Movies like Gaia

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Gaia (2021)
 5.6
 7K
Gaia (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: South Africa
Duration: 96 min.
Story: On a surveillance mission in a primordial forest, a park ranger encounters two survivalists following a post-apocalyptic lifestyle. The boy and his philosophical father seem to have their own religion, and a mysterious relationship to nature. There are many suspicious aspects to their existence, but when the cabin is attacked by strange, post-human beings one night, she learns that there is a greater threat in this emergent wilderness.
Style: suspense, exciting, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological thriller, dark fantasy, splatter, mystical, weird
Audience: date night
Plot: forest, recluse, occult, supernatural being, mushroom, religions or cults, female warrior, creature, woods, survival, mysticism, supernatural, paranormal, supernatural power, religious cult, struggle for survival, paranormal activity, monster, nature, religion, witchcraft, expedition, mutation, vengeance, backwoods ...
Time: 2020s, contemporary
Place: africa, south africa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, disturbing, suspenseful and scary films with plots about supernatural, supernatural power, supernatural horror, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, forest and murder mostly in Horror, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Gaia: A Classic Horror Story (2021), A Dark Song (2016), The Witch (2015), Antlers (2021), Monster Portal (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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A Classic Horror Story (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Five carpoolers travel in a motorhome to reach a common destination. Night falls, and to avoid a dead animal carcass, they crash into a tree. When they come to their senses, they find themselves in the middle of nowhere. The road they were traveling ...
Style: suspense, creepy, suspenseful, disturbing, tense ...
Plot: violence, occult, survival horror, travel, unwanted pregnancy, survival, woods, trapped, night, mysticism, forest, struggle for survival ...
Time: 2020s
Place: italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.2
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A Dark Song (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
Style: suspense, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot: occult, ritual, black magic, occult ritual, angel, supernatural, demon, female protagonist, loss of son, isolated house, folk horror, loss of child ...
Place: wales, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
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The Witch (2015)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the local church. When their newborn son vanishes and ...
Style: disturbing, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: adult
Plot: witch, supernatural, religion, folk horror, witchcraft, family bonds, wilderness, black magic, insanity, curses spells and rituals, satan, isolation ...
Time: 17th century, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 19th century
Place: new england, america, new hampshire, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 44K
Antlers (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young teacher discovers that her troubled student's father and younger brother harbor a deadly supernatural secret. Taking the boy into her care, the teacher must fight for their survival against horrors beyond imagination.
Style: scary, suspense, mystical, unusual plot structure, slasher ...
Plot: creature, folk horror, wendigo, monster, native american, fear, supernatural, superstition, myth, sheriff, supernatural power, child neglect ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Monster Portal (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A cult is about to waken H.P. Lovecraft's most feared creature.
Style: tense, disturbing, suspense, lovecraft
Plot: ritual sacrifice, ritual, paranormal phenomena, giant monster, demon, monster, satanic cult, supernatural horror, occult ritual, occult, curses spells and rituals, undercover ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
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You Won't Be Alone (2022)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Australia, UK, Serbia
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see what life is like in her skin, igniting a deep seated curiosity to experience life inside the ...
Style: gothic horror, scary, disturbing, slasher, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: witch, witchcraft, supernatural, demonic possession, violence, shapeshifting, female protagonist, supernatural horror, supernatural being, village, paranormal activity, supernatural power ...
Time: 19th century, 2020s
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Baba Yaga: Terror of the Dark Forest (2020)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Russia
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The young family who moved to a new apartment on the outskirts of the city. The nanny hired by them for the newborn daughter quickly gained confidence. However, the older boy, Egor, talks about the frightening behavior of a woman, but his parents do ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: macabre, mythical creature, monster, uncover truth, folk horror, danger, paranormal, paranormal investigation, supernatural, child abduction, mysticism, paranormal phenomena ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Hole in the Ground (2019)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland, UK, Belgium, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Trying to escape her broken past, Sarah O’Neill is building a new life on the fringes of a backwood rural town with her young son Chris. A terrifying encounter with a mysterious neighbour shatters her fragile security, throwing Sarah into a ...
Style: dark, atmospheric, scary, spooky, bleak ...
Plot: doppelganger, forest, boy, house, son, folk horror, evil child, female warrior, insanity, obsession, supernatural, mother son relationship ...
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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The Cursed (2021)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In the late nineteenth century, brutal land baron Seamus Laurent slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, Seamus’s son Edward goes missing, and a boy ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, creature, gypsy, monster, folk horror, paranormal phenomena, revenge, violence, fear, death, supernatural power ...
Time: 19th century, 2020s, 1800s
Place: france, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Offseason (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the desolate island town where she's buried. Just as she arrives, the island closes for the season, leaving Marie trapped in a nightmare.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
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Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 5.5
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Thale (2012)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Norwegian folklore turns out to be real when Leo and Elvis encounter a girl called Thale in a basement. A regular cleaning job turns into a struggle for survival, while they're trying to figure out what or who Thale is. Could Thale be a ...
Style: scary, rough, suspenseful, fairy tale, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, creature, deadly creature, folklore, survival, folk horror, wrong place wrong time, danger, confined, gory, isolation, best friend ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 4.3
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Lost Creek (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: As they approach the end of childhood, three elementary school kids must brave the woods on Halloween to face a monster born from their nightmares.
Style: scary, bleak, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot: halloween, youth, ghost, ghost girl, monster, basement, supernatural power, murder, victim, mission, hunting, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
You Are Not My Mother (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Ireland
Duration: 93 min.
Story: In a North Dublin housing estate Char's mother goes missing. When she returns Char is determined to uncover the truth of her disappearance and unearth the dark secrets of her family.
