20 movies like The Devil's Backbone, ordered by similarity : Picnic at Hanging Rock(1975), The Orphanage(2007), The Awakening(2011), Living Is Easy With Eyes Closed(2013), Wake Wood(2011), Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children(2016), Girl Flu(2016), Down a Dark Hall(2018), The Devil's Doorway(2018), Ghost Stories(2017), The Ghost of St. Michael's(1941), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark(2019) ...
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1975
110 Minutes
Rachel Roberts Dominic Guard Helen Morse Jacki Weaver Vivean Gray Kirsty Child Anne Louise Lambert Tony Llewellyn-Jones
student young girl young boy headmistress teacher police officer eerie emotional australia boarding school field rock formation town school young love landmark disappearance loss mystery mystery
In turn-of-the-century Australia, three young schoolgirls wander away from a school picnic and become lost in the bush.
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
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.
Drama
Spain
2013
108 Minutes
Francesc Colomer Javier Cámara Ramon Fontserè Natalia de Molina Rogelio Fernández Jorge Sanz Ariadna Gil Violeta Rodríguez
teacher fan pregnant woman teen boy runaway cheery dreamy emotional fascinating heartwarming inspiring spain car road school family home freedom growing up fanaticism running away
In Spain in 1966, an English teacher picks up two hitchhikers on his quest to meet John Lennon.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Ireland|UK
2011
90 Minutes
Eva Birthistle Aidan Gillen Dan Gordon Ruth McCabe Timothy Spall Ella Connolly Amelia Crowley Brian Gleeson
mother father daughter dog village elder dark eerie emotional shocking thrilling rural community car house woods yard northern ireland death of a child paganism ritual grief
The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.
Adventure, Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
USA|UK|Belgium|Canada
2016
121 Minutes
Eva Green Asa Butterfield Samuel L. Jackson Judi Dench Rupert Everett Allison Janney Chris O'Dowd Terence Stamp Ella Purnell Finlay MacMillan Lauren McCrostie
young boy girl headmistress superhuman grandfather student fascinating creative cool house under the sea school yard attic office mysterious strangers super powers self-discovery acceptance danger
When Jacob (Asa Butterfield) discovers clues to a mystery that stretches across time, he finds Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. But the danger deepens after he gets to know the residents and learns about their special powers.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2016
92 Minutes
Katee Sackhoff Jade Pettyjohn Heather Matarazzo Jeremy Sisto Judy Reyes Diego Josef Isaiah Mustafa Jonah Beres
young girl mother sister classmate friend young boy cheeky amusing emotional california school house classroom bathroom bedroom menstruation growing up immaturity friendship self-esteem
Bird, 12, has to become a woman whether she wants to or not when - in the worst week of her life - she gets her first period, is ditched by her impulsive, free spirited mom, and learns that you can never really go back to The Valley.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Spain|USA
2018
96 Minutes
AnnaSophia Robb Uma Thurman Isabelle Fuhrman Rosie Day Taylor Russell Kirsty Mitchell Rebecca Front Victoria Moroles Noah Silver Jim Sturgeon David Elliot
teenager headmistress superhuman friend family member uneasy endearing thrilling suspenseful intricate boarding school classroom bedroom dorm dormitory super powers trapped boarding-school life friendship mystery
A troubled teen named Kit Gordy is forced to join the exclusive Blackwood Boarding School, just to find herself trapped by dark forces around its mysterious headmistress, Madame Duret.
