Movies like Orphan
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Orphan (2009)
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, 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, surprise ending, frightening, slasher, disturbing, serious, splatter ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
orphan, suspense, adoption, killer child, murder, twists and turns, female psychopath, mysterious character, parents and children, fear, serial killer, family in danger, insanity, murderer, family problems, domestic disturbance, manipulation, supernatural, children, childhood, family relations, child in peril, graphic violence, psychopath, psychology ...
Time:
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, suspenseful and weird films with plots about suspense, macabre, twists and turns, blood, storytelling, supernatural and death mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Horror genres. Some movies like Orphan: Case 39 (2009), The Visit (2015), The Uninvited (2009), The Hole (2001), The Conjuring (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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89K
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, gloomy, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, supernatural horror, social worker, mysterious character, demon, child abuse, uncover truth, twists and turns, murder, mental institution, evil force ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
97%
139K
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, surprise ending, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
suspense, murder, elderly, kids in trouble, siblings relations, found footage, family relations, farm, sibling relationship, grandmother granddaughter relationship, parents and children, basement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
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:
scary, twist ending, surprise ending, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, suspense, parents and children, mental illness, family problems, woman in danger, uncover truth, family in danger, teenager, twists and turns, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 1986, 21st century
Place:
maine, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
47K
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, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
obsession, claustrophobia, survival, trapped, psychology, school, bunker, underground bunker, youth, twists and turns, isolation, teenager ...
Place:
wales, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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519K
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, atmospheric, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, paranormal investigation, witch, fear, exorcism, paranormal, supernatural horror, investigation, house, psychic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971, year 1968, 60s ...
Place:
rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Movies similar to The Conjuring
102K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
halloween, murder, mysterious character, psychopath, soldier, twists and turns, suspense, grief, family relations, family problems, dishonesty, ex soldier ...
Time:
80s, 21st century
Place:
new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, twists and turns, haunted house, plot twist, memory loss, insanity, suspense, murder, mental patient, ghost, nervous breakdown, riddles and clues ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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:
surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, suspense, plot twist, split personality, twists and turns, psychologist, mental illness, haunted by the past, ghost, murder, single father, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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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:
suspenseful, psychological, scary, serious, sad ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
children, suspense, manipulation, problem child, killer child, evil child, parents and children, murder, psychopath, brutality, death, disbelieving adult ...
Time:
90s
Place:
maine, japan, asia, usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
115K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada, Spain
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:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, gothic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, serial killer, supernatural, investigation, murder, psychiatrist, insanity, mental institution, mind game, hospital, crazy, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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The Visit related movies
254K
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, suspenseful, scary, surprise ending, mind bending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, mental disorder, suspense, murder mystery, psychology, investigation, murderer, murder, stranded, twists and turns, split personality, mental illness ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
nevada, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
373K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 101 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:
surprise ending, twist ending, scary, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, suspense, supernatural, afterlife, nightmare, twists and turns, mysterious character, spiritualism, mansion, isolation, supernatural horror ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1945
Place:
europe, english channel, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
49K
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:
scary, suspenseful, slasher, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
psychopath, split personality, motel, murder, hotel, parents and children, isolation, eccentric family, serial killer, mental illness, secret, psycho ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
315K
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, twist ending, frightening, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, fear, nightmare, ghost, demon, afterlife, evil spirit, paranormal activity, macabre, nightmare comes true, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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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, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
child as adult, boy, psychopath, baby, family relations, family problems, parents and children, manipulation, mind game, rivalry, coming of age, dishonesty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Get Out similar movies
357K
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, suspenseful, twist ending, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, suspense, twists and turns, race against time, death, urban legend, investigation, life is a bitch, macabre, female protagonist, uncover truth ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
141K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
serial killer, deaf, home invasion, suspense, trapped, survival, murderer, deafness, female protagonist, masked killer, murder, writers ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
35K
Genre: Horror, 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, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, fairy tale ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
supernatural, twists and turns, psychiatrist, split personality, murder, doctors and patients, supernatural horror, female psychiatrist, macabre, mental illness, demon, suspense ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, 1910s, 21st century
Place:
usa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Movie in collections
249K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But a seemingly innocent physical encounter turns sour and gives her the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay ...
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, evil, macabre, suspense, being followed, teenage girl, voyeurism, death, coming of age, sex, supernatural being ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
michigan, detroit, california, usa, plymouth
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
109K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, rough, bad ending ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, evil, twists and turns, mirror, supernatural horror, investigation, demon, death, disappearance, uncover truth, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Films like Saw
309K
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, scary, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, murder, doppelganger, amusement park, panic, african american, husband wife relationship, traumatic childhood, evil twin, black family, suspense, torment ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
110K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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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, mental disorder, obsession, motel, hotel, dysfunctional family, family problems, insanity, murder, small town, half brother, incestuous desire ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s
Place:
oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
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, frightening, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, fear, paranormal activity, demon, nightmare comes true, child in peril, suspense, serial killer, boy, afterlife ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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629K
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:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
racism, cult, suspense, brainwashing, hypnosis, survival, interracial romance, manipulation, kidnapping, african american, paranoia, abduction ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
158K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
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, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, fear, macabre, missing child, death, tragic event, twists and turns, afterlife, orphanage, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Movies similar to Split
111K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After India's father dies, her Uncle Charlie, who she never knew existed, comes to live with her and her unstable mother. She comes to suspect this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives and becomes increasingly infatuated with him.
Style:
psychological, bleak, suspenseful, gothic, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
antisocial behavior, mysterious character, under the surface, psychopath, parents and children, family problems, estate, family relations, lolita, masturbation, youth, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a weekend getaway to Joshua Tree, a group of teenagers find themselves under mental and physical assault from a supernatural entity that mimics their appearances as it completes an ancient ritual.
Style:
scary, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
brother brother relationship, creature, supernatural, curse, demon, weekend getaway, monster, mutation, isolation, transformation, survival, suspense ...
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, psychological, stylized, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, ghost, suspense, nightmare, evil child, investigation, mental institution, family problems, supernatural ability, small town, supernatural horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
14K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France, USA, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A widowed child psychologist lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. When caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, clever, tense ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
single parent, psychologist, held captive, isolation, stepmother, boy, murder, missing child, child in peril, doctor, little boy, obsession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, predating the haunting of the Lambert family in the earlier movies and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm The Further.
Style:
scary, frightening, suspenseful, atmospheric, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, supernatural horror, monster, demon, suspense, curses spells and rituals, teenager, family in danger, family problems, supernatural power ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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