20 movies like Childish Games, ordered by similarity : The Possession(2012), Train to Busan(2016), It: Chapter Two(2019), The Strangers(2008), The Shelter(2015), Us(2019), Mirrors(2008), The Devil's Candy(2015), Amityville 1992: It's About Time(1992), It Comes at Night(2017), The Conjuring(2013), Pyewacket(2017) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Spain
2012
95 Minutes
Juan Diego Botto Bárbara Lennie Marc Rodríguez Agata Roca Nora Navas Mágica Pérez Cristina Azofra
little girl wife daughter frightening home evil games suicide mystery
Julia becomes an orphan and is taken in by Laura and Daniel, one of her father's childhood friends. The child makes Daniel remember the horrifying past he had chosen to bury.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2012
91 Minutes
Jeffrey Dean Morgan Kyra Sedgwick Natasha Calis Madison Davenport Grant Show Matisyahu Rob LaBelle Nana Gbewonyo Anna Hagan Brenda M. Crichlow Jay Brazeau
father ex-wife daughter girl evil spirit frightening dark household suburbia possession ancient curse parent/child relationship fighting evil divorce supernatural metamorphosis rescue 2010s
A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Action
South Korea
2016
118 Minutes
Gong Yoo Ma Dong-seok Woo-sik Choi Eui-sung Kim Su-an Kim Myung-sin Park Soo-jung Ye Gwi-hwa Choi
workaholic daughter ex-wife train passenger zombie brutal shocking thrilling suspenseful frightening raw train south korea train station train travel zombie movies horror survival father/daughter relationship adventure
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2019
169 Minutes
Jessica Chastain James McAvoy Bill Hader Isaiah Mustafa Jay Ryan James Ransone Andy Bean Bill Skarsgård Jaeden Martell Wyatt Oleff Jack Dylan Grazer
clown alien young boy teen girl writer zombie chilling creepy campy disturbing somber spirited derry, maine chinese restaurant sewer family home carnival canal evil spirits friendship
Defeated by members of the Losers' Club, the evil clown Pennywise returns 27 years later to terrorize the town of Derry, Maine. Now adults, the united Losers must conquer their deepest fears to destroy the shape-shifting Pennywise once and for all.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2008
85 Minutes
Liv Tyler Scott Speedman Gemma Ward Kip Weeks Laura Margolis Glenn Howerton Alex Fisher Peter Clayton-Luce
masked torturer woman man stranger friend couple creepy dark disturbing frightening tense vacation home torture mystery isolation home invasion intruders violence escape quest
A young couple staying in an isolated vacation home are terrorized by three unknown assailants.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
2015
77 Minutes
Michael Paré Lauren Alexandra Gayle James Thomas Johnston Rachel G. Whittle Amy Wickenheiser Brigette Rose John Fallon
widower homeless person mysterious man evil spirit wife daughter creepy dark intense graveyard street house bathroom bedroom kitchen loss grief isolation danger stress
A homeless man (Michael Paré) finds shelter in a lavish and abandoned house. He soon discovers he is not alone and the house will not allow him to leave.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Japan|USA
2019
116 Minutes
Lupita Nyong'o Winston Duke Elisabeth Moss Tim Heidecker Yahya Abdul-Mateen II Anna Diop Evan Alex Shahadi Wright Joseph Madison Curry Cali Sheldon Noelle Sheldon
husband son daughter masked man stranger uneasy frightening creepy gory brutal chilling beach beach house car woods bedroom living room home invasion survival family
During her family's move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Romania|Germany
2008
112 Minutes
Kiefer Sutherland Paula Patton Amy Smart Cameron Boyce Erica Gluck Mary Beth Peil John Shrapnel Jason Flemyng Tim Ahern Julian Glover Josh Cole
ex-cop security guard wife son daughter spirit chilling disturbing frightening mental institution department store family home apartment morgue new york city ghosts murder alcoholism visions supernatural
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
80 Minutes
Ethan Embry Shiri Appleby Pruitt Taylor Vince Kiara Glasco J. Alan Nelson Mylinda Royer Jamie Tisdale Tony Amendola Arthur Dale
painter wife daughter heavy metal fan possessed person preacher chilling disturbing frightening frightful eerie tense texas demonic possession heavy metal mental illness antichrist moving horror discovery
School's out for summer... but not at the Bannister house! When their beloved dog Zeus (voiced by Mario Lopez) destroys a party planned by Belinda (Elisa Donovan), Grandma (Mindy Sterling) ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
1992
95 Minutes
Stephen Macht Shawn Weatherly Megan Ward Damon Martin Jonathan Penner Nita Talbot Dean Cochran Terrie Snell Margarita Franco Willie C. Carpenter Dick Miller
father girlfriend daughter son businessman chilling frightening thrilling amityville, n.y. mansion small town family home good versus evil possession supernatural secrets survival haunting mystery discovery
