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Movies Like The Babadook
The Babadook pairs a picture-book monster with a widowed mother stretched thin by grief and a son she can’t reach. The titles here use horror the same way, as a mirror for loss, exhaustion and family strain.
Matched to The Babadook (2014), 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 The Babadook
- Family Horror
Streaming on HBO Max
Strange things are happening in the Freeling house. Then the youngest daughter disappears into the walls.
PickSilent Hill
2006 · MovieWhy it fits
- Our pick if you liked The Babadook
- Creature Feature
- Psychological
- Cult Classic
Streaming on Peacock
Rose DaSilva follows her adopted daughter Sharon into a fog-covered town that was burned decades ago and hasn't been right since, where the streets shift and something is waiting.
PickBlack Swan
2010 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paranoia
- Dream Horror
- Family Horror
Nina Sayers is cast as the Swan Queen and finds that the dual role demands more of her than technique alone can provide.
PickFrankenstein
2025 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paired with The Babadook in our reviews
- Family Horror
- Creature Feature
Streaming on Netflix
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein brings the weight of a director who has spent his entire career thinking about monsters and what they mean.
PickSpeak No Evil
2024 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paranoia
- Dream Horror
- Family Horror
James and Louise accept Ben and Karin's invitation to their rural Danish home for a weekend that the hosts have been planning very carefully.
PickMidsommar
2019 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paranoia
- Dream Horror
- 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.
PickUs
2019 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paranoia
- Family 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.
PickBarbarian
2022 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paranoia
- Creature Feature
- Psychological
Streaming on Hulu
Tess and Keith arrive at a Detroit rental for a business trip and find an unexpected passageway in the basement.
PickThe Birds
1963 · MovieWhy it fits
- Paranoia
- Creature Feature
- Psychological
Streaming on Peacock
Melanie Daniels follows a man she just met to the coastal town of Bodega Bay and the birds there begin attacking people without warning or explanation.
PickA Quiet Place
2018 · MovieWhy it fits
- Family Horror
- Creature Feature
- Psychological
Streaming on Paramount+
The Abbott family survives in a world where making any sound will get you killed. The film follows a crucial period in that survival.