20 movies like Dark House, ordered by similarity : Compound Fracture(2014), Time Without Pity(1957), Artik(2019), Before I Hang(1940), Papillon(2017), Jaws 2(1978), Dark Was the Night(2014), Terror by Night(1946), The Babadook(2014), The Stranger(2014), A Dark Place(2018), Sometimes Always Never(2018) ...
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2014
103 Minutes
Luke Kleintank Alex McKenna Zack Ward Lacey Anzelc Ethan S. Smith Lesley-Anne Down Tobin Bell Anthony Rey Perez
father son gory suspenseful asylum united states knowledge fate memories mystery
Nick learns his father is alive and knows the origins of his son's dark gift. He leaves to find his father and finds an abandoned mansion he thought only existed in his memories.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2014
90 Minutes
Tyler Mane Muse Watson Derek Mears Leslie Easterbrook Susan Angelo Jelly Howie Daniel Roebuck Todd Farmer Renae Geerlings Alex Saxon
man sister murder victim son father ghost bleak shocking thrilling brutal suspenseful engaging murder horror family dysfunction father/son relationship fear escape mystery pursuit
Michael left home when he was a teenager and never looked back. Now, after the death of his sister, Chloe, he's returning home with his fiancee Juliette and his angst ridden nephew Brandon.... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1957
88 Minutes
father convict girlfriend wealthy man wife son suspenseful dark melodramatic london england countryside prison mansion courtroom murder investigation wrongfully accused father/son relationship vigilantism cover-up
The day before a young man is to be executed for killing his girlfriend, his alcoholic father shows up to try to prove his innocence.
Horror
USA
2019
78 Minutes
Chase Williamson Jerry G. Angelo Lauren Ashley Carter Matt Mercer David Robbins Gavin White Kari White Cyrus Dodson-Sands
serial killer father son mysterious man bleak brutal dark disturbing frightening gripping united states crime scene warehouse murder father/son relationship serial murders fear deviant behavior growing up mystery
A comic book obsessed serial killer teaches his son how to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1940
71 Minutes
mad scientist doctor prisoner daughter police captain fiancé creepy dark eerie suspenseful prison laboratory house death row aging scientific experiments murder prison life euthanasia father/daughter relationship
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
USA
1978
117 Minutes
Roy Scheider Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton Joseph Mascolo Jeffrey Kramer Collin Wilcox Paxton Ann Dusenberry Mark Gruner Barry Coe Susan French Gary Springer
sheriff mayor real estate developer son father shark tense gory thrilling frightening new england island beach small town amity island animal attack white shark investigation father/son relationship tourism
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2014
98 Minutes
Kevin Durand Lukas Haas Bianca Kajlich Nick Damici Sabina Gadecki Steve Agee Heath Freeman Billy Paterson
logger sheriff deputy townsperson monster father brutal dark disturbing frightening gripping uneasy woods united states small town church forest unexplained phenomenon curse missing persons
An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1946
60 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Nigel Bruce Alan Mowbray Dennis Hoey Renee Godfrey Mary Forbes Billy Bevan Frederick Worlock Leland Hodgson Geoffrey Steele Boyd Davis
sherlock holmes doctor watson major son lady villain suspenseful crafty london train station train compartment car jewelry theft murder false accusations impersonation mother/son relationship investigation mystery
When the fabled Star of Rhodesia diamond is stolen on a London to Edinburgh train and the son of its owner is murdered, Sherlock Holmes must discover which of his suspicious fellow passengers is responsible.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Chile
2014
93 Minutes
Lorenza Izzo Ariel Levy Aaron Burns Cristobal Tapia Montt Luis Gnecco Nicolás Durán Alessandra Guerzoni Pablo Vila
drifter teenager thug lieutenant single mother somber brutal creepy frightening gory suspenseful small town cemetery hospital country road country house chile disease death of brother family
A mysterious man arrives in a small American town seeking his wife, though his presence plunges the community into a bloodbath.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
2018
89 Minutes
Andrew Scott Bronagh Waugh Christa Beth Campbell J.D. Evermore Catherine Dyer Sandra Ellis Lafferty Jason Davis Griff Furst
garbage collector boy detective single father suspect mother engaging gripping suspenseful thrilling brooding gritty town office small town united states forest crime scene missing persons mysterious deaths
When a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation.
