
Movies that feel likeSmile (2022)
If you loved Smile, the closest films we have are Midsommar (2019), Lights Out (2016) and The Lodge (2020). All three share Smile'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 They Look Like People (2016).
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If Smile hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Smile 2 (2024)

Both keep coming back to the same thing: paranoia
The difference: Sits closer to drama than Smile does

Both are working the same pair: suicide, mental illness
The difference: Takes it somewhere less paranoid than Smile does

Both are built on the same subject: suicide

Common ground: paranoia
The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Smile does

Both land dread and unease at once

The same preoccupation in both: mental illness

The same mix in both: twists, then melancholy
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Paranoid horror in both cases

Dread-soaked mystery, and it commits to that
The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1990s show

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Mystery built on twists, twice over

Both lean on melancholy more than on horror
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