Films like It
15 picks with a similar feel
What defines It, going by its Boxlist taste profile: A fantastical, heavy horror film: dark and small-scale. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of mysteries that are not what they seem, an all-consuming quest and resilience and survival, plus tags such as balloon, well and abandoned house.
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 It (2017).
- 1
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival. Common ground: small town.
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The Conjuring (2013)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and dark, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival. Common ground: demonic.
- 3
The Invisible Man (2020)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival. Common ground: murder.
- 4
Sinister (2012)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival. Common ground: murder.
- 5
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival. Common ground: murder.
- 6
Nosferatu (2024)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival.
- 7
Marrowbone (2017)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival. Common ground: abandoned house, flashback, murder.
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Eraserhead (1978)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and dark, with themes of resilience and survival.
- 9
Psycho (1960)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and an all-consuming quest. Common ground: missing person.
- 10
Triangle (2009)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and an all-consuming quest. Common ground: murder.
- 11
The Black Phone (2022)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival. Common ground: bullying, small town.
- 12
Frankenstein (2025)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and dark, with themes of resilience and survival.
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Us (2019)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival. Common ground: fear, murder.
- 14
Deep Red (1975)
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Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and an all-consuming quest. Common ground: murder.
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The Lighthouse (2019)
Film7.5Slower burn
Why it's like It: Also heightened and weighty, with themes of mysteries that are not what they seem and resilience and survival.
Boxlist compares It 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 It?
- Picks with a similar feel include Sleepy Hollow, The Conjuring, The Invisible Man and Sinister. Each shares part of It's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 15 films.
- How are these films like It chosen?
- Boxlist compares It 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.