Horror
2018
77 Minutes
Lalor Roddy Ciaran Flynn Helena Bereen Lauren Coe Dearbhail Carr Carleen Melaugh
priest nun resident ghost possessed woman eerie uneasy thrilling creepy gripping church asylum boardinghouse bedroom office northern ireland haunting possession ghosts demons
When two priests investigate a miracle in an Irish home for unwed mothers in 1960, they discover that one of the residents is possessed by the devil.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2017
97 Minutes
Martin Freeman Andy Nyman Paul Whitehouse Alex Lawther Paul Warren Kobna Holdbrook-Smith Nicholas Burns Louise Atkins
professor ghost victim psychologist priest ghost hunter chilling dark thrilling creepy uneasy england woods house office trailer ghost stories psychology haunting haunted by the past
Skeptical professor Phillip Goodman embarks on a trip to the terrifying after being given a file with details of three unexplained cases of apparitions.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1941
82 Minutes
Will Hay Claude Hulbert Charles Hawtrey Raymond Huntley Felix Aylmer Elliott Mason John Laurie Hay Petrie Roddy Hughes Manning Whiley Derek Blomfield
science teacher headmaster schoolboy undercover agent sergeant ghost creepy amusing witty madcap thrilling engaging scotland school ancient curse school nazis murder survival suspicion
A hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|Mexico
2019
111 Minutes
Zoe Colletti Michael Garza Gabriel Rush Austin Abrams Dean Norris Gil Bellows Austin Zajur Natalie Ganzhorn Lorraine Toussaint Kathleen Pollard Deborah Pollitt
teenager ghost friend police officer monster dark creepy gripping frightening uneasy thrilling school house classroom field police station barn ghosts paranormal events escape
On Halloween 1968, Stella and her two friends meet a mysterious drifter, Ramón, and uncover a sinister notebook of stories.
Drama
USA|Germany
2018
114 Minutes
Laura Dern Elizabeth Debicki Laura Allen Jason Ritter Ellen Burstyn Common Frances Conroy John Heard Tina Parker Isabella Amara Isabelle Nélisse
journalist professor mother coach boyfriend emotional disheartening moving profound uneasy intense house farm childhood home school child abuse molestation going home past crimes repression
A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2019
93 Minutes
Linda Cardellini Roman Christou Jaynee-Lynne Kinchen Raymond Cruz Marisol Ramirez Patricia Velasquez Sean Patrick Thomas Tony Amendola Irene Keng Oliver Alexander Aiden Lewandowski
ghost mother social worker priest child victim creepy dark thrilling suspenseful chilling church house car los angeles crime scene ghost stories ghosts folklore haunting
Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own children are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving the legendary ghost La Llorona is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA|Germany
2016
140 Minutes
Dane DeHaan Jason Isaacs Mia Goth Celia Imrie Adrian Schiller Harry Groener Johannes Krisch Magnus Krepper Carl Lumbly Lisa Banes Ivo Nandi
executive ceo doctor patient staff member native brooding creepy dark tense eerie frightening swiss alps spa laboratory castle basement train treatment insanity
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 treatments are not what they seem.
Drama
2018
95 Minutes
Karine Teles Otávio Muller Adriana Esteves Konstantinos Sarris César Troncoso Mateus Solano Camilo Pellegrini Ariclenes Barroso Pablo Riera Lucas Gouvêa
mother father child brother sister teen boy touching emotional amusing charming cheeky moving rio de janeiro house school beach car auditorium leaving home mother/son relationship
On the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, Irene has only a few days to overcome her anxiety about sending her eldest son out into the world on his own.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Iran|France
2016
125 Minutes
Shahab Hosseini Taraneh Alidoosti Babak Karimi Farid Sajjadi Hosseini Mina Sadati Maral Bani Adam Mehdi Kooshki Emad Emami Shirin Aghakashi Mojtaba Pirzadeh Sahra Asadollahe
husband wife tenant actor intruder bleak brooding emotional gripping touching intense tehran, iran apartment building apartment stage theater school violence domestic life mysterious strangers
While both participating in a production of "Death of a Salesman," a teacher's wife is assaulted in her new home, which leaves him determined to find the perpetrator over his wife's traumatized objections.
Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
2014
81 Minutes
Steve Carell Jennifer Garner Ed Oxenbould Dylan Minnette Kerris Dorsey Megan Mullally Bella Thorne Sidney Fullmer Mekai Matthew Curtis Lincoln Melcher Elise Vargas
teen boy mother father sister brother friend campy cheeky amusing house bedroom school car chemistry class restaurant bad luck growing up family friendship school
Alexander's day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. However, he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother and sister - who all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
Anime, Fantasy
Japan
2018
120 Minutes
orphan grandmother friend classmate ghost spirit playful cheery cheeky amusing emotional inn school classroom japan village kitchen ghosts business family
After losing her parents in a car accident, Okko starts living in the countryside with her grandmother who runs a traditional Japanese inn. While she prepares to be the next owner of the inn, Okko can somehow see friendly ghosts.