Movies like The Babadook
24 films close to The Babadook (2014) on how it feels, not just what shelf it sits on — with what each one shares with it underneath.
dysfunctional family, sleeplessness, parent child relationship · Horror
psychological disorders, grieving, traumatized woman · Drama, Horror
dysfunctional family, single mother, parent child relationship · Drama
monster · Horror, Drama
horrified, nightmare · Drama, Horror
sleeplessness · Horror, Drama
nightmare · Horror, Drama
parent child relationship · Drama, Horror
woman director, nightmare · Horror, Drama
nightmare · Horror, Drama
monster, nightmare · Horror · Entertainment One
depressing, woman director · Drama, Horror
nightmare · Horror, Drama
woman director · Horror, Drama
woman director · Horror, Drama
grieving · Horror, Drama
woman director · Horror, Drama
woman director · Horror, Drama
depressing · Horror, Drama
nightmare · Horror, Drama
woman director · Drama, Horror
nightmare · Horror, Drama
nightmare · Horror, Drama
depressing · Horror, Drama
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Matches are drawn from Cinnamon DB’s emotional fingerprint — a reading of how a film actually plays rather than how it is catalogued — then weighted by shared subject, cast, studio and era. That is why a documentary can sit beside a space epic, and why the same director appears at most twice.