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The Banishing (2020)
 4.5
 3K
The Banishing (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In the 1930s, a young reverend and his family are forced to confront their worst fears when they discover their new home holds a horrifying secret.
Style: suspense, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, mystical, scary
Plot: supernatural, ghost, haunted, occult, priest, husband wife relationship, paranormal activity, family in danger, paranormal investigator, paranormal investigation, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, danger, good versus evil, partner, haunted by the past, supernatural horror, evil force, uncover truth, curses spells and rituals, religions or cults, basement, military, pregnancy ...
Keyword: partners, british horror

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Most similar movies to The Banishing

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, scary and serious films with plots about supernatural, ghost, danger, haunted house, paranormal, haunted and supernatural horror mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Banishing: The Grotesque Mansion (2021), They Wait (2007), Ghosthunters (2016), Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), The Abandoned (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Grotesque Mansion (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Horror webtoon writer Ji-woo arrives at a shabby apartment called Gwanglim Mansion in search of ideas. The middle-aged caretaker with an expressionless facial expression unravels a bundle of strange events that happened in the apartment, and rooms ...
Style: mystical, suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, urban legend, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, curse, haunted, supernatural, legend, paranormal investigator, paranormal investigation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 5.4
 4K
They Wait (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Jason and his wife, Sarah, leave their adopted home of Shanghai and travel to Vancouver, British Columbia, for his uncle's funeral, staying with his Aunt Mei. Already disoriented, Jason and Sarah are unnerved when their son, Sam, begins seeing ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, captivating, serious, suspense ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, death in the family, murder, couples, life is a bitch, couple relations, supernatural ability, danger, haunted by the past, gory, parents and children ...
Place: vancouver, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 3.2
 806
Ghosthunters (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When one of their own loses his wife and daughter at the hands of a serial killer, a team of ghost hunters is determined to capture the spirits of the loved ones so their spirits can finally rest in peace. But as the team goes deeper into the house, ...
Style: psychotronic, serious, scary, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot: paranormal, murder, ghost, serial killer, paranormal phenomena, secret, paranormal activity, supernatural, supernatural horror, haunted house, superhuman powers, supernatural serial murderer ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, 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, demonic, suspenseful, suspense, creepy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, fear, ghost, demon, nightmare comes true, child in peril, possession, macabre, psychic ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, year 1986, 80s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Abandoned (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A troubled young woman who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working nights as a security guard at an abandoned luxury apartment building. Stuck with a brusque rent-a-cop as her partner, she tries to not let her mind ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, haunted, survival, parallel world, exorcism, tough guy, new job, security guard, danger, creature, partner ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
 5.5
 6K
Z (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
Style: suspense, mystical, disturbing, bleak, tense ...
Plot: supernatural horror, imaginary friend, psychologist, house fire, suicide attempt, supernatural, paranormal, survival horror, paranormal activity, mysticism, paranormal phenomena, terrorizing ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, N.M., to investigate a man's claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family's old home.
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, demonic ...
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, spirit, medium, haunted, psychic, father daughter relationship, supernatural horror, kidnapped girl, evil spirit, demon ...
Time: year 1953, year 2010, 1950s
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 5.4
 174K
Annabelle (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, evil doll, supernatural horror, demonic possession, doll, death, toys, self sacrifice, curses spells and rituals, paranormal activity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2000, year 2014, 2010s ...
Place: usa, california, santa monica california, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Haunting of Winchester House (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.
Style: serious, tense, psychological, mockbuster, captivating ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, danger, curse, estate, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, nightmare comes true, murder, haunted, haunting, phantom ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 7.3
 298K
The Conjuring 2 (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Style: scary, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric, creepy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, demonic possession, paranormal investigation, demon, single mother, supernatural horror, psychic, fear, child in peril, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 70s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1976, year 1977 ...
Place: england, peru, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
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, suspense, atmospheric, demonic, intense ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, supernatural horror, ghost, demon, psychic, curses spells and rituals, family in danger, family problems, haunted, supernatural power, evil spirit ...
Time: year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.8
 337K
Insidious (2010)
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, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, macabre, nightmare, fear, ghost, afterlife, demon, evil spirit, nightmare comes true, paranormal activity, psychic ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, year 2011, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place: america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 4.7
 53K
The Unborn (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
Style: scary, suspense, demonic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, ghost, supernatural horror, demonic possession, uncover truth, possession, twins, death, insect, woman in danger, brutality ...
Time: year 2000, year 2009
Place: middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The St. Francisville Experiment (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: According to local legend, the ghosts of tortured slaves still haunt New Orleans' Lalaurie House. For The St. Francisville Experiment, a paranormal researcher, a self-proclaimed psychic, a Louisiana historian, and a filmmaker were given digital ...
Style: scary, suspense, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: afterlife, found footage, ghost, haunted house, supernatural, danger, gory, cons and scams, paranormal, mansion, experiment, haunted ...
