Movies Like El Desconsuelo
If you liked El Desconsuelo (2023), a family and drama movie directed by Diego Ferrando Güemes, 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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Hereditary (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and mysteryWhen the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
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The Babadook (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and horrorA grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
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The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and horrorA young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.
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A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and dramaThe recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local…
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The House at the End of Time (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and dramaThe story of Dulce, a mother who has encounters with apparitions inside her old house. She must decipher a mystery that could trigger a prophecy: the death of her family.
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Presence (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and dramaA couple and their children move into a seemingly normal suburban home. When strange events occur, they begin to believe there is something else in the house with them. The presence is about to disrupt their lives in…
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Baby Blues (2008)
★ 6/10Also drama and horrorOn a secluded family farm, a mother suffers a psychotic break due to postpartum depression, forcing the eldest son to protect his sibling from the mother they have always known and loved.
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Mothers' Instinct (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and dramaHousewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly…
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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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The Eternal Daughter (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and mysteryAn artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.
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undertone (2026)
★ 6/10Also horror and mysteryThe host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
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Don't Leave the Kids Alone (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and dramaA mother moves into a new house with her two children. One night she must leave the siblings home alone. What begins as a blast of carefree play soon turns into a claustrophobic horror story.
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Flowers in the Attic (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and mysteryAfter the death of her husband, a mother takes her kids off to live with their grandparents in a huge, decrepit old mansion. However, the kids are kept hidden in a room just below the attic, visited only by their…
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Good Boy (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mysteryTommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the…
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The Cellar (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mysteryWhen Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk…
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Sweet Girl (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaA man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.
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Don't Let Go (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mysteryA detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work together to try and stop the crime before it occurs.
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Huesera: The Bone Woman (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and mysteryValeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.
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We Are What We Are (2010)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerAfter the death of a patriarch, a family must try to continue on with a disturbing, ritualistic tradition.
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Angel of Mine (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and thrillerA woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.