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Movies that feel like The Golden Glove (2019)

If you loved The Golden Glove, the closest films we have are Housebound (2014), Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 2 (2021) and Better Watch Out (2017). All three share The Golden Glove's tense and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 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 serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

πŸ… 54% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Fatih Akingrittytensedreadunsettlingwittyplayful
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Housebound
2014 Β· dir. Gerard Johnstone
πŸ… 95%β˜… 6.7horror Β· comedy Β· thriller

The same mix in both: tension, then dread

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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

Unsettling where it counts, witty underneath

The difference: Missing the grit of The Golden Glove

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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Better Watch Out
2017 Β· dir. Chris Peckover
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller Β· comedy

Both lean on play more than on thriller

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.

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The House That Jack Built
2018 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.8drama Β· horror Β· crime

Two things both keep coming back to: 1970s and serial killer

The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Golden Glove does

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

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Kill List
2011 Β· dir. Ben Wheatley
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.4horror Β· thriller Β· crime

Gritty crime in both cases

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

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The Girl Who Killed Her Parents
2021 Β· dir. MaurΓ­cio EΓ§a
β˜… 5.9crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Horror built on grit, twice over

Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of MarΓ­sia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.

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Red Dragon
2002 Β· dir. Brett Ratner
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2crime Β· thriller Β· horror

One thread runs through both: macabre

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

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

Common ground: 1970s

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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Holy Spider
2022 Β· dir. Ali Abbasi
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.3thriller Β· drama Β· crime

Common ground in both: prostitute and a true story

A journalist descends into the dark underbelly of the Iranian holy city of Mashhad as she investigates the serial killings of sex workers by the so called "Spider Killer", who believes he is cleansing the streets of sinners.

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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 comedy, and it commits to that

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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Sightseers
2012 Β· dir. Ben Wheatley
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.5comedy Β· crime Β· romance

Crime with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.

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The Exorcism of Emily Rose
2005 Β· dir. Scott Derrickson
πŸ… 20%β˜… 6.7crime Β· drama Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: teenage girl

When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.

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