Movies like Don't Go to Sleep

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Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
 6.5
 1K
Don't Go to Sleep (1982)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young girl begins seeing the ghost of her sister who died in an accident a year earlier.
Style: scary, slasher, psychological, suspenseful, mind bending, atmospheric, bloody, suspense, spooky, serious ...
Plot: ghost, killer child, supernatural, grandmother, parents and children, supernatural ability, vengeance, danger, family problems, starting over, mischievous children, haunted by the past, death in the family, radio, stalking, evil child, imaginary friend, secret, creepy kid, occult, revenge, firefighter, murder, illness, addiction ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Keyword: blender

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Most similar movies to Don't Go to Sleep

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious and scary films with plots about supernatural, ghost, danger, haunted house, supernatural horror, haunting and haunted mostly in Horror, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like Don't Go to Sleep: A Whisper in the Dark (1976), Hide and Seek (2005), The Beckoning (2009), Half Light (2006), Dark Intruder (1965). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Whisper in the Dark (1976)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Martino is a young child who claims to have an invisible friend called Luca. His parents assume it is just a game, but strange things start to happen.
Style: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, psychological, serious ...
Plot: imaginary friend, evil child, folk horror, bad kids, supernatural horror, family relations, obsession, ghost, couples, mischievous children, supernatural, pregnancy ...
Time: 70s
Place: italy, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 88K
Hide and Seek (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named ...
Style: twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: imaginary friend, plot twist, split personality, twists and turns, mental illness, psychologist, haunted by the past, murder, single father, haunted house, serial killer, small town ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Beckoning (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Francesca is a pediatrician who is dedicated to both motherhood and children, married to another physician, Pedro. Following the birth of a new child, Francesca begins to suffer from postpartum depression. Following the advice of friend and ...
Style: suspense, serious, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: ghost, obsession, supernatural, losing-it hero, haunted by the past, family relations, family problems, confined, danger, couple relations, starting over, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.0
 14K
Half Light (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant ...
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, murder, lighthouse, death of child, uncover truth, mentally unstable, loss of child, woman in danger, writers, afterlife, death in the family ...
Place: scotland, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.3
 464
Dark Intruder (1965)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Police call in occult expert to help solve series of murders.
Style: lovecraft, psychotronic, action thriller, detective, grindhouse ...
Plot: occult, cosmic horror, supernatural, shoulder wound, body swap, fiance fiancee relationship, supernatural power, servant, physician, occult ritual, fiancee, disguise ...
Time: 1890s
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 65K
Dark Water (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. She is currently in midst of divorce proceedings and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, creepy ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: ghost, supernatural horror, imaginary friend, haunted, divorce, mother daughter relationship, spirit, supernatural, fear, danger, starting over, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2000, 70s, year 1974, 2000s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.3
 41K
The Messengers (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions ...
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, murder, ghost, haunted, death threat, uncover truth, family in danger, haunted by the past, family problems, psychopath, family life ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north dakota, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Haunting of Julia (1977)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After the death of her daughter, Julia Lofting, a wealthy housewife, moves to London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.
Style: slasher, classic horror, spooky, cult classic, suspense ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, haunting, ghost child, folk horror, supernatural, mental breakdown, seance, imaginary friend, macabre, evil child, haunted ...
Time: 70s
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.9
 2K
Afterlife (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
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Story: University lecturer Robert Bridge becomes involved in a series of supernatural events surrounding medium Alison Mundy.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: psychic, psychic power, afterlife, supernatural, ghost, paranormal activity, research, danger, unlikely partners, nobody believes, supernatural ability, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.2
 33K
Boogeyman (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years earlier. Is the Boogeyman real? Or did Tim make him up to ...
Style: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, creepy ...
Plot: supernatural, childhood, boogeyman, haunted by the past, death, thanksgiving, nightmare, hallucination, hometown, gory, danger, ghost ...
Time: year 2005
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 5.9
 150K
The Grudge (2004)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, psychological, creepy, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, curse, gory, murder, imaginary, paranormal activity, medical, suicide, haunted, vengeance ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
We Are Still Here (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After the death of their college age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti relocate to the snowswept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it seems. When strange sounds and eerie feelings convince Anne that her ...
Style: dark, atmospheric, scary, suspense, slasher ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, brutality, isolation, blood, spirit, haunted, revenge, dark secret, supernatural horror, snow ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, dark, demonic ...
Plot: macabre, supernatural, possession, occult, ghost, demon, supernatural horror, ouija board, spiritualism, teenager, witchcraft, survival ...
Time: year 2016, 60s, year 1967
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 5.5
 6K
The Echo (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Bobby Reynolds is released on probation from Rikers and moves to the old apartment in East Village, New York, where his lonely mother lived and passed away. He finds a job as mechanic at the Houston Auto Repair shop owned by the supportive Hector ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, twisted ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, ex convict, riddles and clues, family problems, danger, domestic disturbance, parents and children, grudge, curses spells and rituals, gory, haunted house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's ...
