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Movies Like Barbarian
Barbarian begins with a double-booked rental in Detroit and keeps changing shape, which is why it works best the less you know going in. Houses with hidden depths, sudden swerves in tone and stories that refuse to stay the movie you thought you were watching are what tie these picks together.
Matched to Barbarian (2022), rated 5/5 by the HorroRated team. Our own picks come first, then the closest matches by director, subgenre and mood.
- Pick
Why it fits
- Our pick if you liked Barbarian
- Psychological
Streaming on Prime Video, Tubi
Frank Cotton solves an ancient puzzle box and gets more than he bargained for. When his brother's family moves into his old house, a single drop of blood gives Frank a way back.
The Collector
2009 · MovieWhy it fits
- Our pick if you liked Barbarian
- Serial Killer
Streaming on Prime Video, Tubi
Arkin breaks into a house to rob it and finds a family being held captive inside an elaborate network of traps by someone already inside with them.
Malignant
2021 · MovieWhy it fits
- Our pick if you liked Barbarian
- Serial Killer
- Creature Feature
- 2020s horror
Madison Lake wakes up from abdominal surgery and finds that what was done to her has created something that begins moving through walls and killing people.
Watcher
2022 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Barbarian in our reviews
- Paranoia
- Urban Horror
- Serial Killer
Streaming on Shudder, AMC+
Chloe moves to Bucharest for work and notices a man who seems to track her movements with a consistency that feels like threat.
PickUs
2019 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Barbarian in our reviews
- Paranoia
- Urban Horror
- Psychological
Streaming on HBO Max
Adelaide Wilson and her family encounter perfect doppelgangers of themselves at their Santa Cruz vacation home. The confrontation that follows opens into a larger mystery.
PickBlack Swan
2010 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Barbarian in our reviews
- Paranoia
- Urban Horror
- Psychological
Nina Sayers is cast as the Swan Queen and finds that the dual role demands more of her than technique alone can provide.
PickJack's Back
1988 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Barbarian in our reviews
- Urban Horror
- Serial Killer
- Psychological
Streaming on Prime Video, Tubi
A copycat killer starts recreating Jack the Ripper's murders exactly one hundred years later, and a young doctor becomes the prime suspect. His identical twin knows he's innocent, and starts seeing things that suggest something far stranger is going on.
PickWeapons
2025 · MovieWhy it fits
- Also from Zach Cregger
- Urban Horror
- Psychological
Streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max
Multiple teenagers in a Connecticut suburb are each connected to a single act of violence in ways that unfold across the film.
PickMidsommar
2019 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Barbarian in our reviews
- Paranoia
- Psychological
Streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max, Hulu
Dani follows her boyfriend and his friends to a remote Harga commune in Sweden months after a personal tragedy. The midsummer festival they attend becomes increasingly difficult to classify as merely cultural.
I Saw the TV Glow
2024 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Barbarian in our reviews
- Urban Horror
- Psychological
- 2020s horror
Maddie follows her friend into the subculture around a children's television show called The Pink Opaque and finds that the show's dreamlike world has a literal dimension its creator designed with specific intentions.