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Movies that feel like Unfriended (2014)

If you loved Unfriended, the closest films we have are Shutter (2004), Carrie (2013) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997). All three share Unfriended's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and AMC+ and others, checked against today's data.

While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.

πŸ… 62% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Levan Gabriadzedreadunsettlingtwistyrelentless
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Shutter
2004 Β· dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
β˜… 7horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

The same two preoccupations: suicide, and revenge

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Unfriended does

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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Carrie
2013 Β· dir. Kimberly Peirce
πŸ… 51%β˜… 5.8drama Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: humiliation

The difference: Not nearly as twisty as Unfriended

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

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I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997 Β· dir. Jim Gillespie
πŸ… 47%β˜… 5.9horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

One thread runs through both: revenge

After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010 Β· dir. Samuel Bayer
πŸ… 14%β˜… 5.2horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

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Jigsaw
2017 Β· dir. Michael Spierig
πŸ… 32%β˜… 5.7horror Β· mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: death

The difference: None of the relentlessness Unfriended is built on

Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.

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Final Destination 5
2011 Β· dir. Steven Quale
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.9horror Β· mystery

Common ground: death

Death is just as omnipresent as ever, and is unleashed after one man’s premonition saves a group of coworkers from a terrifying suspension bridge collapse. But this group of unsuspecting souls was never supposed to survive, and, in a terrifying race against time, the ill-fated group frantically tries to discover a way to escape Death’s sinister agenda.

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The Final Destination
2009 Β· dir. David R. Ellis
πŸ… 28%β˜… 5.1horror Β· mystery

Horror with a pulse of twists, in both cases

A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.

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The Lodge
2020 Β· dir. Veronika Franz
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6horror Β· mystery

Both are built on the same subject: suicide

When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as terrifying events summon specters from Grace's dark past.

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The Skin I Live In
2011 Β· dir. Pedro AlmodΓ³var
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7.6drama Β· horror Β· mystery

Relentless mystery, and it commits to that

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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Lights Out
2016 Β· dir. David F. Sandberg
πŸ… 74%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery

Horror built on dread, twice over

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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Final Destination 3
2006 Β· dir. James Wong
πŸ… 44%β˜… 5.9horror Β· mystery

Both lean on unease more than on mystery

High school senior Wendy's premonition of a deadly rollercoaster ride saves her life and a lucky few, but not from death itself β€” which seeks out those who escaped their fate.

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The Little Stranger
2018 Β· dir. Lenny Abrahamson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.5mystery Β· horror

Twisty horror in both cases

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?

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