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10 Best Movies Like Brightburn

If you loved Brightburn, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Child's Play

Child's Play

2019★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightburn for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Karen, a single mother, gifts her son Andy a Buddi doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic....

#2
Men in Black: International

Men in Black: International

2019★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightburn for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. In this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in B...

#3
Pet Sematary

Pet Sematary

2019★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightburn for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest d...

#4
The Intruder

The Intruder

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightburn for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A psychological thriller about a young married couple who buys a beautiful Napa Valley house on several acres of land only to find that the man they bought it from refuses to let g...

#5
Hellboy

Hellboy

2019★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightburn for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to t...

#6
Nightmare Cinema

Nightmare Cinema

2018★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brightburn for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen b...