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Movies that feel like The Eyes of My Mother (2016)

If you loved The Eyes of My Mother, the closest films we have are The Babadook (2014), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) and Let the Right One In (2008). All three share The Eyes of My Mother's contemplative and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel and AMC+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 78% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Nicolas Pescecontemplativedreadunsettlingmelancholy

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If The Eyes of My Mother hit the spot, these will too

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The Babadook
2014 Β· dir. Jennifer Kent
πŸ… 98%β˜… 6.8drama Β· horror

Contemplative and dread-soaked in the same breath

A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.

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πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.3drama Β· horror

Drama with a pulse of unease, in both cases

The difference: Missing the melancholy of The Eyes of My Mother

The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

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Let the Right One In
2008 Β· dir. Tomas Alfredson
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.8horror Β· drama

Both trade on stillness more than on being horror

When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.

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

Melancholy drama in both cases

The difference: Plays it as fantasy more than The Eyes of My Mother does

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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mother!
2017 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.6horror Β· drama

Horror built on dread, twice over

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

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

Unsettling drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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

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Midsommar
2019 Β· dir. Ari Aster
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.1horror Β· drama Β· mystery

Both trade on melancholy more than on being horror

The difference: Leans mystery where The Eyes of My Mother does not

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

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The Shallows
2016 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.3horror Β· drama Β· thriller

Both run contemplative where it counts

While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.

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It Chapter Two
2019 Β· dir. Andy Muschietti
πŸ… 62%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· drama

Dread is the shared currency

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

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Berberian Sound Studio
2012 Β· dir. Peter Strickland
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.2horror Β· drama Β· thriller

A streak of unease through both

In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.

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Under the Shadow
2016 Β· dir. Babak Anvari
πŸ… 99%β˜… 6.8drama Β· horror Β· war

Drama approached the same way

After Shideh's building is hit by a missile during the Iran-Iraq War, a superstitious neighbor suggests that the missile was cursed and might be carrying malevolent Middle-Eastern spirits. She becomes convinced a supernatural force within the building is attempting to possess her daughter Dorsa, and she has no choice but to confront these forces if she is to save her daughter and herself.

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Bone Tomahawk
2015 Β· dir. S. Craig Zahler
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.1drama Β· horror Β· western

Both are horror through and through

During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is attacked and they both disappearβ€”only the arrow of a cannibal tribe is found. Hunt and a few of his men go in search of the prisoner and the foreman's wife.

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