Movies Like The Alphabet (1969)

The Alphabet is a 1969 animation, horror film from David Lynch with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with A Nightmare on Elm Street and Come True.

Animation Horror

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

7.3

MagicScore

Come True

2020

Looking for an escape from her recurring nightmares, 18-year-old Sarah submits to a university sleep study, but soon realizes she's become the conduit to a frightening new discovery.

5.9

MagicScore

Dead Awake

2016

Kate Bowman (Jocelin Donahue) is an average social worker who, after the sudden death of her twin sister, is investigating the mysterious deaths of other people who died in their sleep. Shortly before their deaths, the victims all reported a supernatural force that appeared to them while they were suffering from sleep paralysis. When Kate investigates further into the case, she opens herself up to the creature's wrath and soon finds herself and her family suffering from an ancient evil.

5.2

MagicScore

Night of Dark Shadows

1971

Recently married, Quentin and Tracy Collins have just moved into Collinwood, a New England estate that has long been in the Collins family and which Quentin has just inherited. They soon find themselves plagued by spirits of past residents.

6.6

MagicScore

The Train

1964

As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.

7.5

MagicScore

The ABCs of Death

2013

An ambitious anthology film featuring segments directed by over two dozen of the world's leading talents in contemporary genre film. Inspired by children's educational ABC books, the film comprises 26 individual chapters, each helmed by a different director assigned a letter of the alphabet. The directors were then given free reign in choosing a word to create a story involving death.

4.9

MagicScore

Hour of the Wolf

1968

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

7.4

MagicScore

Eraserhead

1977

First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.

7.3

MagicScore

Dead of Night

1945

While seeking some architectural work at a country farmhouse, Walter Craig soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. He’s forced to listen to the bizarre tales of each guest while dreading the terrible end he knows is coming.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

A Nightmare

1896

A man has a fantastical nightmare involving, among other things, a grinning malevolent moon.

6.0

MagicScore

#11

The Lighthouse

2019

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

7.5

MagicScore

#12

Alice in Wonderland

1981

Alice follows the white rabbit, falls down a deep hole and discovers a strange Wonderland at the bottom.

7.6

MagicScore

#13

Sleeping Beauty

1959

Cursed to die by the evil fairy Maleficent when she was a baby, Princess Aurora is sent into hiding under protection from three good fairies. As she grows up far away, Maleficent becomes increasingly determined to seal the princess's fate.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

Sleep

2023

Hyun-su and Soo-jin are newlyweds. Seemingly out of nowhere, he starts talking in his sleep. "Someone's inside." From that night on, whenever he falls asleep, he transforms into someone else with no recollection of what happened the night before. Soo-jin is overwhelmed with anxiety that he'd hurt her family while she sleeps and can barely sleep a wink because of this irrational fear. Despite sleep treatment, Hyun-su’s sleepwalking only intensifies, and she begins to feel that her unborn child may be in danger…

6.7

MagicScore

#15

The Invasion

2007

Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.

6.0

MagicScore

#16

Bedfellows

2008

When a woman is being called in the middle of the night, she finds out that it's not her husband laying next to her.

5.8

MagicScore

#17

The Sleep Experiment

2022

Two detectives begin an investigation into a disastrous secret military experiment where five prisoners were kept awake for thirty days in a sealed gas chamber.

4.9

MagicScore

#18

Echoes

2014

A young writer experiences visions during episodes of sleep paralysis, and she retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated house in the desert. As the visions worsen, she teeters on the edge of insanity as she uncovers a life-threatening secret.

4.2

MagicScore

#19

Dark City

1998

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

Sleep

1964

Footage of John Giorno sleeping for five hours.

3.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Alphabet?

The top films similar to The Alphabet by MovieMagicScore are A Nightmare on Elm Street (7.3), Come True (5.9), Dead Awake (5.2). Each shares animation/horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Alphabet worth watching?

The Alphabet holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 233 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Alphabet?

The Alphabet (1969) is a animation, horror film directed by David Lynch, starring Peggy Reavey.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Alphabet?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more animation recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Alphabet

This ranked list pairs The Alphabet (1969), a animation and horror film from David Lynch, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Peggy Reavey take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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