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
97 Minutes
Joel Edgerton Christopher Abbott Carmen Ejogo Riley Keough Kelvin Harrison Jr. Griffin Robert Faulkner David Pendleton Chase Joliet Mick O'Rourke
husband wife son refugee mother survivor bleak brooding creepy disturbing tense thrilling house woods basement forest home disease evil spirits mysterious illness
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
111 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Lili Taylor Ron Livingston Shanley Caswell Hayley McFarland Joey King Mackenzie Foy Kyla Deaver Shannon Kook John Brotherton
investigator demon hunter husband wife ghost daughter frightening suspenseful shocking tense creepy family home farmhouse rural community backyard paranormal ghosts haunted houses supernatural phenomenon ghost stories
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Canada
2017
90 Minutes
Nicole Muñoz Laurie Holden Chloe Rose Eric Osborne James McGowan Bianca Melchior
teen girl mother demon evil spirit brash chilling dark frightening thrilling home forest attic bedroom school death of father occult ritual deal with the devil curse revenge
A frustrated, angst-ridden teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Western
2018
86 Minutes
Caitlin Gerard Julia Goldani Telles Ashley Zukerman Miles Anderson Dylan McTee
woman husband ghost supernatural being newlywed couple creepy uneasy frightening thrilling intense wilderness frontier homestead supernatural mysterious strangers mystery relationships mystery adventure
When a frontierswoman in the 19th-century wilderness begins to sense a sinister presence, her dread is dismissed by her husband. But a newlywed couple arrives, amplifying fears and setting a shocking chain of events into motion.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2016
93 Minutes
Kevin Bacon Radha Mitchell Lucy Fry David Mazouz Ming-Na Paul Reiser Matt Walsh Jennifer Morrison
husband wife son daughter mystic evil spirit creepy dark intense frightening cave house yard grand canyon los angeles bedroom curse invasion evil spirits stress
A family unknowingly awakens an ancient supernatural entity on a Grand Canyon vacation, and must fight for survival when it follows them home.
Horror, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2017
91 Minutes
Lee Pace Carrie Coon Anna Diop Ray Baker Jane Daly Cliff Chamberlain Julian LaTourelle Ruby Moncrieff-Karten Lylah Raye Acosta
lawyer father estranged wife son ghost tense somber sad frightening engaging dark chilling family home death horror reunion forgiveness supernatural grief mystery
10 years after the death of their son, a divorced couple are suddenly reunited by supernatural events that offer them a chance at forgiveness.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Jill Larson Anne Ramsay Michelle Ang Ryan Cutrona Anne Bedian Brett Gentile Jeremy DeCarlos Tonya Bludsworth Julianne Taylor
alzheimer's patient old woman film producer mother daughter student eerie disturbing creepy dark offbeat frightening family home horror mystery found footage alzheimer's disease possession demons metamorphosis
An elderly woman battling Alzheimer's disease agrees to let a film crew document her condition, but what they discover is something far more sinister going on.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2014
86 Minutes
Rufus Sewell Alycia Debnam-Carey Jennifer Carpenter Colm Meaney Thomas McDonell Jane McNeill Leah Pipes Adelaide Kane
teen girl teen boy amish man amish woman sheriff devil dark creepy disturbing frightening amish farm america small town prophecy murder amish amish culture devil worship growing up discovery
A baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Canada
2012
109 Minutes
Ethan Hawke Vincent D'Onofrio James Ransone Fred Dalton Thompson Clare Foley Juliet Rylance Michael Hall D'Addario Victoria Leigh Nick King Rob Riley Tavis Smiley
writer wife son daughter professor frightening tense household town murder relocation writer's block supernatural discovery mystery 2010s
Washed-up true crime writer Ellison Oswalt finds a box of super 8 home movies in his new home that suggest the murder that he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose work dates back to the 1960s.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2019
95 Minutes
Bruce Davison Denise Crosby Elizabeth Roberts Arman Darbo Chloe Perrin Treva Etienne Eileen Dietz Matty Cardarople Grace Shen
family mother daughter son nurse elderly man spider frightening brooding suspenseful melodramatic intense creepy country house countryside horror spiders nursing evil mystery
Based on the centuries old poem, a family moves into a secluded mansion where they soon find themselves being targeted by an entity taking the form of a giant spider.
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.