Movies like Children's Play

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Children's Play (2001)
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Children's Play (2001)
Original name: Un jeu d'enfants
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 when they were children and who ask if they can just take a look around their former home. Marianne agrees, but no sooner have the mysterious Worms left than things take an inexplicable turn for the worse...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, scary, realistic, psychotronic, weird
Plot: children, good versus evil, ghost, family in danger, danger, family problems, siblings relations, mentally unstable, dealing with death, supernatural power, possession, mother son relationship, wedding, boy, demonic possession, a vision, hanging, death, nightmare, family relations, parents and children, death in the family, domestic disturbance, murder, hypnosis ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: france, paris france

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Most similar movies to Children's Play

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, scary and psychological films with plots about danger, ghost, supernatural, deadly, family relations, family problems and haunted house mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Children's Play: The Echo (2008), Static (2012), House of Voices (2004), Orphan (2009), Grindstone Road (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Echo (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Bobby Reynolds is released on probation from Rikers and moves to the old apartment in East Village, New York, where his lonely mother lived and passed away. He finds a job as mechanic at the Houston Auto Repair shop owned by the supportive Hector ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, twisted ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, ex convict, riddles and clues, family problems, danger, domestic disturbance, parents and children, grudge, curses spells and rituals, gory, haunted house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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100%
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Static (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A couple facing marital problems after losing their child finds their life together further complicated by a mysterious visitor.
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: home invasion, loss of child, danger, couple relations, domestic disturbance, twists and turns, stalking, husband wife relationship, ghost, mourning, flashback, guilt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
House of Voices (2004)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In 1958, in the French Alp, the young servant Anna Jurin arrives in Saint Ange Orphanage to work with Helena while the orphans moved to new families. Anna, who is secretly pregnant, meets the last orphan , Judith, left behind because of her mental ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, psychological, bleak, suspense ...
Plot: ghost, female nudity, pregnancy, haunted house, haunted by the past, breast feeding, mentally unstable, isolation, uncover truth, losing-it hero, housekeeper, mirror ...
Time: 1940s, year 2004, 1950s, year 1958, year 1946 ...
Place: france, alps, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 250K
Orphan (2009)
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: scary, psychological, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, adult
Plot: adoption, orphan, killer child, murder, serial killer, fear, female psychopath, mysterious character, twists and turns, family in danger, insanity, murderer ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, connecticut, estonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Grindstone Road (2008)
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, haunted house, supernatural, family relations, haunted by the past, danger, farm, mentally unstable, uncover truth, relocation, paranormal, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Comedy of Innocence (2000)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Today, Camille turns nine. He had sworn that on his 9th birthday he would show his parents the videos he was shooting on the side - the tail of a cat scampering away, a window, and a veiled woman's face - an intriguing picture... Later that ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, family relations, supernatural, supernatural ability, obsession, dysfunctional family, death in the family, family life, siblings relations, family problems, crumbling marriage, single parent ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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 844
Ghost Son (2007)
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, serious, psychological, suspense, mystic ...
Plot: pregnancy, ghost, supernatural, family in danger, uncover truth, parents and children, family problems, missing child, supernatural ability, life is a bitch, babies and infants, death in the family ...
Place: south africa, africa
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38%
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Hurt (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: There are terrible things happening in the desert...unexplainable, frightening things. Tragic, inexplicable incidents… ever since she arrived.
Style: suspense, psychological, tense, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot: orphan, ghost, rescue, supernatural, desert, dysfunctional family, haunted by the past, murder, dark secret, uncover truth, american horror, child abuse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
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38%
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First Born (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she's always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, scary, psychological, tense ...
Plot: family in danger, mentally unstable, nanny, danger, parents and children, family problems, isolation, suburbs, obsession, supernatural ability, pregnancy, curses spells and rituals ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Secrets in the Walls (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A single mom and her two daughters move from their cramped Detroit apartment to the suburbs but scratching, cries and shadows haunt their new home.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, slasher, exciting ...
Plot: ghost, starting over, supernatural, family in danger, fall in love, mentally unstable, single parent, danger, family relations, family problems, psychopath, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Presence of Mind (1999)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: 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: haunted house, haunted by the past, supernatural, ghost, master and servant, family relations, family problems, death in the family, family in danger, woman in danger, evil child, estate ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 20th century, 90s
Place: england, spain
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35%
Out of the Dark (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Colombia, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.
Style: scary, suspenseful, dark, serious, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, family in danger, family relations, family problems, danger, couples, parents and children, legends and myths, summer, meme ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south america, colombia
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33%
The Uninvited (2003)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Impaired by amnesia, Jeong-won (Shin-yang Park) can't remember his youth -- until he meets Yeon (Ji-hyun Jun), a psychic who may be able to uncover his past. After witnessing the horrific deaths of children, both share dreamlike visions of ...
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, mind twisting ...
Plot: afterlife, supernatural, ghost, losing-it hero, mentally unstable, life is a bitch, danger, society, dealing with death, missing child, family in danger, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south korea, asia, korea, poland
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 3K
Laddaland (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A family moves into a new house where they gradually begin to encounter paranormal and horror events.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, tense, dark, psychological ...
Plot: ghost, family in danger, family relations, supernatural, parents and children, death, black cat, haunted, paranormal activity, evil force, fear, haunted house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Dorothy Mills (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: When a gloomy, God-fearing island community is rocked by the murder of a young child, a psychologist is called in to examine Dorothy Mills, the teenager accused of the crime. Despite the villagers' resistance, the therapist soon suspects that ...
