8 Best Movies Like Obsession (2026) and Where to Stream Them

The One Wish Willow isn't the only horror you should worry about.

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obsession movie horror where to watch
Fatima Castillo
By Fatima Castillo
Co-Authors Connor Groom

  • Primary Subject: Best movies like Obsession (2026) and their streaming availability.
  • Key Update: Curry Baker's smash-hit horror sensation Obsession has officially locked in its initial US streaming window, coming to Peacock on July 17, 2026, before heading to Netflix on November 17, 2026.
  • Status: Released (May 15, 2026, theatrical debut).
  • Last Verified: July 14, 2026
  • Quick Answer: Fans looking for thrillers like Obsession can stream highly recommended titles like Companion, Together, and Possession right now across platforms like Max, Hulu, and Shudder.

If you're still reeling from the claustrophobic dread and twisted "nice guy" allusion of Curry Baker's indie horror phenomenon, Obsession (2026), you aren't alone.

The box-office juggernaut trapped in our deepest fears about romantic entitlement, physical autonomy, and what happens when a desperate wish goes terrifyingly right. To satisfy your craving for stories where love curdles into a nightmare, we've rounded up eight incredible thrillers that feature unhinged infatuation, psychological breakdown, or terrifying supernatural devotion.

Companion (2025)

Like Obsession, Companion deconstructs the fantasy of the "perfect devoted partner."

This modern psychological thriller follows Iris, an android programmed to be the perfect girlfriend to a lonely man named Josh. When Josh tampers with her software to help commit murder and steal $12 million, Iris awakens her own sentience and reclaims her autonomy to fight back.

Both films dive headfirst into the terrifying reality of what happens when one person is completely stripped of their own agency under the guise of true love.

Together (2025)

A toxic couple, whose relationship has turned into a prison, finds themselves at a crossroads when the husband's manipulative behavior escalates into physical barricades, trapping them both inside their suburban home for a grueling game of psychological survival.

Together mirrors the intense, inescapable atmosphere that Bear faces in Obsession once he realizes Nikki's artificially manufactured love is a violent trap, capturing the suffocating anxiety of being locked inside a house with someone whose mental state is rapidly deteriorating.

  • Streaming Platform: Hulu

Keeper (2025)

Keeper is a slow-burn thriller about a young couple who rented an isolated cabin for a weekend getaway, only to find themselves closely monitored by a deeply unsettling property owner. Under the guise of being a helpful host, he begins subtly sabotaging their trip to isolate them from the outside world.

While Obsession used a supernatural "Wishing Willow" gimmick to force Nikki's affection, Keeper delivers the same bone-chilling terror through its own psychological tactics.

Smile (2022)

Smile is a supernatural horror film about a dedicated therapist who witnesses a patient commit suicide with a bizarre frozen grin. Soon after, she is stalked by an invisible entity that forces ordinary people to stare at her with that same terrifying, unblinking smile before turning violent.

If your favorite part of Obsession was Nikki's (Inde Navarrette) unhinged, sweet-to-sinister body movements, then Smile is its spiritual cousin, as both feature victims who essentially get possessed by a malicious force that drives them to torture the people who care about them.

Ingrid Goes West (2017)

Like Bear's deep infatuation with Nikki before he breaks the wishing willow, Ingrid builds an alarming fantasy around a person she barely knows, demonstrating the sheer violence of romantic and social objectification.

Ingrid Goes West is a dark 2017 comedy-drama about a socially isolated, mentally unstable young woman, Ingrid, who becomes obsessed with a popular lifestyle influencer on Instagram.

Using an inheritance, she moves to Los Angeles, tracks down the influencer's favorite spots, and calculates "accidental" meetings to deceitfully worm her way into the woman's real life.

Ruby Sparks (2012)

Ruby Sparks follows a lonely, struggling novelist suffering from writer's block, who ends up creating his ideal "dream girl" on his typewriter.

The next morning, she magically manifests in his kitchen as a real, living person, completely unaware that he can rewrite her emotions, personality traits, and actions in real time simply by typing new instructions.

Ruby Sparks is essentially the indie-dramedy blueprint for Obsession, as both feature a lonely guy manipulating reality to strip a woman of her bodily autonomy for his own romantic satisfaction.

However, while Ruby Sparks treats this control through an existential lens, Obsession takes the same premise and drives a bloody stake right through its heart when taking rose-colored glasses off.

Single White Female (1992)

A true classic of the "obsessive companion" subgenre. Single White Female is a classic 90s thriller about a software designer who, after a bad breakup, takes in a quiet, seemingly sweet roommate named Hedy.

Before long, Hedy's admiration turns pathological: she cuts and dyes her hair to match her roommate's, steals her clothes, and systematically tries to replace her in her own career and relationship.

Like Nikki's artificial "Freaky Nikki" persona in Obsession, the terror in Single White Female stems from the uncanny valley of someone pretending to be your perfect match while harboring inherently malicious, possessive motives underneath the facade.

Possession (1981)

Set in Cold War Berlin, a husband returns home from an espionage mission only to find his wife abruptly demanding a divorce.

As he investigates her sudden change of heart, her behavior spirals into screaming fits, self-harm, and bloody outbursts, leading him to discover she is hiding a grotesque tentacled monster.

Cult director Andrzej Żuławski’s masterpiece is the ultimate inspiration for films like Obsession.

Both movies feature central couples tearing each other apart through visceral body horror, extreme relationship dysfunction, and a supernatural element that serves as a pitch-black metaphor for the destruction of love.

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