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Movies that feel likeThe Others (2001)

Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

If you loved The Others, the closest films we have are Thesis (1996), 1408 (2007) and Hereditary (2018). All three share The Others' dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Absentia (2011).

🍅 85% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Alejandro Amenábardreadunsettlingtwistytensemelancholy
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Thesis
1996 · dir. Alejandro Amenábar
🍅 86%★ 7.4horror · thriller

Amenábar building dread from what you almost see, years before this

The difference: A serial-killer thriller, not a ghost story — grubbier, more explicit

While working on a thesis about audiovisual violence, film student Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that she was a former student in her university, and that the authors of the video are not very far either.

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1408
2007 · dir. Mikael Håfström
🍅 80%★ 6.8horror · mystery

Both are built on the same subject: haunted house

The difference: Trades the tension of The Others for an angle of its own

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

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Hereditary
2018 · dir. Ari Aster
🍅 90%★ 7.3horror · mystery · thrillerPrime VideoMax

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

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Shutter
2004 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
★ 7horror · mystery · thriller

Common ground: nightmare

When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.

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The Ritual
2017 · dir. David Bruckner
🍅 74%★ 6.4horror · mysteryNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: nightmare

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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Smile 2
2024 · dir. Parker Finn
🍅 86%★ 6.7horror · mysteryNetflixPrime Video

Both land twists and melancholy at once

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2020s show

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

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The Boy
2016 · dir. William Brent Bell
🍅 31%★ 6horror · mystery · thriller

A caretaker alone in a grand house with rules that feel like warnings

The difference: A pulpier twist ride — the reveal is fun but far less haunting

A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.

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From Hell
2001 · dir. Albert Hughes
🍅 57%★ 6.7horror · mystery · thrillerHulu

Horror with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

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Absentia
2011 · dir. Mike Flanagan
🍅 87%★ 5.8horror · mystery

Both lean on dread more than on mystery

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

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Noroi: The Curse
2005 · dir. Koji Shiraishi
★ 6.8horror · mystery · thrillerRent or buy

A curse assembled piece by piece until the full shape chills you

The difference: Found-footage sprawl — rough and patience-testing, never elegant

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.

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Lights Out
2016 · dir. David F. Sandberg
🍅 74%★ 6.3horror · mystery

Unsettling thriller in both cases

Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

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House of Wax
2005 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 27%★ 5.5horror · thriller · mysteryMax

A slow creep through a place where something is deeply wrong

The difference: Gory teen slasher — shock kills replace the hushed restraint

A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.

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