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Movies that feel like The Sentinel (1977)

If you loved The Sentinel, the closest films we have are Carnival of Souls (1962), Pinocchio: Unstrung (2026) and The Uninvited (1944). All three share The Sentinel's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV and HBO Max Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.

πŸ… 45% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.3 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Michael Winnerdreadunsettlingtwistydreamlike
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If The Sentinel hit the spot, these will too

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Carnival of Souls
1962 Β· dir. Herk Harvey
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7horror Β· mystery Β· fantasy

Both land dread and unease at once

The difference: Reviewed even better

Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

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Pinocchio: Unstrung
2026 Β· dir. Rhys Frake-Waterfield
β˜… 5.8horror Β· fantasy Β· mystery

The same mix in both: twists, then dream logic

The difference: 49 years apart, and the 2020s show

Influenced by a sinister Cricket and created by Geppetto, Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.

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

Both trade on dread more than on being horror

The difference: Plays it as romance more than The Sentinel does

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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Scream
2022 Β· dir. Tyler Gillett
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery

Unsettling mystery in both cases

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

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A Dark Song
2016 Β· dir. Liam Gavin
πŸ… 91%β˜… 6.2horror Β· fantasy Β· mystery

Both keep circling back to demon

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

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Sleepy Hollow
1999 Β· dir. Tim Burton
πŸ… 71%β˜… 7.3fantasy Β· thriller Β· mystery

Police detective is the engine of both

Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.

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Scream 2
1997 Β· dir. Wes Craven
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery

Twisty fantasy, and it commits to that

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike as The Sentinel

Two years after the Woodsboro murders, Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life while someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.

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The Blair Witch Project
1999 Β· dir. Daniel Myrick
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery

Horror built on dread, twice over

In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.

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Final Destination 2
2003 Β· dir. David R. Ellis
πŸ… 52%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery

Mystery with a pulse of unease, in both cases

When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.

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Paranormal Activity
2007 Β· dir. Oren Peli
πŸ… 82%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery

Both trade on twists more than on being fantasy

After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.

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Silent Hill
2006 Β· dir. Christophe Gans
πŸ… 34%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery

The same horror instincts

Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

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The Witches
1990 Β· dir. Nicolas Roeg
πŸ… 94%β˜… 6.8fantasy Β· family Β· horror

Dreamlike horror, and it commits to that

While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.

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