Movies and TV shows like The Burning Girls
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The Burning Girls (2023)
3K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
TV show
Story:
Follows Reverend Jack Brooks and her daughter in Chapel Croft, a place for a fresh start that soon reveals its community's dark history and where ancient superstitions and mistrust of outsiders are quite common.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, atmospheric, suspense, tension, creepy, gothic, mystical ...
Plot:
village, ghost, superstition, terror, witch burning, burned at the stake, haunting, supernatural, religion, secrets, small town, outsider, problem, secret, countryside, rural area, female protagonist, clergy, folk horror, unsettling, investigation, witchcraft, occult, isolation, mother and daughter ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to The Burning Girls
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, psychological, suspense and captivating films and TV series with plots about slow burn, supernatural, isolation, ghost, investigation, small town and secret mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like The Burning Girls: Terror Tuesday: Extreme (2024), Moonnamathoral (2006), The Village (2023), Passenger (2024), Witches of Blackwood (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by the Thai horror radio show "Angkhan Khlumpong," this series presents eight stories based on real-life experiences shared by listeners.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, anthology, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
terror, haunting, ghost, supernatural, paranormal, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, supernatural being, paranormal phenomena, super powers, precognition, supernatural power ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Two young girls rent an old house and are disturbed by the presence of a mysterious lady who moves around their house. However, trouble ensues when they try to find out about the paranormal presence.
Style:
mystical, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, creepy ...
Plot:
paranormal activity, paranormal investigation, revenge, ghost, haunted house, ghost story, supernatural, supernatural ability, problem, supernatural power, female protagonist, mysticism ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 51 min.
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Story:
In the desolate hinterlands of Tamil Nadu, a stranded urbanite enlists the help of three locals to find his missing family believed to have been abducted by nefarious beings of a cursed village. Meanwhile, a maniacal heir to a pharma empire sends a ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terror, haunting, ghost, macabre, fear, rural area, small village, tree, villager, countryside, rural setting, village ...
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A close-knit community is sent spinning on its axis following a series of strange and unnatural crimes.
Style:
mystic, thrilling, mystical, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
small town, supernatural, problem, mysticism, secret, unsettling, mistrust, secrets, investigation, fear, paranoia, slow burn ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
73%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
When Claire returns to her hometown, she discovers her former home riddled with terrifying witchcraft, the town in the grip of fear, decay, and madness.
Style:
suspense, demonic, supernatural thriller, mystical, captivating ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, superstition, paranormal activity, survival horror, demonic possession, spirit, folk horror, ghost, witchcraft, haunted, supernatural horror ...
Similarity:
72%
2K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young woman tries to find her origins after having been abandoned as an infant at a cemetery wrapped in a cloth with satanic symbols, but as she gets closer to answers a malevolent spirit is telling her to leave.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, female protagonist, supernatural horror, abandoned baby, abandoned, supernatural, satanist, secret, undercover, obsessive quest, identity, occult ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A young woman with extrasensory perception flees her abusive husband, only to land at an historic hotel containing a sinister presence.
Style:
suspenseful, mystic, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
haunted hotel, supernatural, evil spirit, abusive husband, woman, hotel, supernatural horror, problem, supernatural power, mysticism, threat, woman in jeopardy ...
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Smart, capable and by the book Grace Narayan was flying high as an inner-city police sergeant before being forced into a 'punishment posting' on the small, antiquated island of St. Jory. Confronted by the forgotten and unsolved case of ...
Style:
detective, suspenseful, tense, atmospheric, grim ...
Plot:
female protagonist, investigation, secrets, missing person, suspicion, police procedural, isolated community, dark past, cold case, seaside town, isolation, corruption ...
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
Apollo and Emma's love story is a fairy tale—until Emma mysteriously vanishes. Bereft, Apollo finds himself on a death-defying odyssey through a New York City he didn't know existed.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, dark fairy tale, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
grief, quest, missing person, fatherhood, obsessive quest, life is a bitch, undercover, secret, problem, abduction, haunting, supernatural ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
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Story:
What kind of story lies behind each wounded soul?” Follow the “Haunted House Specialty Shop” as they visit haunted houses and explore the stories behind them. The emotions left behind in these houses—anger, sadness, reluctance, ...
Style:
creepy, suspense, melancholic, tense, mystical
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, exorcism, investigation, regret, redemption, mascot, occult, grief, urban, empathy, slow burn ...
Place:
taipei
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Jasmine returns to her childhood home on her brother's death. Is the house now haunted by spirits or by living beings trapped by emotional bonds?
Style:
atmospheric, tension, creepy, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
haunted house, loss, ghost, supernatural, family drama, mysterious past, female protagonist, trauma, grief, memory, secrets, isolation ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
A decades dormant cult is coming back to life. Seemingly sweet Midwestern 16-year-old Taylor is tabbed as the face of the movement, climbing her way to power one murder at a time. Don't act like a victim and you'll never be one.
Style:
psychological, slasher horror, tense, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
murder, family secret, satanic cult, murder mystery, killing, problem, religious cult, eccentric family, serial murder, secret, criminal, threat ...
Place:
midwest
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Lisa, after witnessing a cataclysmic event on Platform 7 of a railway station, finds her own fragmented memory jogged to reveal a connection between her own life and that of the event she has just witnessed.
