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Terrifying Non-Horror Movies

These movies could easily scare people just as much as regular horror movies. To me, Come and See and Son of Saul might be the most terrifying movies I've ever seen.
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10 Rillington Place (1971)
10 Rillington Place (1971)
1
62%7.5
20 Days in Mariupol (2023)
20 Days in Mariupol (2023)
2
100%
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
3
87%8.3
A Short Film About Killing (1989)
A Short Film About Killing (1989)
4
91%8.0
Barefoot Gen (1983)
Barefoot Gen (1983)
5
75%8.0
Benny's Video (1993)
Benny's Video (1993)
6
64%7.2
Blue Velvet (1986)
Blue Velvet (1986)
7
94%7.7
City of Life and Death (2009)
City of Life and Death (2009)
8
93%7.7
Clean, Shaven (1993)
Clean, Shaven (1993)
9
91%7.0
Come and See (1985)
Come and See (1985)
10
97%8.4
Deliverance (1972)
Deliverance (1972)
11
89%7.7
Dogtooth (2009)
Dogtooth (2009)
12
93%7.2
Fires on the Plain (1959)
Fires on the Plain (1959)
13
100%8.0
Hatred (2016)
Hatred (2016)
14
7.6
Hiroshima (1953)
Hiroshima (1953)
15
7.5
Marathon Man (1976)
Marathon Man (1976)
16
81%7.4
Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
Nazi Concentration Camps (1945)
17
8.3
Se7en (1995)
Se7en (1995)
18
82%8.6
See the Sea (1997)
See the Sea (1997)
19
100%6.8
Shoah (1985)
Shoah (1985)
20
100%8.7
Son of Saul (2015)
Son of Saul (2015)
21
96%7.5
The Gift (2015)
The Gift (2015)
22
91%7.0
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
23
80%7.0
The War Game (1965)
The War Game (1965)
24
93%8.0
Threads (1984)
Threads (1984)
25
100%8.0
Titicut Follies (1967)
Titicut Follies (1967)
26
100%7.7
Zero Day (2003)
Zero Day (2003)
27
68%7.2
Zodiac (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
28
89%7.7
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