feelsalike.comSign in
Return poster

Movies that feel likeReturn (1985)

After reading an article about hypnotic regression, a woman whose maternal grandfather died when she was only three years old contacts the hypnotic subject named in the article believing that he is the reincarnation of her grandfather, and hoping that she can learn the truth about how he died.

If you loved Return, the closest films we have are Poison for the Fairies (1986), Tale of Tales (2015) and A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). All three share Return'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 November (2017).

12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

Can't choose? Answer three questions and get one movie for tonight.

Not on subscription streaming right now. Rent or buy below.

See it on the Mood Map

If Return hit the spot, these will too

Poison for the Fairies poster
Poison for the Fairies
1986 · dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada
★ 7.2fantasy · horror

Both land dread and unease at once

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.

Tale of Tales poster
Tale of Tales
2015 · dir. Matteo Garrone
🍅 84%★ 6.4romance · fantasy · horror

Dreamlike horror, and it commits to that

The difference: 30 years apart, and the 2010s show

The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.

A Nightmare on Elm Street poster
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · dir. Wes Craven
🍅 93%★ 7.4horrorMax

Fantasy built on dread, twice over

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...

Tigers Are Not Afraid poster
Tigers Are Not Afraid
2017 · dir. Issa López
🍅 97%★ 6.9fantasy · horrorRent or buy

Romance with a pulse of unease, in both cases

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.

Viy poster
Viy
1967 · dir. Georgi Kropachyov
🍅 88%★ 7.1drama · fantasy · horror

Dreamlike horror in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Return does

A seminary student on monastery holiday kills an old witch in a remote village. The hag then transforms into a beautiful young woman whose dying wish is for him to watch over her wake for three nights. With terrors occurring and his faith waning, he reads prayers on the overnight watch and tries to survive the supernatural encounters.

Oculus poster
Oculus
2014 · dir. Mike Flanagan
🍅 75%★ 6.6horrorNetflixPrime Video

Both lean on dread more than on fantasy

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

Ghostland poster
Ghostland
2018 · dir. Pascal Laugier
🍅 52%★ 6.4horrorPrime Video

Romance built on unease, twice over

A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...

The Witches poster
The Witches
1990 · dir. Nicolas Roeg
🍅 94%★ 6.8fantasy · family · horrorPeacock

Both lean on dream logic more than on horror

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.

Tumbbad poster
Tumbbad
2018 · dir. Rahi Anil Barve
🍅 87%★ 8.2fantasy · horrorPrime Video

Both working the same fantasy territory

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.

Kwaidan poster
Kwaidan
1965 · dir. Masaki Kobayashi
🍅 91%★ 7.9horror · fantasy · dramaMax

The same horror instincts

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

The Sentinel poster
The Sentinel
1977 · dir. Michael Winner
🍅 45%★ 6.3horror · mystery · fantasyNetflix

Fantasy of the same temperament

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.

November poster
November
2017 · dir. Rainer Sarnet
🍅 93%★ 7.1drama · fantasy · romance

Both are romance 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.

In the mood for more dread?

all dread movies →

The best-reviewed films that share Return’s defining feeling.