
Movies that feel like The Lost Boys (1987)
If you loved The Lost Boys, the closest films we have are Fright Night (1985), The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967) and Better Watch Out (2017). All three share The Lost Boys' 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 Amazon Prime Video, Peacock Premium and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
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If The Lost Boys hit the spot, these will too

One thread runs through both: vampire
The difference: None of the tension The Lost Boys is built on

The same preoccupation in both: vampire
The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder

The same mix in both: dread, then unease


Both lean on tension more than on horror

Dread-soaked thriller in both cases

Both are built on the same subject: small town life
The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than The Lost Boys does

Both land wit and play at once
The difference: Sits closer to mystery than The Lost Boys does

Comedy built on unease, twice over


Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases
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