Movies and TV shows like Children of the Stones

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Children of the Stones (1977)
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Children of the Stones (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 173 min.
TV show
Story: Astrophysicist Adam Brake (Gareth Thomas) and his teen son Matthew (Peter Demin) investigate the roots of a mysterious stone circle in the quiet British village of Milbury, where they encounter the sinister Rafael Hendrick (Iain Cuthbertson) and entranced villagers known as "the happy ones".
Style: psychological thriller, surprise ending, sinister, ambiguous ending, weird
Audience: kids, horror for children
Plot: folk horror, psychic, halloween, telekinesis, occult, pagan, folklore, coming of age, countryside, psychic power, outer space, school, children, snake, escape, investigation, myth, rescue, family relations, black hole, giant snake, chase, astronomy, ritual, prophecy ...
Place: britain

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Most similar movies to Children of the Stones

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out spooky, suspenseful, anthology and scary films and TV series with plots about supernatural, supernatural power, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, teenager, danger and surrealism mostly in Mystery, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Children of the Stones: The Stone Tape (1972), Freaky (2003), Sapphire & Steel (1979), Chocky (1984), Moondial (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Stone Tape (1972)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, ...
Style: spooky, lovecraft, thrilling, slasher, independent film ...
Plot: folk horror, ghost, haunted, haunted house, haunting, macabre, folklore, cosmic horror, stoner, supernatural, computer, staircase ...
Time: 70s
Place: britain
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100%
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Freaky (2003)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
TV show
Story: Freaky is a New Zealand children's program that began in 2003, and made by Avalon Productions. It features short episodes about odd phenomena and eerie situations facing children. Usually the protagonist is a boy or girl who starts by trying to ...
Style: anthology
Audience: kids
Plot: middle school, family relations, evil, zombie, children, vampire, monster, supernatural power, ghost
Place: new zealand, australia
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100%
Sapphire & Steel (1979)
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. Hammond who ...
Style: spooky, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: time travel, time loop, alien invasion, ufo, folk horror, danger, special agent, good versus evil, rivalry, escapades, imaginary, investigation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, future
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.6
 392
Chocky (1984)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 151 min.
TV show
Story: Chocky is a 1984 children's television drama based on the 1968 novel by John Wyndham and was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. Two sequels were produced. All were written by Anthony Read and produced by Thames Television. The series was ...
Style: children's program, weird
Audience: kids
Plot: alien, boy, child, extraterrestrial, telekinesis, imaginary friend, alien contact, friendship
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 254
Moondial (1988)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 158 min.
TV show
Story: Moondial is a British television serial made for children by the BBC and transmitted in 1988, with a repeat in 1990. It was written by Helen Cresswell, who also wrote the novel on which the series was based. The story deals with a young girl, ...
Style: psychological thriller, weird
Plot: children, supernatural, coming of age, male female relationship, victorian england, girl, garden, apparition, cemetery, manor, surrealism, boy ...
Time: 80s, 1870s, 18th century, 19th century, victorian era ...
Place: britain
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54%
Eerie, Indiana (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Eerie, Indiana is an American television series that originally aired on NBC from 1991 to 1992. The series was created by José Rivera and Karl Schaefer, with Joe Dante serving as creative consultant. A total of nineteen episodes were produced. The ...
Style: spooky, scary, anthology, sitcom, detective ...
Audience: kids, horror for children
Plot: supernatural, suburbs, youth, paranormal, magic, halloween, town, teenager, small town, investigation, disorder, suburban life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Owl Service (1969)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
Story: Three teenagers discover a mysterious set of owl and flower-patterned dinner plates in the attic and the magical ancient legend of the "Mabinogion" comes to life once again in their Welsh valley.
Style: spooky
Plot: folk horror, folklore, coming of age, attic, curse, teenager, legend, owl
Place: britain, wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Stranger Things (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Style: exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot: supernatural, monster, telekinesis, small town, parallel universe, experiment, parallel world, friendship, supernatural power, super powers, missing person, government conspiracy ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, future, 2010s, 90s ...
Place: indiana, chicago, usa, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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The Sixth Sense (1972)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Sixth Sense is an American paranormal thriller television
Style: anthology, detective, scary, horror comedy, retro ...
Plot: occult, psychic, telekinesis, psychic power, missing person, collaboration, professor, extrasensory perception, telepathy, university, paranormal phenomena, a vision ...
Time: 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
The Demon Headmaster (1996)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on the children's books by Gillian Cross of the same name. Made for CBBC, the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice ...
Audience: kids
Plot: school, children, mind control, hypnosis, school principal, rebellion, high school, stepfather, surrealism, teenager, good versus evil, teenage boy ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The series is based on The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Movie, and the books The Haunting Hour ...
Style: anthology, scary, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot: supernatural, youth, monster, fear, danger, escapades, mischievous children, imaginary, evil force, supernatural power, child in peril, good versus evil ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
House of Anubis (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: House of Anubis is a jointly Nickelodeon British, American, and Belgian mystery television series based on the Dutch-Belgian television series Het Huis Anubis aired in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert ...
Style: suspenseful, light, semi serious, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen fantasy, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: school, boarding school life, teenage life, boarding school, high school, investigation, young heroes, riddles and clues, friends, disappearance, youth, mysterious disappearance ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 255
Dark Season (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Dark Season is a British science-fiction television serial for adolescents, screened on BBC1 in late 1991. Comprising six twenty-five minute episodes, the two linked three-part stories tell the adventures of three teenagers and their battle to save ...
Audience: kids
Plot: children, world domination, high school, mind control, student, computer, school
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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So Weird (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: So Weird is an American television series that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. The series was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. In season one and season two, the series centered ...
Style: spooky, neo noir, adult cartoon, semi serious, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: supernatural, teenager, paranormal, psychic, haunting, clairvoyant, super powers, middle school, magic, slice of life, halloween, missing person ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.
