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10 Best Movies Like Surface Tension

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

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#1
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#2
Gothika

Gothika

2003★ 6.1

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

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's b...

#3
6 Souls

6 Souls

2010★ 6.0

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

A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is f...

#4
Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum

2014★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Surface Tension for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying sta...

#5
Anna

Anna

2013★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Surface Tension for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma....

#6
Smile

Smile

2022★ 6.7

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

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain....

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