67%β˜… 4.9comedy Β· horror

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Missing the relentlessness of The Conference

Addicted to technology, a group of teens attends a rehabilitation camp in the forest, but a sinister force there intends to take them offline forever.

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Extra Ordinary
2019 Β· dir. Mike Ahern
πŸ… 98%β˜… 6.4fantasy Β· comedy Β· horror

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

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Anna and the Apocalypse
2018 Β· dir. John McPhail
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.1horror Β· comedy Β· fantasy

Both lean on dread more than on horror

The difference: Not nearly as relentless as The Conference

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Havenβ€”at Christmasβ€”forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival. In a desperate race to reach their loved ones, they soon learn that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

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Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2
2021 Β· dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
β˜… 3.8horror Β· thriller Β· comedy

Comedy with a pulse of unease, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than The Conference does

When something horrible happens to the only survivor of a bloody massacre, an insecure rookie cop must overcome his fears to stop further carnage.

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The Little Stranger
2018 Β· dir. Lenny Abrahamson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.5mystery Β· horror

Horror built on dread, twice over

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than The Conference does

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?

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The Golden Glove
2019 Β· dir. Fatih Akin
πŸ… 54%β˜… 6.7crime Β· thriller Β· horror

Witty comedy, and it commits to that

A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

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Carrie
2013 Β· dir. Kimberly Peirce
πŸ… 51%β˜… 5.8drama Β· horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.

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Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest
2020 Β· dir. Svyatoslav Podgaevsky
β˜… 4.7horror

Unsettling horror in both cases

A boy and his friends must save his infant sister from an evil witch who eats babies.

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The Borderlands
2014 Β· dir. Elliot Goldner
πŸ… 83%β˜… 5.8horror

Horror approached the same way

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.

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The Menu
2022 Β· dir. Mark Mylod
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2comedy Β· horror

Common ground: revenge

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.

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Housebound
2014 Β· dir. Gerard Johnstone
πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.7horror Β· comedy Β· thriller

Playful comedy in both cases

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

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Confessions of an Invisible Girl
2021 Β· dir. Bruno Garotti
β˜… 5.3comedy Β· drama

Both run witty where it counts

When the clever but socially-awkward TetΓͺ joins a new school, she'll do anything to fit in. But the queen bee among her classmates has other ideas.

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