Movies like The Messengers
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The Messengers (2007)
43K
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 and endure attacks from a supernatural source. Jess must warn her disbelieving family before it is too late to save them.
Style:
psychological, scary, horrifying, suspense, disturbing, spooky, atmospheric, tense, serious, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, murder, supernatural, haunted, death threat, haunted by the past, family in danger, uncover truth, psychopath, parents and children, family life, teenage life, family problems, paranormal, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, child murder, scared, haunting, hospital, bird attack, boy, flashback, strong female character ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
north dakota, chicago
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Most similar movies to The Messengers
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, serious and suspense films with plots about ghost, supernatural, haunted house, haunted, danger, paranormal and haunting mostly in Horror, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like The Messengers: The Orphanage (2007), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Sinister (2012), Dream House (2011), The House at the End of Time (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate’s chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs. Grose. But all is not as it ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, psychological horror, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, lgbt, haunted, supernatural, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, lesbian, supernatural power, nanny, haunting, afterlife ...
Time:
19th century, 80s, 2000s, victorian era, 20th century ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
313K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style:
scary, creepy, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, evil force, writer's life, surprising revelation, family in danger ...
Time:
2010s, year 2000, year 1966, year 1986, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, california, missouri ...
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:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Venezuela
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The story of Dulce, a mother who has encounters with apparitions inside her old house. She must decipher a mystery that could trigger a prophecy: the death of her family.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, frightening, mind bending ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted by the past, haunted house, twists and turns, murder, time travel, danger, family in danger, elderly, missing child, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
venezuela
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%
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%
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, demonic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, voodoo, danger, ghost, psychology, spirit, macabre, disability, brutality, insanity, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2000, 2010s, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
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67K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 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:
twist ending, psychological, psychological horror, dark, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental institution, macabre, psychology, twists and turns, haunted, mental illness, hospital, ghost, insanity, transformation, murder, obsession ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 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, scary, serious, demonic, spooky ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, murderer, new house, parents and children, dead man, family in danger, curses spells and rituals, danger, doll, haunted ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
georgia, usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, surprise ending, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
haunted house, haunting, ghost, murder, supernatural, betrayal, nanny, family relations, uncover truth, haunted by the past, siblings relations, mentally unstable ...
Time:
90s, 1920s
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Set at the turn of the century, this is the tale of Ellen Rimbauer who just received this mysterious mansion as a wedding gift from her new husband...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, serious, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot:
stephen king, ghost, haunted house, losing-it hero, woman in danger, family problems, mansion, infidelity, supernatural, dangerous attraction, mysterious character, supernatural ability ...
Time:
1900s
Place:
washington state, seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
616K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Style:
scary, dark, suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, paranormal investigation, fear, witch, danger, supernatural horror, possession, doll, investigation ...
Time:
year 2013, 70s, year 2000, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
Similarity:
83%
268K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Australia, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, spooky, dark ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, ghost, nightmare, monster, fear, danger, trauma, book, single mother, nightmare comes true, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Germany
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:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, slasher, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, supernatural horror, investigation, uncover truth, cowardice, delusion, friendship, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, spirit, serial killer ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
364K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, twist ending, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demon, fear, afterlife, nightmare, paranormal activity, boy, psychic, danger, evil spirit, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, year 2000, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
america, usa
Similarity:
67%
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%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, ...
Style:
scary, psychological, intense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, poltergeist, haunted house, supernatural horror, brutality, monster, chaos and mayhem, killer clown, family in danger, chaos, danger ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Wanting to escape city life for the countryside, New Yorkers Cooper Tilson (Quaid), his wife Leah (Stone) and their two children move into a dilapidated old mansion still filled with the possessions of the previous family. Turning it into their ...
Style:
scary, tense, horrifying, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
haunted house, danger, twists and turns, country house, unfaithful wife, police investigation, nudity, family problems, snake, murder, hospital, supernatural ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
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, creepy, dark, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
supernatural horror, ghost, haunted, imaginary friend, mother daughter relationship, divorce, haunted house, spirit, fear, evil child, starting over, danger ...
Time:
year 2000, 70s, year 1974, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, seattle, washington state ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The Sloan's young son Daniel has been in coma for an extended period of time following a car accident. Hannah, who was driving at the time of the accident, is suffering a great deal of guilt and depression. Shortly after moving into a newly ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, danger, family relations, haunted by the past, farm, mentally unstable, uncover truth, relocation, paranormal, dealing with death, haunted house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
157K
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:
suspenseful, scary, psychological, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, murder, gory, curse, imaginary, macabre, scared, vengeance, death, medical ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
Similarity:
100%
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%
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1K
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:
atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
ghost, domestic disturbance, family problems, estrangement, danger, supernatural, murder, asian, extreme, vampire, taxi, haunted house ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, korea
Similarity:
100%
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
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:
creepy, atmospheric, scary, slasher, cult classic ...
Plot:
vampire, lake, cemetery, haunted, hearse, zombie, ghost, musician, hearing voices, farmhouse, boat, mental illness ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut, new england, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alex Grant is a troubled young woman, 20 years ago, she witnessed her mother get murdered by a carnival clown. She has nightmares of the clown - Louis Seagram. First a kind man then turned bad and also tried to rape Alex's mother. Alex fears ...
Style:
slasher, surprise ending, scary, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, nightmare, evil clown, female protagonist, carnival, killer clown, hallucination, dream, car accident, ghost, death of mother, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
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%
4K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, demonic ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, isolation, on the run, danger, vengeance, murder, curses spells and rituals, cursed, supernatural power, haunted ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, london, yorkshire
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Tokyo, a young woman is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister. The supernatural force, which fills a person with rage before spreading to its next victim, brings together a group of previously unrelated people who attempt ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, curse, good versus evil, supernatural horror, demon, investigation, serial killer, danger, twists and turns, scared, hospital ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, japan, usa, asia, illinois ...
Similarity:
100%
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