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Movies that feel like The Eye (2002)

If you loved The Eye, the closest films we have are The Eyes of My Mother (2016), Alone (2007) and Absentia (2011). All three share The Eye'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 HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Shudder and others, checked against today's data.

A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she realizes her new eye can see ghosts. She sets out to find the origins of the cornea and discover the fate of its former host.

πŸ… 63% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Oxide Pang Chundreadunsettlingmelancholy
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The Eyes of My Mother
2016 Β· dir. Nicolas Pesce
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.2drama Β· horror

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Eye does

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

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Alone
2007 Β· dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· drama

Both lean on melancholy more than on horror

The difference: Leans harder into mystery than The Eye does

When Pim and Ploy, twins conjoined at the stomach, are separated, the operation leaves Pim the surviving sister, haunted by Ploy's vengeful ghost.

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Absentia
2011 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 87%β˜… 5.8horror Β· mystery

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

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Evil Dead Burn
2026 · dir. Sébastien Vaniček
β˜… 7.7horror

Horror built on unease, twice over

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

After her husband's abrupt death, Alice seeks solace with his remaining family β€” descendants of a leading researcher on demonic possession. As her in-laws transform one by one into creatures that feed on fear, she comes to discover that the vows she took in life survive even in death.

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Wrong Turn
2003 Β· dir. Rob Schmidt
πŸ… 40%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thriller

Both run melancholy where it counts

Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.

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

Both sit in the same dread-soaked register

The difference: None of the melancholy The Eye is built on

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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Talk to Me
2023 Β· dir. Michael Philippou
β˜… 7.1horror

A streak of unease through both

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

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A Dark Song
2016 Β· dir. Liam Gavin
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.2horror Β· fantasy Β· mystery

Both work the same melancholy

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

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Lamb
2021 Β· dir. Valdimar JΓ³hannsson
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.3drama Β· fantasy Β· horror

The horror is handled with the same confidence

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 Β· dir. Marcus Nispel
πŸ… 37%β˜… 6.2horror

Horror of the same temperament

After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.

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A Tale of Two Sisters
2003 Β· dir. Kim Jee-woon
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.1drama Β· horror Β· mystery

Both play horror straight

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

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As Above, So Below
2014 Β· dir. John Erick Dowdle
πŸ… 30%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller

Both working the same horror territory

When a team of explorers venture into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.

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