Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Shining

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

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#1
Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night

2025★ 6.2

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

After witnessing his parents' brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood...

#2
The Black Phone

The Black Phone

2022★ 7.5

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

Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on...

#3
Black Phone 2

Black Phone 2

2025★ 6.7

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

Four years after defeating The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with life after captivity. When his younger sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the Black Phone...

#4
The Uninvited

The Uninvited

1944★ 6.9

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

A pair of siblings from London [Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey] purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, England. Only to discover that it actually carr...

#5
Dark Harvest

Dark Harvest

2023★ 6.0

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

In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody ...

#6
Gerald's Game

Gerald's Game

2017★ 6.4

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

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice....

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