Movies Like The Boy
If you liked The Boy (2016), a horror and mystery movie directed by William Brent Bell, 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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Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and mysteryAfter a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
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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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1408 (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mysteryA man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
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Fright (1971)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerYoung babysitter Amanda arrives at the Lloyd residence to spend the evening looking after their young son. Soon after the Lloyds leave, a series of frightening occurrences in the gloomy old house have Amanda's nerves…
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The Limehouse Golem (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mysteryA series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
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Sinister (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thrillerTrue-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths…
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Abandoned (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and mysteryAfter a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify... as the house reveals secrets of its own.
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Haunt (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thrillerOn Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
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Hide and Seek (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and mysteryDavid Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an…
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The Home (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mysteryA troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to…
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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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In Darkness (2018)
★ 6/10Also thriller and mysteryA blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.
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Saint Maud (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mysteryHaving recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up…
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Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerWhen Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
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Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mysteryA couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
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Oddity (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mysteryAfter the brutal murder of her twin sister, Darcy goes after those responsible by using haunted items as her tools for revenge.
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The Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and horrorWhen the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred…
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Case 39 (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and mysteryIn 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…
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Hereditary (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and mysteryWhen the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
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Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerA young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.