Movies like Half Light
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Half Light (2006)
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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 country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, enigmatic, stylized, intense, psychological thriller, scary, esoteric ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, lighthouse, murder, death of child, woman in danger, mentally unstable, death, female protagonist, danger, loss of child, death in the family, uncover truth, afterlife, rain, investigation, supernatural ability, cottage, haunted by the past, family problems, death by drowning, writers, island, small town, sex ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
scotland, london, san francisco
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, psychological and suspense films with plots about supernatural, ghost, danger, death, macabre, haunted by the past and blood mostly in Thriller, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like Half Light: What Lies Beneath (2000), The Awakening (2011), The Uninvited (2009), Gothika (2003), Deadline (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, surprise ending, sexy, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, couple relations, supernatural horror, woman in danger, danger, haunted by the past, infidelity, supernatural, couples, adultery, psychology ...
Time:
year 2000, 90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
vermont, persia, usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Hall) visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.
Style:
gothic, scary, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, boarding school, supernatural horror, afterlife, ghost child, death, macabre, writers, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, year 2000, post world war one
Place:
england, europe, britain, seattle, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns ...
Style:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological thriller, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, mental illness, ghost, family problems, supernatural horror, woman in danger, parents and children, uncover truth, family in danger, secret relationship, siblings relations, mistrust ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2000, year 1986, 80s ...
Place:
maine, new england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental institution, serial killer, murder, mental illness, mind game, supernatural, insanity, investigation, psychiatrist, supernatural horror, rape, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2003, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A screenwriter who travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
Style:
satanic, scary, bleak, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, videotaping, mental breakdown, danger, mentally unstable, haunted by the past, isolation, woman in danger, confined, writer's life, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Publisher, Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, twists and turns, supernatural, plot twist, memory loss, nervous breakdown, murder, mental patient, danger, riddles and clues, haunted by the past, insanity ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Writer Claire Holloway is troubled by nightmares of Rose Marsh Farm. She decides to vacation at the farm which unbeknown to her is haunted by the ghost of a little girl and a teenage boy. Claire enlists the help of Geoffry Hunt to help uncover a ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
ghost, swamp, investigation, supernatural, nightmare, paranormal phenomena, missing person, haunted by the past, countryside, uncover truth, scarecrow, little girl ...
Time:
year 1982, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
170K
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:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological, gothic ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, twists and turns, macabre, fear, haunted, death, missing child, tragic event, haunted by the past, imaginary friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
83%
Movie in collections
108K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, China
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A nanny, working for a family whose son has just passed away, finds herself put in charge of caring for a lifelike doll that the couple treat as a real child.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspense, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
doll, haunted house, supernatural, plot twist, haunted, violence, nanny, mansion, old dark house, macabre, murder, governess ...
Time:
year 2016, 18th century, 21st century
Place:
england, america, usa
Similarity:
100%
424K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult, horror for children
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, afterlife, plot twist, isolation, supernatural horror, nightmare, mansion, mysterious character, spiritualism, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, year 1945, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place:
persia, america, europe, english channel, england
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, suspense, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
plot twist, occult, ghost, twists and turns, voodoo, witchcraft, supernatural, supernatural horror, macabre, rite, ritual, black magic ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, year 2005, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, southern usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Inheritance tells the tale of sinister old lady Lillian Baker (Marjorie Nelson) & her kind hearted, good natured carer Abigail Nielsen (Jen Taylor). Abigail feels sorry for Lillian & does her best to keep her happy, however one ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
afterlife, ghost, haunted by the past, uncover truth, supernatural, mentally unstable, supernatural ability, danger, mental illness, curses spells and rituals, schizophrenia, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben's out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, obsession, investigation, haunted by the past, psychopath, mysterious character, mind game, supernatural ability, ghost, danger, starting over, murder ...
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100%
41K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences.
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, scary, surprise ending ...
Plot:
afterlife, death, hospital, supernatural ability, medical, lovers apart, destiny, supernatural, doctor, contact, dealing with death, ghost ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago, colombia, south america, venezuela ...
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Adèle and her daughter Sarah are traveling on the Welsh coastline to see her husband James when Sarah disappears. A different but similar looking girl appears who says she died in a past time. Adèle tries to discover what happened to her daughter ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
abuse, ghost, supernatural, suicide, folk horror, missing person, child abuse, haunted by the past, uncover truth, family in danger, mysterious character, mind game ...
