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The Exorcism (2024)
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A troubled actor begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film, leading his estranged daughter to wonder if he's slipping back into his past addictions or if there's something more sinister at play.
Style:
psychological horror, tense, dark, creepy, psychological, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, mysterious, intense ...
Plot:
actor, addiction, supernatural horror, exorcism, survival horror, broken family, daughter, estranged daughter, supernatural, cinema, father and daughter, filmmaking, movie actor, father daughter relationship, demonic possession, mental breakdown, obsession, occult, nightmare, family drama, paranoia, character study, trauma, haunting, slow burn ...
Time:
2020s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological horror, suspenseful and suspense films with plots about isolation, supernatural, slow burn, obsession, supernatural horror, haunting and grief mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like The Exorcism: The Last Exorcist (2020), They Live in the Grey (2022), The Secrets of Emily Blair (2016), The Demon Disorder (2024), You Shall Not Sleep Tonight (2024). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
After every priest trained in exorcisms die in a terrorist attack, Joan Campbell must battle a demon from her past that, this time, possesses her sister.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, religious horror, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
exorcism, demon, evil, supernatural, priest, possession, demonic possession, salvation, paranormal activity, sister sister relationship, obsession, exorcist ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
While investigating a child abuse case, Claire discovers that the family is being tormented by a supernatural entity. In order to save the family, she must confront her own fears and use her emerging clairvoyance to stop the malevolent force.
Style:
psychological horror, supernatural thriller, creepy, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Desperate to save his fiancée from a demon that has possessed her soul, a man turns to his longtime priest for help.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, demonic possession, priest, exorcism, fiance fiancee relationship, demon, rite, obsession, exile, possession, good versus evil, paranormal ...
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100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The pasts of three brothers and their deceased father collide when a deep, dark family secret is unearthed, leading to a case of revenge from beyond the grave.
Style:
psychological horror, suspenseful, mystical, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
revenge, secret, family relations, supernatural, family secret, paranormal phenomena, evil, paranormal activity, dysfunctional family, mysticism, supernatural horror, paranormal ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, New Zealand
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A boy is haunted by terrifying nightmares where a monster lurks inside the closet. To his relief, his father appears in the middle of the night helping him to face his fears. But the boy will begin to question the true nature of these apparitions, ...
Style:
dark, suspense, atmospheric, tense, intense ...
Plot:
nightmare, father son relationship, monster, supernatural, fear, evil force, paranormal, child protagonist, haunting, family drama, protective parent, trauma ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Estranged couple Anne and Patrick encounter ghostly apparitions while taking a ride from a mysterious cabbie with sinister intentions.
Style:
suspense, sinister, psychological thriller, creepy, atmospheric ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, paranormal, isolation, estranged couple, road trip, nightmare, slow burn, character study, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, obsession ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A young family is forced to relocate to the husband's childhood home and believe they are being terrorized by the ghost of the grandfather who committed suicide there only to find out they are horrifyingly wrong.
Style:
suspense, dark, gothic horror, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, suicide, small town, supernatural, house, family problems, life is a bitch, family relations, threat, family in danger, child in peril ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After being whisked away to Los Angeles by a handsome Hollywood star, Katie is left alone in his apartment, where strange and scary things begin to happen.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
mental disorder, female protagonist, isolation, trauma, paranoia, survival horror, secret, psychopath, survival, struggle for survival, loneliness, character study ...
Place:
los angeles
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100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Female protagonist’s brother dies under mysterious circumstances. Extremely vivid nightmares begin to haunt her and she decides to turn to the Institute of somnology for help. Along with other patients, they are induced into a «collective lucid ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, psychological horror, emotional ...
Plot:
nightmare, dream, fear, female protagonist, group of strangers, sleeping, dreamscape, alternate reality, supernatural, haunting, insomnia, trauma ...
Time:
21st century
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100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A couple embarks on a weekend getaway only to find the island curiously deserted. After stumbling upon the town’s dark secret, they trigger a time loop, forcing them to relive a demented cycle of terror with seemingly no means of escape.
Style:
tense, suspense, dark, psychological horror, mystical ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time loop, night, island, rehearsal, dark secret, isolation, nightmare, supernatural horror, time warp, mysticism, driven mad, abandoned city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When a remote village is plagued by a deadly curse, one brother must fight to save his family from a terrifying supernatural threat.
