Movies like Animas
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Animas (2018)
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Original name: Ánimas
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Abraham and his female friend Álex have a close relationship; they share both secrets and fears. When Abraham starts going out with Anchi, he begins to distance himself from Álex, who gradually dives into a living hell where she encounters strange apparitions, nightmarish visions and extreme situations.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric, surprise ending, crying, psychotronic, twist ending
Plot:
childhood trauma, abusive father, psychotherapy, split personality, imaginary friend, friendship, father son relationship, childhood friend, psychotherapist, mental illness, murder, schizophrenic, dysfunctional family, hearing voices, fish out of water, mysterious event, violence, memory loss, domestic violence, death of father, childhood memory, delusion, self harm, female protagonist, abusive husband ...
Place:
spain
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Most similar movies to Animas
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, psychological and suspense films with plots about murder, blood, violence, screaming woman, death, telephone call and bloody face mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Animas: The Influence (2019), Mirror Mirror (1990), Marrowbone (2017), Shrew's Nest (2014), You Die (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When Queenie, the Faraday family's grandmother and oppressive matriarch, is finally laid to rest, no one could foresee the horrifying extent of her evil influence, which continues even beyond death.
Style:
dark, twist ending, bloody, surprise ending, psychotronic ...
Plot:
hospital, mother daughter relationship, black magic, spell, memories, witchcraft, ghost, supernatural, rite, creepy child, murder, dead ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Shy teenager Megan moves to a new town with her widowed mother and quickly becomes the most unpopular girl in high school. But when she starts to communicate with a mysterious mirror, her tormentors begin to meet with a horrifying series of ...
Style:
gothic, scary, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, black magic, goth girl, murder, female killer, murder of a nude woman, mirror, blood, nightmare, violence, bullying, danger ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 1930s, year 1939
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young man and his four younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
Style:
suspense, scary, surprise ending, psychological horror, tense ...
Plot:
twists and turns, mental illness, ghost, plot twist, abandoned house, murder, death of mother, sibling relationship, haunted house, split personality, violence, schizophrenic ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, year 2017
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her youth raising. But one day, a reckless young neighbor, Carlos, falls down the stairwell and ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
agoraphobia, murder, female psychopath, isolation, religion, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, danger, hostage, female villain, broken leg, social isolation ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
madrid, europe, iberian peninsula, spain
Similarity:
100%
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482
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An app appears on a girl’s phone. What looked like a game is actually a connection to the world of the dead, which allows you to see them through the phone’s camera.
Style:
psychotronic, scary, bleak, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
mysterious death, ghost, student, supernatural power, death, teenage girl, seeing dead people, female ghost, teenage boy, killing, revenge, exorcism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A seemingly mild mannered man -- who has just murdered his entire family -- quickly adopts a new identity and leaves town. After building a new relationship with a widow and her teenage daughter, he struggles to hide his true identity and maintain a ...
Style:
slasher, frightening, scary, bloody, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, psychopath, maniac, serial killer, murder of family, male nudity, fake identity, stepfather, new identity, murderer, killer, mental illness ...
Time:
80s
Place:
turkey, seattle, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
52K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.
Style:
mysterious, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult, horror for children
Plot:
phone terror, countdown, fear, demon, teenager, youth, supernatural, race against time, curse, death, survival, accident ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Three bizarre horror stories ending with the story of an African doll out for blood.
Style:
anthology, scary, tense, creepy, serious ...
Plot:
evil doll, twins, doll, sibling rivalry, supernatural, couples, danger, puppet, teachers and students, scary doll, killer doll, blackmail ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Garrett is a rising YouTube star. Shell is a deeply emotional fan. When they begin a romantic relationship, he's forced to question whether opening your life to strangers online is an invitation to community and rescue... or to stalking, ...
Style:
cyber, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
female psychopath, fan, obsession, love story, danger, teenage boy, meeting, stalking, stalker, teenage murderer, unrequited love, manipulative woman ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, scary, slasher, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
home invasion, prank, masked killer, telephone call, mysterious stranger, stalker, revenge, murder, escape room, halloween, eye, hacking ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various interests, many of which are abnormal.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, slasher, crying, dark comedy ...
Plot:
supermarket, female criminal, female on male rape, sexual attraction, hypocritical woman, japanese woman, extreme, women, asian prostitute, kidnapping, vigilante justice, trauma ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Suddenly, Clara, Mónica's daughter, falls into a deep coma. With Clara left to die, a mysterious man proposes Monica to make a pact: Clara will be saved if Mónica does something for him.
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, psychological, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
abused woman, nightmare, mother daughter relationship, being followed, family relations, female protagonist, guilt, rescue, ritual, manipulation, overprotective mother, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A madman haunted by the ghost of his ex-wife carves a corpse-laden trail.
Style:
slasher, surreal, suspense, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, serial murder, murder, psychopath, wedding, homicidal maniac, serial killer as protagonist, woman in danger, gory, whodunit, fashion, family life ...
Time:
60s, 70s
Place:
europe, paris france, france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Derek (AnDrew Seeley) moves to a new town and discovers a shortcut through the woods to his high school, he learns about a crazy old man who lives near its path: Legend has it that he abducted a group of teenagers years ago. Ignoring the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, slasher, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
woods, urban legend, youth, danger, murder, chase, child in peril, friendship, high school, psychopath, young heroes, siblings relations ...
