Movies like The Turn of the Screw
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The Turn of the Screw (2009)
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from boarding school. Although charmed by her young charge, she secretly fears there are ominous reasons behind his expulsion. With Miles back at home, the governess starts noticing ethereal figures roaming the estate's grounds. Desperate to learn more about these sinister sightings she discovers that the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of her predecessor hold grim implications for herself. As she becomes increasingly fearful that malevolent forces are stalking the children the governess is determined to save them, risking herself and her sanity in the process.
Style:
suspenseful, costume drama, atmospheric, serious, gothic, slasher, gothic horror, psychotronic, mind bending, period drama
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, children, mentally unstable, repression, estate, female nudity, sexual repression, haunted house, youth, sibling relationship, possession, haunting, master and servant, power relations, boy, suicide, maid, mansion, poker, cemetery, mental institution, teenage girl, orphan, psychiatrist ...
Time:
victorian era, 1920s, 20th century, 19th century, 20s
Place:
london, england
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Most similar movies to The Turn of the Screw
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, gothic and psychological films with plots about ghost, supernatural, haunted house, haunting, chase, supernatural power and danger mostly in Horror, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Turn of the Screw: Lightfields (2013), The Innocents (1961), The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020), Dorian Gray (2009), The Orphanage (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A governess put in charge of two young children begins to see the ghost of her dead predecessor.
Style:
gothic, spiritual, psychological horror, costume drama, slasher ...
Plot:
ghost, nanny, curses spells and rituals, governess, haunted house, haunting, american civil war, spirituality, victorian england, possession, family problems, family relations ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, turn of the century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Five-part mini-series set on a remote farm on the Suffolk coast. The story follows three families that each lived in Lightfields farmhouse at different time periods, but who are linked by the ghost of a teenage girl who died in mysterious ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, stylized, gloomy
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, teenage girl, paranormal activity, family relations, farm, family life, parents and children, couple relations, estrangement, love triangle ...
Time:
70s, 1940s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.
Style:
gothic, dark, creepy, scary, gothic horror ...
Plot:
haunted, supernatural, haunting, old mansion, macabre, children, hide and seek, ghost story, haunted house, schizophrenia, insanity, paranoid ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, year 1961, 1860s ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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:
22%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben ...
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, sexy, gothic horror, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, eternal youth, aristocracy, painting, deal with the devil, destiny, beefcake, male nudity, fall in love, society, immortality, artist ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, edwardian era, year 2009, turn of the century ...
Place:
england, europe, london, britain, ireland
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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Somerset, 1894. A house that’s almost as old as the English countryside itself. A brilliant young couple inherit the farm and are determined to start a new life together. But their presence in this isolated corner of England starts to unleash ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, psychological, disturbing, period drama
Plot:
victorian england, supernatural, ghost, marriage, paranormal investigation, bereavement, psychology, supernatural power, husband wife relationship, clergy, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s, 1890s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, China
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.
Style:
gothic, suspense, postmodern, psychological horror, psychotronic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
murder, time travel, fashion designer, rape, nostalgia, nightmare, brothel, female serial killer, plot twist, grandmother granddaughter relationship, female teacher, suicide of mother ...
Time:
60s, 2020s, year 1960, year 1969, year 1965 ...
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Henry James' classic tale of terror The Turn of the Screw receives yet another screen adaptation in this thriller shot in Spain. A young woman (Sadie Frost) is hired to serve as a governess for two children, Miles and Flora (Nilo Mur and Ella ...
Style:
gothic, scary, serious, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted by the past, supernatural, master and servant, family relations, family problems, death in the family, family in danger, woman in danger, haunted house, ghost story, evil child ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 90s, 20th century
Place:
england, spain
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young woman is hired by a wealthy but sinister man to tutor his two children at the family's isolated estate. When the woman gets there, she finds that the two children are not quite what they seem to be--in fact, they are possessed by the ...
Style:
independent film, mind bending, scary, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, obsession, youth, pedophile, haunted house, haunting, macabre, evil child, governess, possession, estate, family relations ...
Time:
year 1992, victorian era, 19th century, 60s
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Luxembourg, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The disturbed arts teacher, Anna Veigh, is hired by Mr. Laing as a governess to raise Flora and her brother Miles. Anna believes that the ghosts of the former governess, Miss Jessel, and housekeeper, Peter Quint, are in the property haunting the ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, psychological, scary, atmospheric ...
