Films like A Quiet Place
15 picks with a similar feel
What defines A Quiet Place, going by its Boxlist taste profile: Expect an otherworldly, morally murky horror film, heavy rather than light. Best if you like edge over warmth. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of troubled leads, underdogs and mysteries that are not what they seem, plus tags such as child in peril, deaf and human vs alien.
Here are 15 films with a similar feel, ranked by how closely they match that profile. Treat them as picks to try, not a definitive list.
Based on A Quiet Place (2018).
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mother! (2017)
Film7.0More intricate
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: psychological horror, pregnancy.
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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Film7.0
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of troubled leads and underdogs.
- 3
Suspiria (1977)
Film7.6
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: psychological horror.
- 4
Antichrist (2009)
Film6.7
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and dark, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem.
- 5
Black Phone 2 (2025)
Film6.7More intricate
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: psychological horror.
- 6
The Thing (1982)
Film8.0
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and dark, with themes of troubled leads and underdogs. Common ground: alien life-form, creature.
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Bird Box (2018)
Film6.9Faster-paced
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and dark, with themes of underdogs and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: survival horror, post-apocalyptic future.
- 8
Film7.4
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of troubled leads and underdogs.
- 9
The Shining (1980)
Film8.2More intricate
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and dark, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: psychological horror.
- 10
Hereditary (2018)
Film7.2More intricate
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and dark, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: psychological horror.
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Nope (2022)
Film6.9More intricate
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and dark, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: alien invasion.
- 12
The Invisible Man (2020)
Film7.2More intricate
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival. Common ground: pregnancy.
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Deep Red (1975)
Film7.8More intricate
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: psychological horror.
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The Lighthouse (2019)
Film7.5More intricate
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: psychological horror.
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Us (2019)
Film7.0More intricate
Why it's like A Quiet Place: Also heightened and dark, with themes of troubled leads and mysteries that are not what they seem. Common ground: psychological horror.
Boxlist compares A Quiet Place with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point. Ratings are TMDB audience scores out of 10.
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- What should I watch if I like A Quiet Place?
- Picks with a similar feel include mother!, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Suspiria and Antichrist. Each shares part of A Quiet Place's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 15 films.
- How are these films like A Quiet Place chosen?
- Boxlist compares A Quiet Place with every film in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 6.7 or more from at least 1,000 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point.