| Coven (2020) | 6.4 | |
| The Beyond (1981) | 6.5 | |
| Cry of the Banshee (1970) | 5.5 | |
| The Crucible (1996) | 6.8 | |
| The Hunt (2012) | 8.3 |
Witch hunt movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant witch hunt movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, serious and dark films and TV shows about / with witch hunt, witch, witchcraft, supernatural, revenge, female nudity, death, torture, curses spells and rituals and magic plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Norway and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as witch hunt: Devil's Bride (2016), Salem Witch Trials (2002), The Reckoning (2020), Coven (2020), Salem (2014), The Witch Hunt (1981), Sanctuary: A Witch's Tale (2024), The Witch and the Beast (2024), Seventh Son (2014), Luna Nera (2020).
Best films
List of witch hunt movies
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Latvia, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Anna’s story takes place on Åland Island in 1666, during the beginning of the most widespread and systematic witch-hunts in Scandinavian history. In all, 16 women were convicted of being in league with the devil, and seven of them were executed. ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, enigmatic, captivating, historical drama
Plot:
witch hunt, adultery, jealousy, black magic, witch, rural setting, priest, power, young woman, judge, rape, domestic violence ...
Time:
17th century, ancient times
Place:
finland
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
The film recounts the sobering tale of how 19 innocent lives were taken in a community experiencing paranoid hysteria regarding the suspected - but unproved - presence of the occult in the small New England town.
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
witch hunt, female nudity, execution, religions or cults, society, legal, politics, courtroom drama, social decay, state affairs, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa, salem massachusetts
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed by fear and death. Because she rejects the advances of her ...
Style:
demonic, dark fantasy, captivating, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
witch hunt, widow, vengeance, butt, plague, curse, dungeon, pursuit, assassin, occult, black magic, danger ...
Time:
middle ages, 17th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, History, Horror
Country: Spain, France, Argentina
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Basque Country, 1609. The men of the region are at sea. Ana joins other girls from the village to dance in the woods. Judge Rostegui, given the task of purifying the region by the King, arrests the women and accuses them of witchcraft. He decides to ...
Style:
satanic, tense, suspense, disturbing
Plot:
inquisition, witch, witch hunt, spanish inquisition, coven, spell, witch burning, satanic cult, medieval, religions or cults, accusation, religious fanatic ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
basque country, spain
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in the volatile world of 17th century Massachusetts, 'Salem' explores what really fueled the town's infamous witch trials and dares to uncover the dark, supernatural truth hiding behind the veil of this infamous period in American ...
Style:
scary, gothic horror, gothic, atmospheric, sexy ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, evil force, curses spells and rituals, society, danger, supernatural ability, witch hunt, wizards and magicians, love affair, devil, religions or cults ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
new england, salem massachusetts, hawaii, usa, massachusetts
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Having gone through many personal struggles, Eli (Lil Terselius) returns to her native village and begins to work on the farm of Ingeborg Eriksdotter (Anita Bjork), eventually tending a plot that once belonged to her family. But Eli has been gone a ...
Style:
historical drama, period piece, tense, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
witch hunt, false accusation, outsider, persecution, accusation, superstition, injustice, female protagonist, paranoia, trial, misogyny, witch ...
Time:
17th century, medieval times
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Genre: Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Set in a contemporary world where witchcraft is real, the story takes place in the idyllic English town of Sanctuary, where for hundreds of years witches have lived peacefully, as valued members of society. Until now…
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tense, tension ...
Plot:
witch hunt, murder investigation, murder mystery, alternate reality, witch, supernatural, witchcraft, magic, framed for murder, parallel world, magical girl, murder ...
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Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Guideau is a young woman who was cursed by a witch, forced to carry a dark secret. Ashaf is a tall, soft-spoken man with a coffin strapped to his back and secrets yet untold. Together they venture across the land on their quest for vengeance. ...
Style:
anime, suspenseful, captivating, dark fantasy, psychological ...
Plot:
witch, witch hunt, battles, beast, curse, magic, cursed, supernatural, wizards and magicians, wizard, magical girl, fight ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada, UK, China
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
John Gregory, who is a seventh son of a seventh son and also the local spook, has protected the country from witches, boggarts, ghouls and all manner of things that go bump in the night. However John is not young anymore, and has been seeking an ...
Style:
dark fantasy, exciting, epic, fairy tale, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
witch, sword and sorcery, magic, good versus evil, supernatural, chosen one, medieval, black magic, curses spells and rituals, destiny, supernatural ability, monster ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
In 17th-century Italy, a teenager learns about her destiny among a family of witches, just as her boyfriend's father hunts her down for witchcraft.
Style:
gothic, captivating, tense, supernatural thriller, epic fantasy ...
Plot:
witch, witchcraft, witch hunt, political unrest, dishonesty, rivalry, killing, imaginary, politics, danger, violence against women, kingdom ...
Time:
17th century
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Genre: Drama, History, Mystery
Country: Italy, France, Switzerland
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Northern Italy, 17th century. In a monastery, a nun accused of witchcraft tries to seduce a young confessor who refuses to yield to his searing temptation.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, tense
Plot:
witch hunt, nun, tragic love, religious hypocrisy, religious fanatic, religion, religious cult, religious conflict, monk, seduction, society, love story ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to asylum in Mexico.
Style:
captivating, scary, suspense, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch, witch hunt, supernatural, creature, hunting, youth, witchcraft, friendship, friends, danger, good versus evil, society ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, allegory ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
witch hunt, accusation, persecution, salem witch trial, torture, witch, false accusation, women, town, problem, death threat, religious hypocrisy ...
Place:
salem massachusetts, new england
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their ...
