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, serious, disturbing, scary, weird and stylized films and TV shows about / with witch hunt, witch, witchcraft, supernatural, danger, torture, death, suspense, false accusation and supernatural ability plots mostly in Drama, Horror and Fantasy genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
witch hunt
TOP 10 movies tagged as witch hunt: Devil's Bride (2016), Salem Witch Trials (2002), The Reckoning (2020), The Crucible (1996), Luna Nera (2020), Witch Hunt (2021), Black Death (2010), The Witch Hunt (1981), Salem (2014), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013).
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:
enigmatic, tense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
witch hunt, witch, obsession, false accusation, adultery, betrayal, jealousy, witchcraft, fall in love, lie, village, magic ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
finland, sweden
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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:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
witch hunt, false accusation, puritan, execution, religions or cults, society, politics, legal, courtroom drama, americana, social decay, life is a bitch ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
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:
dark fantasy, stylized, captivating, fairy tale, suspenseful ...
Plot:
witch hunt, witch, plague, dungeon, torture, curse, imprisonment, tragic hero, assassin, damsel in distress, chase, near death experience ...
Time:
middle ages
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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, rough, disturbing, dramatic, emotional ...
Plot:
witch, witch hunt, colonial america, politics, courtroom drama, legal, vengeance, curse, court, manipulation, secrets, lawyer ...
Time:
17th century, 50s, 90s
Place:
massachusetts, usa, california, canada, new 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:
captivating, tense, supernatural thriller, breathtaking, surprise ending ...
Plot:
witch, witchcraft, witch hunt, political unrest, dishonesty, rivalry, killings, politics, kingdom, sex scene, magic, tv show ...
Time:
17th century
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Genre: 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, psychological, suspenseful, scary, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
witch hunt, witch, creature, supernatural, deadly creature, witchcraft, friendship, peril, demon, paranormal phenomena, good versus evil, fear ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, 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, atmospheric, bleak, brutal, scary ...
Plot:
medieval, knight, plague, sword and sorcery, monk, obsessive quest, dealing with death, witch, inquisition, pagan, sword and shield, heroic mission ...
Time:
middle ages, 14th century
Place:
england, london, europe
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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 ...
Plot:
witch hunt, witch, prejudice, false accusation, witchcraft, outsider, suspicion, small community, medieval, death, ice, female nudity
Time:
17th century
Place:
norway
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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, suspenseful, atmospheric, stylized, gothic horror ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, evil force, wizards and magicians, supernatural ability, society, devil, punishment, love affair, religions or cults, witch hunt ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
new england, usa, massachusetts
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Germany
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, exciting, dark fantasy, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
witch, supernatural, good versus evil, witch hunt, magic, bounty hunter, chase, curses spells and rituals, black magic, siblings relations, steampunk, transformation ...
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Genre: Drama, History
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:
tense, disturbing, satanic
Plot:
inquisition, spanish inquisition, witch, witch hunt, coven, witch burning, witchcraft, religious fanatic, religious differences, suspense, religions or cults, social problems ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
basque country, spain
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
England is torn in civil strife as the Royalists battle the Parliamentary Party for control. This conflict distracts people from rational thought and allows unscrupulous men to gain local power by exploiting village superstitions. One of these men ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, rough, stylized ...
Plot:
witch, inquisition, torture, murder, witch hunt, rape, vengeance, cult, violence, exploitation, soldier, priest ...
Time:
17th century, 60s
Place:
england, latin america, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
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:
thought provoking, bleak, psychological, sad, controversial ...
Plot:
injustice, teacher, life turned upside down, false accusation, child abuse, divorce, pedophile, social injustice, friendship between men, choir, divorced man, church ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
denmark
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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:
psychotronic, bleak, suspenseful, scary
Plot:
priest, witch, sheriff, witch hunt, killer, murder victim, violence, murder, supernatural, death, fear, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
With Halloween only hours away, the members of a popular podcast, The Witching Hour, gather to swap scary stories in the dark. But they bargain for more than just ratings when they venture to the site where the Woodland Valley Witch was brutally ...
Style:
psychotronic, bleak, suspenseful, scary, anthology
Plot:
witch, halloween, devil, psychic, supernatural, supernatural power, evil witch, curse, demon, curses spells and rituals, victim, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Mendosa, the chief adviser of the king of Valiante, begins a campaign to hunt down "witches," resulting in the deaths of many magical knights and their sorcerer assistants. Anna, a sorceress married to the knight Herman Lewis, gives birth ...
Style:
anime, tense, captivating, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
witch, magic, wizards and magicians, magician, priestess, supernatural ability, witch hunt, warrior, wizards, magical power, fight, supernatural power ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, China, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The modern world holds many secrets, but by far the most astounding is that witches still live among us; vicious supernatural creatures intent on unleashing the Black Death upon the world and putting an end to the human race once and for all. Armies ...
Style:
dark fantasy, gothic, exciting, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, pre-teens, teens, adult
Plot:
witch, magic, supernatural, fantasy world, immortality, black magic, lone hero, wizards and magicians, good versus evil, dark hero, fight scenes, apocalypse ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Documentary, Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In late 1955 and early 1956, the citizens of Boise, Idaho believed there was a menace in their midst. On Halloween, investigators arrested three men on charges of having sex with teenage boys. The investigators claimed the arrests were just the tip ...
