Movies like The Woods 2006
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The Woods (2006)
13K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set in 1965 New England, a troubled girl encounters mysterious happenings in the woods surrounding an isolated girls school that she was sent to by her estranged parents.
Style:
gothic, dark, tense, scary, suspenseful, creepy, psychological, suspense, satanic, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, boarding school, missing person, forest, gory, supernatural, isolation, danger, school, bullying, occult, monster, police, hallucination, vengeance, magic, curses spells and rituals, wizard, mind power, teacher, violence, hospital, chase, blood, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, year 1965, 60s, 80s, 1960s
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Most similar movies to The Woods
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, scary, suspenseful and dark films with plots about supernatural, ghost, blood, death, supernatural power, chase and brutality mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Woods: The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015), Down a Dark Hall (2018), Sleepy Hollow (1999), The House of the Devil (2009), The Wretched (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the dead of winter, Kat and Rose, two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil entity, and their lives are about to change ...
Style:
demonic, scary, disturbing, psychological horror, creepy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
possession, teenage girl, satanism, nun, murder, supernatural horror, demonic possession, supernatural, satan, mental disorder, evil child, flash forward ...
Place:
new york state
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only other four female students have been admitted to learn the four pillars of knowledge under the ominous wing of the mysterious headmistress Madame ...
Style:
scary, demonic, gothic, rough, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
boarding school, trance, haunted house, black magic, private school, troubled teen, possessed, ghost, talent, boarding house, schoolgirl, hearing voices ...
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
410K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, atmospheric, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
family friendly, chick flick, teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, witch, ghost, murder, investigation, supernatural horror, magical, witchcraft, small town, horseman, goth, legends and myths ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 19th century, 90s, year 1999 ...
Place:
new york, new york state, britain, america, madagascar
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 1980s, college student Samantha Hughes takes a strange babysitting job that coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret.
Style:
creepy, spooky, suspenseful, frightening, gothic ...
Plot:
ritual, satanic cult, supernatural, female protagonist, macabre, satanic ritual, haunted house, devil, sacrifice, lunar eclipse, female college student, religious cult ...
Time:
80s, year 2009, year 2000, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A rebellious teenage boy embarks on a gutsy crusade to stop the terrifying evil he suspects has possessed his neighbor in this bone-chilling occult thriller.
Style:
dark, demonic, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
witch, teenage boy, neighbor, supernatural, forest, creature, teenage protagonist, missing child, terror, teenager, possession, father son relationship ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Students on a camping trip discover something sinister is lurking beyond the trees.
Style:
scary, dark, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, found footage, forest, witch, lost in the woods, death, fear, chase, tunnel, friendship, runaway, camping ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 80s
Place:
maryland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A college-age brother and sister get more than they bargained for on their road trip home from spring break. When the bickering siblings witness a creepy truck driver tossing body bags into a sewer near an abandoned church, they investigate. Bad ...
Style:
slasher, scary, bloody, creepy, dark ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, macabre, death, serial killer, supernatural, scared, characters murdered one by one, demon, dead teenager, halloween, destiny, scarecrow ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
florida
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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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
20 years after a horrific accident during a small town school play, students at the school resurrect the failed show in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy - but soon discover that some things are better left alone.
Style:
suspense, slasher, dark, suspenseful, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, dead teenager, high school, supernatural, murder, youth, revenge, tragedy, teenage life, social relations, ghost, teenager ...
Time:
year 1993, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
usa, nebraska
Similarity:
100%
41K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Trapped within an eerie mist, the residents of Antonio Bay have become the unwitting victims of a horrifying vengeance. One hundred years earlier, a ship carrying lepers was purposely lured onto the rocky coastline and sank, drowning all aboard. Now ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, slasher, scary, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
small town, ghost, fog, vengeance, death, ship, prophecy, supernatural, betrayal, island, justice, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2005, 19th century, 2000s, 1870s, 21st century
Place:
california, oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA, Ireland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Rebecca is suspicious of Ernessa, the new arrival at her boarding school. But is Rebecca just jealous of Ernessa's bond with Lucie, or does the new girl truly possess a dark secret?
Style:
gothic, horrifying, stylized, suspenseful, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, adult, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, boarding school, supernatural, obsession, making love, mysterious character, friends, youth, danger, social relations, haunted by the past, girls' school ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Family, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
No sooner does an all-American family takes possession of a baronial English manor when all manner of peculiar things occurring, including signs that point to the disappearance of a young girl during a solar eclipse decades before. Bette Davis ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, creepy, suspense, spooky ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, solar eclipse, missing person, ghost, woods, danger, children, halloween, folk horror, teenage girl, occult, secrets ...
Time:
80s, year 1980
Place:
england
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Style:
suspense, scary, independent film, dark, psychological ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
witch, found footage, folk horror, urban legend, supernatural, fear, survival, lost in the woods, supernatural horror, panic, forest, wilderness ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
maryland, usa, north america
Similarity:
30%
260K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The eerie and deserted ghost town of Silent Hill draws a young mother desperate to find a cure for her only child's illness. Unable to accept the doctor's diagnosis that her daughter should be permanently institutionalized for psychiatric ...