Style: mystical, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: mother daughter relationship, supernatural, folk horror, mother and daughter, female warrior, undercover, mysticism, mysterious disappearance, teenage daughter, family secret, vengeance, house ...
Time: 2020s
Place: dublin ireland, ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 7.0
 24K
The Innocents (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, France, UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, mystical, disturbing, dark ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural power, cruelty, mysticism, mind control, summer vacation, friendship, teenage life, friends, supernatural ability, teenager, past ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 4.7
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Separation (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.
Style: suspense, disturbing, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, grief, daughter, mother, father, girl in peril, supernatural power, paranormal investigation, killings, revenge, deadly creature ...
Time: 21st century
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Beyond the Woods (2018)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Ireland
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A gathering of friends is thrown into chaos by the opening of a mysterious fiery sinkhole near their secluded holiday home.
Style: suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, scary, disturbing
Plot: supernatural, supernatural power, blood, creature, hallucination, demon, characters in danger, friends, peril, vengeance, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Lucky (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: May, a self help author with all the answers, suddenly finds herself stalked by a masked man who mysteriously reappears every night. Even when she kills him. May struggles to get help from the people around her as she fights to stay alive. Is this ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, slasher ...
Plot: supernatural, death, chase, fear, violence, paranormal phenomena, evil, peril, rescue, paranormal, deadly creature, supernatural power ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Fever Night aka Band of Satanic Outsiders (2009)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Elliot (Peter Tullio), Warren (Philip Marlatt) and Terry (Melanie Rose Wilson) dabble in Satanism and hold a ritual in an abandoned woods. When nothing happens, they return to their car only to find that it won't start. An accident happens, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, experimental, psychedelic, bleak ...
Plot: woods, supernatural, danger, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, isolation, demon, backwoods, murder, sacrifice, ritual, evil ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Movie in collections
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Heks (2020)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A grieving British girl unravels her murdered mother's secrets connected to a South African witch doctor's curse. She wants to put an end to this haunting hex by traveling to South Africa, but instead it casts her deeper into sinister ...
Style: suspense, scary, bleak, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: curses spells and rituals, fear, murder, chase, death, violence, paranormal, evil, deadly creature, peril, supernatural power, paranormal investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.9
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Amulet (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house, inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for Magda, Tomaz cannot ignore his suspicion that something insidious might also be ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, scary, suspenseful, tense ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Red Moon Tide (2020)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Time seems to stand still in a village in the Galician coast. Everybody there is paralyzed although we can still hear their voices: they talk about ghosts, about witches, about monsters. Three women arrive in the village to find Rubio, a sailor who ...
Style: experimental, bleak, contemplative, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: village, surrealism, fisherman, ghost, witch, monster, rivalry, chase, death, evil, supernatural, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
Place: galicia
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Don't Knock Twice (2016)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A mother desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch.
Style: scary, mystical, suspense, spooky, suspenseful ...
Plot: curse, urban legend, evil spirit, mother daughter relationship, witch, haunted, supernatural, prank, mother daughter reunion, supernatural power, abandoned house, mother daughter estrangement ...
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Suicide Forest Village (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story: One day a mysterious box arrived and a curse began to spread all over. The source of the box is 'Jukai Village'. The village is hidden in Jukai Forest, a suicide spot that once you enter it, you can never come out.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic, unusual plot structure ...
Plot: curse, suicide, forest, supernatural, danger, death, cursed object, supernatural power, murder, society, cursed, violence ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.5
 6K
The Power (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, tense, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, night, blackout, workplace, workplace situations, secret, paranormal, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, paranormal phenomena, mysticism ...
Time: 2020s, year 1974
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Cleansing Hour (2019)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Two millennial entrepreneurs stage elaborate fake exorcisms on social media until one of their girlfriends becomes possessed by a demon.
Style: scary, suspense, bleak, disturbing, slasher ...
Plot: exorcism, demonic possession, supernatural, demon, hoax, found footage, violence, supernatural power, murder, death, revenge, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 4.8
 2K
Tethered (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Miles from civilization, a blind teenager and the hunter he befriends are tormented by a mysterious creature lurking in the woods.
Style: suspense, bleak, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: hunter, forest, supernatural, isolated house, supernatural horror, blind man, paranormal phenomena, remote location, blindness, paranormal, woods, mother and son ...
Place: north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
El Regreso de La Llorona (2021)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country:
Duration: 73 min.
Story: La Llorona, a supernatural being who seeks revenge for the death of her daughters, attacks a group of young people on vacation at the beach after they accidentally kill a young girl.
Style: captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing, mystical
Plot: folklore, vengeful ghost, legend, supernatural horror, supernatural, supernatural being, mysticism, creature, vengeance, paranormal activity, murderer, supernatural power ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.7
 18K
The Hallow (2015)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A family who moved into a remote mill house in Ireland finds themselves in a fight for survival with demonic creatures living in the woods.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, creepy, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: folk horror, supernatural, creature, monster, forest, woods, legend, survival horror, transformation, survival, family in danger, folklore ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 6.3
 59K
Apostle (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
Style: suspense, scary, slasher, splatter, disturbing ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: folk horror, religion, vampire, murder, father daughter relationship, brother, ransom, evil cult, supernatural horror, occult, religious cult, torture ...
Time: victorian era, 2010s, 1900s
Place: wales
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.6
 5K
Elves (2021)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 24 min.
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Story: The Christmas vacation of a teenage girl and her family turns into a nightmare when they discover the ancient threat that haunts the island where they are.
Style: christmas horror, suspense, captivating, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: christmas, survival horror, teenager, teenage girl, forest, elf, supernatural, creature, struggle for survival, survival, mysticism, supernatural power ...
Place: scandinavia, denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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