
Movies that feel like The Orphanage (2007)
If you loved The Orphanage, the closest films we have are It Chapter Two (2019), Berberian Sound Studio (2012) and The Shallows (2016). All three share The Orphanage's 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 HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max and Philo and others, checked against today's data.
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If The Orphanage hit the spot, these will too

The same preoccupation in both: haunted house
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

Contemplative and tense in the same breath

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

Haunted house is the engine of both

Both built around gothic horror

Unsettling drama in both cases

Thriller with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Horror built on tension, twice over

Both trade on dread more than on being thriller
The difference: Not nearly as contemplative as The Orphanage

Medium sits at the heart of each

Unsettling drama in both cases
The difference: 39 years apart, and the 1960s show
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