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Movies like The Shining

Not everyone loves The Shining for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love The Shining

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like dread that builds slowly in empty corridors.

  2. You like long gliding shots behind a boy on his tricycle.

  3. You like a performance that becomes truly frightening.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Hereditary2018

    • a performance that becomes truly frightening

    Good for you if you like a mother's grief played at full force.

  • Hannibal2013

    • dread that builds slowly in empty corridors
    • long gliding shots behind a boy on his tricycle
    • a performance that becomes truly frightening

    Good for you if you like crime scenes composed like paintings and dinners shot like still lifes.

  • The Sixth Sense1999

    • dread that builds slowly in empty corridors

    Good for you if you like quiet, creeping fear.

  • The Witch2016

    • long gliding shots behind a boy on his tricycle

    Good for you if you like candlelit, grey images of 1630.

  • Split2017

    • dread that builds slowly in empty corridors
    • a performance that becomes truly frightening

    Good for you if you like one actor playing many people, each one different.

  • Prisoners2013

    • dread that builds slowly in empty corridors
    • a performance that becomes truly frightening

    Good for you if you like being tense for two and a half hours straight.

  • Midsommar2019

    • long gliding shots behind a boy on his tricycle

    Good for you if you like horror in broad daylight and flowers.

  • Black Swan2010

    • dread that builds slowly in empty corridors
    • a performance that becomes truly frightening

    Good for you if you like a lead performance that cracks in front of you.

Reasons taken from The Shining's card. Picks from the Ipsomap catalogue. This application uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.

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