Movies like Sinister
Sinister is most extreme on TONE — a bleak, unforgiving tone at 012. Everything below is a movie that lands near it on the same six axes, which is a different question from "what else is tagged horror". Ranked by distance, closest first.
That is Sinister’s fingerprint. The list below is scored against it, not against genre.
Oculus
Mike Flanagan · 2013 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
90% shared signal
Smile
Parker Finn · 2022 · Film
Shares modern craft.
85% shared signal
The Conjuring
James Wan · 2013 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
85% shared signal
Annabelle
John R. Leonetti · 2014 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
85% shared signal
A Quiet Place
John Krasinski · 2018 · Film
Shares modern craft.
84% shared signal
Lights Out
David F. Sandberg · 2016 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
83% shared signal
Talk to Me
Danny & Michael Philippou · 2022 · Film
82% shared signal
The Nun
Corin Hardy · 2018 · Film
82% shared signal
Hereditary
Ari Aster · 2018 · Film
80% shared signal
It
Andy Muschietti · 2017 · Film
80% shared signal
Insidious
James Wan · 2010 · Film
79% shared signal
The Babadook
Jennifer Kent · 2014 · Film
78% shared signal
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