Place:
wales
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based on the wraparound story penned by Clive Barker in the author's "Books of Blood" collection, the story centers on a paranormal expert who, while investigating a gruesome slaying, finds a house that is at the intersection of ...
Style:
psychological, demonic, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, afterlife, supernatural, professor, death, paranormal investigator, sex scene, supernatural horror, blood, psychic, dragonfly ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Joanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She has few friends, an estranged father, and a crazy ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. Joanna begins having terrifying visions of a woman's murder, ...
Style:
suspenseful, enigmatic, psychological, scary, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
nightmare, murder, death, amateur detective, danger, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, a vision, wound, obsession, eye, pursuit ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, horror for children, teen drama
Plot:
twists and turns, afterlife, supernatural, psychology, ghost, plot twist, death, psychiatrist, psychic, life & death, supernatural horror, psychologist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, future
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, persia, philadelphia
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An architect's desire to speak with his wife from beyond the grave using EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon), becomes an obsession with supernatural repercussions.
Style:
twist ending, scary, suspenseful, clever, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
spirit, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, dealing with death, ghost, death of wife, supernatural horror, loss, disappearance, contact, grief, remote control ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The American successful architect Michael Lewis travels to London with his partner and friend, the builder Jake, to refurbish an old hotel. Michael is having successive nightmares, and once in London, he realizes that twenty-one spirits are trying ...
Style:
tense, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot:
afterlife, serial killer, ghost, who done it, architect, supernatural, haunted by the past, law enforcement, mind game, supernatural ability, investigation, danger ...
Time:
90s
Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After being hypnotized by his sister in law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
Style:
psychological, sexy, twist ending, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, hypnosis, murder, afterlife, supernatural, murder mystery, haunted, psychic, supernatural horror, paranoia, disappearance ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
34K
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, christmas horror, suspense, creepy, psychological ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
childhood, nightmare, boogeyman, death, fear, haunted by the past, hallucination, childhood trauma, thanksgiving, hometown, gory, ghost ...
Time:
year 2005
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.
Style:
gothic, scary, gothic horror, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, world war two, little girl, haunted, death, haunting, child in peril, ghost story, death of child ...
Time:
1940s, year 1941, year 2000, 20th century, year 1940
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
100%
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80K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When a local woman disappears and the police can't seem to find any leads, her father turns to a poor young woman with psychic powers. Slowly she starts having visions of the woman chained and in a pond. Her visions lead to the body and the ...
Style:
suspenseful, twist ending, sexy, scary, dark ...
Plot:
psychic, mental illness, clairvoyant, psychic power, tarot card, extrasensory perception, small town, murder, supernatural horror, fortune teller, murder mystery, investigation ...
Time:
20th century, year 2000, 90s, 2000s
Place:
southern usa, usa, georgia
Similarity:
100%
872
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, psychological, serious, suspense, mystic ...
Plot:
pregnancy, ghost, supernatural, family in danger, supernatural ability, missing child, parents and children, life is a bitch, family problems, uncover truth, death in the family, babies and infants ...
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Fresh out of rehab, a young woman moves back in with her parents and sister, and soon becomes involved in a mystery that has left people in her town paralyzed.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
haunted house, urban legend, ghost, rehabilitation, missing child, murder, small town, uncover truth, school, small town life, haunted by the past, serial killer ...
Place:
texas, oklahoma city
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Romania, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
Style:
scary, tense, psychological, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural horror, death, haunted by the past, rape, supernatural, sexual abuse, chase, paranormal phenomena, curses spells and rituals, teenage daughter, flash forward ...
Time:
year 2006, 19th century, ancient times, year 2005, 2000s ...
Place:
tennessee, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Twenty five years ago, the SS Corona Queen disappeared in the region known as, "The Bermuda Triangle". Now, it has returned. Seven people go on board to learn the truth behind her disappearance but the ship did not return alone...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, psychological, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
bermuda triangle, ghost, cruise ship, afterlife, ghost ship, danger, investigation, supernatural ability, obsession, disaster, ocean, rescue ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A suburban housewife learns that she has psychic connections to a serial killer, and can predict this person's motives through her dreams.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, nightmare, dream, supernatural, woman in danger, mental institution, doctor, psychic link, housewife, psychiatric hospital, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s, year 1999
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Based on a short story by Stephen King, a man and his family return to his home town, but he is then harassed by teenagers that died when he was a kid.
Style:
slasher, suspense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
stephen king, ghost, supernatural, high school, monster, haunted by the past, murder, family in danger, childhood, investigation, youth, vengeance ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
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