
Movies that feel likeThe Neon Demon (2016)
If you loved The Neon Demon, the closest films we have are Obsession (2026), Hellraiser (1987) and Creep (2014). All three share The Neon Demon's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Saint Maud (2020).
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If The Neon Demon hit the spot, these will too

Common ground: obsession
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Two things both keep coming back to: seduction and surrealism
The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

One thread runs through both: psychopath
The difference: Easier on the dream logic than The Neon Demon

Both are built on the same subject: obsession
The difference: Takes it somewhere less dreamlike than The Neon Demon does

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

Both keep coming back to the same thing: seduction
The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Neon Demon does

Tense where it counts, dreamlike underneath

Both lean on dread more than on horror

Thriller with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Tense horror in both cases

Thriller built on dream logic, twice over

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that
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