Movies Like Padre

If you liked Padre (2015), a thriller movie directed by Ozcar Burfitt, 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
The Bad Seed (1956)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a…
2
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
When a young girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer…
3
I Confess (1953)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
When a priest hears a murderer’s confession, he becomes bound by his vow of silence—even as circumstantial evidence turns suspicion toward him. Torn between faith and self-preservation, he faces public scandal and…
4
The Children (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
5
The Pope's Exorcist (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.
6
Case 39 (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the…
7
Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a…
8
Thir13en Ghosts (2001)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped…
9
Please Don't Feed the Children (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
After a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.
10
The Godfather Part III (1990)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
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Stigmata (1999)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A young woman with no strong religious beliefs, Frankie Paige begins having strange and violent experiences, showing signs of the wounds that Jesus received when crucified. When the Vatican gets word of Frankie's…
12
The Bad Seed (2018)
★ 7/10Also thriller
A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.
13
M (1951)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
In the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
14
Standoff (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate…
15
Eye for an Eye (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
It's fire and brimstone time as grieving mother Karen McCann takes justice into her own hands when a kangaroo court in Los Angeles fails to convict Robert Doob, the monster who raped and murdered her 17-year-old…
16
Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
17
Becky (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.
18
Prey for the Devil (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
In response to a global rise in demonic possessions, the Catholic Church reopens exorcism schools to train priests in the Rite of Exorcism. On this spiritual battlefield, an unlikely warrior rises: a young nun, Sister…
19
825 Forest Road (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
After 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…
20
6 Souls (2010)
★ 6/10Also thriller
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.