Time:
1940s, year 1946, year 1953, year 1945, 1950s ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of young people head off on a vacation. When the car breaks down they're forced to find help. In the woods they find a house and some angry dogs which were by their car too. They decide to enter the house and that's where all the ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, slasher ...
Plot:
ghost, dog attack, woods, survival, deathtrap, confined, supernatural, escapades, danger, isolation, supernatural ability, gory ...
Time:
2000s, 18th century, 1780s, 21st century
Place:
scotland, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of teenagers spends the night in a furniture store for a graduation party. A psycho killer starts to hunt them down and kill them off.
Style:
slasher, homoerotic, cult classic, bloody, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
store, serial killer, elevator, survival, hide and seek, teenager, high school, psychopath, gay, cross dressing, voyeur, erotica ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
6K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A doctor has a lifelike, anatomically-correct medical dummy, with muscles and organs visible through its clear skin, named Pin (after Pinocchio). Via ventriloquism, Pin explains bodily functions in a way kids can relate to. When the over-strict ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, scary, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
doll, puppet, imaginary friend, murder, mind game, possessiveness, scary doll, exploitation, mannequin, plot twist, canuxploitation, mental disorder ...
Time:
80s
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Lonely widow Joyce rents out a room in her house and becomes dangerously obsessed with one of her guests.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, bleak, psychological, black comedy ...
Plot:
male rape, loneliness, rape, widow, age difference, sexual abuse, socially awkward, obsession, mental illness, sociopath, violence, money ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Everyone in town knows the story of Old Aunt Ethel. It's said she makes Halloween candy and pumpkin pie out of the kids that trick-or-treat at her house. This Halloween, the neighborhood teens are going to find out the truth.
Style:
sexy, suspense, scary, horror comedy, freeze frame ...
Plot:
halloween, teenage girl, halloween party, cannibalism, urban legend, voyeurism, dark humor, gross out humor, group of friends, violence, friendship, prank ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, teen, intense, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
obsession, female psychopath, college, stalker, fraternity, obsessive love, mentally unstable, mind game, woman kills a man, female stalker, love interest, murder ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man forced to confront his past when he and his girlfriend end up entangled in a web of lies.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, horror comedy, scary ...
Plot:
dark humor, dysfunctional family, disfigured face, christianity, secret past, bossy woman, socially awkward, secret, sadism, guilt, brother sister relationship, old woman ...
Similarity:
100%
615K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, kidnapping, dissociative identity disorder, murder, split personality, psycho, insanity, serial killer, paranoia, captive, schizophrenia, psychopath ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, year 2017
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A young woman slowly goes crazy after taking a job as the caretaker for an ancient New York home.
Style:
black and white, mumblecore, suspense, art house, slasher ...
Plot:
nightmare, insanity, murder, mental disorder, female protagonist, hallucination, paranoia, alone, schizophrenia, isolation, mistaken identity, surrealism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In medical school of an elite university, campus starts sown with corpses. The police have no clue who is responsible for the carnage. Nobody suspected Barbara, a beautiful young innocent looking whose only concern seems to be the fashion. However, ...
Style:
slasher, sexy, scary, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
female assassin, serial killer, amateur detective, dying repeatedly, murder, psychopath, sex addict, danger, obsession, violence spree, teachers and students, gory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
The story follows Danika, a woman whose fears for her children are manifested in premonitions of death and disaster. Bierko plays Tomei's husband, while Hall is her psychiatrist and confidant.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, mentally unstable, mental illness, family relations, infidelity, fear, nanny, obsession, danger, dishonesty, parents and children, love affair ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Angry and upset after a sudden breakup with her fiancé, Grace Crawford seeks sanctuary at the remote home of her sister, Catherine. It becomes clear that Catherine is suffering from paranoid schizophrenia, much like their late mother, who had taken ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, rough, scary, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
schizophrenia, nightmare, hearing voices, suicide, mysticism, sister sister relationship, death of mother, dream, sleeping, serial killer, hysteria, life & death ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
French anthropologist Jean-Charles Pommier and his wife have come to LA so he can take up a position as lecturer. To his surprise he encounters a group of urban nomads. As he investigates things become more unsettling as he realizes the price paid ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
anthropologist, mentally unstable woman, ghost, doctor, obsession, murder, danger, ancient mystery, hospital, anthropology, home invasion, male pubic hair ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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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:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Spain, Australia, South Africa
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
Mario and his pregnant girlfriend Clara are trying to find in a short period a new apartment to live since they have sold their apartment and they need to move in fifteen days. When Mario finds an attractive advertisement in his mailbox, he ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apartment building, psychopath, danger, isolation, confined, gory, family relations, female psychopath, female protagonist, pregnancy, trap, escape attempt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
barcelona
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Jûzô Murasaki is a boy miscast in his classroom, being frequently abused, tortured, beaten and humiliated by the bully Tôru Akai and his gang of juvenile punks. After years of repression, rejection and fear without facing Akai, he develops a ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
split personality, serial killer, bullying, revenge, destiny, psychopath, vengeance, rivalry, youth, life is a bitch, teenage life, schizophrenic ...
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
Similarity:
100%
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