Drama, Comedy
Spain
2018
91 Minutes
Bill Nighy Sam Riley Alice Lowe Jenny Agutter Tim McInnerny John Westley Oliver Sindcup Louis Healy Ella-Grace Gregoire
grandfather family missing person son touching witty suspenseful amusing charming offbeat melancholy suburb countryside united kingdom family relationships missing persons game mystery grief mystery
The star of SOMETHING HUGE, Berto Romero, after years of success in film & TV wants to explore 'a new shape of comedy': the comedy of the future. In parallel, Carlo Padial, director of ... See full synopsis »
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2006
83 Minutes
Roger Lloyd-Pack Leo Bill Kate Fahy Sarah Ball Neil Conrich Richard Wills-Cotton Alan Perrin Richard Syms
husband wife son nurse aristocrat father emotional tense frightening england countryside estate family dysfunction mental disability illness aristocracy financial troubles father/son relationship sacrifice discovery
A descent into Hell is triggered when "Ex-Lord" Donald Brocklebank finds that he must leave Longleigh House for London to find a way to pay for the medical treatments for his wife Nancy. ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
127 Minutes
Toni Collette Gabriel Byrne Alex Wolff Ann Dowd Milly Shapiro Mallory Bechtel Brock McKinney Christy Summerhays
art gallerist mother daughter son husband thrilling suspenseful gory frightening profound fascinating art gallery haunted house woods mysterious past legacy horror mysterious deaths family secrets darkness
A grieving family is haunted by tragic and disturbing occurrences.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1976
102 Minutes
Paula E. Sheppard Brooke Shields Linda Miller Tom Signorelli Louisa Horton Mildred Clinton Lillian Roth Jane Lowry Rudolph Willrich Niles McMaster
mother daughter aunt father priest landlord dark gory chilling tense church apartment police station patterson, n.j. serial murders jealousy family dysfunction catholicism siblings divorce
In 1961, a divorced catholic couple's life is turned upside down when one of their two adolescent daughters is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her First Communion, and a series of subsequent stabbings.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|UK|Italy|Germany
2015
94 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Sarah Wayne Callies Veronica Ferres Lyriq Bent Jack Fulton Elizabeth Jeanne Le Roux Sofia Wells Juan-Carlos Velis
ghost son father gory halloween party mind disappearance mystery horror mystery
A professor frantically searches for his son who was abducted during a Halloween carnival.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2015
91 Minutes
Jodelle Ferland Neal McDonough Pascal Hutton Sunny Suljic Lochlyn Munro Chanelle Peloso Rukiya Bernard Matt Bellefleur Jessie Fraser Trevor Carroll
single mother son babysitter single father love interest teen girl creepy chilling frightening frightful uneasy suspenseful canada haunted house mother/son relationship evil child haunted houses horror baby-sitting supernatural
In 1997 the Anderson family vanished from their home without a trace. No bodies were ever found. For 17 years the house has remained undisturbed... until now.
Sci-Fi, Action
USA|Canada|Indonesia|UK|China|Singapore
2017
106 Minutes
Frank Grillo Bojana Novakovic Jonny Weston Callan Mulvey Antonio Fargas Jacob Vargas Iko Uwais Yayan Ruhian
detective prisoner son alien thrilling suspenseful airy gory prison alien planet spaceship street kidnapping alien attack danger father/son relationship adventure rise fall rescue
A tough-as-nails detective embarks on a relentless pursuit to free his son from a nightmarish alien warship.
Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Steve Cochran David Brian Philip Carey Ted de Corsia Scott Forbes Michael Tolan Dick Wesson Paul Picerni William Campbell
warden prison guard prisoner prison official sergeant inmate brooding intense engaging emotional brutal bleak folsom state prison reformation prison life prison riot prison break humanity human rights escape
At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Lin Shaye Michael Welch Melissa Bolona Spencer Locke Tony Todd Kaiwi Lyman Jonathan Daniel Brown Jean Elie
grieving mother son dead person spirit bleak creepy dark disturbing frightening shocking family home death of father grief spirit world mystery 2010s
After the death of his father, Aaron returns home to help his grief-stricken mother and to confront his past. Going through his dad's belongings, he comes across a mysterious item that is more than it seems.