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2024 · Movie · R · your starting pointIf Longlegs is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Movies like Longlegs, ranked
1. Fallen (1998)
Director Osgood Perkins crafts the same claustrophobic dread and personal obsession with an unsolvable killer that drives this 1998 thriller about a detective haunted by supernatural patterns he can't escape.
2. Taking Lives (2004)
This serial killer procedural shares Longlegs' atmospheric dread and a protagonist racing against a methodical murderer whose psychological games demand decoding to prevent the next kill.
3. Dark Figure of Crime (2018)
Osgood Perkins's methodical interrogation of a killer's unreliable testimony creates the same suffocating dread and obsessive detective work that drives Longlegs' unraveling investigation.
4. Bones (2005)
The meticulous forensic investigation and personal stakes that deepen as each case unravels will appeal to those drawn to Longlegs' layered mystery, though Bones grounds its darkness in scientific rigor rather than the occult.
5. Nobody (2007)
Director Oz Perkins channels the same mounting dread and investigation-driven paranoia in this 2007 thriller, where a detective's personal demons blur with the hunt for a killer who operates in deliberately obscured patterns.
6. Cold Case (2003)
Maika Monroe's methodical pursuit of a killer across decades mirrors the relentless detective work here, where a seasoned investigator excavates buried cases through meticulous evidence gathering and psychological insight.
8. The X-Files (1993)
Mulder's obsessive pursuit of unexplained FBI cases mirrors the protagonist's descent into occult mystery, while both shows weaponize cryptic clues and procedural dread to suggest something malevolent exists just beyond rational explanation.
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