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Movies that feel like The Woman in Black (2012)

If you loved The Woman in Black, the closest films we have are Berberian Sound Studio (2012), The Shallows (2016) and It Chapter Two (2019). All three share The Woman in Black's contemplative and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel and AMC+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

🍅 66% Rotten Tomatoes6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. James Watkinscontemplativedreadunsettlingtenserelentless

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Berberian Sound Studio
2012 · dir. Peter Strickland
🍅 85%6.2horror · drama · thriller

Both land stillness and dread at once

The difference: Missing the relentlessness of The Woman in Black

In the 1970s, a British sound technician is brought to Italy to work on the sound effects for a gruesome horror film. His nightmarish task slowly takes over his psyche, driving him to confront his own past.

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The Shallows
2016 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 78%6.3horror · drama · thriller

Unsettling where it counts, tense underneath

While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.

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It Chapter Two
2019 · dir. Andy Muschietti
🍅 62%6.5horror · thriller · drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.

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The Orphanage
2007 · dir. J. A. Bayona
🍅 87%7.4horror · drama · thriller

Both keep circling back to gothic horror

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.

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Candyman
1992 · dir. Bernard Rose
🍅 79%6.7drama · horror · thriller

Both trade on dread more than on being horror

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1990s show

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

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The Skin I Live In
2011 · dir. Pedro Almodóvar
🍅 81%7.6drama · horror · mystery

Revenge is the engine of both

The difference: Plays it as mystery more than The Woman in Black does

A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

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Carrie
2013 · dir. Kimberly Peirce
🍅 51%5.8drama · horror

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.

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Gerald's Game
2017 · dir. Mike Flanagan
🍅 91%6.5horror · thriller · drama

Both built around ghost

The difference: Reviewed even better

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

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Bird Box
2018 · dir. Susanne Bier
🍅 64%6.6horror · thriller · drama

Thriller with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

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It
2017 · dir. Andy Muschietti
🍅 85%7.3horror · thriller · drama

Drama built on tension, twice over

In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

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I Saw the Devil
2010 · dir. Kim Jee-woon
🍅 83%7.8thriller · horror

Relentless horror, and it commits to that

Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.

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The Purge: Anarchy
2014 · dir. James DeMonaco
🍅 58%6.4horror · thriller

Both trade on relentlessness more than on being thriller

One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans a vigilante mission of revenge during the mayhem. However, instead of a death-dealing avenger, he becomes the unexpected protector of four innocent strangers who desperately need his help if they are to survive the night.

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