Plot:
lgbt, gay, gay slur, witch hunt, pedophilia, police, prison, halloween, branding iron, intolerance, homosexual, arrest ...
Time:
year 1956, year 1955, 50s
Place:
idaho
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A warlock flees from the 17th to the 20th century, with a witch-hunter in hot pursuit. A Warlock is taken captive in Boston, Massachusetts in 1691 by a witch-hunter Giles Redferne. He is sentenced to death for his activities, including the ...
Style:
dark fantasy, scary, intense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, warlock, witch, supernatural, good versus evil, magic, wizards and magicians, wizards, curse, supernatural ability, murder, chase ...
Time:
80s, future, 17th century
Place:
los angeles, boston, massachusetts, usa, colorado ...
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Genre: Biography, Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany, Spain, Liechtenstein
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Horror icon Christopher Lee, who worked with Jess Franco on several occasions, plays Lord George Jeffreys, the infamous and merciless judge and Lord Chancellor in England torn by strife between the reigning King James II and William of Orange. ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
exploitation, judge, witchcraft, torture, executioner, dishonesty, courtroom drama, false accusation, female nudity, attempted rape, tragic hero, life is a bitch ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Drama, History, Horror, Thriller
Country: West Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In 1700s Austria, a witch-hunter's apprentice has doubts about the righteousness of witch-hunting when he witnesses the brutality, the injustice, the falsehood, the torture and the arbitrary killing that go with the job.
Style:
disturbing, slasher, dramatic, bleak, satanic ...
Plot:
witch, exploitation, supernatural, black magic, violent, monster, witchcraft, devil, occult, violence, torture, inquisition ...
Time:
middle ages
Place:
austria, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man with a troubled past tries to settle down in a small town, finds love and then ends up being the target of a witch hunt.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating
Plot:
small town, false accusation, diner, bigotry, teenage girl, starting over, haunted by the past, life turned upside down, injustice, social relations, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa, new hampshire
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: France
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
A reconstruction of the trial of Joan of Arc based entirely on the transcripts of the real-life trial, concerning Joan's imprisonment, interrogation and final execution at the hands of the English.
Style:
depressing, fairy tale, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
joan of arc, courtroom drama, courtroom, inquisition, burned at the stake, saint, medieval, martyrdom, burned alive, catholic, female warrior, court ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
On Mayday 1998 in the town of Dunwich, Massachusetts, Elizabeth gathers together a group of specially selected friends for a rather odd party. It turns out that she is the descendent of a malevolent witch named Lilith who was burned at the stake ...
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, scary, slasher ...
Plot:
witch, resurrection, evil witch, possessed woman, supernatural, supernatural ability, teenage life, curses spells and rituals, youth, vengeance, demonic possession, gay ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, 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:
exciting, dark fantasy, epic, scenic, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
magic, sword and sorcery, good versus evil, supernatural, witch, wizards and magicians, curses spells and rituals, chosen one, monster, supernatural ability, demon, young heroes ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, Portugal
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Isabel and Clara are growing up in a time of terror. It is 1492, and Spain has decreed that all Jews must either convert to Catholicism, go into exile or face trial and execution. Although forcibly baptized, the sisters are chased through ...
Style:
bleak, intense, disturbing, stylized
Plot:
spanish inquisition, marriage, anti semitism, religions or cults, love, runaway, inquisition, saving a life, violence, witch hunt, male objectification, exploitation ...
Time:
15th century
Place:
spain, italy, istanbul turkey
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A sexually repressed school teacher releases her pent up passions in a series of shocking crimes.
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, sexual, disturbing ...
Plot:
female nudity, teacher, life & death, lust, female psychopath, obsession, countryside, village, teachers and students, couples, opposites attract, society ...
Time:
60s
Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis, and he was a hero. But when they accused him of supporting the communists, he retired to Australia. Now, after a US super secret super weapon is stolen, he's asked to come ...
Style:
parody, witty, humorous, semi serious, patriotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
superhero, villain, satire, good versus evil, superhuman powers, save the world, secret identity, misfit, escapades, rivalry, undercover, fighting crime ...
Place:
new york, usa, australia, manhattan new york city, sydney australia
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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:
serious, realistic, thought provoking, rough, neo noir ...
Plot:
politics, injustice, fall in love, state affairs, espionage, army investigation, life is a bitch, society, betrayal, legal investigation, law enforcement, legal ...
Time:
60s, 50s, year 1952, year 1962, year 1968
Place:
san francisco, california, usa, hong kong
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The eternal Hercules in this film has gone way beyond his usual time and place in ancient Greece and is now helping Poland free itself of Mongol invaders in the 12th century. Mark Forest is the star of this peplum epic, Hercules Against The ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, campy, cult film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
warrior, hercules, heroes, rescue, battles, military, rivalry, escapades, superhero, battle zone, legends and myths, dwarf ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century
Place:
europe, poland
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