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Sinister movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant sinister movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out sinister, suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark and atmospheric films and TV shows about / with macabre, supernatural, blood, murder, supernatural horror, ghost, fear, danger, chase and violence plots mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as sinister: Sinister (2012), Martyrs (2008), Get Out (2017), A Cure for Wellness (2016), Tailgate (2019), Suspiria (2018), Devil in the Lake (2022), Dark Vision (2015), Amityville Vampire (2021), Delicious (2025).
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List of sinister movies
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 ...
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119K
Genre: Horror
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Style:
disturbing, creepy, brutal, bloody, extreme horror ...
Plot:
torture, violence, revenge, child abuse, kidnapping, gory, brutality, death, abuse, torment, violent, hardcore ...
Time:
year 2008, year 2000, turn of the century, 2000s, year 1971 ...
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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
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they ...
Style:
gothic, psychological, dark, suspense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
therapist, cure, patient, capitalism, health, slut, capitalist, nubile girl, sauna, hospital, spa, lust ...
Time:
year 2016, future, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
swiss alps, switzerland, alps, america, germany ...
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A cocksure, road-raging family man finds himself pursued and terrorized by the vengeful van driver he chooses to tailgate.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, brutal, disturbing, slasher ...
Plot:
driving, brutality, mental disorder, murder, car chase, stalker, on the road, violence, mentally unstable, evil man, threat, woman in danger ...
Place:
netherlands
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104K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A young ballet dancer travels to a prestigious dance academy in Europe, only to discover it is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of increasingly grisly murders.
Style:
suspense, psychological horror, dark, sinister, avant garde ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
ritual sacrifice, dead woman, curse, witchcraft, secret, paranormal phenomena, mysterious event, corporal punishment, occult, good versus evil, spiritualism, witch ...
Time:
year 1977, year 1948, 70s, year 1943, post world war two
Place:
berlin germany, west berlin west germany, italy, ohio, east berlin
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Genre: Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Bo Young moves into the mansion of the previously wealthy grandmother, Wang, as a caregiver with a dangerous intention. Mother Kim, the only blood relative of Wang who hired Bo Young, sets conditions such as 'Do not bring anyone, especially ...
Style:
sinister, suspenseful, psychological horror, creepy, mysterious ...
Plot:
lake, haunted house, supernatural, paranormal, mansion, paranormal phenomena, fear, macabre, old mansion, supernatural horror, ghost, threat ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
TV host Spencer Knights puts his crew in peril by invoking an ancient evil whilst attempting to win the paranormal competition, 'Dark Vision' in the sprawling catacombs beneath a remote gothic tower...
Style:
sinister, gothic, creepy, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
found footage, paranormal, female nudity, evil, woman on top, supernatural, tv host, good versus evil, evil spirit, darkness, paranormal phenomena, haunted house ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Young women succumb to an ancient vampire curse at Red Moon Lake.
Style:
sinister, suspenseful, scary, natural horror, dread ...
Plot:
curse, supernatural, murder of a nude woman, superhuman powers, demon, evil spirit, evil, supernatural power, curses spells and rituals, supernatural horror, death, supernatural being ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
During their vacation in the French countryside, a wealthy German family becomes entangled with a young hotel worker harboring sinister intentions.
Style:
psychological thriller, sinister, tense, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, wealthy family, secrets, manipulation, moral ambiguity, domestic drama, family conflict, isolation, haunting, betrayal, cat and mouse, intimate ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
europe, marseille
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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
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438K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, scary, suspense, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, date night
Plot:
serial killer, high school, teenager, psychopath, maniac, small town, masked killer, murder, woman in danger, teenage life, brutality, twists and turns ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lauren and Anthony hire a new midwife after their last one mysteriously vanishes, but things may not be as they seem.
Style:
sinister, creepy, psychological thriller, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
midwife, pregnancy, psychological manipulation, secret past, manipulation, female protagonist, deception, paranoia, family drama, newborn, isolation, intimate ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.
Style:
surreal, creepy, dark, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien, extraterrestrial, human prey, disguise, femme fatale, nudity, seduction, nightclub, creature, deformity, arthouse horror, female nudity ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, year 2014, 21st century
Place:
scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
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261K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, futuristic, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, supernatural, catastrophe, cataclysm, prophecy, foreknowledge, metaphysics, professor, prediction, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
year 2009, future, september 11 2001, 20th century, year 1959 ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, new york, usa
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424K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult, horror for children
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, afterlife, plot twist, isolation, supernatural horror, nightmare, mansion, mysterious character, spiritualism, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, year 1945, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place:
persia, america, europe, english channel, england
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Spain, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book, 'The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom' brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.
Style:
gothic, satanic, dark, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
occult, devil, supernatural, collector, investigation, obsession, satanic ritual, curses spells and rituals, chase, danger, secret society, book ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, europe, france, portugal, spain ...
