5 Movies Like ‘Obsession’
Obsession (2026) has taken cinema by storm by being a fun, scary, and creative time at the movie theater. It’s not often we see a movie that plays on tropes like wishes gone wrong and twisted relationships, but this film takes these to levels we haven’t seen in decades.
That said, while there’s no movie quite like Obsession, there are films that capture particular quirks found in the movie. Whether it be twisted stalkers, broken romances, or a wish gone wrong, there’s something worth seeing if you want more of Obsession. Below is a list of some of the best movies to watch after Curry Barker’s iconic horror film, available to stream now on Prime Video, Hulu, and more!
Companion (2025) is about a young woman who is trapped in a relationship that grows more twisted as a single bloody night in a remote cabin unfolds. We learn she’s actually a robot girlfriend to Jack Quaid’s character and see her journey to autonomy in bloody fashion.
Like Obsession, Companion is about a woman who is told that she can only be at the service of a man, realizing she’s so much more than she’s told to be. It’s a violent fight for independence against a world that doesn’t care what happens to her. It’s the perfect “companion” to Obsession and is one of the best sci-fi thrillers of the 2020s.
Based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, Thinner (1996) is about a morally bankrupt and overweight lawyer who gets out of a manslaughter case that kills a Romani woman. In revenge, one of her relatives places a curse on him that makes him thin rapidly.
Thinner is great for how it shows the desperation of a man who deserves everything coming to him, even though he is trying to save his own life. We don’t root for him just as we don’t root for Bear, but we love the ride it takes us on as a man tries his best to turn himself around even after it’s too late.
Misery (1990) is another film based on a Stephen King novel, where an injured novelist is found and nursed to health by his biggest fan, Annie Wilkes. But when she discovers the death of her favorite character in his next novel, we see how twisted she actually is.
Obsession feels very similar to Misery in how Nikki and Annie go to extreme lengths to keep the thing they want. They will hurt the person they “love,” and both show that even the most unsuspecting person can be utterly terrifying.
Possession (1981) isn’t a love story; it’s a story about the degradation of a marriage as a man returning from a work trip learns his wife is having an affair. As she indulges in her lifestyle, she leaves her husband and small child and begins to act strangely with colorful outbursts that tease a dark secret about her other lover.
Where Obsession focuses on the falsehood of the love Bear had for Nikki, Possession is a bleak story about an unhealthy relationship that builds on the notion Obsession introduced. We see a couple together to maintain the idea of love, and as the woman acts more “out of character,” we learn she was the one who was trapped, and that this has been her true self all along.
Fresh (2022) follows a young woman unlucky in love and tired of the dating scene. But a chance encounter introduces her to a man who seems perfect until it’s revealed he’s a cannibal, and she’s just product for his twisted butcher business.
Like Obsession, Fresh plays on the classic tropes of romance, meet-cutes, and everything we take for granted in that genre. It’s about a man who cares more about control and a woman fighting for survival, and while both movies are narratively different, those themes are interchangeable.
