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10 Best Movies Like The Spiral Staircase

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

#1
The Silence

The Silence

1963★ 7.5

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

Traveling through an unnamed European country on the brink of war, sickly, intellectual Ester, her sister Anna and Anna's young son, Johan, check into a near-empty hotel. A basic i...

#2
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#3
Fight Club

Fight Club

1999★ 8.4

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

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clu...

#4
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

1989★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Spiral Staircase for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned....

#5
Vivre Sa Vie

Vivre Sa Vie

1962★ 7.7

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

Twelve episodic tales in the life of a Parisian woman and her slow descent into prostitution....

#6
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

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

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...