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Luzifer (2021)
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Austria
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Johannes, an innocent, Kaspar Hauser-like man with the heart of a child, lives secluded in an alpine hut together with his eagle and his devout mother. Daily life in this isolated world is governed by prayer and ritual. But suddenly, modern objects and disruptive noises intrude between nature and worship. A tourist development threatens to poison their paradise and awaken the devil.
Style:
slasher, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, thrilling, psychological, mystical, atmospheric, surreal ...
Plot:
demonic possession, child, religion, isolation, threat, threat to kill, faith, ritual, mother son relationship, folk horror, devil, macabre, mental disorder, outsider, innocence, character study, slow burn, minimalism, coming of age, moral ambiguity, symbolism, haunting, religious, retribution, resilience ...
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Most similar movies to Luzifer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and psychological horror films with plots about slow burn, isolation, haunting, supernatural, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity and ritual mostly in Horror, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Luzifer: The Holy Boy (2025), Starve Acre (2023), The Woman Under the Stage (2023), The Unkindness of Ravens (2016), What Waits in the Red (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Italy, Slovenia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal ...
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, atmospheric, gothic, surreal ...
Plot:
ritual, mountain village, secrets, moral ambiguity, religious cult, character study, haunting, obsession, manipulation, slow burn, coming of age, isolation ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.
Style:
psychological horror, captivating, tense, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
folk horror, supernatural, countryside, family drama, demonic possession, dysfunctional family, obsession, possessed human, life is a bitch, possessed, family relations, occult ...
Time:
70s, 60s
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93%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman discovers just how far she will go to achieve immortality while receiving the role of a lifetime in a mysterious stage play said to be cursed.
Style:
tense, psychological horror, captivating, thrilling, mystic ...
Plot:
curse, immortality, female protagonist, stage play, theater, paranormal phenomena, curses spells and rituals, cursed, paranormal activity, paranormal, mysticism, obsession ...
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A homeless veteran battles to survive against his demons in the remote Highlands of Scotland
Style:
psychological, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
veteran, folk horror, confronting the past, estrangement, haunted by the past, war veteran, post traumatic stress, soldier, alienation, life is a bitch, post traumatic stress disorder, loneliness ...
Place:
scotland, scottish highlands
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The Derelicts, The Physiologist and The Salesman. All are trapped; prisoners of circumstance. The Bell. A gateway to another place; the chance to escape. But at what cost? Each must give something in return, and risk coming face to face with What ...
Style:
suspense, dark, atmospheric, psychological horror, tense ...
Plot:
supernatural, moral dilemma, soul selling, sacrifice, portal, haunting, deal with the devil, metaphysics, isolation, claustrophobia, slow burn, prisoner ...
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69%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Monique leaves her family quarantine to help a friend who’s suffering from terrible nightmares - but she learns too late that the bad dreams are contagious, along with the demon behind them.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological horror, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, nightmare, quarantine, dreamscape, threat, trap, nightmare comes true, supernatural horror, haunting, paranoia, isolation, demonic possession ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Horror
Country: Portugal, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Lennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she was a child.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, isolation, desert, haunting, trauma, grief, macabre, investigation, survival, memory, lone ranger, secrets ...
Similarity:
64%
699
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Twenty-year-old Ryan struggles with a debilitating anxiety disorder following his father's death. Together with his two brothers, he must fight to break the destructive cycle threatening their family as ancient darkness closes in on them.
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
family drama, family relations, supernatural horror, grief, eccentric family, relationships, bereavement, family problems, problem, dysfunctional family, loss of father, haunting ...
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Upon the death of her grandfather, a woman and her husband return to her birthplace in Germany's Black Forest, only to find a terrifying secret awaits them.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family secret, ritual, cabin in the woods, inheritance, confronting the past, dark secret, folk horror, demi god, supernatural, macabre, folklore, mythology ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the town of Triune, a dark and Unspeakable Secret... remembers. Percy Pullman is a successful author and pastor who has become the infatuation of a killer hell bent on terror. Meanwhile, Raymond Fisk, a young local teacher, exhibits signs of ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, religious horror, psychological horror, suspenseful ...
Plot:
occult, religion, demonic possession, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power, catholic priest, crisis of conscience, evil, dark secret, supernatural, possession, haunting ...
Place:
harvard university
Similarity:
55%
300
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Takashi Shimizu's newest film is about a mysterious cassette tape containing a melody. People who hear this melody gradually begin to hum it themselves and become involved in a mysterious incident. What is the mystery behind this melody ?
