Movies like Orphan
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Orphan (2009)
276K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending, psychological horror, sexy, frightening, spooky ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, killer child, serial killer, evil child, female psychopath, fear, mysterious character, creepy child, children, parents and children, family in danger, insanity, family problems, murderer, childhood, twists and turns, murder, parents, manipulation, adoptive father adopted daughter relationship, danger, domestic disturbance, plot twist, secret relationship ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
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Most similar movies to Orphan
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, psychological, suspense and suspenseful films with plots about macabre, murder, serial killer, blood, death, supernatural and storytelling mostly in Thriller, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like Orphan: Case 39 (2009), Orphan: First Kill (2022), The Uninvited (2009), The Visit (2015), Us (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
99K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, demon, supernatural horror, social worker, creepy child, child abuse, macabre, twists and turns, uncover truth, mysterious character, mental institution ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
98%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After escaping from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Leena Klammer travels to America by impersonating Esther, the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But when her mask starts to slip, she is put against a mother who will protect her family from ...
Style:
bloody, psychological, disturbing, captivating, slasher ...
Plot:
mental disorder, killer child, brutality, psycho killer, female protagonist, stolen identity, personality change, life is a bitch, family problems, dysfunctional family, missing daughter, evil girl ...
Time:
2000s, 2020s, year 2007
Place:
estonia, moscow russia, russia
Similarity:
93%
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:
87%
172K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The terrifying story of a brother and sister who are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a weeklong trip. Once the children discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing, they see their chances ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, atmospheric, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, horror for children
Plot:
danger, elderly, murder, kids in trouble, siblings relations, found footage, grandmother granddaughter relationship, plot twist, basement, farm, parents and children, child protagonist ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
86%
Movie in collections
387K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, psychological thriller, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
doppelganger, murder, home invasion, amusement park, panic, african american, fear, husband wife relationship, evil twin, traumatic childhood, childhood memory, black family ...
Time:
year 1986, 2010s, year 2019, 80s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demon, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, ghost, nightmare comes true, possession, fear, boy, serial killer, psychic ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 80s, year 1986 ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Style:
scary, psychological horror, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
child as adult, psychopath, baby, evil child, killer child, boy, creepy kid, family relations, family problems, parents and children, manipulation, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
83%
168K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style:
slasher, suspense, dark, psychological thriller, scary ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, trapped, home invasion, deaf, survival, brutality, deafness, violence, macabre, deaf mute, masked killer, writers ...
Time:
year 2016, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, california
Similarity:
83%
Movie in collections
184K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, China
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.
Style:
psychological thriller, twist ending, suspense, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, twists and turns, secrets, bullying, gift, bully, husband wife relationship, plot twist, stalker, home invasion, pregnancy, stalking ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016
Place:
los angeles, chicago, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, twist ending, slasher, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
twists and turns, female protagonist, teenage life, youth, haunted by the past, murder, voyeur, locked in a room, divorce, bullying, ghost, danger ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
killer child, christmas, evil child, creepy child, creepy kid, epidemic, death of mother, child murders an adult, winter, family in danger, deadly virus, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
83%
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, surprise ending, suspense, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
imaginary friend, plot twist, twists and turns, split personality, psychologist, supernatural horror, mental illness, haunted by the past, single father, murder, child's point of view, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
69%
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:
67%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, psychological thriller, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
children, psychopath, death, evil child, manipulation, murder, problem child, killer child, deception, disbelieving adult, parents and children, brutality ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, asia, japan, new england ...
Similarity:
100%
124K
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:
62%
53K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Criminal on the run, Marion Crane takes refuge at the motel operated by Norman Bates - a troubled man whose victims encounter a grisly fate at the hands of his "mother." Marion soon becomes the next victim and her disappearance prompts ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, slasher, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
motel, psychopath, split personality, murder, hotel, psycho, murder of a nude woman, eccentric family, isolation, parents and children, serial killer, mental disorder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, arizona
Similarity:
100%
290K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, scary, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murder mystery, whodunit, dissociative identity disorder, psychology, investigation, motel, murder, mental disorder, split personality, mental illness ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, florida, nevada
Similarity:
67%
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:
67%
Movie in collections
400K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspense, creepy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, life is a bitch, supernatural horror, death, twists and turns, urban legend, female protagonist, danger, investigation, curse, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, astoria oregon, washington state, fictional island
Similarity:
67%
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:
64%
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:
65%
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:
57%
50K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, dark, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
claustrophobia, obsession, psychology, twists and turns, school, youth, underground bunker, male nudity, danger, bunker, survival, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
wales, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
American Horror Story is an anthology horror drama series.
Style:
anthology, psychological, tense, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, witch, ghost, danger, haunted house, serial killer, evil force, death, nightmare, insanity, mental institution, creature ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 20th century, 60s, year 2013 ...
Place:
new orleans, los angeles, usa, massachusetts, north carolina ...
Similarity:
100%
144K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, group of friends, torture, murder, violence, small town, gory, brutality, ghost town, wax museum, masked man ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 2000s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, florida, louisiana, new york, paris france
Similarity:
100%
804K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
racism, hypnosis, brainwashing, interracial romance, kidnapping, paranoia, survival, female villain, african american, revenge, african american protagonist, neurosurgeon ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, southern usa, indiana, new york
Similarity:
63%
108K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, bad ending, scary, slasher ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, torture, camping, chase, forest, youth, fear, gory, revenge, teenager, maniac, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, england, britain
Similarity:
67%
145K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil. A classic horror film with Gregory Peck from ...
Style:
suspenseful, satanic, bleak, classic horror, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
devil, evil child, satan, prophecy, religion, priest, demonic possession, boy, demon, antichrist, evil wins, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1976
Place:
london, rome italy, persia, britain, england ...
Similarity:
100%
39K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, fairy tale ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural horror, murder, psychiatrist, twists and turns, doctors and patients, split personality, voodoo, child in peril, witch doctor, demon, female psychiatrist ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, 1910s, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
50%
125K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting. The series ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, motel, mental disorder, obsession, hotel, insanity, murder, family problems, half brother, dysfunctional family, small town, incestuous desire ...
Time:
2010s, 20th century
Place:
oregon, usa, hawaii
Similarity:
100%
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