Movies Like The Nix
If you liked The Nix, a drama and fantasy movie directed by Niclas Gillis, 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.
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The Surrender (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and horrorA fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.
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Nine Days (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasyA bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
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The Shepherd (2023)
★ 7/10Also drama and fantasyOn Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
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The Unhealer (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and horrorA botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…
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Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and fantasyIn a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
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Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also horror and fantasyA fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…
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Before I Wake (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and fantasyAn orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.
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A Knight's War (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and fantasyA fearless knight braves a deadly realm to save the Chosen One’s soul. Facing witches, demons, and brutal foes, he discovers her return could ignite chaos and doom humanity.
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Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and horrorSet in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.
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Lord of Illusions (1995)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and fantasyDuring a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years…
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Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasyIn the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
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Starve Acre (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and dramaWhen their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.
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Tuesday (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy and dramaA mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
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The Transfiguration (2016)
★ 6/10Also horror and dramaWhen troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
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40 Acres (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and fantasyHailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…
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Celia (1989)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasyIn 1950s Australia, young Celia is growing up with a sense of isolation and mistrust of the world that surrounds her. Her mother and father won't let her play with the kids next door because their parents are…
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Dust Bunny (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and horrorTen-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.
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Hereafter (2010)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and fantasyThree people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
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All That Money Can Buy (1941)
★ 7/10Also drama and fantasyFarmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his…
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The Nines (2007)
★ 6/10Also drama and fantasyA troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.