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Movies that feel like Tumbbad (2018)

If you loved Tumbbad, the closest films we have are Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017), Nosferatu (2024) and Poison for the Fairies (1986). All three share Tumbbad's dreamlike 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.

India, 1918. On the outskirts of Tumbbad, a cursed village where it always rains, Vinayak, along with his mother and his brother, care of a mysterious old woman who keeps the secret of an ancestral treasure that Vinayak gets obsessed with.

πŸ… 87% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Rahi Anil Barvedreamlikedreadunsettling

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Tigers Are Not Afraid
2017 Β· dir. Issa LΓ³pez
πŸ… 97%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· horror

Dreamlike where it counts, dread-soaked underneath

When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.

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Nosferatu
2024 Β· dir. Robert Eggers
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1horror Β· fantasy

Fantasy with a pulse of unease, in both cases

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

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

Horror built on dream logic, twice over

The difference: A 1980s film, from a different era of filmmaking

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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Oculus
2014 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.6horror

Both built around husband wife relationship

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

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Doctor Sleep
2019 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.3horror Β· fantasy

Dread-soaked fantasy in both cases

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".

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

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

The difference: Plays it as family more than Tumbbad does

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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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 Β· dir. Wes Craven
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.4horror

Both trade on dream logic more than on being horror

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013 Β· dir. Tommy Wirkola
πŸ… 17%β˜… 6.1fantasy Β· horror Β· action

Evil sits at the heart of each

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.

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Dracula Untold
2014 Β· dir. Gary Shore
πŸ… 26%β˜… 6.2horror Β· action Β· fantasy

Both trade on dread more than on being fantasy

Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire, Dracula.

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Constantine
2005 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 46%β˜… 7fantasy Β· action Β· horror

Both work the same unease

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

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Interview with the Vampire
1994 Β· dir. Neil Jordan
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7.5horror Β· drama Β· fantasy

Cut from the same fantasy cloth

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

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

Both are horror through and through

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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