Movies Like The Turn of the Screw
If you liked The Turn of the Screw (1992), a drama and horror movie directed by Rusty Lemorande, 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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Burnt Offerings (1976)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerA family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
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No One Gets Out Alive (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thrillerAn immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.
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Intruders (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thrillerAnna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.
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The Ritual (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and dramaTwo priests, one in crisis with his faith and the other confronting a turbulent past, must overcome their differences to perform a risky exorcism.
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The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerEbony 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…
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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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1922 (2017)
★ 6/10Also horror and dramaA simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.
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The Awakening (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerIn post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
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Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerIn 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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Ghost Story (1981)
★ 6/10Also horror and dramaFour successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year-old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of…
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825 Forest Road (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerAfter 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…
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Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also thriller and horrorA 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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Cracks (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerJealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student.
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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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Needful Things (1993)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and horrorA mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
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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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Home Sweet Home: Rebirth (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerWhen a city is overrun with a demonically-possessed crowd, a cop must find the source of evil to save his family.
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The Experiment (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and drama20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
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Hypnotic (2021)
★ 6/10Also thriller and dramaA young woman seeking self-improvement enlists the help of a renowned hypnotist but, after a handful of intense sessions, discovers unexpected and deadly consequences.
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The Nines (2007)
★ 6/10Also drama and thrillerA troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.