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Movies Like Smile
Smile turns a grin into a curse: a therapist starts seeing what her patient saw, and nobody around her believes it. Horror that passes from person to person, perceptions you can’t trust and a deadline only the victim can sense all show up in this list.
Matched to Smile (2022), rated 5/5 by the HorroRated team. Our own picks come first, then the closest matches by director, subgenre and mood.
Why it fits
- Our pick if you liked Smile
- Also from Parker Finn
- Curse
- Demons
Streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, Paramount+
Rose Cotter returns under a different identity while a detective investigating a serial killer finds connections to the same smiling phenomenon.
PickHIM
2025 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Smile in our reviews
- Demons
- Supernatural
- 2020s horror
Streaming on Netflix
A protagonist's fixation on someone draws the attention of a presence that feeds on that particular kind of obsession.
Gothika
2003 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Smile in our reviews
- Haunted Location
- Urban Horror
- Supernatural
Streaming on Netflix
Miranda Grey wakes up inside the psychiatric facility where she works, accused of killing her husband, with no memory of the crime.
Evil Dead Rise
2023 · MovieWhy it fits
- Haunted Location
- Urban Horror
- Demons
Streaming on HBO Max
Ellie arrives at her estranged sons' Los Angeles apartment building at the same time as the Naturom Demonto. The deadite infection moves through the building.
PickRosemary's Baby
1968 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paranoia
- Urban Horror
- Demons
Streaming on Paramount+, AMC+
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse move into a storied Manhattan apartment building and their charming elderly neighbors take an unusually strong interest in Rosemary's pregnancy.
The Ring
2002 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Smile in our reviews
- Curse
- Supernatural
- Psychological
Streaming on Netflix, Peacock, Paramount+
Rachel Keller investigates a videotape linked to four simultaneous deaths. Then she watches it herself.
The Haunting in Connecticut
2009 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with Smile in our reviews
- Demons
- Supernatural
- Psychological
Streaming on AMC+
The Campbell family rents a Connecticut house to be closer to the hospital treating their teenage son's cancer. Matt has visions that his illness can't fully account for.
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
2026 · MovieWhy it fits
- Curse
- Demons
- Body Horror
Streaming on HBO Max
Lee Cronin's The Mummy brings the Evil Dead Rise sensibility to Universal Monster territory: practical effects, real dread, and a formal confidence that distinguishes it from previous attempts at the property.
Watcher
2022 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paranoia
- Haunted Location
- Urban Horror
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.
PickBlack Swan
2010 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paranoia
- Urban Horror
- Body Horror
Nina Sayers is cast as the Swan Queen and finds that the dual role demands more of her than technique alone can provide.