Movies Like The Second Child

If you liked The Second Child (2026), a horror and fantasy movie directed by Yu Eun-jeong, 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
Voice (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
While practicing after hours in her high school, an aspiring singer is mysteriously killed and her body vanishes. Her invisible ghost is trapped in the school, but her best friend is able to hear her voice.
2
Warning: Do Not Play (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A struggling director makes a desperate bid to dig into the urban legend about a film shot by a ghost, at the risk of her own life.
3
The Cellar (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
When 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…
4
Devils Stay (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A cardiologist suspects his daughter lives after an exorcism. During her funeral, he conflicts with a priest over her fate. Both strive to prove their beliefs, hoping to save her if she's alive.
5
Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
For generations, the eldest son of the village has been the protector, but the current heir, Dr. Cheon, is a fake exorcist who doesn't believe in ghosts. Using his penetrating insight into people's minds, he performs…
6
The Shed (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…
7
The Asphyx (1972)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and horror
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is…
8
Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and fantasy
Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by…
9
The Ghost Station (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also horror
Reporter Na-yeong and her partner investigate a series of mysterious deaths and a perplexing case where her source was allegedly already dead at the time of their interview. Together they end up confronting a…
10
Three (2002)
★ 6/10Also horror
An anthology consisting of three horror shorts from different Asian directors: Memories by Kim Jee-woon, The Wheel by Nonzee Nimibutr, and Going Home by Peter Chan.
11
The Red Shoes (2005)
★ 6/10Also horror
A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.
12
Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
13
Mourning Grave (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also horror
A boy who can see ghosts moves to a small town, where he befriends a female ghost. The two work together to investigate a masked ghost who is murdering students one by one.
14
Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and horror
When an Iraq War veteran receives a calling from a higher power, he embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to take over the world.
15
Eradication (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…
16
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and fantasy
Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking…
17
Pyewacket (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.
18
The Priests (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
To save a girl in danger, a priest and deacon jump into a mysterious case.
19
The Car (1977)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and fantasy
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined…
20
Hideaways (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy
The elder one of each generation in the Furlong family is equipped with an extraordinary capacity. James discovers the nature of his at the time of an accident which causes the death of his father and his grandmother…