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The Witch (2024)
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Original name: Cadı
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
During the period of the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, a woman who reluctantly went to a gloomy Istanbul mansion as a bride, and the mysterious owner of the mansion, will go on a journey to the dark secrets of the past together.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, suspense, melancholic, psychological thriller
Plot:
forced marriage, architecture, intrigue, isolation, oppression, superstition, social decay, haunting, investigation, folklore, moral ambiguity, class conflict, witch, hypnosis, forbidden romance, fiancee, widow, false accusation, dark secret, manor, false accusations
Time:
turn of the century, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
ottoman empire, istanbul turkey
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Most similar movies to The Witch
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, psychological thriller, tense and atmospheric films with plots about isolation, haunting, moral ambiguity, investigation, supernatural, slow burn and obsession mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like The Witch: Marta (1971), Here After (2024), Neelavelicham (2023), The Appearance (2018), Lost Child (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A wealthy landowner haunted by the spectre of his dead mother has a fling with a beautiful fugitive who bears a striking resemblance to his missing wife, who may have been murdered.
Style:
psychological thriller, dark, suspense, gothic, crime drama ...
Plot:
missing wife, revenge, obsession, psychological torment, murder mystery, isolation, family secret, femme fatale, moral ambiguity, grief, forbidden romance, investigation ...
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95%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When her teen daughter displays increasingly disturbing behavior after a near death experience, a mother becomes convinced the girl brought something evil back from the other side.
Style:
mysterious, psychological thriller, psychological horror, suspense, unpredictable ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, motherhood, near death experience, supernatural, possession, paranormal, haunting, protective mother, family drama, unsettling, suspicion, trauma ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A young, enthusiastic and free-spirited writer arrives to stay in a desolate mansion, rumored to be haunted by the apparition of a young woman named Bharghavi who committed suicide when she was betrayed in love. The writer, who begins to pen her ...
Style:
suspense, dark, gothic, psychological thriller, creepy ...
Plot:
tragic love, macabre, ghost, haunted house, female ghost, supernatural, apparition, supernatural romance, secrets, suicide, literary, slow burn ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Mateho, an officer of the Inquisition and rational man of science, visits a remote monastery to investigate a bizarre murder of a monk. And you guessed it: something evil is afoot. But is the terror man-made or the result of witchcraft?
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, suspenseful, enigmatic, religious horror ...
Plot:
medieval, monastery, witch, supernatural power, macabre, religion, haunting, supernatural, witchcraft, inquisition, superstition, occult ...
Similarity:
72%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An army veteran who returns home to the Ozarks finds an abandoned young boy in the woods, and as she searches for clues to the boy's identity, discovers the local folklore about a spirit, which comes in the form of a child.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, rough, dark ...
Plot:
female protagonist, superstition, ptsd, folklore, supernatural, love interest, forest, post traumatic stress disorder, abandoned baby, child in peril, danger, isolation ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Set in three different time periods between 1990 and 2020, "Route No 17" unfolds a revenge thriller narrative as trespassers venture into the closed-off path, only to face a fate shrouded in mystery.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense, sinister, grim ...
Plot:
haunting, revenge, isolation, investigation, secrets, family tragedy, trespassing, moral ambiguity, cold case, local legend, woods, legacy ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 2020s, 2000s
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young university student "Lillian" (Fani) returns to her family's country villa near a lake where years earlier had mother drowned. She is supposedly researching a local legend, a witch called Kira and strange symbol associated with ...
Style:
suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric, psychological horror, suspense thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunting, incest, paranormal, mysterious past, investigation, witch, female protagonist, isolation, occult, supernatural, witchcraft, symbolism ...
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After a long journey, a traveller and his wife arrive at the Usher mansion. Upon arriving, however, they discover that the mansion's sibling inhabitants, Roderick and Madeline Usher, have been afflicted with a mysterious malady: Roderick's ...
Style:
creepy, gothic, atmospheric, psychological horror, tragic ending ...
