Movies Like Mother Knows Best
If you liked Mother Knows Best, a horror and thriller movie directed by Kiel McNaughton, 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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Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerAfter witnessing his parents' brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood-soaked mission collides with love, as…
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Black Christmas (1974)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorAs the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
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Rage of Stars (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerA story about a woman from the International Special Forces Unit, who has a premonition about the impending end of humanity.
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Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerThe Freeling family move in with Diane's mother in an effort to escape the trauma and aftermath of Carol Anne's abduction by the Beast. But the Beast is not to be put off so easily and appears in a ghostly apparition…
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Legion (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorWhen God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel…
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End of Days (1999)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorCynical bodyguard Jericho is hired by a man possessed by Satan, who is in search of his bride. When Jericho realizes what is happening, he must do everything he can to save the woman and the world.
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Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerA prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a…
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The Cellar (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorWhen 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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The Conjuring (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also horror and thrillerParanormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying…
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The Remaining (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and horrorWhen a group of close-knit friends assemble for the marriage of Skylar and Dan, they have no idea they will witness The Rapture and face a series of catastrophic events turning the celebration into a life-or-death…
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Insidious: Out of the Further (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also horror and thrillerGemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.
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The Children (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerA relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
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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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The Lodge (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorWhen a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them inside the lodge as…
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Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thrillerThe haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
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Halloween (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thrillerLaurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
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Insidious (2011)
★ 7/10Also horror and thrillerA family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they…
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Cobweb (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorEight year old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tapping from inside his bedroom wall—one that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter's fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be…
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerFreddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
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Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thrillerTo put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family's dark past and a host of new and more horrifying…