Movies Like The Turn of the Screw

If you liked The Turn of the Screw (1959), a horror and thriller movie directed by John Frankenheimer, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
825 Forest Road (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
After a family tragedy, Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life in Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Elizabeth, but he quickly discovers that the town has a dark history of being haunted by a ghostly…
2
The Woman in Black (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movie
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
3
Lady in White (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.
4
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
5
American Horror House (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and tv movie
On Halloween night, a sorority house is overrun with ghosts, while a vengeful housemother goes on a killing spree.
6
Stir of Echoes (1999)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
7
Winchester (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.
8
Ghostwatch (1992)
★ 7.1/10Also horror and tv movie
On Halloween 1992, the BBC broadcasts an investigation into the supernatural, hosted by TV chat-show legend Michael Parkinson. Parky (assisted by Mike Smith, Sarah Greene and Craig Charles) and a camera crew attempt to…
9
Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
10
Mr. Boogedy (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and horror
A novelty-salesman moves his family into a new house. Initially dismissing incidents as more of their father's practical jokes, the family soon learns that the house is haunted by people who lived in the house 300…
11
The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services…
12
Insidious (2011)
★ 7/10Also horror and thriller
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they…
13
The Conjuring (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also horror and thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying…
14
Haunter (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.
15
The Haunted (1991)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and tv movie
When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out it's haunted. When the Catholic Church is no help, they reach out to famous demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren
16
The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and horror
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred…
17
When a Stranger Calls Back (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
Jill Johnson, now a crisis center counselor, reunites with retired detective John Clifford to hunt a killer stalking a coed.
18
The Evil (1978)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and horror
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
19
The Jester (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat this evil entity.
20
The Body (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and tv movie
In Los Angeles, on Halloween night, a hitman tries to transport a corpse in plain sight, but people he stumbles upon on the street, believing that his sophisticated appearance is a magnificent disguise, constantly…