feelsalike.com

Movies that feel like You're Next (2013)

If you loved You're Next, the closest films we have are Us (2019), Sinister (2012) and Resolution (2013). All three share You're Next's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, HBO Max and MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

πŸ… 79% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Adam Wingarddreadunsettlingtensetwisty

When is You're Next streaming? β†’

If You're Next hit the spot, these will too

Us poster
Us
2019 Β· dir. Jordan Peele
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both circle home invasion and aggressive

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

Feels alike?
Sinister poster
Sinister
2012 Β· dir. Scott Derrickson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 6.8horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

The same preoccupation in both: massacre

True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

Feels alike?
Resolution poster
Resolution
2013 Β· dir. Justin Benson
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.4horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Both land dread and unease at once

A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.

Feels alike?
Goodnight Mommy poster
Goodnight Mommy
2015 Β· dir. Severin Fiala
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Tense and twisty in the same breath

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

Feels alike?
Escape Room poster
Escape Room
2019 Β· dir. Adam Robitel
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.

Feels alike?
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It poster
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021 Β· dir. Michael Chaves
πŸ… 56%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both trade on unease more than on being thriller

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.

Feels alike?
Noroi: The Curse poster
Noroi: The Curse
2005 Β· dir. Koji Shiraishi
β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Mystery with a pulse of tension, in both cases

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.

Feels alike?
The Others poster
The Others
2001 Β· dir. Alejandro AmenΓ‘bar
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.6horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Twisty horror in both cases

Grace is a woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

Feels alike?
Coma poster
Coma
1978 Β· dir. Michael Crichton
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.9thriller Β· mystery Β· horror

Thriller built on dread, twice over

The difference: A 1970s film, from a different era of filmmaking

When relatively healthy patients begin having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas, a concerned doctor defies her male superiors when she suspects a secret plot.

Feels alike?
Psycho poster
Psycho
1960 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8.5horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Mystery built on unease, twice over

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Feels alike?
The Boy poster
The Boy
2016 Β· dir. William Brent Bell
πŸ… 31%β˜… 6horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Tense horror in both cases

A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.

Feels alike?
Hereditary poster
Hereditary
2018 Β· dir. Ari Aster
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.3horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Both trade on twists more than on being thriller

Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.

Feels alike?

In the mood for more dread?

all dread movies β†’

The best-reviewed films that share You're Next's defining feeling.