20 movies like Nothing but the Night, ordered by similarity : The Orphanage(2007), Annabelle: Creation(2017), Orphan(2009), Tower of Evil(1972), The Wicker Man(1973), A Haunting At Silver Falls(2013), Angel Heart(1987), Suspiria(1977), Beast(2017), Saint Ange(2004), Lady of Csejte(2015), The Awakening(2011) ...
Horror
UK
1973
90 Minutes
Christopher Lee Peter Cushing Diana Dors Georgia Brown Keith Barron Fulton Mackay Gwyneth Strong
trustee investigator pathologist orphan prostitute colonel eerie suspenseful scotland island orphanage bus murder investigation cover-up hypnosis nightmares orphans mystery 1970s
Three rich trustees are murdered - appearing as suicides. When a bus filled with orphans and three other rich trustees has an "accident," Colonel Bingham investigates.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Spain|Mexico
2007
105 Minutes
Belén Rueda Fernando Cayo Geraldine Chaplin Montserrat Carulla Mabel Rivera Andrés Gertrúdix Roger Príncep Edgar Vivar
orphan husband son mother ghost old woman suspenseful emotional striking frightening spain orphanage haunted house beach shed cave orphans illness disappearance parenthood
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
109 Minutes
Stephanie Sigman Talitha Eliana Bateman Lulu Wilson Philippa Coulthard Grace Fulton Samara Lee Tayler Buck Anthony LaPaglia Miranda Otto Lou Lou Safran Alicia Vela-Bailey
doll toy maker wife nun orphan creepy dark disturbing eerie house orphanage bedroom hallway grief orphans death of a child evil spirits dolls discovery mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|Germany|France
2009
123 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Peter Sarsgaard Isabelle Fuhrman CCH Pounder Aryana Engineer Jimmy Bennett Margo Martindale Karel Roden Rosemary Dunsmore
mother father daughter son orphan nun dark suspenseful tense chilling orphanage household hospital family home loss adoption deception insanity marriage husband/wife relationship
A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.
Horror
UK|USA
1972
86 Minutes
Bryant Haliday Jill Haworth Anna Palk Jack Watson Mark Edwards Derek Fowlds
archaeologist private investigator ex-girlfriend wife husband fisherman chilling gripping suspenseful island boat underground crime scene hidden treasure investigation murder secrets archaeology survival discovery
A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1973
102 Minutes
Edward Woodward Christopher Lee Britt Ekland Diane Cilento Lindsay Kemp Ingrid Pitt Roy Boyd Donald Eccles
police officer magistrate daughter teacher cult member shocking disturbing suspenseful island school scotland paganism missing persons investigation ritual sacrifice sexual repression religion temptation mystery sacrifice
A puritan Police Sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl who the locals claim never existed.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
96 Minutes
Alix Elizabeth Gitter James Ralph Erick Avari Steve Bacic Jade Ramsey James C. Burns Nikita Ramsey Tadhg Kelly Tara Westwood James Cavlo
orphan uncle young girl murder victim murderer ghost creepy dark dreamy suspenseful touching thrilling united states countryside country house village small town murder murder investigation ghosts
A small town is haunted by the twin daughters of a wrongfully convicted man. Young Jordan is sent down the path to who the real killer is, only to find the killer is very close to her.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA
1987
113 Minutes
Mickey Rourke Robert De Niro Lisa Bonet Charlotte Rampling Stocker Fontelieu Brownie McGhee Michael Higgins Charles Gordone Kathleen Wilhoite
private investigator singer daughter satan magician dark gripping suspenseful new york city new orleans hotel racetrack mystery murder secret detective voodoo investigation mystery pursuit
A private investigator is hired by a man who calls himself Louis Cyphre to track down a singer named Johnny Favorite. But the investigation takes an unexpected and somber turn.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1977
92 Minutes
Jessica Harper Stefania Casini Joan Bennett Eva Axén Flavio Bucci Udo Kier Alida Valli Susanna Javicoli
schoolgirl ballerina teacher witch student suspenseful disturbing frightening boarding school dorm dressing room germany apartment building forest witchcraft murder mystery conspiracy ballet discovery
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
UK|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Jessie Buckley Geraldine James Johnny Flynn Charley Palmer Rothwell Hattie Gotobed Shannon Tarbet Emily Taaffe Olwen Fouere Oliver Maltman Trystan Gravelle Tim Woodward
tour guide poacher police detective sister golfer uneasy tense suspenseful shocking intense gripping disturbing creepy island great britain murder murder accusation family sister relationship misfits
The adventures of writer Newt Scamander in New York's secret community of witches and wizards seventy years before Harry Potter reads his book in school.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
France
2004
92 Minutes
Virginie Ledoyen Lou Doillon Catriona MacColl Dorina Lazar Jérôme Soufflet Virginie Darmon
ghost cleaning lady orphan director server creepy dark chilling french alps orphanage haunting pregnancy unusual behavior secret supernatural mystery discovery 1950s
In 1958, in the French Alps, a young servant, Anna Jurin, arrives at Saint Ange Orphanage to work with Helena while the orphans are moved to new families. Anna, who is secretly pregnant, ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Russia
2015
107 Minutes
Svetlana Khodchenkova Isabelle Allen Lia Sinchevici Ada Condeescu Pavel Derevyanko Claudiu Trandafir Lucas Bond Paul Diaconescu
orphan child countess villain woman sibling dark thrilling suspenseful gripping emotional shocking transylvania market castle dark secrets fear orphans danger fighting evil
Based on a story of Countess Bathory, a serial killer in 16th century Transylvania who supposedly killed hundreds of children.
