Movies like Backrooms
Backrooms (2026) is a horror movie directed by Kane Parsons. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Exit 8 (2025)
★ 7.0 · 859 votes · Mystery, Thriller, Horror
A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?
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2. Smile (2022)
★ 6.7 · 4,321 votes · Horror, Mystery
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.
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3. Nope (2022)
★ 6.8 · 5,255 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
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4. Sinners (2025)
★ 7.5 · 5,342 votes · Horror, Action, Thriller
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
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5. A Quiet Place (2018)
★ 7.4 · 15,827 votes · Horror, Drama, Sci-Fi
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
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6. Obsession (2026)
★ 8.2 · 6,122 votes · Horror, Thriller
After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.
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7. Donnie Darko (2001)
★ 7.8 · 13,844 votes · Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
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8. Black Swan (2010)
★ 7.7 · 15,971 votes · Drama, Thriller, Horror
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
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9. Annihilation (2018)
★ 6.5 · 9,706 votes · Sci-Fi, Horror
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
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10. The Shining (1980)
★ 8.2 · 19,520 votes · Horror, Thriller
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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11. Alien: Romulus (2024)
★ 7.2 · 4,971 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi
While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
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12. Talk to Me (2023)
★ 7.1 · 4,037 votes · Horror
When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.
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13. Cloverfield (2008)
★ 6.7 · 8,179 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
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14. Eraserhead (1977)
★ 7.3 · 2,864 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
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15. Barbarian (2022)
★ 6.9 · 3,620 votes · Horror, Mystery, Thriller
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.
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16. The Entity (1982)
★ 6.9 · 612 votes · Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
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17. Event Horizon (1997)
★ 6.6 · 3,521 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
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18. Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
★ 6.4 · 374 votes · Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
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19. Lights Out (2016)
★ 6.4 · 4,270 votes · Horror, Mystery
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
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20. The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
★ 7.3 · 6,757 votes · Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.
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