Style:
psychological thriller, thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
train station, witness, memory, memory loss, tragic event, tragedy, character study, trauma, female protagonist, flashback, macabre, guilt ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
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Story:
1923. In the heart of an old English college, Edward Williams receives an engraving of of an unknown country house with an imposing facade, a sweeping lawn - and, just perhaps, something else.
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, creepy, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, ghost story, paranormal, macabre, haunting, supernatural power, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, apparition, supernatural being, slow burn ...
Time:
victorian era
Similarity:
52%
1K
Genre: Fantasy, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Small town, England, 1575. William embarks on a journey to prove the innocence of his wife, Twyla, falsely accused of being a witch and will be put to death if found guilty. William must hunt down the real witch, to save Twyla from death.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, mystical, suspenseful ...
Plot:
witch hunt, village, small town, witch, death sentence, false accusation, witch burning, problem, witchery, mysticism, paranormal, threat ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
england
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
In a mysterious shop that sells lamps, the dead may return to the world of the living, while the living may not walk out alive.
Style:
mysterious, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
store, afterlife, supernatural, ghost, paranormal, haunted, macabre, resurrection, urban legend, mature, occult, superstition ...
Similarity:
50%
737
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Alison has just married Australian Sean Weston. Both of their children struggle with the new family situation, and Alison's former husband wants her back. When Sean disappears during a morning surf, it is not clear if he got caught up in a rip ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, missing person, problem, private investigation, mysterious disappearance, crime investigation, uncover truth, crime solving, secret, suspicion, female protagonist, secrets ...
Place:
australia
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
On one miraculous day in rural Wisconsin, the recently deceased suddenly rise from their graves. But this is no zombie story, as the 'revived' appear and act just like they once were. When local officer and single mother Dana Cypress is ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, atmospheric, mystical ...
Plot:
resurrection, supernatural, small town, murder mystery, rebirth, investigation, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, police procedural, secrets, macabre, single mother ...
Place:
wisconsin
Similarity:
46%
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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:
42%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Patricia Woodhouse has been estranged from her sister for quite a few years due to a family feud. Suddenly she receives a letter detailing the sudden death of her sister Susanna Baylock, Patricia returns to pay her respect where she meets Annabel ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, suspense, enigmatic, tension ...
Plot:
occult, ghost, haunted house, inheritance, family feud, murder, supernatural, riddles and clues, haunted by the past, danger, sister sister relationship, death of sister ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Sweden
Story:
Tore Forsman is an old man, most people would call strange or even mad. He lives in an old house in the countryside. All his life he has kept something locked and sealed under his house.
Style:
lovecraft, suspense, psychological, creepy, tension ...
Plot:
secrets, isolation, macabre, haunting, ghost, supernatural, loneliness, revelation, old man, slow burn, journey, countryside ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
41%
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:
41%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
In 1994, a toddler disappeared from a small Welsh village, never to be seen again. 23 years later, in London, the mother of rising cello star Matilda Gray commits suicide, without apparent reason. Among her possessions, Matilda discovers tantalising ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
disappearance, secret past, occult, family secret, missing child, loss, death of child, riddles and clues, uncover truth, parents and children, mysterious disappearance, missing person ...
Similarity:
41%
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300
Genre: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A ghost horror about single mother and nurse Natalie who falls mysteriously ill and struggles to stop her family from being destroyed.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, mystical ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, single mother, paranormal activity, paranormal, possession, paranormal phenomena, female protagonist, mysticism, supernatural horror, secret, single parent ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A mother and her young daughter flee to their family's abandoned mansion but soon find themselves haunted by paranormal incidents that lead to the little girl's mysterious disappearance.
Style:
creepy, suspense, psychological horror, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, missing child, mother daughter relationship, protective mother, secret past, loss, isolation, slow burn, superstition, grief ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story:
A young couple moves to a quiet New England village, only to soon find themselves mixed up in mysterious rituals.
Style:
gothic, thrilling, spooky, slasher, tense ...
Plot:
folk horror, religion, small town, occult, conspiracy, folklore, autumn, mythology, witch, paranormal, ghost, ritual ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Set in a village named Rudravanam in 1990's, Surya along with his mother, visit there after a long time. Suddenly a series of mysterious deaths occur due to an unknown person's occult practice and whole village is scared. Will Surya find ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
occult, satanic cult, fear, supernatural, village, murderer, murder, murder mystery, secret, mysticism, religious cult, curse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india
Similarity:
40%
31
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Poland
TV show
Story:
Laura (Vanessa Aleksander) returns to her hometown after many years in connection with the death of her mother - Maria (Malgorzata Foremniak). This unplanned meeting awakens demons from the past and sheds new light on family secrets, while Laura ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, mother daughter relationship, family secret, secrets, family drama, problem, tragic past, crime solving, family problems, confronting the past, secret, uncover truth ...
Place:
poland
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a remote village is plagued by a deadly curse, one brother must fight to save his family from a terrifying supernatural threat.
Style:
mystical, psychological horror, mystic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, exorcism, supernatural horror, folk horror, supernatural, curse, problem, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, mysticism, ghost ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Philippines, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A fashion designer hires a nanny from the Philippines to assist her in caring for her family while she is suffering from what she believes is a tick-related illness. The nanny uses traditional Filipino folk healing techniques to help her, but in the ...
Style:
suspenseful, supernatural thriller, captivating, psychological, mystical ...
Plot:
designer, secret, mysticism, life is a bitch, undercover, female protagonist, illness, witch doctor, fighting illness, macabre, paranoia, haunting ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
37%
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