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Movies that feel like The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

If you loved The Picture of Dorian Gray, the closest films we have are Viy (1967), Faust (1926) and Kwaidan (1965). All three share The Picture of Dorian Gray's contemplative 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 HBO Max, Peacock Premium and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.

πŸ… 94% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Albert Lewincontemplativedreadunsettlingdreamlike

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Viy
1967 Β· dir. Georgi Kropachyov
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.2drama Β· fantasy Β· horror

Contemplative and dread-soaked in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.

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Faust
1926 Β· dir. F. W. Murnau
πŸ… 91%β˜… 8.1fantasy Β· drama Β· horror

The same mix in both: unease, then dream logic

God and Satan wager on the soul of a learned and prayerful alchemist as part of their eternal war over Earth.

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Kwaidan
1965 Β· dir. Masaki Kobayashi
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.9horror Β· fantasy Β· drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

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The Phantom Carriage
1921 Β· dir. Victor SjΓΆstrΓΆm
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8drama Β· fantasy Β· horror

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

An alcoholic, abusive ne'er-do-well is shown the error of his ways through a legend that dooms the last person to die on New Year's Eve before the clock strikes twelve to take the reins of Death's chariot and work tirelessly collecting fresh souls for the next year.

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I Walked with a Zombie
1943 Β· dir. Jacques Tourneur
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7mystery Β· horror Β· drama

Both lean on unease more than on fantasy

The difference: Played as mystery first

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

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Dead of Night
1945 Β· dir. Charles Crichton
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.5horror Β· thriller

Dreamlike horror, and it commits to that

The difference: Lighter on stillness

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.

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The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
1949 Β· dir. Clyde Geronimi
πŸ… 89%β˜… 6.8horror Β· fantasy Β· animation

Fantasy with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The difference: Without the same stillness

The Wind in the Willows: Concise version of Kenneth Grahame's story of the same name. J. Thaddeus Toad, owner of Toad Hall, is prone to fads, such as the newfangled motor car. This desire for the very latest lands him in much trouble with the wrong crowd, and it is up to his friends, Mole, Rat and Badger to save him from himself. - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Retelling of Washington Irving's story set in a tiny New England town. Ichabod Crane, the new schoolmaster, falls for the town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel, and the town Bully Brom Bones decides that he is a little too successful and needs "convincing" that Katrina is not for him.

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November
2017 Β· dir. Rainer Sarnet
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1drama Β· fantasy Β· romance

Contemplative drama in both cases

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

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The Mummy
1932 Β· dir. Karl Freund
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.9horror Β· fantasy

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.

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The Uninvited
1944 Β· dir. Lewis Allen
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.2mystery Β· horror Β· fantasy

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

A pair of siblings from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly priceβ€”and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave.

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The Wolf Man
1941 Β· dir. George Waggner
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.2horror Β· drama

The same drama instincts

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.

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Poison for the Fairies
1986 Β· dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada
β˜… 7.2fantasy Β· horror

Both know what they want from horror

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

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