Style: scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: psychiatrist, supernatural, creepy child, afterlife, social relations, teenage life, mental illness, danger, supernatural ability, clergy, babies and infants, secret ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Hostile (2014)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The New Wave of French horror cinema has arrived and at its vanguard is 14 year-old director Nathan Ambrosioni. Meredith Langston always longed to have children. She finally makes this happen when she adopts two young adolescent girls. However, her ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, enigmatic, fake documentary
Plot: orphan, family relations, danger, supernatural, family in danger, adoption, youth, media, journalism, siblings relations, house
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 992
Sorum (2001)
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: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: afterlife, ghost, haunted house, supernatural, domestic disturbance, murder, family problems, danger, estrangement, asian, extreme, vampire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Haunting of Whaley House (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a tour guide breaks into America's Most Haunted House, a bit of amateur ghost hunting with friends turns into more horror than they could have ever imagined.
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, possession, murder, survival, supernatural, danger, legends and myths, haunted, haunting, haunted house, woman with a gun, meme ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Restless Souls (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A young couple and their daughter move into a rambling old house. Soon, an increasingly alarming string of events and supernatural disturbances connects the house, and them, with a series of unsolved murders committed three years earlier. They are ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, enigmatic, psychotronic
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, danger, couple relations, family relations, parent child relationship, research, supernatural power, couples, child murder, uncover truth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.4
 4K
Ghost (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Manjeet Khosla lives with her widowed mom in Bombay, India. She gets married, gives birth to a son, and separates from her spouse. She goes to live on the 12th floor of an apartment building. Thereafter, she has an affair with Sanjay Thakkar, who is ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, mind bending, scary
Plot: ghost, supernatural, danger, family problems, husband wife relationship, supernatural power, supernatural horror, isolation, hunted, mentally unstable, love and romance, cons and scams ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, asia
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32%
 5.6
 2K
Acacia (2003)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A Korean horror film about an adopted young boy with a strange link to an old, dead acacia tree. As the boy settles in to his new home, the tree comes to life. When the family who adopted him becomes pregnant, he is to go back to the orphanage, and ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Plot: orphan, supernatural, family relations, haunted by the past, obsession, ghost, supernatural ability, danger, parents and children, adoption, adopted son, extreme ...
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31%
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The Chair (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Psychology student Danielle inadvertently wakes a evil spirit while renting a century old Victorian house. In setting out to prove his existence, Danielle inadvertently frees and becomes a puppet of the spirit of serial killer Edgar Crowe. ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious
Plot: serial killer, good versus evil, supernatural, ghost, psychopath, supernatural ability, danger, woman in danger, haunted by the past, amateur detective, curses spells and rituals, family in danger ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 4.4
 200
The Echo Game (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A young mother must protect her daughter from a rogue scientist on a murderous rampage to steal the girl's psychic powers for herself.
Style: serious, scary, mind bending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: supernatural, mad scientist, family relations, supernatural ability, parents and children, chase, danger, sexual content, profanity, psychic power, psychic, murder ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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The Keeping Hours (2017)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an author, get a chance at reconciliation ten years later.
Style: psychological, suspense, rough, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot: child, ghost, death of child, death, parenthood, parent child relationship, supernatural power, supernatural, life is a bitch, hopes, redemption, danger ...
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31%
The Bleeding House (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The Smiths -- a family with a secret past -- are visited by a sweet-talking southern gentleman who is looking for small town humanity. But they'll soon find out that kindness towards strangers is not always rewarded, and the secretive ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, surreal ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, psychopath, mysterious character, violent death, family problems, obsession, danger, vengeance, family life, haunted by the past, family secret, serial killer ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
It's in the Blood (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: One year after a tragic incident tore their family apart, a grieving son and his estranged father embark on a journey into the wild to reconcile their past. When a horrifying accident leaves Russell badly injured, and strands them in the wild, it is ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, bleak, mindfuck ...
Plot: survival, ghost, wilderness, isolation, rescue, supernatural, danger, woods, escapades, parents and children, stalking, estrangement ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 5.7
 6K
The Monitor (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway, Germany, Sweden
Duration: 96 min.
Story: After escaping an abusive husband, Anna and her 8 year old son move to a secret location in a giant apartment building. Terrified that her ex-husband will find them she buys a baby monitor to keep in her son's room at all times. But strange ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, scary, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: delusion, haunted by the past, social worker, family relations, danger, murder, mother son relationship, ghost, nordic, thoughtful, teenager, wedding ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Through the Air (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Vincent, a former air rifle champion lives a quiet life with his wife and his daughter. Despite his happy family life he ends up with economic problems. One day at the shooting range he meets the mysterious Renaud who promises him a solution to his ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: contract killing, parents and children, moral dilemma, conspiracy, couples, danger, family problems, family in crisis, contract killer, pig, debt, boat ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
A Near Death Experience (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Ellie suffers a strong shock to discover that, after suffering a near-death experience, can hear voices from beyond. He soon realizes that it is a gift with which you can help others.
Style: captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, realistic ...
Plot: ghost, murder, psychic power, danger, talking to the dead, serial killer, death, new neighbor, fugitive, flashback, train, sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Inhabited (2003)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After Brad and Meg move to a detached house in need of major repairs after a fire and decades of neglect, they're happy that cheerful teenage son Tyler behaves normally, for puberty. Young daughter Gina's stories about sometimes evil ...
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, serious, psychological ...
Plot: goblin, family relations, supernatural, ghost, riddles and clues, danger, family life, monster, psychiatrist, little creatures, psychiatric hospital, magical creature ...
Time: year 1955
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30%
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