20 movies like Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, ordered by similarity : Lights Out(2016), Annabelle Comes Home(2019), Get Out(2017), A Quiet Place(2018), The Dead Room(2015), The House With a Clock in Its Walls(2018), Before I Wake(2016), Awaiting(2015), Don't Breathe(2016), It(2017), Bhoothnath(2008), Oculus(2013) ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
USA|Australia|Mexico
2010
99 Minutes
Katie Holmes Guy Pearce Bailee Madison Jack Thompson Garry McDonald Alan Dale Julia Blake
child father girlfriend creature thrilling tense creepy haunted house mansion basement creatures house building haunted houses pursuit escape 2000s
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend believes that she has released creatures from a sealed ash pit in the basement of her new home.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2016
77 Minutes
Teresa Palmer Gabriel Bateman Alexander DiPersia Billy Burke Maria Bello Alicia Vela-Bailey Andi Osho Rolando Boyce Maria Russell Elizabeth Pan Lotta Losten
woman brother creature friend family member parent creepy dark intense house bedroom car office school street nightmares creatures danger stress survival
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
106 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Mckenna Grace Madison Iseman Katie Sarife Michael Cimino Samara Lee Kenzie Caplan Sade Katarina Michael Patrick McGill Brittany Hoza
doll mother father daughter babysitter possessed person creepy uneasy frightening thrilling intense house bedroom living room haunted houses demonic possession family escape evil spirits escape
While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2017
104 Minutes
Daniel Kaluuya Allison Williams Catherine Keener Bradley Whitford Caleb Landry Jones Marcus Henderson Betty Gabriel LaKeith Stanfield Stephen Root Lil Rel Howery Ashley LeConte Campbell
african-american girlfriend mother father servant friend creepy dark intense apartment bedroom house yard car forest meeting interracial relationship strange behavior danger survival
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
New Zealand
2015
80 Minutes
Jed Brophy Jeffrey Thomas Laura Petersen
ghost family medium scientist evil spirit suspenseful engaging shocking bleak thrilling creepy house haunted house new zealand farm haunted houses ghosts evil spirits fighting evil danger
When a terrified family flees a desolate southern New Zealand farmhouse, two cynical scientists and a young psychic are sent to investigate their claims of a haunting. There they encounter ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
USA|Canada|India
2018
105 Minutes
Jack Black Cate Blanchett Owen Vaccaro Kyle MacLachlan Renee Elise Goldsberry Colleen Camp Sunny Suljic Lorenza Izzo Braxton Bjerken Vanessa Anne Williams Ricky Lynn Muse
orphan uncle neighbor witch creature dead person playful incredible uneasy eerie cheeky winsome house haunted house small town secret passageway walking dead witchcraft creatures doomsday device
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
2016
97 Minutes
Kate Bosworth Thomas Jane Annabeth Gish Dash Mihok Jacob Tremblay Jay Karnes Lance E. Nichols Kyla Deaver Hunter Wenzel
foster child mother father dead person creature family member dark creepy intense thrilling frightening house store bedroom living room car office loss adoption dreams
A man (Thomas Jane) and his wife (Kate Bosworth) experience the wondrous dreams and terrifying nightmares of their 8-year-old foster son (Jacob Tremblay).
