Movies like The Possession
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The Possession (2012)
61K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, tense, satanic, splatter, intense, sexy, light, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suspense, supernatural, evil force, supernatural horror, exorcism, family in danger, ghost, curse, father daughter relationship, curses spells and rituals, parents and children, demon, obsession, artifact, hospital, demonic possession, paranormal activity, twists and turns, mona lisa, jewish, family relations, zombie, witch, death, religion ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to The Possession
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, atmospheric and splatter films with plots about supernatural, danger, demon, suspense, ghost, blood and supernatural horror mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Possession: The Haunting in Connecticut (2009), Insidious (2010), The Conjuring (2013), Drag Me to Hell (2009), The Exorcist (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's ...
Style:
scary, intense, gothic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, evil force, paranormal phenomena, funeral home, occult, seance, curses spells and rituals, reverend, hallucination, cancer patient, suspense ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa
⇓ 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
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86%
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 ⇓
86%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
ghost, demon, supernatural, witch, evil, evil wins, suspense, supernatural horror, curses spells and rituals, dark humor, monster, nightmare ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 1969, year 2009, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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416K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
12-year-old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, controversial, satanic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, religion, exorcism, devil, suspense, demon, priest, occult, satan, demonic possession, exorcist, supernatural ability ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, asia, washington d.c., iraq ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Conjuring related movies
260K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, suspense, fear, murder, supernatural horror, investigation, evil force, writer's life, paranormal activity, children ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2011, year 1966, year 1979, year 1998 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
54K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board.
Style:
scary, splatter, suspenseful, psychotronic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, ouija board, curses spells and rituals, spiritualism, board game, haunted house, macabre, monster, brutality, attic ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will ...
Style:
scary, psychological, disturbing, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, religion, exorcism, found footage, supernatural, demon, suspense, demonic possession, satanic cult, evil spirit, devil, preacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, usa, southern usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
133K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, mirror, supernatural horror, haunted house, ghost, suspense, siblings relations, twists and turns, insanity, brother sister relationship, demon, flashback ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, year 1955, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Movies like Orphan
185K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Spain, Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that ...
Style:
scary, gothic, splatter, dark, frightening ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, suspense, haunted house, supernatural horror, mother daughter relationship, afterlife, children, macabre, adoption, paranormal activity, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Style:
scary, enigmatic, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, suicide, suspense, twists and turns, forest, haunted house, missing person, destiny, sisters, hallucination, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, mount fuji, tokyo
⇓ 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 ⇓
67%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Mexico
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
Style:
gothic, scary, suspenseful, dark, intense ...
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, child in peril, deadly creature, suspense, monster, creature, parents and children, supernatural horror, teeth, hearing voices, little girl ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
rhode island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Others related movies
279K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, confusing, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, suspense, hotel, haunted house, supernatural, isolation, fear, survival, evil, insanity, trapped, writers ...
Time:
15th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Sequel to the 2009 mezzo-mezzo supernatural horror purporting to be based on a true story in which a cancer-afflicted teen starts seeing things in the new Victorian house he and his family moved into.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, mind blowing ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, murderer, dead man, curses spells and rituals, family in danger, parents and children, child in peril, doll, hallucination, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 21st century
Place:
georgia, usa, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small ...
Style:
scary, psychological, sinister, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, occult, possession, ghost, demon, ouija board, spiritualism, survival, suspense, teenager, haunted house ...
Time:
70s, 60s, year 1967
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
147K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, curse, murder, macabre, suspense, suicide, paranormal activity, vengeance, death, demon ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of documentary filmmaker Michael King (Shane Johnson), who doesn’t believe in God or the Devil. Following the sudden death of his wife, Michael decides to make his next film about the search for the existence of the ...
Style:
dark, scary, serious, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot:
demonic possession, occult, satanic ritual, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, found footage, demon, cemetery, self destructing, dealing with death, filmmaking, paranormal activity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like 1408
24K
Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After moving into a new neighbourhood, brothers Dane & Lucas and their neighbour Julie discover a bottomless hole in the basement of their home. They find that once the hole is exposed, evil is unleashed. With strange shadows lurking around ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, stylized, scary ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
basement, little brother, youth, good versus evil, supernatural, nightmare comes true, small town, young heroes, disorder, escapades, coming of age, family in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
scary, suspenseful, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted house, suspense, evil child, found footage, demon, twists and turns, supernatural horror, macabre, videotaping, poltergeist ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 years earlier. Is the Boogeyman real? Or did Tim make him up to ...
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, frightening ...
Plot:
supernatural, childhood, ghost, haunted by the past, destiny, death, suspense, nightmare, hallucination, haunted house, hometown, mentally unstable ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, brutal, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, murder, haunted house, evil child, burned alive, nightmare, investigation, suspense, deputy, dysfunctional family, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, illinois, norway
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In 1988, evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time when an invisible entity resides in their home.
Style:
scary, tense, suspenseful, stylized, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, found footage, ghost, paranormal activity, macabre, suspense, haunted house, demon, child in peril, monster, terrorizing, evil force ...
Time:
80s, 2000s, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Movies similar to The Exorcist
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, fear, supernatural, paranormal activity, suspense, demon, videotaping, panic, found footage, monster, evil force ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san diego california, los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A university student and some classmates are recruited to carry out a private experiment -- to create a poltergeist. Their subject: an alluring, but dangerously disturbed young woman. Their quest: to explore the dark energy that her damaged psyche ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, stylized, splatter, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
paranormal phenomena, experiment, suspense, ghost, poltergeist, seance, cameraman, skepticism, student, supernatural, found footage, possession ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
Style:
scary, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, voodoo, psychology, macabre, nightmare, disability, insanity, uncover truth, haunted by the past, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
year 1988, 21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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: 91 min.
Story:
Just as Dan and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare. Security cameras capture the torment, making every minute ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, stylized, serious, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, ghost, supernatural, macabre, demon, supernatural horror, suspense, haunted house, paranormal activity, twists and turns, video surveillance, chase ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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