Time: 90s
Place: louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.6
 4K
The Skeptic (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After the mysterious death of his Aunt, a confirmed skeptic lawyer, Bryan Becket, dismisses reports that her house is haunted and moves in. Immediately occurrences begin he cannot explain. And beyond the occurrences there is something about the ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: haunted house, afterlife, lawyer, ghost, uncover truth, haunted by the past, doll, supernatural, danger, haunted, family problems, domestic disturbance ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
The Haunting of Helena (2012)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After a divorce, Sophia moves to the south of Italy with her daughter, Helena. Their new home, an apartment within an austere building of the fascist age, is a chance for them to start a new life. But inside an old storage room hides a mysterious ...
Style: scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, haunted, parents and children, child in peril, danger, family relations, supernatural horror, survival horror, evil spirit, supernatural being, paranormal ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.5
 3K
The Night (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: An Iranian couple living in the US become trapped inside a hotel when insidious events force them to face the secrets that have come between them, in a night that never ends.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: hotel, death, ghost, exorcism, youth, paranormal phenomena, obsessive quest, fight, paranormal investigation, revenge, escapades, hunting ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: iran
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Delivery: The Beast Within (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Delivery tells the story of Kyle and Rachel Massy, a young couple who agree to document their first pregnancy for a family-oriented reality show. The production spirals out-of-control after the cameras capture a series of unexplained events, leading ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, rough, mockumentary ...
Plot: supernatural, found footage, couple relations, danger, pregnancy, babies and infants, body horror, illness, evil spirit, obsession, video surveillance, mental illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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The Last Will and Testament of Rosalind Leigh (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The story of Leon, an antiques collector who inherits a house from his estranged mother only to discover that she had been living in a shrine devoted to a mysterious cult. Soon, Leon comes to suspect that his mother's oppressive spirit still ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, haunted house, collector, inheritance, death, religions or cults, wealth, death of mother, occult, paranormal, religious ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 4.9
 61K
Poltergeist (2015)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, ...
Style: scary, psychological, intense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: ghost, supernatural, poltergeist, macabre, supernatural horror, paranormal, haunted house, family relations, brutality, monster, paranormal phenomena, child in peril ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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 ⇓
44%
 5.8
 15K
The Canal (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Film archivist David and his wife are perfectly happy or so he believes. When a looming secret shatters their marriage at the same time as a turn-of-the-century film reel he is studying reveals their house to be the site of a 1902 multiple-murder, ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric, creepy ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, haunted, murder, investigation, obsession, haunted house, protagonist as suspect, husband wife relationship, xmas, tragedy, adultery ...
Time: 2010s, 1900s, 21st century
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 5.1
 9K
Mara (2018)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Criminal psychologist Kate Fuller is assigned to the murder of a man who has seemingly been strangled in his sleep by his wife and the only witness is their eight-year-old daughter, Sophie. As Kate digs into the mystery of an ancient demon which ...
Style: suspense, scary, mystical, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: supernatural horror, characters killed one by one, danger, fear, macabre, paranormal investigation, supernatural, demon, insomnia, strangulation, paranormal phenomena, mysticism ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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 5.1
 21K
The Quiet Ones (2014)
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, suspense, stylized, splatter ...
Plot: paranormal phenomena, experiment, seance, cameraman, possession, doll, found footage, poltergeist, skepticism, ghost, student, supernatural ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
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, demonic, gothic, creepy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: haunted house, ghost, occult, paranormal phenomena, evil force, haunting, seance, curses spells and rituals, funeral home, reverend, hallucination, cancer patient ...
Time: year 2009, year 2000, 80s, year 1987, 21st century
Place: connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Stir of Echoes: The Homecoming (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A soldier returns home from the Iraq war only to be haunted by visions of the dead.
Style: suspenseful, serious, psychological, bleak, psychological horror ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, murder, mental illness, supernatural romance, family in danger, uncover truth, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, family problems, life is a bitch, war veteran ...
Place: middle east, iraq
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.5
 551K
The Conjuring (2013)
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: family friendly, teens, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, witch, paranormal investigation, fear, possession, psychic, paranormal, haunting, supernatural horror ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 70s, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place: rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Whispering Corridors: The Humming (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Eun-hee is hired as a vice principal at her old high school, where strange things take place in the closed down washroom. High school student Ha-young and So-yeon, who used the washroom as their hideout hear humming in the empty washroom, and ...
Style: suspense, mystical, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: ghost, paranormal phenomena, mysticism, hallucination, supernatural, supernatural horror, haunted, paranormal activity, high school life, school, paranormal, schoolgirl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 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 ⇓
40%
The Borderlands (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.
Style: scary, demonic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: found footage, folk horror, church, catholic priest, religions or cults, supernatural, suicide, uncover truth, paganism, clergy, danger, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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