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
UK
2015
95 Minutes
Diana Vickers Tony Curran Rupert Hill Peter Woodward Adrian Bouchet Sophie Lovell Anderson
lawyer father daughter fiancée accident victim man bleak brutal intense suspenseful creepy dark house woods hideout horror accident father/daughter relationship murder tradition
Deep in the English moors, a sociopath preys on innocent people, until one day his secrets are finally revealed and an inevitable confrontation is at hand.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Hungary
2016
88 Minutes
Jane Levy Dylan Minnette Daniel Zovatto Stephen Lang Emma Bercovici Franciska Töröcsik Christian Zagia Katia Bokor Sergej Onopko
young woman friend family member blind man veteran killer creepy dark intense detroit car restaurant house basement street friendship heist trapped danger survival
Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
135 Minutes
Jaeden Martell Jeremy Ray Taylor Sophia Lillis Finn Wolfhard Chosen Jacobs Jack Dylan Grazer Wyatt Oleff Bill Skarsgård Nicholas Hamilton Jake Sim Logan Thompson
clown victim killer child friend sibling brooding chilling disturbing frightening suspenseful uneasy derry, maine sewer house school woods horror monsters evil
An estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Fantasy, Comedy, Drama
India
2008
140 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Juhi Chawla Shah Rukh Khan Satish Shah Rajpal Yadav Aman Siddiqui Tejas Priyanshu Chatterjee
young man young woman husband wife child spirit emotional gripping intense suspenseful amusing hilarious house haunted house street spirit world haunted houses haunting sacrifice adventure
Moving into a new house, a family witnesses an unfriendly ghost who wants to drive them away from the house. However, he befriends a little boy who changes his outlook forever.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
105 Minutes
Karen Gillan Brenton Thwaites Katee Sackhoff Rory Cochrane Annalise Basso Garrett Ryan James Lafferty Miguel Sandoval Kate Siegel Scott P. Graham
brother evil spirit mother father sister doctor chilling creepy dark house clinic bedroom kitchen yard living room evil spirits haunted houses murder supernatural fear
A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Sci-Fi
USA
2018
124 Minutes
Sandra Bullock Trevante Rhodes Jacki Weaver Rosa Salazar Danielle Macdonald Lil Rel Howery Tom Hollander BD Wong Julian Edwards Vivien Lyra Blair Sarah Paulson
mother doctor child stranger creature brutal chilling frightening gripping forest river hospital house car abandoned house survival apocalypse fear death evil
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a mother and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Australia|Canada
2014
93 Minutes
Essie Davis Daniel Henshall Noah Wiseman Hayley McElhinney Barbara West Cathy Adamek Benjamin Winspear Craig Behenna
widow son monster intense somber thrilling shocking suspenseful brutal house child's room bedroom depression children's book monsters mother/son relationship fear horror films transformation mystery
A single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book titled "Mister Babadook" manifests in their home.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy
South Korea|USA
2017
118 Minutes
An Seo Hyun Tilda Swinton Jake Gyllenhaal Giancarlo Esposito Paul Dano Lily Collins Steven Yeun Shirley Henderson Devon Bostick Daniel Henshall
young girl pig creature ceo friend activist campy emotional intense south korea village forest new york city boardroom car genetic engineering creatures agriculture friendship escape
A young girl risks everything to prevent a powerful, multinational company from kidnapping her best friend - a fascinating beast named Okja.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Serbia|Canada
2019
87 Minutes
Kaya Scodelario Barry Pepper Morfydd Clark Ross Anderson Jose Palma George Somner Anson Boon Ami Metcalf Tina Pribicevic Srna Vasiljevic Colin McFarlane
young girl father alligator rescue worker intense gripping thrilling suspenseful florida house underwater hurricane natural disasters giant animals predators survival escape adventure pursuit 2010s
A young woman, while attempting to save her father during a category 5 hurricane, finds herself trapped in a flooding house and must fight for her life against alligators.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Ireland|UK|USA
2017
121 Minutes
Bill Camp Raffey Cassidy Denise Dal Vera Colin Farrell Barry Keoghan Nicole Kidman Alicia Silverstone Sunny Suljic Ming Wang Barry G. Bernson Herb Caillouet
surgeon mother child teen boy teen girl dead person dark creepy disturbing emotional tense uneasy suburb hospital house revenge mysterious illness psychology vendetta death of father
Steven, a charismatic surgeon, is forced to make an unthinkable sacrifice after his life starts to fall apart, when the behavior of a teenage boy he has taken under his wing turns sinister.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Other
USA|UK
2018
106 Minutes
Jamie Lee Curtis Judy Greer Andi Matichak Will Patton Virginia Gardner Nick Castle Haluk Bilginer James Jude Courtney Miles Robbins Dylan Arnold Drew Scheid
victim serial killer murderer rival psychopath creepy uneasy tense gory gripping thrilling haddonfield, ill. house forest mental institution suburb bus murder escape revenge
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
Fantasy
UK
1988
92 Minutes
Charlotte Burke Ben Cross Glenne Headly Elliott Spiers Gemma Jones Sarah Newbold
young girl father mother young boy friend dark creepy england house dreamworld dreams father/daughter relationship imagination art loneliness childhood pursuit discovery 1980s
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
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.