Style: anthology, psychological, scary, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, hidden truth, nobody believes, investigation, twists and turns, nightmare comes true, abduction, imaginary, society, vietnam war, surrealism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Deadtime Stories (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A baby-sitter tells a different 'Deadtime Story' to the kids she is babysitting. The stories are scary and chilling.
Style: anthology, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, suspense ...
Audience: family outing, kids, horror for children
Plot: supernatural, children, escapades, imaginary, zombie, ghost, supernatural power, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, child in peril, child protagonist, child's point of view ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
 6.1
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Equinox (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Haunted by visions after her sister vanished with her classmates 21 years before, Astrid begins an investigation that uncovers the dark, eerie truth.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot: forest, sister, missing person, supernatural, high school, sisters, female protagonist, religion and supernatural, danger, woman in danger, youth, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 2020s, 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 21st century
Place: denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Box of Delights (1984)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 177 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the classic children's novel by John Masefield, the story follows the exploits of a young boy, Kay Harker, who finds himself drawn into a world of magic and danger when he encounters an old Punch and Judy man.
Audience: kids
Plot: christmas, folklore, children, coming of age, wolf, mouse, magic, midget, box, miniaturization
Time: 1930s
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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The Nightmare Room (2001)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Anthology series centered on teens facing supernatural threats, many based on the books by R.L. Stine.
Style: anthology, captivating, tense, spooky, dark fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, horror for children
Plot: supernatural, child in peril, paranormal phenomena, good versus evil, supernatural horror, coming of age, courage, spirit, paranormal activity, mysticism, haunted house, ghost ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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The Third Day (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 340 min.
TV show
Story: A unique story told over two distinct halves, "Summer" follows Sam, a man drawn to a mysterious island off the British coast where he encounters a group of islanders set on preserving their traditions at any cost. "Winter" ...
Style: suspense, mysterious, suspenseful, surreal, psychological thriller ...
Plot: mysticism, stranded on an island, folk horror, forest, strange person, macabre, grieving father, island, saving a life, festival, recurring dream, murder ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 300 min.
TV show
Story: A young couple moves to a quiet New England village, only to soon find themselves mixed up in mysterious rituals.
Style: slasher, spooky, gothic, satanic, thrilling ...
Plot: folk horror, religion, small town, occult, mythology, folklore, conspiracy, ghost, paranormal, autumn, witch, ritual ...
Time: 70s
Place: new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Hunter Street (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Sleuthy foster siblings Max, Tess, Sal, Anika, and Daniel Hunter find new quests, more mysteries, and even new Hunter sibs!
Style: tense, captivating, humorous, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: foster parent, family relations, investigation, treasure, chases and races, siblings relations, parents and children, adaptation, friendship, chase, escapades, rescue ...
Place: amsterdam
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 15K
Goosebumps (1995)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Goosebumps is a Canadian-American children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books. It was one of the two popular television horror anthology children's series in the 1990s.
Style: anthology, dark, sitcom, dark fairy tale, scary ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids ...
Plot: supernatural, children, psychic, haunting, clairvoyant, goose, middle school, insect, magic, generation y, lycanthropy, childhood love ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Lockwood & Co. (2023)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: A girl with extraordinary psychic abilities joins two gifted teen boys at a small ghost-hunting agency to fight the many deadly spirits haunting London.
Style: tense, mystical, suspenseful, captivating, mind blowing ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, investigation, ghost hunter, psychic power, supernatural horror, supernatural power, paranormal, paranormal investigation, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, spirit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Jeopardy (2002)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Jeopardy is a BAFTA award-winning British television series which ran for three seasons, from 2002 to 2004, on BBC One. It was created by Tim O'Mara who also directed, and all three series were produced by Andy Rowley, with Richard Langridge as ...
Style: captivating, thrilling
Audience: kids
Plot: teenager, escapades, paranormal investigation, ufo sighting, paranormal activity, alien, alien contact, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, ufo, investigation, alien encounter ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension is a spin-off of Eerie, Indiana. This series aired on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.
Style: anthology, spooky, detective, scary, semi serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: small town, paranormal, disorder, youth, investigation, imaginary, amateur detective, parallel world, teenage life, suburbs, brother sister relationship, best friend ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 8.4
 39K
Doctor Who (1963)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The adventures of a Time Lord—a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor—who explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-travelling space ship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in ...
Style: cliffhanger, exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, atmospheric ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: time travel, doctor who, benign alien, space travel, escapades, space, time machine, human alien, companion, reincarnation, time traveler, earth ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: england, britain, europe, london, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. The series tells the story of the members of a secret society known as the Legacy and their efforts to protect humankind from occult dangers. Despite bearing ...
Style: anthology, gothic horror, scary, serious, bleak ...
Plot: occult, paranormal activity, poltergeist, afterlife, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, haunted house, escapades, deadly creature, supernatural ability, mysterious character, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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 51K
Castle Rock (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Style: bleak, suspenseful, anthology, enigmatic, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: murder, danger, violence, investigation, paranormal phenomena, small town, blood, stephen king, death, interracial adoption, supernatural, mysticism ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: This three-part, self-contained limited series is about the newest member of the Midnight Society, her first scary tale, and what happens to the group when the terrifying events of her story start to actually happen in their small town.
Style: anthology, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, spooky ...
Audience: horror for children
Plot: fantasy becomes reality, carnival, rescue, girl, initiation, deal with the devil, eccentricity, clown, intelligence agency, apocalypse, friend, mind control ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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