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123K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style:
scary, tense, frightening, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
zombie, macabre, stephen king, indian burial ground, supernatural horror, grave robbing, killer child, cemetery, back from the dead, death, creepy child, ghost ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
maine, usa, chicago, new england
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520K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Scientists in the Antarctic are confronted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of the people it kills.
Style:
scary, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
manly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, isolation, survival, creature, body horror, alien, fear, paranoia, snow, ufo, suspicion, supernatural ...
Time:
year 1982, 80s, 20th century
Place:
antarctica, antarctic, south pole
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194K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken ...
Style:
scary, psychological, suspense, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children, adult
Plot:
poltergeist, haunted house, supernatural, ghost, psychic, suburban life, suburbs, child in peril, children, parallel world, television, supernatural power ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
california
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Barbara Hershey stars as Carla Moran, a hard-working single mother until the night she is raped in her bedroom by someone - or something - that she cannot see. Despite skeptical psychiatrists, she is repeatedly attacked in her car, in the bath, and ...
Style:
creepy, terrifying, scary, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual abuse, rape, demon rape, female nudity, paranormal phenomena, sexual assault, ghost, haunted, invisibility, torment, woman in jeopardy, sex crime ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A commitment-shy New York fashion model moves into an old brownstone apartment, meets her weird neighbours and discovers she’s sitting on the gateway to Hell.
Style:
scary, creepy, gothic, suspense, satanic ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, devil, secret society, model, occult, investigation, supernatural horror, murder, hell, demon ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, italy, new york, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
TV show
Story:
Motel Melati was originally an old Dutch colonial estate which was converted into an inn. The house was once owned by a local doctor named Kusno, who secretly performed inhumane experiments on cadavers. After the arrival of Melati, a young village ...
Style:
sinister, suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological horror ...
Plot:
haunting, ghost, guesthouse, motel, confronting the past, secret, supernatural horror, hotel, troubled past, house, violence, female nudity ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1997
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As the coronavirus upends their lives, two detectives doggedly pursue those responsible for an abduction they realize is part of a sinister pattern.
Style:
dark, sinister, captivating, dramatic, enigmatic ...
Plot:
pandemic, forest, homicide detective, female detective, job, mining, small town, criminal, corpse, abduction, dead woman, child abduction ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
spain, europe
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Genre: Horror
Country: Vietnam
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After suffering a family tragedy, a widower named Thanh moves his two daughters to a centuries-old ancestral home. Both daughters fall prey to sleep paralysis and night terrors. Their father seeks the help of a local psychologist, but chilling ...
Style:
sinister, suspenseful, gothic horror, disturbing, thrilling ...
Plot:
insomnia, terror, family tragedy, tragic event, tragedy, undercover, dysfunctional family, family secret, secret, psychologist, sleeping, loss of wife ...
Place:
vietnam
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Catherine Clare reluctantly trades life in 1980s Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George lands a job teaching art history at a small Hudson Valley college. Even as she does her best to transform ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, sinister, gothic horror, captivating ...
Plot:
haunted house, husband murders wife, ghost, terror, supernatural, haunted, supernatural horror, nightmare, small town, doll, paranormal activity, dark secret ...
Time:
80s, 2020s, year 1980, year 1979, 20th century ...
Place:
manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
28K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A small-town cop suspects that the local school for troubled teens — and its dangerously charismatic founder — may not be all it seems.
Style:
sinister, tense, suspense, dark, creepy ...
Plot:
small town, psychological manipulation, investigation, moral ambiguity, corruption, boarding school, conspiracy, loss of innocence, abuse of power, identity, haunting, isolation ...
Place:
vermont, canada
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835K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, suspense, space horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, strong female character, space travel, creature, female warrior, survival, space and aliens, outer space, monster, space, creature feature, spaceship ...
Time:
22nd century, 20th century, year 1986, future
Place:
space western
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Step into the abyss of fear with a spine-chilling horror/thriller feature film anthology. Uncover tales of demonic entities, the paranormal, ancient creature gods, and unknown mysteries. Explore the depths of terror in this gripping experience. ...
Style:
suspense, dark, sinister, anthology, demonic ...
Plot:
creature, macabre, paranormal, haunting, supernatural, occult, possession, ancient, cosmic horror, ritual, violent, claustrophobia ...
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113
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A decade after her mother's murder, Riley Canterbury must return home, after her neglectful, carnival owner father has gone missing. She soon realizes things in this small New England town are much stranger and sinister than she remembered.
Style:
creepy, sinister, psychological, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
carnival, cursed object, occult, supernatural, nightmare, small town, missing person, dream, macabre, ritual sacrifice, secrets, investigation ...
Place:
new england
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