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10 Best Movies Like Universal Horror

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

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#1
Karloff: The Gentle Monster

Karloff: The Gentle Monster

2006★ 7.6

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

Film historians, and producer Richard Gordon, talk about the horror movie career of cult star Boris Karloff....

#2
Bram Stoker's Dracula

Bram Stoker's Dracula

1992★ 7.4

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

Centuries-old vampire Count Dracula travels to Victorian London, where he becomes obsessed with Mina Murray—the fiancée of his solicitor, Jonathan Harker—believing her to be the re...

#3
Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day

1993★ 7.6

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

A narcissistic TV weatherman, along with his attractive-but-distant producer, and his mawkish cameraman, is sent to report on Groundhog Day in the small town of Punxsutawney, where...

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Universal Horror for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Universal Horror for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Universal Horror for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...