Films like Midsommar

Name: Midsommar
Director: Ari Aster
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Released: 2019

2019 · Drama, Horror, Mystery

If Midsommar worked for you because of daylight dread, folk ritual, grief and group psychology, these films push those same nerves rather than just copying the flower-crown surface.

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Psychological · Occult

2018 · 127 min

Well reviewed

folk / ritual · grief · ritual menace

Psychological

Dir. Karyn Kusama

Prime

Psychological · Paranoia

2015 · 100 min

Well reviewed

folk / ritual · paranoia · grief

Psychological

Dir. Darren Aronofsky

Psychological · Ritual menace

2017 · 121 min

Well reviewed

folk / ritual · ritual menace · mystery

Psychological

Dir. Trey Edward Shults

Human Threat · Paranoia

2017 · 91 min

paranoia

Supernatural

Dir. Robert Eggers

Psychological · Grief

2015 · 92 min

Well reviewed

psychological · folk / ritual · grief

Psychological

Dir. Lars von Trier

Psychological · Grief

2009 · 108 min

Well reviewed

grief · occult · grief horror

Psychological

Dir. David Bruckner

Human Threat · Ritual menace

2017 · 94 min

folk / ritual · ritual menace · grief

Psychological

Dir. Robin Hardy

Folk / Ritual · Ritual menace

1973 · 88 min

Acclaimed

folk / ritual · ritual menace · mystery

Slow burn

Dir. Ben Wheatley

Folk / Ritual · Ritual menace

2011 · 95 min

folk / ritual · psychological · ritual menace

Dir. Dario Argento

BFI

Supernatural · Mystery

1977 · 92 min

Well reviewed

mystery

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