Style:
scary, dark, creepy, surreal, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, monster, demon, supernatural horror, survival, insanity, torture, macabre, ghost town, good versus evil, revenge, mysterious place ...
Time:
year 2006, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
west virginia, virginia, america, usa, canada
Similarity:
29%
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:
28%
14K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An older, reclusive man's best friend and inspiration for living is his 14-year-old dog named "Red". When three troublesome teens kill the dog for no good reason, the grieving man sets out for justice and redemption by whatever means ...
Style:
suspense, touching, tense, serious, psychological horror ...
Plot:
revenge, twists and turns, violence, vigilante, justice, dog, redemption, murder, small town, greed, pets, tragedy ...
Time:
20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A man staying at a secluded historical mansion, finds his life being haunted by the presence of a spectre.
Style:
suspense, gothic, creepy, spooky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, isolated house, macabre, haunted, mansion, musician, supernatural, senator, death of wife, revenge, murder ...
Time:
year 1980, victorian era, 20th century, 70s, 1900s ...
Place:
seattle, usa, new york, washington d.c., washington state ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As they celebrate their high school graduation, four friends are involved in a hit-and-run accident when their car hits and apparently kills a pedestrian on an isolated roadway. They dispose of the body and vow to keep the incident a secret, a year ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, creepy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
serial killer, revenge, youth, psychopath, secret, murder, teenager, urban legend, characters killed one by one, blood, masked killer, mystery killer ...
Time:
90s, year 1997, future, 20th century, year 1998 ...
Place:
north carolina
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
From the moment she arrives in Freiberg, Germany, to attend the prestigious Tans Academy, American ballet-dancer Suzy Bannion senses that something horribly evil lurks within the walls of the age-old institution.
Style:
suspense, creepy, scary, gothic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
witch, murder, boarding school, coven, black magic, gory, supernatural, ballet school, witchery, spell, killer, darkness ...
Time:
year 1977, 70s, 20th century
Place:
germany, europe, italy, west germany
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
It has been five years since the disappearance of Katie and Hunter, and a suburban family witness strange events in their neighborhood when a woman and a mysterious child move in.
Style:
demonic, suspenseful, teen, creepy, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, evil child, supernatural horror, found footage, videotaping, profanity, paranormal activity, demon, poltergeist, danger, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, year 2011, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
Similarity:
26%
119K
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, psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological, rough ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, evil, demon, supernatural horror, twists and turns, mirror, death, haunted house, schizophrenia, possession, brutality ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, new york
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
After a series of gory murders commited by mobs of townspeople against visiting tourists, the corpses appear to be coming back to life and living normally as locals in the small town.
Style:
frightening, slasher, surprise ending, detective, grindhouse ...
Plot:
small town, murder, violence, zombie, mortician, supernatural, murder investigation, sheriff, mysterious death, reanimation, black magic, insanity ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
new england
Similarity:
25%
108K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find ...
Style:
scary, twist ending, gothic, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
ghost, doll, ventriloquist, macabre, small town, clown, investigation, supernatural horror, puppet, supernatural, plot twist, danger ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
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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:
25%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to try and finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.
Style:
slasher, suspense, scary, queer horror, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
violent, supernatural, serial killer, lesbianism, forest, lesbian, murder, lgbt, clairvoyant, witchcraft, witch, blood ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1978 ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Seventeen-year-old Jesse has been hearing terrifying sounds coming from his neighbor’s apartment, but when he turns on his camera and sets out to uncover their source, he encounters an ancient evil that won’t rest until it’s claimed his very ...
Style:
scary, demonic, suspense, twist ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, danger, demon, found footage, ghost, curses spells and rituals, demonic possession, murder, paranormal activity, female nudity, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish ...
Style:
atmospheric, cult classic, dark, gothic, creepy ...
Plot:
carnival, afterlife, female protagonist, ghost, supernatural, car accident, surrealism, nervous breakdown, american horror, boarding house, spirit, coffee ...
Time:
year 1962
Place:
salt lake city utah, utah, usa, kansas
Similarity:
25%
53K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Madrid, 1990s. After making a Ouija with friends, a teenager is besieged by dangerous supernatural presences that threaten to harm her whole family. Inspired by terrifying police files never solved.
Style:
scary, suspense, demonic, psychotronic, spooky ...
Audience:
teen drama, adult
Plot:
possession, terror, ouija board, occult, demonic possession, nightmare, blind woman, haunted house, ouija, possessed girl, occult ritual, nun ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
europe, madrid, spain
Similarity:
25%
438K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, psychopath, maniac, small town, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, teenage life, brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot ...
Style:
atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
telephone call, macabre, death, urban legend, supernatural, child abuse, hospital, spirit, good versus evil, vengeance, haunted by the past, supernatural ability ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
25%
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