Style: scary, intense, demonic, gothic, creepy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: haunted house, ghost, occult, paranormal phenomena, evil force, haunting, seance, curses spells and rituals, funeral home, reverend, hallucination, cancer patient ...
Time: year 2009, year 2000, 80s, year 1987, 21st century
Place: connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Sequel to the 2009 mezzo-mezzo supernatural horror purporting to be based on a true story in which a cancer-afflicted teen starts seeing things in the new Victorian house he and his family moved into.
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, scary, demonic ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, murderer, dead man, curses spells and rituals, new house, family in danger, danger, parents and children, haunted, doll ...
Time: 90s, year 2000, year 1993, 21st century
Place: georgia, usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.4
 163K
The Orphanage (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Style: scary, twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, gothic horror ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, macabre, fear, missing child, death, afterlife, haunted by the past, tragic event, life is a bitch, orphan ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
One Missed Call (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, Germany, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, creepy, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, hospital, investigation, uncover truth, cowardice, friendship, delusion, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability, spirit ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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 6.7
 35K
Dark Water (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
Style: psychological, splatter, suspenseful, disturbing, scary ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, haunted house, haunted, nightmare, haunted by the past, danger, losing-it hero, custody, parents and children, family problems, single parent ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 4.4
 844
Ghost Son (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, South Africa, Spain, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: "Ghost Son" takes place in South Africa. A married couple Stacey and Mark live on the farm with their black teenage maid. Mark and Stacey love each other deeply. Unfortunately Mark dies in a tragic truck accident.Stacey returns to the farm ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, suspense, mystic ...
Plot: pregnancy, ghost, supernatural, family in danger, uncover truth, parents and children, family problems, missing child, supernatural ability, life is a bitch, babies and infants, death in the family ...
Place: south africa, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.5
 2K
Frayed (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Pat Baker is a small town sheriff. His son, Kurt, is a deranged young man with a dark secret. Sheriff Baker's worst nightmare comes true when Kurt escapes from a psychiatric hospital where he was locked away for the brutal murder of his mother ...
Style: slasher, suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: killer clown, evil clown, manhunt, mental illness, moral dilemma, life is a bitch, violence spree, danger, family problems, parents and children, chase, clown ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington state, usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, couple relations, adultery, supernatural horror, haunted by the past, losing-it hero, infidelity, supernatural, woman in danger, danger, spiritualism ...
Time: year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place: vermont, persia, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.1
 833
The Heirloom (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A Taiwanese man returns to the island after years abroad when he inherits a house; when he and his fiancé move in, strange things start to happen.
Style: suspense, serious, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: ghost, vengeance, inheritance, haunted by the past, supernatural, family problems, family relations, danger, curses spells and rituals, estate, domestic disturbance, family secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: taipei
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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 6.4
 63K
Session 9 (2001)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Style: psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, bleak, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: mental institution, supernatural, psychology, mental illness, twists and turns, lobotomy, macabre, ghost, insanity, transformation, hospital, obsession ...
Time: year 2001, year 2000, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.7
 992
Sorum (2001)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A young man moves into a run-down apartment building and soon gets into a relationship with a neighbor. Both the characters and the building have traumatic histories, and over time the ghosts of their past come to light.
Style: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: afterlife, ghost, haunted house, supernatural, domestic disturbance, murder, family problems, danger, estrangement, asian, extreme, vampire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Kill Baby, Kill (1966)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: An 18th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.
Style: scary, gothic, gothic horror, psychological, rough ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, evil child, investigation, uncover truth, witch, village, haunted by the past, vengeance, mysterious character, danger, occult ...
Time: 1900s, victorian era, year 1966, 20th century
Place: romania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
 5.4
 26K
Jessabelle (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
Style: scary, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, voodoo, danger, curses spells and rituals, macabre, psychology, spirit, nightmare, disability, insanity ...
Time: year 2014, year 2000, 2010s, year 1988, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Let's Scare Jessica to Death (1971)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there who may or may ...
Style: atmospheric, scary, slasher, creepy, cult classic ...
Plot: vampire, zombie, lake, ghost, hearing voices, boat, farmhouse, hearse, cemetery, mental illness, haunted, danger ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: connecticut, new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 5.4
 101K
The Ring Two (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Rachel Keller must prevent evil Samara from taking possession of her son's soul.
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, creepy, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, macabre, ghost, supernatural horror, evil child, nightmare, investigation, mental institution, family problems, supernatural ability, small town, scared ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: astoria oregon, oregon, usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
 7.1
 40K
The Changeling (1980)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A man staying at a secluded historical mansion, finds his life being haunted by the presence of a spectre.
Style: atmospheric, suspense, gothic, suspenseful, creepy ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, isolated house, supernatural, mansion, senator, murder, macabre, investigation, haunted by the past, revenge, musician ...
Time: victorian era, year 1980, 20th century, 70s, 1900s ...
Place: seattle, new york, usa, washington d.c., new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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