Movies like Smile
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Smile (2022)
235K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past in order to survive and escape her horrifying new reality.
Style:
psychological, psychological horror, suspense, scary, mysterious, demonic, brutal, enigmatic, bleak, bloody ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
curse, supernatural power, fear, going insane, evil smile, psychiatric ward, demon, suicide, mental illness, paranoia, female protagonist, mental health, evil spirit, nervous breakdown, supernatural, murder, trauma, possession, shapeshifter, monster, evil wins, psychiatry, spirit, psychotic, abandoned house ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new jersey
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Most similar movies to Smile
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, slasher, scary and psychological films with plots about fear, supernatural, blood, supernatural horror, monster, death and danger mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like Smile: Truth or Dare (2018), It Follows (2014), The Empty Man (2020), Head Count (2018), Orphan (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, slasher, scary, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
truth or dare, game, group of friends, supernatural horror, danger, survival, demon, murder, characters killed one by one, college, supernatural, rivalry ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa, tijuana mexico, big ben london, london, tokyo ...
Similarity:
100%
296K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
For 19-year-old Jay, fall should be about school, boys and weekends out at the lake. But a seemingly innocent physical encounter turns sour and gives her the inescapable sense that someone, or something, is following her. Faced with this burden, Jay ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, macabre, being followed, evil, teenage girl, voyeurism, coming of age, supernatural being, peeping tom, swimming pool, death ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, 80s, 21st century
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa, california
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
After a group of teens from a small Midwestern town begin to mysteriously disappear, the locals believe it is the work of an urban legend known as The Empty Man. As a retired cop investigates and struggles to make sense of the stories, he discovers ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, suspenseful, lovecraft ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
occult, investigation, suicide, cosmic horror, supernatural, supernatural horror, death, hospital, grief, danger, demonic possession, evil spirit ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century ...
Place:
missouri, himalaya
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a weekend getaway to Joshua Tree, a group of teenagers find themselves under mental and physical assault from a supernatural entity that mimics their appearances as it completes an ancient ritual.
Style:
twist ending, scary, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
curse, creature, supernatural, brother brother relationship, demon, weekend getaway, halloween, monster, desert, isolation, survival, mutation ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, killer child, serial killer, evil child, female psychopath, fear, mysterious character, creepy child, children, parents and children, family in danger ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
Similarity:
100%
157K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, psychological, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, murder, gory, curse, imaginary, macabre, scared, vengeance, death, medical ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
Similarity:
100%
149K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological thriller, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, mirror, monster, paranormal, hallucination, supernatural horror, haunting, siblings relations, brother sister relationship, ghost, demon ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
45%
254K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway, but ...
Style:
psychological horror, scary, suspense, spooky, slasher ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
basement, secret passageway, locked in a room, fear, kidnapping, secret room, locked in, psychopath, rape, serial rapist, terror, serial killer ...
Time:
2020s, 80s
Place:
detroit, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying ...
Style:
scary, suspense, bad ending, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, witch, supernatural horror, autopsy, morgue, witchcraft, nudity, mutilation, corpse, dead woman, supernatural power, mysterious death ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
new england, salem massachusetts, london
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small ...
Style:
scary, dark, demonic, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural horror, demon, supernatural, ghost, occult, spiritualism, ouija board, ghost child, possession, exorcism, macabre, haunted house ...
Time:
year 2016, 60s, 20th century, year 1967, 70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
100%
136K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain ...
Style:
psychological horror, creepy, bloody, disturbing, absurd ...
Plot:
pop singer, concert, suicide, dancing, supernatural horror, pop star, car accident, drug addiction, tattoo, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, escape ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
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, gothic, creepy, demonic, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, haunting, haunted, paranormal phenomena, occult, seance, evil force, curses spells and rituals, cancer patient, ouija, funeral home ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000, 80s, year 1987, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, gothic, lovecraft ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
small town, insanity, supernatural horror, book, paranoia, ghost town, investigation, hallucination, gory, novelist, writers, american horror ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, distant future
Place:
new england, new hampshire, manhattan new york city, england, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
804K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
racism, hypnosis, brainwashing, interracial romance, kidnapping, paranoia, survival, female villain, african american, revenge, african american protagonist, neurosurgeon ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place:
brooklyn new york city, southern usa, indiana, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young woman with a troubled past takes a job at recently closed down hospital. Working the night shift alone she begins to experience a series of unsettling events that lead her to believe that the hospital may be connected to a number of recent ...