Plot:
edgar allan poe, supernatural, mansion, haunted house, madness, occult, family tragedy, haunting, isolation, psychological torment, devil worship, superstition ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s
Place:
england
Similarity:
58%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A restaurant owner experiences mysterious activities in his kitchen, only to discover a connection with the ghost haunting his place.
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, twist ending, detective ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunting, restaurant, paranormal investigation, serial killer, investigation, urban, revenge, occult, folk horror, slow burn ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After a serious traumatic accident, a man leaves his old life behind and moves to an isolated cabin to start over. He soon learns of the surroundings of the area and its dangerous past.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
accident, isolation, guilty conscience, loneliness, misplaced guilt, loss of wife, tragic past, new life, grief, loss, mature, character study ...
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, Tim Ingram uncovers a mystery about the 15 year old boy who had once lived in the house and had died in 1910. With the help of his friend Rebecca, Tim investigates, but finds events ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, tense, psychological, melancholic ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
ghost, investigation, supernatural, teenager, macabre, coming of age, dark secret, haunting, flashback, friendship, countryside, cold case ...
Time:
1910s
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way Belarusian woodlands at the end of the 19th century. A young ethnographer, Andrej Bielarecki, comes here to research local folk legends…
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, atmospheric, mystical, sinister ...
Plot:
curse, folklore, literary, legend, remote village, supernatural, isolation, symbolism, haunting, provincial life, castle, swamp ...
Time:
19th century, turn of the century, 1890s
Place:
russia
Similarity:
56%
1K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ju-young is a young woman with a hearing impediment who decides to investigate her sister's inexplicable disappearance, last seen in her apartment. Feeling more and more cornered, Ju-young begins to hear strange sounds and sense an evil ...
Style:
tension, suspenseful, creepy, psychological horror, mysterious ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunting, female protagonist, investigation, paranoia, claustrophobia, suspicion, isolation, obsession, slow burn, grief ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Hasret has been seeing the same nightmare for some time, but she keeps living unaware that what she sees is actually remembering. A 30-year-old woman who works in a News Channel, living alone in the flat left by her musician parents who died in a ...
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, tense, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Plot:
nightmare, dream, trauma, memory, paranoia, female protagonist, isolation, obsession, haunting, grief, slow burn, claustrophobia ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Kaushik, a timid medical student, finds himself battling not only his inner demons but also a sinister entity named Ghatikachalam that whispers through shadows and feeds on his fears. As his nights turn sleepless and his grip on reality begins to ...
Style:
dark, psychological horror, suspense, tension, supernatural thriller ...
Plot:
supernatural, nightmare, haunting, exorcism, paranormal, folklore, possession, family drama, occult, sleep deprivation, superstition, isolation ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
One man's journey to find his past leads him to discover the secret to one of America's most haunting mysteries.
Style:
suspense, captivating, tense, enigmatic, mystical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vengeful ghost, ghost story, secret, mysticism, buying a house, family problems, dark secret, riddles and clues, investigation, supernatural, family secret, dark past ...
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young psychiatrist tries to help a young woman in an asylum who has been accused of having killed a teenage girl. But when she escapes and he goes after her, he finds himself involved in a mystery far greater than simply a woman thought to be ...
Style:
psychological thriller, creepy, twist ending, psychological horror, suspense ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, mysterious death, supernatural, haunting, obsession, paranoia, female protagonist, mother daughter conflict, claustrophobia, isolation, character study, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Middle-aged lawyer Thomas assists Leyla, an attractive blonde, when she drops her things at the pool. After their paths keep crossing, he picks up the courage to ask her out for a date. Somewhat to his surprise she agrees, but arrives late, just as ...
Style:
suspense, tense, art house, psychological thriller, neo noir ...
Plot:
obsession, minimalism, psychological manipulation, manipulation, moral ambiguity, deception, missing person, cat and mouse, loneliness, betrayal, isolation, identity ...
Time:
turn of the century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Hermann is an officer of the engineers in the Imperial Russian Army. He constantly watches the other officers gamble, but never plays himself. One night, Tomsky tells a story about his grandmother, an elderly countess. Many years ago, in France, she ...
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, tense, tragic ending, psychological ...
