Get Out took the world by storm not just because it was directed by comedian Jordan Peele, but because it gave a new perspective on racism in movies. Using the scope of a Twilight Zone-type feature, there are very few movies like it.
Whether it’s due to incorporating social commentaries on racism and class, using middle class suburbs as a creepy backdrop, or having slow burn that leads to a heart stopping twist, there are just enough movies with similarities to Get Out that satisfy the horror movie junkie.
10 Mother! (2017)
Being one of the most disturbing movies of the past few years, Darren Aronofsky’s Mother! is one of the films you won’t watch more than once. The movie is massively polarizing and infamously received an ‘F’ CinemaScore, but like Get Out, Mother! has a lot of depth, as it has many different meanings, including being a metaphor for the destruction of the planet. It’s also one of the most disturbing movies packed with a ton of unsettling visuals.
9 The Twilight Zone (1959-1964)
While not a movie, it almost goes without saying that The Twilight Zone is essential watching after Get Out. Peele has explicitly said several times how much of an influence the series was to him, and he has even gone on to present the rebooted series. The movie does what the series did best. It turned normal everyday occurrences into nightmarish and unforgettable experiences. It also features an array of amazing directors to boot, such as John Landis, Steven Spielberg, George Miller, and Joe Dante all directing segments.
8 Split (2016)
Though M. Night Shyamalan’s filmography has been more than a little spotty since Signs, Split saw him back on the right path. This was largely thanks to James McAvoy’s role as Kevin Crumb, a man with 24 different personalities who kidnaps three teenage girls.
Like Get Out, the Unbreakable sequel is a psychological drama with some shocking left turns, and it has one of the best movie plot twists of the decade.
7 Don’t Breathe (2016)
Don’t Breathe follows a group of thieves who break into a blind man’s property. However they soon find themselves having to escape the wrath of that same man. Though the movie becomes completely predictable towards the end as the finale can be seen coming from mid-way through, Don’t Breathe is one of the most suspenseful movies of the decade. Viewers will be holding their breaths watching the film.
6 Parasite (2019)
With similarities in relation to suspense and thrilling plot developments on hierarchies, Parasite could be looked at as a spiritual successor to Get Out. Both movies even won Academy Awards, which is an incredibly rare achievement for a horror movie, and Parasite is the best Bong Joon-Ho film according to IMDB.
5 The Purge (2013)
The Purge series has seen major evolutions with each consecutive movie. While the all out action scenes could hardly be compared to the slow paced suspense of Get Out, the original movie that started the franchise off shares startlingly similar themes with the Peele directed modern classic. The Purge features the evil elite abusing their powers by preying on minorities and those with lower incomes.
4 The Invisible Man (2020)
Being a modern day retelling and a wild update on the classic character, The Invisible Man is a wonderfully shot movie that uses the b-movie character as a way of telling an egregious story.
In what was going to be a soulless action movie in a canned Universal cinematic universe, Elizabeth Moss gives a chilling performance on the feminist spin of the classic H.G. Welles novel. It has become another creative film that puts across high-minded social and behavioral morals in Blumhouse’s movies.
3 Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko might not fit the typical mould of a horror movie, as it also combines sci-fi and teen drama into an amalgam to become one of the strangest genre movies ever. However, its psychological nature driven by teen angst is what makes it one of the most unique horror movies with loads of hidden details. In one of the most subtle of similarities to Get Out, the cult hit shows off the strange and wretched secrets of upper middle class and their discomfort.
2 The Visit (2015)
Though it didn’t reach the same acclaim as Split, Shyamalan’s The Visit is one of the most underrated movies of the decade and it is a much more traditional horror movie. Like Get Out, the movie features characters who visit their family that they’ve never met before, but something feels not quite right. The final reveal will leave viewers hyperventilating. It’s a slow burn yet the unease grows with each consecutive scene.
1 Funny Games (2007)
Funny Games is an Austrian production directed by Michael Haneke and also takes a deeper look at what goes on within the parameters of white picket fences. It follows two young bourgeois men as they sadistically play games with an innocent family. The movie turns middle class day to day life to the surreal and extreme as it borders on torture porn, but it never actually shows the torture and its eerie tone is very close to Get Out’s.
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