The Conjuring
2013USA★ 7.55.5 pt match
What ties these together is paranoia and feeling powerless. Same energy: haunting, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
Julia's Eyes
Los ojos de Julia
2010SpainLanguage: esDirected by Guillem Morales★ 6.7
Available in English: subtitled
Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what she intuitively feels is a murder case.
Themes and style
Tone
tensehauntingbleakcold and detached
Pacing
slow burnescalating
Story
investigationsurvivalpursuit
Emotion
griefparanoialoss of innocencefeeling powerlessguilt
Themes
men and women navigating expectations
Feel
quietly hauntingexhaustingcerebraldiscussion starter
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Hollywood films like Julia's Eyes
If Julia's Eyes hit you the right way, here are Hollywood films that share its DNA. Same emotional weight, same kind of stories, same kind of payoff.
The Conjuring 2
2016USA★ 7.34.5 pt match
Like Julia's Eyes, this one is rooted in feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: haunting, tense, escalating, and slow burn.
Halloween
1978USA★ 7.64 pt match
Like Julia's Eyes, this one is rooted in paranoia, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Get Out
2017USA★ 7.64 pt match
What ties these together is paranoia, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. The feel is the same: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Paranormal Activity
2007USA★ 64 pt match
Like Julia's Eyes, this one is rooted in paranoia and feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations. The feel is the same: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
A Quiet Place Part II
2020USA★ 7.43.5 pt match
What ties these together is grief and feeling powerless. Both move the same way too, bleak, tense, escalating, and slow burn.
A Quiet Place
2018USA★ 7.43 pt match
What ties these together is grief, guilt, and feeling powerless. Same energy: tense, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
The Black Phone
2021USA★ 7.53 pt match
What ties these together is feeling powerless, loss of innocence, and grief. Same energy: bleak, tense, slow burn, and escalating.