Style:
mystical, psychological horror, mystic, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, exorcism, supernatural horror, folk horror, supernatural, curse, problem, family relations, relationship problems, family problems, mysticism, ghost ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
thailand
Similarity:
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622
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ruja inherited the painting from her deceased father and hired Tim, an art restorer to repair it, but they don't know that this invaluable art came with invaluable horror.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, painting, magical object, paranormal, paranormal phenomena, mysticism, curse, ghost, portrait, inheritance ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a young author returns to her horror roots, terrible things begin to happen around her.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, female protagonist, writer's block, supernatural, isolation, mental breakdown, slow burn, identity crisis, secrets, character study, guilt, a vision ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Philip, a solitary proof reader, is trapped in his apartment, too afraid to leave and tortured by an unknown evil force that has kept him prisoner for the last two years.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal activity, devil, exorcism, isolation, claustrophobia, violence, curses spells and rituals, danger, demonic possession, ghost, demon ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Mexico, UK, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inés works as a dubbing actress and sings in a choir in Buenos Aires. After a traumatic experience during a holiday trip, she develops a sleep disorder and starts suffering from very vivid nightmares. At work, the studio microphones pick up strange ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
nightmare, female protagonist, identity crisis, trauma, split personality, unsettling, psychological trauma, escape from reality, borderline personality disorder, psychological torment, disturbed individual, career ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
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100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
An anxious shut-in unwittingly moves into a haunted apartment and hires a mysterious stranger to perform an exorcism which takes a horrific turn.
Style:
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Plot:
occult, exorcism, haunted house, supernatural, ghost, paranormal, haunting, problem, haunted, paranormal activity, ghost hunter, paranormal phenomena ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the ...
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Philippines, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Place:
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Belgium, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of a fictional mid-2000’s U.S. paranormal investigative team called The Paranormal Paranoids.
Style:
spooky, psychological horror, mystic, mystical, psychological ...
Plot:
missing person, paranormal investigation, found footage, obsession, paranormal, supernatural horror, ghost town, unsettling, supernatural, paranormal activity, demonic possession, paranormal phenomena ...
Time:
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Place:
ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A remote helpline volunteer is targeted by a stranger who lures women from their homes with a recording of a crying baby.
Style:
creepy, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Brad and Jess move to Los Angeles in search of a better life. When they stumble upon a hidden real estate gem, managed by the laid-back landlord Peter, they are elated by their turn of fortune. But their ideal home is hiding a secret far more ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing, mystical ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
As a young woman painstakingly prepares a romantic homecoming for her girlfriend, their apartment begins to feel more like a tomb when voices, shadows, and hallucinations reveal a truth she has been unwilling to face.
Style:
psychological horror, psychological thriller, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A father finds out that his teenager daughter is possessed, and the only way he can save her is by doing the ghost's bidding, which will mean an encounter with his long-separated twin - who happens to be a psycho killer.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, serious, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
obsession, lookalikes, possessed girl, brother, daughter, family relations, possession, supernatural, father daughter relationship, demonic possession, possessed, family life ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Vera, Ray, and Sam, a seemingly normal family, are haunted by more than mere ghosts. The lingering horror of their past threatens their ability to function as a loving family until they become enlightened by a mystical encounter. From that moment ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, rough, psychological horror ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, afterlife, murder, demon, unfaithful husband, trauma, family drama, secrets, fear, haunted house, guilt ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
As her life spirals out of control, a rebellious undergrad begins practicing a forbidden witchcraft to help her grades; but when she unknowingly unleashes a deadly curse that threatens her father's life, she will be forced to pass her biggest ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, serious, scary ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After his five-year-old daughter is murdered, a loving family man becomes convinced that the oddball down the street is guilty.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot:
bereavement, revenge, grief, lynching, price of justice, vengeance, murderer, neighbor, child murder, murder mystery, loss of child, loss of daughter ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After being released, a reformed serial killer moves into his family's ancestral estate and is haunted by his past -- both the living and the dead.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, rough, suspenseful, brutal ...
Plot:
macabre, psychopath, serial killer, murder, danger, brutality, fear, loneliness, teenage boy, twists and turns, trauma, childhood trauma ...
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100%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young mother who's crushed by guilt and shame after the disappearance of her young son five years previously, is offered a bizarre opportunity to learn the truth and set things right. Is she willing to pay the terrifying price for a chance to ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, suspense, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ritual, grief, missing child, loss, motherhood, guilt, secret, disappearance, drug, drug abuse, mysterious disappearance, problem ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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