Movies like Skinwalker Ranch
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Skinwalker Ranch (2013)
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to livestock mutilation, but maybe most notable was the disappearance of ranch owner Hoyt Miller’s eight-year-old son Cody on November 11, 2010. Close to a year later, Modern Defense Enterprises has sent a team of experts to document and investigate the mysterious occurrences, which only escalate upon their arrival. Tensions rise as the team must decide how far they will go to unlock the mysteries of “Skinwalker Ranch.” The group debates whether the answers are worth risking their lives for, or if they should just call off the investigation and leave the ranch—that is, if leaving is actually an option…
Style:
scary, tense, serious, suspenseful, mockumentary, suspense, spooky, independent film, dark, supernatural thriller ...
Plot:
ufo, mysterious disappearance, deadly creature, missing person, found footage, farm, ghost child, investigation, danger, paranormal phenomena, alien monster, food, village life, supernatural power, alien, alien invasion, flying saucer, countryside, monster, farmer, ranch, witch, abduction, alien contact, bigfoot ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2010, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, utah
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Most similar movies to Skinwalker Ranch
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, suspense and mockumentary films with plots about danger, found footage, camera, witch, death, fear and supernatural mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Skinwalker Ranch: Alien Abduction (2014), The Fourth Kind (2009), Dark Skies (2013), Banshee Chapter (2013), The Phoenix Incident (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, suspenseful, mockumentary, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, alien, extraterrestrial, alien encounter, ufo, space and aliens, abduction, mountain, escapades, danger, wilderness ...
Time:
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Place:
north carolina, usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, spooky ...
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Time:
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Place:
alaska, usa, california, antarctica
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On the trail of a missing friend who had been experimenting with mind-altering drugs, a young journalist - aided by a rogue counter-culture writer, The Silence of The Lambs -- finds herself drawn into the dangerous world of top-secret government ...
Style:
scary, medical horror, spooky, disturbing, satanic ...
Plot:
found footage, missing person, drug use, desert, uncover truth, cosmic horror, experimental drug, ghost, female protagonist, drug, missing friend, journalist ...
Time:
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A number of 'missing person' cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997.
Style:
enigmatic, tense, mockumentary, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
ufo, found footage, alien abduction, military, conspiracy, alien invasion, missing person, investigation, danger, desert, death, abduction ...
Place:
phoenix arizona, arizona, usa, sonora, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five friends set out to a cabin in the woods for a fun weekend getaway that is, until extraterrestrial visitors turn it into a fight for their lives. The group is pulled from their reverie when a flickering object crashes deep in the woods. As they ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, paranoia, evil alien, woods, extraterrestrial, macabre, ufo, scarecrow, space and aliens, alien encounter, flying saucer ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
20 years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
Style:
disturbing, dark, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, ufo, alien abduction, fear, alien, dark secret, desperation, missing person, friendship, food, investigation, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 2017, year 1997
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Ryan is making a documentary on his friend, Brett, about camping for the first time. However, once they begin camping, they discover that there is a mysterious figure that is hunting them.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, woods, fear, danger, missing person, supernatural, survival, camping, forest, alien abduction, hysteria, panic ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
100%
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16K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government's secret location rumored to have hosted encounters with alien beings. What they find at this hidden facility exposes unimaginable secrets.
Style:
scary, tense, suspense, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, found footage, ufo, military base, conspiracy, extraterrestrial, secrets, happy ending, secret base, supernatural, amateur detective ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
50%
154K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, gory, alien, deadly creature, alien invasion, blood, evil alien, body horror, survival horror, chase, survival, alien encounter ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2011, future, year 1982 ...
Place:
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Similarity:
100%
48K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Indonesia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But ...
Style:
disturbing, anthology, tense, bloody, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, violence, supernatural, gory, male nudity, ghost child, danger, murder, alien abduction, mountain biking, zombie, evil ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Written in 1931, H.P. Lovecraft's iconic genre-bending tale of suspense and alien terrors is brought to life in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s like Frankenstein, Dracula and King Kong. Using its Mythoscope™ process — a ...
