Movies like Psycho Granny
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Psycho Granny (2019)
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After Samantha's mother passes away, her spirits are lifted with the sudden appearance of her long lost Grandmother, Colleen. All is well until Colleen's dark past reveals itself and Sam is forced to fight for her life.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological thriller, psychological, slasher, gothic, psychotronic
Plot:
family secret, pregnant woman, family problems, ghost, pregnancy, family relations, dysfunctional family, female ghost, psychological manipulation, survival, deception, family drama, secret identity, female antagonist, revenge, betrayal, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, illness, mental illness, isolation, slow burn, family, gaslight, gore ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to Psycho Granny
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, captivating, psychological thriller and suspense films with plots about moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, deception, cat and mouse, family problems, female protagonist and revenge mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like Psycho Granny: Remember Me, Mommy? (2020), Dying for a Baby (2019), My Mother's Secret (2012), Fatal Justice (2023), A Daughter's Plan to Kill (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Rebecca, a respected teacher at a private girls school, has her life turned upside down when a new scholarship student arrives who might be the daughter she gave up for adoption seventeen years ago.
Style:
suspense, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
family secret, family drama, mother daughter reunion, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, relationship problems, girls' school, teenage girl, girls' boarding school, youth, teenager, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Amber and Kyle are ready to move on after a car accident two years ago. But their world turns upside down when Jessica, the other driver who lost her unborn baby in the accident, moves in next door and gets a job with Amber's doctor -- all in a ...
Style:
psychological, tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
female protagonist, problem, life is a bitch, neighbor, revenge, girl next door, neighbor neighbor relationship, bereavement, accident, family problems, pregnant woman, child ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a woman becomes pregnant and tells the news to his mother is revealed to him that she is adopted. Then decides to search for his biological family and hired the services of a private detective.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, realistic, serious, captivating
Plot:
uncover truth, parents and children, family relations, investigation, couples, danger, family secret, family problems, murder investigation, relationship problems, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
When the law fails, family justice is the only way
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological, exciting ...
Plot:
justice, revenge, retribution, protective parent, family tragedy, vigilante, social justice, avenge, fight for justice, legislation, injustice, law and order ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Katie and Greg Carlyle invited Greg's estranged daughter to live with them, they had no idea that they would be inviting jealousy, violence, and deceit into their home to wreak havoc on their perfect life.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
deception, estranged daughter, jealousy, manipulation, house, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, family conflict, family problems, life is a bitch, father daughter relationship, estrangement ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Jill strives to connect with her new teenage stepdaughter, Casey, who is struggling with a dark past that leads her down a path of destruction.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, father daughter relationship, father, family relations, relationships, intrigue, stepmother, stepmother stepdaughter relationship, family problems, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Years ago, heartbroken and officially separated from her husband, Caroline briefly turned to the arms of another man. It was only one small indiscretion - a brief affair, forgotten after she and her husband reunited. But beautiful Elle, daughter of ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
revenge, affair, woman seduces a man, adultery, infidelity, relationship problems, female protagonist, husband wife relationship, family relations, male female relationship, family problems, relationships ...
Similarity:
32%
207
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young woman takes in her estranged father after he suffers a stroke, but his home-care nurse's attentive dedication may be masking a dark and dangerous secret.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
female protagonist, father daughter estrangement, family problems, father daughter relationship, family secret, secret, family relations, life is a bitch, estrangement, psychological manipulation, suspicion, isolation ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Thirteen years after disappearing and presumed drowned, Matt returns home to his mother Sarah. Suspicions grow when her older son Ian is injured in a car accident similar to the one that recently killed his father.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
car accident, family problems, family drama, missing person, secret past, suspicion, family secret, deception, family relations, getting home, accident, mysterious disappearance ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Riley wants to rebuild her relationship with her mother and little sister, who are shut-ins due to her sister's illness. When Riley realizes her sister may not be sick, her mother will stop at nothing to keep her daughters with her forever.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
child murderess, mother daughter relationship, murder, psychopath, female antagonist, violence, emotional manipulation, psychological abuse, control, family drama, motherhood, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Trying to escape the pain from the death of her fiancé, a woman becomes an au pair in a house where she learns the family is hiding a mysterious secret.
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
family secret, female protagonist, secret, dark secret, family problems, family relations, housewife, dysfunctional family, dark past, psychological manipulation, domestic drama, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Kristen decides to take a break from college and return home, she finds Jake, a handsome stranger, living in her old room. Her mother, Moira, explains that she invited Jake to live as a tenant to help with the house expenses. Soon, Kristen ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, family relations, dark past, secret, male female relationship, family problems, parents and children, relationship problems, secret identity, female protagonist, betrayal, manipulation ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Claire has always loved her son Jim and her granddaughter Sydney, but struggles to connect with her daughter-in-law, Allison. When Allison announces a big job promotion that will relocate them far away, Claire's motherly instincts are pushed to ...
