Movies like First Born

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First Born (2007)
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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 see things in a different light. A creepy babysitter doesn't make things any better. She begins seeing things, trusts no one, as she goes into self-destruct mode.
Style: scary, psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense
Plot: family in danger, mentally unstable, nanny, parents and children, danger, family problems, obsession, isolation, suburbs, pregnancy, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, depression, ghost, suburban life, fear, shadow, supernatural, family relations, mental illness, single parent, voyeurism, doll, realtor, couples ...
Time: contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and suspense films with plots about danger, deadly, ghost, supernatural, family relations, family problems and parents and children mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like First Born: Mother's Boys (1993), The Baby's Room (2006), Ghost Son (2007), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), Grindstone Road (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mother's Boys (1993)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fallen in love with Callie, an assistant principal at his sons' school. He asks Jude for a ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, realistic, psychological, tense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: obsession, mentally unstable, family problems, dysfunctional family, family in danger, family life, danger, stalking, hidden identity, murder, women, peeping ...
Time: 90s
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100%
The Baby's Room (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 77 min.
Story: In Spain, the sports journalist Juan has a perfect life with his wife Sonia: they have just had a baby and moved to an old house that needs to be repaired in a fancy neighborhood. When Juan's sister and her husband visit the couple, they give ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, gothic ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, paranormal, family in danger, old dark house, family problems, obsession, supernatural horror, parallel world, missing child, mind game, haunted ...
Time: 21st century
Place: iberian peninsula, europe, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.4
 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
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, psychological, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: obsession, nanny, vengeance, sexual abuse, psychopath, malice, suicide, female psychopath, breast feeding, rivalry, haunted by the past, femme fatale ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, persia, new york, usa
⇓ 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 ⇓
60%
 4.0
 442
London Voodoo (2004)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When ambitious analyst Lincoln Mathers (played by Doug Cockle) relocates his family from New York to London, his wife Sarah (Sara Stewart) discovers a new disturbing power and becomes hostage to an ancient spirit. As Mathers notices that the family ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological, scary, tense, suspense ...
Plot: supernatural, couples, family relations, curses spells and rituals, ghost, couple relations, danger, mysterious character, family problems, parents and children, gory, intrigue ...
Place: london, europe, england, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 4.2
 1K
Isabelle (2018)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.
Style: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, ghost, evil spirit, parents and children, danger, nightmare, demon, family in danger, curses spells and rituals, evil force, fear ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 5.7
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Baby Blues (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: On a secluded family farm, a mother suffers a psychotic break due to postpartum depression, forcing the eldest son to protect his sibling from the mother they have always known and loved.
Style: slasher, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: mental illness, survival, siblings relations, danger, family relations, babies and infants, isolation, survival horror, mother kills own child, illness, depression, struggle for survival ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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 436
Hindsight (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Unexpectedly pregnant with no means to raise a child, Dina and Ronnie decide to sell their unborn baby over the Internet. Their plan begins to unravel when the couple they've chosen, Paul and Maria, turn out to have an agenda of their own.
Style: disturbing, scary, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot: couples, pregnancy, psychopath, computers and web, youth, cons and scams, suburbs, family relations, suburban life, babies and infants, black market, pregnant woman ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 4.7
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Dark Mirror (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The story about a photographer who moves her family into a home filled with mirrors which seem to reflect a different reality.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, scary, serious, psychological ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, mental illness, mentally unstable, danger, zombie, family problems, woman in danger, stalking, supernatural, gory, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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 ⇓
33%
 4.7
 288
Inheritance (2004)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Inheritance tells the tale of sinister old lady Lillian Baker (Marjorie Nelson) & her kind hearted, good natured carer Abigail Nielsen (Jen Taylor). Abigail feels sorry for Lillian & does her best to keep her happy, however one ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, suspense ...
Plot: afterlife, ghost, haunted by the past, supernatural, uncover truth, mental illness, supernatural ability, danger, mentally unstable, curses spells and rituals, schizophrenia, spirit ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
The House Next Door (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Walker Kennedy and his wife Col are a happy, voluntarily childless suburban couple. Then the thing they fear the most happens: part of their green surrounding is turned into a building site, for what turns out to be the widely acclaimed first house ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, enigmatic
Plot: family in danger, curse, mysterious character, supernatural, couples, curses spells and rituals, family problems, supernatural ability, architect, suburbs, danger, public humiliation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 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 ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The Perfect Nanny (2001)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Upon her release from a mental institution where she was recovering from a suicide attempt, Andrea McBride applies for the position of nanny for a handsome, wealthy surgeon, Dr. James Lewis, a widower with two children. Another applicant is hired, ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: nanny, obsession, under the surface, danger, murder, parents and children, family relations, femme fatale, woman with a gun, strong female lead, stalker, woman seduces a man ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 4.4
 1K
The Cottage (2012)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A romance novelist (David Arquette) moves into a "cottage" behind the home of a composer and his family. He seems sweet, but what do they really know about him?
