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Ranked by tone match
Movies like The Shining (1980)
8 films to watch after The Shining, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
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1Burnt Offerings (1976)
Fit 76%Shares Horror and Thriller with The Shining.
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
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21408 (2007)
Fit 69%Shares Horror with The Shining.
A man specializing in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
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3The Little Stranger (2018)
Fit 66%Shares Horror with The Shining.
In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?
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4Frailty (2002)
Fit 66%Shares Thriller with The Shining.
A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to kill people who were in fact "demons."
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5Dark Water (2002)
Fit 65%Shares Horror and Thriller with The Shining.
A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
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6The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Fit 53%Shares Horror with The Shining.
Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.
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7Calvaire (2005)
Fit 52%Shares Horror with The Shining.
A few days before Christmas, traveling entertainer Marc Stevens is stuck at nightfall in a remote wood in the swampy Hautes Fagnes region of Liège when his van breaks down. An odd chap who's looking for a lost dog then leads Marc to a shuttered inn.
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8Pathology (2008)
Fit 46%Shares Horror and Thriller with The Shining.
Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which one tries to commit the perfect, undetectable murder, then the others compete to determine the victim's cause of death.
