Movies Like Fairyland
If you liked Fairyland (2023), a thriller movie directed by Brianna Russell, 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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He's Out There (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerOn vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
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Pyewacket (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerA frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.
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The Unlit (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerWhen Claire returns to her hometown, she discovers her former home riddled with terrifying witchcraft, the town in the grip of fear, decay, and madness.
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The King Tide (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerAfter the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.
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Lou (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA young girl is kidnapped during a powerful storm. Her mother joins forces with her mysterious neighbour to set off in pursuit of the kidnapper. Their journey will test their limits and expose the dark secrets of their…
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Hunted (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
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Men (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerIn the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her…
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Apex (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerA grieving woman pushing her limits on a solo adventure in the Australian wild is ensnared in a twisted game with a cunning killer who thinks she's prey.
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Red Riding Hood (2011)
★ 6/10Also thrillerValerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when Valerie's older sister is…
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Dead of Winter (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA widowed fisherwoman, travelling alone through snowbound northern Minnesota, interrupts the kidnapping of a teenage girl. Hours from the nearest town and with no phone service, she realizes that she is the young…
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Caddo Lake (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also thrillerWhen an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.
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The Captive (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerEight years after their daughter Cassandra's abduction tore them apart, an estranged couple discover disturbing clues that indicate that she is still alive.
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The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerA Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the…
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The Wretched (2019)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parents' imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.
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Mercy Falls (2023)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA group of friends set off into the Scottish Highlands in search of a long lost cabin. Once far from civilization, an unforeseen tragedy befalls the group and one bad decision leads to suspicion, betrayal and murder.
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Pitfall (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerAfter a young man is separated from his friends in the woods, he falls into a ten-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through his leg and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
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Black Phone 2 (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerFour years after defeating The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with life after captivity. When his younger sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the Black Phone and seeing disturbing visions of…
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Nell (1994)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerIn a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
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Labor Day (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also thrillerTwo strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.
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Hereditary (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also thrillerWhen the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.