Plot:
ghost, governess, lake, sex crime, estate, lesbian, lesbian interest, female nudity, cemetery, nightmare, possessed human, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
28%
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:
27%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An English governess is hired to take care of two adorable orphans, who turn out to be not exactly what they seem to be.
Style:
creepy, gothic, psychotronic
Plot:
possession, haunting, mansion, insanity, ghost, macabre, orphan, dead child, evil, possessed human, governess, good versus evil ...
Time:
victorian era
Place:
england
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Spanish version of Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw".
Style:
gothic, mind bending, serious, sexual, suspenseful ...
Plot:
homoeroticism, gay interest, ghost, mansion, religion, supernatural, dead child, children, beach, boy, haunting, governess ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 1890s
Place:
spain
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the the slow corruption of the children in their care.
Style:
gothic horror, gothic, sexual, offbeat, grindhouse ...
Plot:
sex scene, teenage girl, rough sex, female nudity, sex, mansion, evil child, sexual abuse, obsession, orphan, youth, forbidden love ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1971, 19th century, 1900s
Place:
england, europe, france
Similarity:
25%
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:
23%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
TV remake of the Henry James' classic tale "Turn of the Screw", with changes in location and character names. A live in nanny discovers two children haunted by the spirits and deeds of their former care givers.
Style:
psychotronic, gothic, crying
Plot:
haunted house, haunted, ghost, haunting, governess, valet, evil child, supernatural power, dead child, supernatural, mansion, children ...
Time:
1890s, victorian era
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, scary, creepy, terrifying ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, afterlife, mysterious character, uncover truth, haunted house, danger, who done it, haunted by the past, murder, haunted, small town life ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century, edwardian era
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
22%
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168K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and ...
Style:
gothic, dark fantasy, atmospheric, gothic horror, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, incest, murder, female protagonist, betrayal, macabre, brother sister incest, old mansion, estate, ghost story ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1900s, year 2015, 1800s ...
Place:
england, america, europe, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
After precipitating the death of a tenant with whom he has been feuding, Squire Fairfield brings the dead man's young daughter to live in Wyvern Manor. Alice grows up thinking the squire is her kind benefactor, and falls in love with one of his ...
Style:
gothic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
orphan, couple relations, secret, infection, elopement, family problems, ghost, uncover truth, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, youth ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Romanian count known as Dracula is summoned to London by Arthur Holmwood, a young Lord who is one the verge of being wed. Unknown to Arthur's future bride Lucy, her future husband is infected with syphilis and therefore cannot consummate ...
Style:
gothic, scary, suspenseful, serious, dark ...
Plot:
vampire, dracula, supernatural, terminal illness, chaos, couples, escapades, supernatural ability, couple relations, danger, deadly creature, betrayal ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, turn of the century, 1890s, 1900s ...
Place:
england, europe, transylvania, united kingdom, london
Similarity:
22%
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:
22%
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, psychotronic, gothic, suspense, sad ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost child, ghost, folk horror, haunting, mental breakdown, seance, supernatural, evil child, imaginary friend, haunted, psychotic ...
Time:
70s
Place:
london, england, europe
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In 1922, a young novelist goes to the countryside to write her latest book and falls victim to terrifying hallucinations and nightmares.
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, tense, serious
Plot:
countryside, supernatural, ghost, mentally unstable, heroes, confined, lifestyle, losing-it hero, writer's life, hallucination, writers, nightmare ...
Time:
20th century, 1920s
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Story about a man haunted by the spirit of his dead wife and her effect on his second marriage.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, grindhouse, surreal, suspense ...
Plot:
edgar allan poe, cemetery, black cat, supernatural, monster, cat, nobility, folk horror, ghost, macabre, obsession, stonehenge ...
Time:
19th century, 1820s, victorian era
Place:
england
Similarity:
20%
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:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A family move into an abandoned orphanage and they soon learn that their new home has a disturbing history and that they aren't alone…
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, scary, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, paranormal, family relations, orphanage, supernatural, children's home, abandoned house, apparition, curses spells and rituals, house, haunting ...
Similarity:
19%
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:
18%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Marianne and Jacques are a young middle-class couple who live in a chic Parisian apartment with their two young children. One day, Marianne receives an unexpected visit from two strangers, Mr and Mrs Worms, who claim to have lived in the apartment ...
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, realistic, scary ...
Plot:
family in danger, good versus evil, children, ghost, danger, mentally unstable, dealing with death, family problems, siblings relations, possession, supernatural power, mother son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
18%
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:
18%
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