Plot:
gambling, card playing, greed, obsession, imperial russia, curse, supernatural, tragedy, occult, madness, superstition, moral dilemma ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
russia
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When Angela (Sarah Smyth) refuses to leave her planned-parenthood clinic after it is shut down by the state, a family of fanatical evangelists vow to make her pay.
Style:
suspense, bleak, rough, serious, dark ...
Plot:
small town, sect, fanaticism, manipulation, mob violence, danger, murder, bigotry, lawlessness, violent, vigilantism, survival ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The story revolves around Goya's womanising and the mysterious death of the Duchess of Alba at the end of the 18th and beginning of the 19th Centuries, at a time when Madrid was wobbling through a difficult time and setting the scene for the ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, atmospheric, tension, melancholic ...
Plot:
painter, biopic, napoleonic era, painting, art history, palace intrigue, spanish history, betrayal, love triangle, murder investigation, womanizer, high society ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
madrid
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, Argentina, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Andrea, in search of her biological family, feels stalked by an invisible threat. Other women before them have suffered the same fate. Twenty years earlier, on the other side of the world, Camille, fascinated by Marie, tries to warn her of a threat ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, sinister, suspense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, supernatural horror, stalking, supernatural, slow burn, haunting, family drama, moral ambiguity, possession, obsession, investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 90s
Place:
madrid, brussels belgium
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man's fiance discovers that the mirror is able to bring back her former boyfriend, who had been killed in a ...
Style:
suspense, creepy, psychological, tense, gothic ...
Plot:
occult, mirror, spirit, ghost, supernatural, possession, psychiatrist, macabre, paranormal, obsession, resurrection, superstition ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Thevan, a folk singer of the Paanan caste, has a fateful encounter when escaping slavery, leading to discover an ancient tradition altering his destiny.
Style:
art house, dark fantasy, thrilling, psychological, enigmatic ...
Plot:
folk horror, black magic, old mansion, supernatural horror, arthouse horror, haunted house, folklore, caste system, folk singer, changing lives, undercover, problem ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
india
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Two episodes of the UK tv show 'Journey to the Unknown'. The episodes are 'Poor Butterfly' and 'The Indian Spirit Guide'.
Style:
anthology, atmospheric, creepy, suspenseful, retro ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time travel, macabre, supernatural, haunting, ghost story, isolation, psychic, superstition, occult, domestic drama, narration, costume party ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Evading a scandal, a couple from Istanbul starts over in a town on the Aegean coast — but quickly discover the locals are determined to get rid of them.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
outsider, scandal, conflict, countryside, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, problem, relationships, family relations, threat, moral ambiguity, reputation ...
Place:
turkey, istanbul turkey
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A man wanders into the woods in search of his cat and witnesses a murder
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
isolation, murder, afterlife, danger, witness, murder witness, moral ambiguity, fear, slow burn, minimalism, haunting, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Frankenstein’s secrets did not die with him. As graves are torn up and patience disappear from asylum, William Browning sets out to find who stole his father’s body - and finds horrors close to home as his mother descends into madness.
Style:
gothic, dark, suspenseful, creepy, psychological horror ...
Plot:
macabre, madness, grave robbing, haunting, family secret, obsession, legacy, mature, family drama, claustrophobia, supernatural, isolation ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
One year on from the notorious Ripper murders, London is terrorised once again by a series of brutal killings. When gruesome letters from the Ripper begin landing on his desk, an innocent reporter finds himself drawn into a deadly mystery, ...
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
murder mystery, serial killer, investigation, killing, homicidal maniac, serial murder, murder investigation, killing spree, murder, private investigation, puzzle, who done it ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A mysterious stranger, Meisner, arrives in a northern Swedish town in 1820, calling himself a magnetist - an amalgam of hypnotist and healer - and claiming he can cure diseases un-treatable by doctors. Ignoring the objections of his colleagues, Dr. ...
Style:
atmospheric, historical drama, period piece, melancholic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hypnosis, winter, blindness, small town, jealousy, moral ambiguity, healer, ethical dilemma, forbidden romance, love triangle, seduction, obsession ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, 1810s
Similarity:
33%
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