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
murder, family problems, overprotective mother, overprotective parent, dysfunctional family, mother in law daughter in law relationship, domestic drama, murderer, life is a bitch, family relations, husband wife relationship, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Melissa, a happily married woman with an eight-year-old daughter, invites her husband's mother to live with them, only to realize that Grandma is unhinged and wants to kidnap Melissa's daughter to replace her own dead child.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, dark, dark comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
child abduction, mother in law daughter in law relationship, parents and children, dysfunctional family, grandmother granddaughter relationship, family relations, kidnapping, abduction, mother daughter relationship, kids and family, manipulation, family drama ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After fleeing her abusive boyfriend, Ava, a pregnant woman, is rescued from a car accident by a friendly married couple. While recovering at their home, she begins to fear the couple may have a sinister plan for her and her unborn baby
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, bleak, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, pregnancy, married couple, car, fear, woman, accident, woman in danger, pregnant woman, couples, survival, manipulation ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a family tragedy in the chaotic city, Chris and Maggie Conley, in a last-ditch effort to save their dying marriage, purchase an isolated home in the deepest woods, to which they quickly discover evil has a key.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
starting over, family in danger, family tragedy, crumbling marriage, isolation, family problems, unhappy marriage, family relations, marriage crisis, relationship problems, husband wife relationship, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A psycho killer teenage girl will stop at nothing to replace her dead mother's love.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, missing child, psychological manipulation, troubled past, relationship problems, family relations, mysterious disappearance, parents and children, female protagonist, family problems, dysfunctional family, deception ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A renowned wellness influencer invites one of her recently overdosed followers to seek recovery at her small-town manor. Once the follower arrives, she realizes the dark world existing within the manor is not what she–nor millions of ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, gothic
Plot:
abuse of power, psychological manipulation, manipulation, deception, isolation, dark secret, cult leader, claustrophobia, mistrust, obsession, moral ambiguity, paranoia ...
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Framed for murder by her cheating husband, a newlywed must find a way to absolve herself of a crime she didn't commit while exposing her spouse before it's too late.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
deception, manipulation, betrayal, infidelity, wrongful accusation, domestic drama, psychological manipulation, male female relationship, falsely accused, problem, false accusation of murder, framed for a crime ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage girl visits her mom on death row and gets lured into a dangerous trap to take the fall for her mother's crimes.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, guilt, false accusation, manipulation, death row, murder, trap, family problems, trapped, murderer, parents and children, teenage girl ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A busy working mother hires a nurse to care for her wealthy father who has early onset dementia. Soon a bizarre deception creeps into play when the seductive nurse makes a play for the family fortune.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, dark
Audience:
adult
Plot:
deception, nurse, manipulation, greed, inheritance, betrayal, suspicion, seduction, house, dementia, female villain, family drama ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Inspired by true events, the supernatural thriller "House of Darkness" recounts the mysterious case of a San Francisco family who claimed that a dark force was responsible for the tragic events that unfolded. Trying to save their ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, mystical, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, ghost, haunting, possession, haunted house, paranoid schizophrenia, insanity, paranormal, haunted, paranoid, mysticism, fear ...
Similarity:
22%
356
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Ever since her father was murdered, Taylor has had to take care of her agoraphobic mother, Ann Marie, and tend to the family farm. Ready to start her own life, she prepares to tell her mother that she is going to move away with her boyfriend Blake ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
hidden money, burglar, intrigue, jailed, robbery, stolen money, prisoner, escaped prisoner, money, criminal, home invasion, survival ...
Similarity:
22%
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402
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
After learning that her new husband touches her daughter inappropriately, Morgan's plans to leave him unwittingly turn into the fight of her life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
child abuse, protective mother, family drama, male female relationship, relationships, life is a bitch, family problems, violence, domestic violence, relationship problems, trauma, confrontation ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Detective Jones arrives at the house of a young couple, Ashley and Brad, blissfully engaged and preparing for their upcoming marriage. They had a mysterious break in at their home. While Det. Jones discovers nothing at the scene, we later find out ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, disturbing, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
revenge, home invasion, female stalker, wedding planning, jealousy, obsession, stalker, manipulation, wedding preparations and rituals, ex couple relations, ex husband ex wife relationship, wedding ceremony ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When Alicia, a destitute young woman crosses paths with Morgan; a beautiful, affluent, entrepreneur, she realizes she'd rather live Morgan's luxurious life. So she takes it, by any means necessary.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, woman, woman in danger, sex, envy, women, sex scene, rich and poor, rich woman, rich, wealth, rich man ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
After a car accident leaves her boyfriend in a coma, April’s panic attacks return and make her life a living hell. However, once she accepts the kindness of a stranger trying to help her, she realizes that he might not be the stranger she thought ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
coma, car accident, psychological manipulation, paranoia, relationships, problem, lifestyle change, changing lives, male female relationship, intrigue, secret, accident ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Dante is a professional thief who makes ends meet through carefully selected, small jobs. His new target is a secluded big house which he thinks is unoccupied. But he's not alone, he will meet a strange couple whose reaction to his intrusion is ...
Style:
suspense, tension, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
thief, heist, cat burglar, criminal, heist gone wrong, robbery, problem, burglar, family problems, attempted robbery, moral ambiguity, deception ...
Similarity:
21%
277
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A pregnant woman finds herself in serious danger when she agrees to live with the couple who plan to adopt her unborn child.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
pregnant woman, surrogate mother, motherhood, child, woman, danger, adoption, surrogate family, parents and children, living together, relationships, threat ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Claire has everything - money, a loving husband and a desired child. But suddenly her life changes. Doubts and lies bring her to the edge of insanity.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
deception, husband wife relationship, family problems, mental breakdown, infidelity, relationships, male female relationship, marriage crisis, marital problem, family relations, changing lives, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
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