Style:
scary, psychological, atmospheric, serious, demonic ...
Plot:
hospital, murder, haunted by the past, terror, mentally unstable, danger, serial killer, psychiatric ward, perversion, haunted, haunted house, blood ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the dollmaker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
Style:
spooky, religious horror, psychological, suspense, saga ...
Plot:
ghost, evil doll, supernatural horror, supernatural, doll, nun, demonic possession, haunted, orphan, evil spirit, demon, loss of daughter ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 1955, 1950s, 50s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mysterious global blackout yields countless populations to simply vanish, leaving only their clothes and possessions behind. A small handful of survivors band together in a dimly-lit tavern on 7th Street, struggling to combat the apocalyptic ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, suspense, harsh, intense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, disappearance, vestiges of humanity, group of strangers, supernatural, darkness, survival, hospital, danger, chaos, death ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
151K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When Rebecca left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn’t real when the lights went out…and now her little brother, Martin, is experiencing the same unexplained and ...
Style:
dark, creepy, suspenseful, scary, spooky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, paranormal, supernatural, macabre, child in peril, mental illness, darkness, brother sister relationship, haunted, depression, paranormal phenomena, sibling relationship ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Style:
scary, suspense, atmospheric, tense, demonic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
exorcism, supernatural horror, evil force, supernatural, family in danger, father daughter relationship, danger, demonic possession, possessed girl, ghost, parents and children, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, middle east, usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
616K
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, suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, paranormal investigation, fear, witch, danger, supernatural horror, possession, doll, investigation ...
Time:
year 2013, 70s, year 2000, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
Similarity:
43%
313K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style:
scary, creepy, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, evil force, writer's life, surprising revelation, family in danger ...
Time:
2010s, year 2000, year 1966, year 1986, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, california, missouri ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in the 1980s, an estranged family hires a cult deprogrammer to take back their teenage son from a murderous cult, but find themselves under siege when the cultists surround their cabin, demanding the boy back.
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
isolated house, brother brother relationship, terror, family in danger, baby, kidnapping, family home, night, father son relationship, home invasion, siege, murder ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1983
Similarity:
100%
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, creepy, demonic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demonic possession, demon, child in peril, ghost, fear, psychic, family in danger, paranormal investigation, haunting, possession ...
Time:
70s, year 2016, 2010s, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place:
england, peru, london
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
53K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past.
Style:
scary, twist ending, atmospheric, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, ghost, supernatural horror, photographer, supernatural, car accident, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, suicide, secret lover, spirit, darkroom, blood ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
Similarity:
100%
33K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, China
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Edna, the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family, goes missing, her daughter Kay and granddaughter Sam travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, demonic, dark ...
Plot:
haunted house, dementia, mother daughter relationship, missing person, grandmother, supernatural, women, female warrior, mental disorder, cursed, mother, family relations ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
oceania, melbourne
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When a younger girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing ...
Style:
scary, dark, spooky, demonic, satanic ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
demon, devil, supernatural, religion, courtroom, exorcism, supernatural horror, demonic possession, priest, courtroom drama, life & death, evil force ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
17K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A mysterious VHS tape leads a police S.W.A.T. team to the discovery of a sinister cult whose collection of pre-recorded material reveals a nightmarish conspiracy.
Style:
anthology, suspense, enigmatic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
found footage, occult, supernatural, evil, monster, creature, hardcore, body horror, conspiracy, undercover, evil spirit, mysticism ...
Time:
2020s, 90s, year 1994
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Italy, Pakistan, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have ...
Style:
demonic, scary, suspenseful, creepy, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
exorcism, demonic possession, good versus evil, devil, demon, exorcist, priest, church, massacre, black magic, gory, archeological dig ...
Time:
1940s, year 1949, 20th century, year 2004
Place:
kenya, africa, cairo egypt, east africa, iraq ...
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
Style:
suspenseful, brutal, bleak, rough, scary ...
Plot:
monster, death of brother, occult, supernatural power, death, humiliation, dark past, danger, good versus evil, bigotry, xenophobia, torment ...
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
50%
448K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
After their reclusive grandmother passes away, the Graham family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem ...
Style:
psychological horror, satanic, psychological, demonic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, fear, supernatural horror, supernatural, occult, demon, grief, trauma, seance, ghost, attic, possession ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
utah, america
Similarity:
33%
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