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Movies that feel likeUnfriended (2014)

While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.

If you loved Unfriended, the closest films we have are Shutter (2004), The Lodge (2020) and Lights Out (2016). All three share Unfriended'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 Absentia (2011).

🍅 62% Rotten Tomatoes★ 5.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Levan Gabriadzedreadunsettlingtwistyrelentlessmelancholy
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Shutter
2004 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
★ 7horror · mystery · thriller

The same two preoccupations: suicide, and revenge

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Unfriended does

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

One thread runs through both: suicide

The difference: Trades the relentlessness of Unfriended for an angle of its own

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

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

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

Both land twists and melancholy at once

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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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The Ritual
2017 · dir. David Bruckner
🍅 74%★ 6.4horror · mysteryNetflix

Horror built on dread, twice over

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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Smile 2
2024 · dir. Parker Finn
🍅 86%★ 6.7horror · mysteryNetflixPrime Video

Unsettling mystery, and it commits to that

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

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

The same preoccupation in both: death

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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The Boy
2016 · dir. William Brent Bell
🍅 31%★ 6horror · mystery · thriller

Both lean on twists more than on horror

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.

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1408
2007 · dir. Mikael Håfström
🍅 80%★ 6.8horror · mystery

Melancholy mystery in both cases

A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.

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Alone
2007 · dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
★ 6.4horror · mystery · drama

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

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

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I Know What You Did Last Summer
1997 · dir. Jim Gillespie
🍅 46%★ 5.9horror · thriller · mysteryNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street
2010 · dir. Samuel Bayer
🍅 14%★ 5.2horror · mystery · thrillerMax

Relentless mystery, and it commits to that

Teenagers Nancy, Quentin, Kris, Jesse and Dean are all neighborhood friends who begin having the same dream of a horribly disfigured man who wears a tattered sweater and a glove made of knives. The man terrorizes them in their dreams, and the only escape is to wake up. But when, one by one, they start dying violently, the friends realize that what happens in the dream world is real, and the only way to stay alive is to stay awake.

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