Style:
retro, scary, suspenseful, black and white, lovecraft ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, futuristic, tense ...
Plot:
alien abduction, farm, found footage, alien encounter, alien, danger, survival horror, countryside, flying saucer, alien invasion, survival, evil alien ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK, Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, factual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
63%
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.
Style:
scary, dark, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, iran
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychotronic, dark, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, alien, survival horror, fear, danger, friend, death, murder, violence, investigation, group of friends, obscurity ...
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of paranormal investigators sojourned to the Chicago walk-up where deranged drifter Richard Speck systematically slew eight student nurses back in ’66, looking for restless spirits. Their unfortunate success gets shockingly documented in ...
Style:
mockumentary, dark, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, paranormal activity, violence, investigation, murder, evil, research, corpse, darkness, blood, fear ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
dark, anthology, suspense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, paranormal, ghost, paranormal activity, evil force, panic, experiment, danger, brutality, peril, demon, food ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On March 13th, 1997 one of the largest UFO sightings ever recorded took place across the southwestern United States...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, psychological, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
ufo, alien abduction, alien, investigation, space travel, alien encounter, mistaken identity, memory loss, danger, supernatural, alien invasion, creature ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sean Reynolds, a highly acclaimed investigative journalist (who strongly believed in paranormal phenomena), destroyed his career when the most watched episode of his reality show, based on paranormal phenomena, turned out to be a hoax. Sean saw a ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, woods, bigfoot, supernatural, deadly creature, danger, survival, imaginary, cons and scams, dishonesty, creature, creature feature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
33 years after the infamous Rendlesham Forest UFO incident, three metal detector enthusiasts hunting for Saxon gold in the same region, capture incredible footage of UFO's whilst filming their expedition. As night falls and with their ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
found footage, alien encounter, ufo, alien, evil alien, space and aliens, danger, woods, forest, creature, flying saucer, alien invasion ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Twenty-three year old, Thomas Finley was arrested for the murder of his nineteen-year old sister, Samantha, as well as the murder of fifty-two year old, Edgar Lauren, a Professor and paranormal investigator.In the early morning hours, Police were ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, scary, dark ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, paranormal, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, evil, paranormal activity, supernatural power, murder, psychic, woman in danger, supernatural horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A group of paranormal investigators enter the abandoned home of paedophile and serial killer John Gacy, hoping to find evidence of paranormal activity. Upon entering the house they set-up cameras throughout the abandoned house while going room to ...
Style:
mockumentary, serious, rough, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, serial killer, supernatural, haunted house, investigation, danger, paranormal activity, killer clown, frame up, murder, darkness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
28%
939
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Two skeptic researchers investigate a mother's claim that an unknown presence may be trying to communicate with her 7-year-old daughter.
Style:
dark, tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
found footage, haunted house, evil, paranormal phenomena, investigation, danger, paranormal activity, ghost, fear, girl, house, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Quintanilla family was found dead in their country side house. Police reported the existence of 37 hours of recorded evidence. The family traveled to their old farm house, where they investigated about the Legend of the Girl in the Garraf woods. ...
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, serious, creepy ...
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, amateur detective, danger, murder, family vacation, country house, investigation, urban legend, ghost, haunted by the past, holiday horror ...
Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
27%
914
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Doctors are baffled when an expectant mother wakes to find her nearly-to-term pregnancy apparently disappear overnight. Police investigate the situation as a missing child, and only her husband and brother trust her version of events.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, found footage, pregnancy, missing child, danger, family relations, alien, uncover truth, investigation, babies and infants, family problems, woman in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
Story:
S.P.I is entering its third season as the most watched Paranormal Hunting program with its Halloween premiere. The team is investigating a haunted garage/basement on secluded property and prepping to create some soaring ratings with scary content. ...
Style:
dark, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, fear, danger, group of friends, paranormal, evil being, paranormal phenomena, killing, blood, murder, violence, investigation ...
Similarity:
26%
11K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
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Similarity:
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