Horror
UK
2011
107 Minutes
Rebecca Hall Dominic West Imelda Staunton Isaac Hempstead-Wright Shaun Dooley Joseph Mawle Lucy Cohu John Shrapnel Diana Kent Richard Durden Alfie Field
ghost hunter ghost young boy man investigator dark brooding tense suspenseful eerie disturbing boys school united kingdom haunting ghosts ghost stories investigation discovery adventure mystery
In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Italy
1975
126 Minutes
David Hemmings Daria Nicolodi Gabriele Lavia Clara Calamai Macha Méril Glauco Mauri Eros Pagni Giuliana Calandra
music teacher reporter killer creepy gory dark italy household murder mystery investigation serial murders quest mystery 1960s
A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.
Horror
UK
1967
99 Minutes
Gig Young Carol Lynley Oliver Reed Flora Robson Judith Arthy
husband wife townsperson crazy person cousin aunt chilling dark eerie island new england house mill murder investigation family history secret mystery escape 1960s
A series of horrific murders is traced to a creature that inhabits a very strange house.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Canada
2004
94 Minutes
Katharine Isabelle Emily Perkins Nathaniel Arcand David MacInnis JR Bourne Hugh Dillon Brendan Fletcher David La Haye Adrian Dorval Tom McCamus Mathew Walker
werewolf settler native american sister orphan dark eerie suspenseful canada forest fort camp werewolves pioneering sister relationship suspicion frontier life metamorphosis discovery 1810s
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigette and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1959
84 Minutes
Peter Cushing Andre Morell Christopher Lee Marla Landi Miles Malleson John Le Mesurier David Oxley Francis De Wolff Sam Kydd Helen Goss Michael Mulcaster
heir sherlock holmes doctor watson aristocrat escaped convict dog suspenseful crafty eerie mansion countryside england 221b baker street murder case revenge investigation supernatural family history mystery quest
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Czech Republic|UK
2001
121 Minutes
Johnny Depp Allen Hughes Heather Graham Ian Holm Robbie Coltrane Ian Richardson Jason Flemyng Katrin Cartlidge Terence Harvey Susan Lynch Lesley Sharp
jack the ripper private investigator prostitute artist detective chief inspector religious fanatic creepy gory frightening chilling thrilling suspenseful london street police station hospital big city brothel serial murders tabloid journalism
In Victorian-era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders of Jack the Ripper.
Horror
USA
1943
71 Minutes
Tom Conway Kim Hunter Jean Brooks Hugh Beaumont Erford Gage Isabel Jewell Marguerita Sylva Evelyn Brent Mary Newton Jamesson Shade Eve March
young woman sister psychiatrist husband cult member brooding eerie new york city greenwich village apartment investigation missing persons occult siblings murder satanism mystery quest fall escape
A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.
Horror
1972
89 Minutes
Shelley Winters Mark Lester Chloe Franks Ralph Richardson Lionel Jeffries Hugh Griffith Rosalie Crutchley Pat Heywood Judy Cornwell Michael Gothard Marianne Stone
widow orphan sister brother headmistress guest eerie tense offbeat brooding mansion party england nursery insanity kidnapping death of child murder dark secrets mind games
A British magician's widow (Shelley Winters) scares an orphan brother (Mark Lester) and sister (Chloe Franks) ; they respond like Hansel and Gretel.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Mexico|Spain
2001
106 Minutes
Marisa Paredes Eduardo Noriega Federico Luppi Fernando Tielve Irene Visedo Iñigo Garcés José Manuel Lorenzo Francisco Maestre
boy professor headmistress caretaker eerie emotional spain boarding school spanish civil war orphanage boarding-school life ghosts fate discovery adventure mystery 1930s
After Carlos - a 12-year-old whose father has died in the Spanish Civil War - arrives at an ominous boys' orphanage, he discovers the school is haunted and has many dark secrets which he must uncover.