Movies Like A Black Ribbon for Deborah

If you liked A Black Ribbon for Deborah (1974), a mystery and drama movie directed by Marcello Andrei, 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
Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery and horror
A 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…
2
The Surrender (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and horror
A 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.
3
undertone (2026)
★ 6/10Also horror and mystery
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
4
Lord of Illusions (1995)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and drama
During 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…
5
City of the Living Dead (1980)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
A psychic seemingly dies of fright during a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery. New York City reporter Peter Bell investigates and learns that the priest's suicide…
6
The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and drama
Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
7
Black Christmas (1974)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mystery
As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
8
The Psychic (1977)
★ 7/10Also horror and mystery
A woman with psychic powers has a vision of a murder that took place in a house owned by her husband.
9
Hereditary (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and mystery
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
10
The Room (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and drama
Kate and Matt discover that a part of their house can grant wishes. In the wake of two miscarriages, what they want most is a child.
11
The Inhabitant (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mystery
Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her…
12
Body Cam (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mystery
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
13
The Keeping Hours (2017)
★ 7/10Also drama and horror
A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an author, get a chance at reconciliation ten…
14
Lights Out (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
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.
15
6 Souls (2010)
★ 6/10Also horror and mystery
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
16
Silent Hill (2006)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mystery
Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to…
17
The Entity (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mystery
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
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The Unholy (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
Alice is a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her…
19
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
★ 7/10Also drama and horror
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
20
Night of the Demon (1957)
★ 7/10Also horror and mystery
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the…