Style:
fairy tale, dark fantasy, exciting, modern fairy tale, epic fantasy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen fantasy, boys' night
Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, good versus evil, witch hunt, bounty hunter, curses spells and rituals, hansel and gretel, danger, transformation, blood, chase ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2000, 2010s
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Genre: Fantasy, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Small town, England, 1575. William embarks on a journey to prove the innocence of his wife, Twyla, falsely accused of being a witch and will be put to death if found guilty. William must hunt down the real witch, to save Twyla from death.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, mystical, suspenseful ...
Plot:
witch hunt, village, small town, witch, death sentence, false accusation, witch burning, problem, witchery, mysticism, paranormal, threat ...
Time:
16th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are ...
Style:
gothic, dark, atmospheric, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
medieval, plague, witch, knight, sword and sorcery, danger, monk, heroic mission, dealing with death, sword and shield, bubonic plague, pagan ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, year 2010
Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
After a revenge obsessed society incorrectly selects its next target, a young man must survive the night as the online witch-hunt arrives at his front door.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, satirical
Plot:
home invasion, witch hunt, media frenzy, survival, vigilante justice, social commentary, accusation, internet culture, isolation, paranoia, fear, suspicion ...
Place:
london
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. He also wrote the screen play adaptation.
Style:
talky, suspense, costume drama, gothic, period piece ...
Plot:
witch hunt, witch, salem witch trial, curse, courtroom drama, colonial america, politics, spell, twists and turns, vengeance, court, manipulation ...
Time:
17th century, 90s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
massachusetts, salem massachusetts, usa, north america, new england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Norway
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Is The Fjord Witch superstition, or is it true that Satan's bride lives across Melkelva in the forest by Grytefjord? Does Tordenskjold find himself or someone else entirely? Who would win in a magic battle between Jesus and Harry Potter? These ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, scary, suspense, humorous ...
Plot:
found footage, cursed, witch hunt, killing, deadly creature, evil witch, revenge, heroes, demon, paranormal investigation, chase, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Middle school feels like the worst place imaginable, but for Jess, Josh, and Marco, their school may actually be the worst place in this world…or any other!
Style:
anthology, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
crew, ghost, witchery, witch hunt, belief in ghosts, halloween, scared, escapades, alien encounter, seeing ghosts, haunted, alien creature ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Debbie is the host of a paranormal ghost hunter show. But can she come to the rescue when four friends use a Ouija board to summon a 300 year old witch? Good luck, Debbie. You're gonna NEED it.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, dread, creepy ...
Plot:
ouija board, exorcism, paranormal, ghost hunter, demon, witch hunt, supernatural horror, haunting, witch, paranormal activity, apparition, supernatural ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
A Catholic priest questions his faith after a botched exorcism. Strange occurrences deriving from a satanic cult have lead Father James Costello back to his old nemesis, Sheriff Tormada. Tormada, a self-loathing homosexual, sociopath and murderer, ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, scary, psychotronic, suspense
Plot:
priest, sheriff, witch, witch hunt, killer, murder victim, violence, murder, supernatural, deadly creature, victim, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, France
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, emotional, depressing, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
injustice, child abuse, pedophile, false accusation, life turned upside down, social injustice, divorce, social relations, parents and children, friendship between men, church, punched in the face ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 190 min.
Story:
Richard Armitage stars in Yael Farber's powerful production of Arthur Miller's timeless witch hunt parable.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, tense, grim, bleak ...
Plot:
witch hunt, salem witch trial, false accusation, jealousy, betrayal, social injustice, literary, revenge, small town, moral ambiguity, haunting, repressed sexuality ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
salem massachusetts
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, China, South Korea
Duration: 66 min.
Story:
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Gang visit Oakhaven, Massachusetts to seek strange goings on involving a famous horror novelist and his ancestor who is rumored be a witch.
Style:
not serious, feel good, humorous, entertaining, light ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing, horror for children
Plot:
scooby doo, cartoon dog, amateur detective, small town, escapades, heroes, pets, disorder, supernatural ability, danger, youth, witch hunt ...
Time:
90s
Place:
turkey, new england, usa, massachusetts, salem massachusetts
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The City of Salem, Massachusetts is visited by a coven of ancient witches.
Style:
splatter, disturbing, atmospheric, surreal, gothic ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, occult, radio station, devil, violent, losing-it hero, spell, curse, radio, radio dj, burned alive ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
salem massachusetts, new england, usa, massachusetts, boston ...
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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
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the life of Sen. Joseph McCarthy, the alcoholic senator from Wisconsin whose tactics of accusing prominent people of Communist sympathies were initially designed to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for ...
Style:
serious, dramatic, period piece, grim, educational ...
Plot:
mccarthyism, cold war, biopic, witch hunt, alcoholism, rise and fall, character study, anti communism, manipulation, senate, political intrigue, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
washington d.c.
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in a small isolated village in 14th century Wales, Alice is a sixteen year old girl who is accused of being a witch and causing the plague that has ravaged the village, taking the lives of many, including Alice's own father. When it is ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
medieval, witch hunt, life is a bitch, life & death, witchery, twists and turns, brutality, suffering, plot twist, captivity, occult, torture chamber ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages
Place:
britain
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A brash 22-year-old FBI agent trumps up charges of Communist spying against a Chinese laundryman. Ten years later, he wants to make amends to the man and his teenage daughter.
Style:
sensual, serious, realistic, thought provoking, rough ...
Plot:
witch hunt, white man asian woman relationship, politics, injustice, fall in love, state affairs, law enforcement, legal investigation, society, legal, rebellion, army investigation ...
Time:
year 1993, 60s, 50s, year 1952, year 1962 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, hong kong
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