Style: tense, suspenseful, serious, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: tenant, psychopath, family in danger, couples, parents and children, twists and turns, suburbs, cabin in the woods, kidnapping, writers, family relations, family problems ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Love Thy Neighbor (2006)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Plagued by flashbacks of a violent home invasion, Laura Benson is on the brink of a nervous breakdown. Looking for a fresh start, she and her husband sell their house and relocate to a seemingly idyllic gated community. But, little do the Bensons ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic
Plot: obsession, stalking, neighbor, psychopath, mind game, haunted by the past, family in danger, family problems, vengeance, mentally unstable, rivalry, amateur detective ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 5.5
 492
The Unborn (2003)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Based on an urban legend that became the talk of the town in the year 2000. The story begins when Por wakes up in hospital, after being brutally beaten by a drug dealer, to find herself going to give birth. Frightened and confused, Por ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, surreal ...
Plot: ghost, afterlife, hospital, supernatural, memory loss, mentally unstable, woman in danger, family problems, supernatural ability, drug dealing, curses spells and rituals, dealing with death ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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The Disappointments Room (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.
Style: scary, tense, serious, mysterious, suspense ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, child in peril, family in danger, parents and children, estate, parent child relationship, isolation, family problems, danger, mind game, haunted house ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.9
 454
Echo (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A divorced policeman loses custody of his young son, only to kidnap his boy and retreat to a remote cottage, where his plan soon turns into a nightmare.
Style: scary, psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful
Plot: missing child, family problems, danger, mental illness, coming of age, family relations, single parent, ghost, mentally unstable, parents and children, child illness, child as adult ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Compound Fracture (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Michael Wolffsen (Tyler Mane) receives an urgent phone call and takes his nephew and fiancee and makes the journey home to his only other living relative: his estranged, eccentric (and extremely paranoid) father, Gary (Muse Watson), who is obsessed ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, tense, exciting ...
Plot: estrangement, supernatural, family in danger, ghost, mental illness, couple relations, danger, father son relationship, supernatural power, dementia, stalking, gory ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Haunted Boat (2005)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: When the young Kevin gets the boat of his dead uncle as a gift, he invites five friends of him to a trip to Catalina Island for the weekend. While in the journey, they drink booze, have sex and play games, with each one of them telling his or her ...
Style: psychological, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: ship, ghost, survival, danger, youth, supernatural, underwater, fear, isolation, journey, couples, pursuit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, malibu california
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Visitors (2003)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The story of Georgia Perry, the first woman to sail around the world solo.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, serious, tense ...
Plot: ocean, supernatural, insanity, hallucination, ghost, danger, isolation, sailing, cat, sea voyage, fire, race ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 6.2
 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 ⇓
52%
Rise of the Dead (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: In the sleepy small town of Dudley, Ohio, a terrifying future awaits. Laura is almost raped by a normal lawyer who appears to have gone crazy. When her boyfriend, Jack Walther saves her by running him over with her car, the cops don't buy the ...
Style: suspense, tense, psychological, captivating, scary ...
Plot: danger, isolation, supernatural, rivalry, small town, possession, survival, murder, violence, ghost, pregnancy, zombie ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Wind of Fear (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Claudia is a troubled teen confined in a very particular support center ruled with roughness by renowned psychiatrist Bernarda Alquicira. Coexisting with girls who have experienced similar trances, Claudia confronts horrible visions of Andrea, a ...
Style: psychological, tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, mentally unstable, isolation, confined, mental institution, supernatural, vengeance, uncover truth, danger, murder, death, gays and lesbians ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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 ⇓
51%
The Appearing (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A woman once possessed by a mysterious entity uncovers a shocking secret about her past and must face the demon that is lurking inside of her.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot: supernatural, curse, curses spells and rituals, danger, human host, small town, showdown, evil, murder, ghost, paranormal, possession ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 5.2
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The Watch (2008)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Cassie, a psych student, was kidnapped and traumatized as a child by a disturbed person. To exorcise her demons and to finish her thesis, she decides on an experiment in isolation, working at a secluded watch tower as a fire lookout. But once ...
Style: scary, tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic ...
Plot: mind game, danger, female protagonist, manipulation, isolation, haunted by the past, rivalry, alone, woods, strong female presence, dishonesty, woman in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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