Movies like Smile
Smile is most extreme on ERA BIAS — modern craft at 092. 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 Smile’s fingerprint. The list below is scored against it, not against genre.
Talk to Me
Danny & Michael Philippou · 2022 · Film
Shares modern craft.
86% shared signal
Sinister
Scott Derrickson · 2012 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
85% shared signal
Oculus
Mike Flanagan · 2013 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
83% shared signal
It
Andy Muschietti · 2017 · Film
Shares modern craft.
82% shared signal
Lights Out
David F. Sandberg · 2016 · Film
Shares relentless shock.
79% shared signal
A Quiet Place
John Krasinski · 2018 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
79% shared signal
Annabelle
John R. Leonetti · 2014 · Film
Shares relentless shock.
79% shared signal
The Nun
Corin Hardy · 2018 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
79% shared signal
The Conjuring
James Wan · 2013 · Film
78% shared signal
Insidious
James Wan · 2010 · Film
75% shared signal
Hereditary
Ari Aster · 2018 · Film
74% shared signal
Evil Dead
Fede Alvarez · 2013 · Film
74% shared signal
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