
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.
If The Eye hit the spot, these will too

Both land dread and unease at once
The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Eye does

Both lean on melancholy more than on horror
The difference: Leans harder into mystery than The Eye does

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

Horror built on unease, twice over
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Both run melancholy where it counts

Both sit in the same dread-soaked register
The difference: None of the melancholy The Eye is built on


Both work the same melancholy
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The horror is handled with the same confidence

Horror of the same temperament

Both play horror straight

Both working the same horror territory
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