
Movies that feel likeBarbarian (2022)
If you loved Barbarian, the closest films we have are Weapons (2025), Speak No Evil (2024) and Longlegs (2024). All three share Barbarian'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 Exhuma (2024).
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If Barbarian hit the spot, these will too

Both are Zach Cregger's work, and they rhyme
The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than Barbarian does

Both are built on the same subject: paranoia

Both are working the same pair: flashback, serial killer
The difference: Leans harder into crime than Barbarian does

One thread runs through both: paranoia
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Both land twists and tension at once

The same preoccupation in both: serial killer

Paranoid horror, and it commits to that

Both keep coming back to the same thing: flashback

Gritty mystery in both cases

Thriller with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Horror built on unease, twice over
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