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10 Best Movies Like Friend Request

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

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#1
The Forest

The Forest

2016★ 5.2

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

Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who h...

#2
Unfriended

Unfriended

2014★ 5.5

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

While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it's a prank, but when...

#3
Into the Storm

Into the Storm

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Friend Request for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

As a new day begins in the town of Silverton, its residents have little reason to believe it will be anything other than ordinary. Mother Nature, however has other plans. In the sp...

#4
Ride

Ride

2014★ 5.7

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

Overbearing mom, Jackie, travels cross-country to be with her son, Angelo, after he drops out of college to become a surfer. She meets a surf instructor who convinces her to try to...

#5
Ti stimo fratello

Ti stimo fratello

2012★ 4.6

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

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#6
Jim Jefferies: Intolerant

Jim Jefferies: Intolerant

2020★ 7.2

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

Between scenes from an excruciating date, Jim Jefferies digs into generational differences, his own bad habits and the shifting boundaries in comedy....