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, creepy, thrilling, psychological horror ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, macabre, supernatural, problem, threat, secret, curse, slow burn, urban legend, obsession, possession, investigation ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story:
Three friends reconnect in a secluded mountain town after a long quarantine. While out for a hike, the trio stumble upon something dark and terrible in the deep woods.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, mystical, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
distopia, town, reunited friends, problem, mysticism, secret, woods, isolation, claustrophobia, haunting, paranoia, slow burn ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Hunting Souls is the story of an American couple who are dealing with the hardships of caring for their sick child. They discover that they are being hunted by a demon.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating, mystical ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After the disappearance of his troubled friend, American Chris Rivers travels to the remote Welsh countryside to investigate what happened – leading him to a dark apocalyptic cult.
Style:
lovecraft, bleak, serious, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
investigation, religious cult, satanic cult, mysterious death, death, murder investigation, private investigation, death of friend, murder, religions or cults, madness, occult ...
Place:
wales
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
From the moment she and her fellow students arrive in the mountain village of Yasaka, Mikoto knows that there is something very wrong with this tiny town. Can it really be true that, for 50 years, not a single girl has been born in this isolated ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
body horror, isolation, villager, woman in danger, remote location, countryside, woman, professor, threat, supernatural, mountain village, folk horror ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological horror, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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45%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Amy, a young woman is on the run with her young son Adrian from her abusive ex-girlfriend. When the past rises up to haunt them, they must confront the forces threatening them from both outside and in.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, psychological, gothic horror, captivating ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Russia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
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Style:
disturbing, suspense, atmospheric, creepy, dark ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, revenge, vengeance, murder, child murder, murder mystery, mysticism, spirit, supernatural horror, evil spirit, supernatural power ...
Place:
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Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile, Argentina
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A child disappears from his parents sight in a mysterious but haunting forest after a punishment.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
missing child, parents, forest, lost in the woods, disappearance, mysterious disappearance, vanished man, parent child relationship, family drama, punishment, isolation, loss ...
Similarity:
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957
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A mentally ill woman with a severe personalty disorder develops a strange relationship with her dolls. She becomes victim to insomnia and even self-mutilation leaving her son to unfold the strange truth about Anne's illness.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, doll, evil spirit, paranormal activity, mental disorder, uncover truth, mental illness, danger, demonic possession, demon, curses spells and rituals, self mutilation ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Mexico
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Mexico City is experiencing a series of child killings and through the friendship of a classmate, Lalo learns that his friend may have something that may solve these crimes, as long as the killer doesn't get to them first.
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, creepy, slasher ...
Plot:
child killer, serial killer, violent, urban, secrets, trauma, macabre, investigation, friendship, school, evil child, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational ...
Plot:
faith, hostage situation, courage, psycho killer, psychopath, hostage, mentally unstable, mental disorder, death threat, threat, murderer, gunfight ...
Place:
atlanta georgia
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young man caring for his terminally ill father gets pulled into a maelstrom of murder, madness and the macabre. Based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe.
Style:
tense, dark, gothic, psychological horror, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Claire is approached by the father of her murdered childhood friend to help investigate the haunted moor he believes is his son's final resting place.
Style:
atmospheric, dark, psychological horror, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
folk horror, supernatural, isolation, grieving father, macabre, fog, loneliness, revelation, childhood trauma, paranormal, investigation, ghost ...
Place:
yorkshire
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four interlinking stories about a benign native american legend that has been distorted throughout the years into something much darker.
Style:
anthology, atmospheric, art house, gloomy, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
folklore, urban legend, symbolism, haunting, memory, character study, moral ambiguity, folk horror, tragedy, identity, myth, native american ...
Place:
maryland
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Colombia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sara and Óscar, a couple going through a marital crisis, decide to spend a week in a remote country cabin with their two children, Alicia and Tomás. The family tries to have a quiet time, but something strange happens there. There is a woman who ...
Style:
tense, suspense, tension, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
unhappy marriage, loss, marital crisis, cabin in the woods, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional marriage, male female relationship, family relations, supernatural horror, troubled marriage, relationship problems, marital problem ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Traces a family of murderous sideshow performers as they travel around the world on the dying carnival circuit.
Style:
psychological, gothic horror, psychological horror, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Kaname Azuma is sick of her marriage life with her husband and she decides to divorce him. She leaves Japan and travels to South Korea. There, she visits her brother Teruo's villa. Teruo is surprised by Kaname's sudden visit, but after he ...
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
male female relationship, life is a bitch, crumbling marriage, family problems, dysfunctional marriage, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, haunted, macabre, supernatural, family drama, isolation ...
Place:
south korea, japan
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Following the death of a family member, a mother and son experience mysterious events which distort their sense of reality and make them question their sanity.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological horror, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Place:
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