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Movies that feel likeAlone (2007)

When Pim and Ploy, twins conjoined at the stomach, are separated, the operation leaves Pim the surviving sister, haunted by Ploy's vengeful ghost.

If you loved Alone, the closest films we have are Shutter (2004), The Medium (2021) and Absentia (2011). All three share Alone's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Borderlands (2014).

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If Alone hit the spot, these will too

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Shutter
2004 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
★ 7horror · mystery · thriller

Banjong Pisanthanakun working the same nerve twice

The difference: Easier on the stillness than Alone

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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The Medium
2021 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
🍅 83%★ 6.5horror · mysteryRent or buy

Banjong Pisanthanakun directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Trades the stillness of Alone for an angle of its own

A shaman's family learn that their goddess is supposedly controlling one of them. However, their lives take a frightening turn when they realise the goddess has nothing to do with the possession.

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Absentia
2011 · dir. Mike Flanagan
🍅 87%★ 5.8horror · mystery

Both land dread and unease at once

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

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A Dark Song
2016 · dir. Liam Gavin
🍅 91%★ 6.2horror · fantasy · mystery

Both are built on the same subject: ghost

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than Alone does

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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The Eyes of My Mother
2016 · dir. Nicolas Pesce
🍅 78%★ 6.2drama · horror

The same mix in both: stillness, then melancholy

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

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A Tale of Two Sisters
2003 · dir. Kim Jee-woon
🍅 86%★ 7.1drama · horror · mystery

Horror built on twists, twice over

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

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The Lodge
2020 · dir. Severin Fiala
🍅 75%★ 6horror · mystery

Both lean on dread more than on mystery

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 Borderlands
2014 · dir. Elliot Goldner
🍅 83%★ 5.8horror

Unsettling drama, and it commits to that

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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Lights Out
2016 · dir. David F. Sandberg
🍅 74%★ 6.3horror · mystery

Common ground: ghost

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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The Little Stranger
2018 · dir. Lenny Abrahamson
🍅 64%★ 5.5mystery · 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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Session 9
2001 · dir. Brad Anderson
🍅 68%★ 6.3horror · mystery · drama

Mystery with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

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Jigsaw
2017 · dir. Michael Spierig
🍅 32%★ 5.7horror · mystery

One thread runs through both: flashback

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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