Movies Like The Initiated

If you liked The Initiated (1990), a mystery and drama movie directed by Oleg Teptsov, 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
Abigail (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery
A young girl Abigail lives in a city whose borders were closed many years ago because of an epidemic of a mysterious disease. Abby's father was one of the sick - and he was taken when she was six years old. Going…
2
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.
3
Gogol. Viy (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and drama
A mysterious Dark Horseman slays young girls near the village of Dikanka, and he has already butchered 11 ladies. Nikolai Gogol, a scribe from Saint Petersburg has to take charge of the investigation, but the closer he…
4
Brand Upon the Brain! (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.
5
The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and drama
Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
6
A Gentle Creature (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and mystery
A woman lives in a small village in Russia. One day she receives the parcel she sent to her husband, serving a sentence in prison. Confused and angered, she sets out to find why her package was returned to sender.
7
Forbidden Empire (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
Early 18th century. Cartographer Jonathan Green undertakes a scientific voyage from Europe to the East. Having passed through Transylvania and crossed the Carpathian Mountains, he finds himself in a small village lost…
8
Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and drama
As bombs fall on London, writer Agatha Christie decides it is time to kill off her most famous creation.
9
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.
10
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
Nancy Drew, a smart high schooler with a penchant for keen observation and deduction, stumbles upon the haunting of a local home. A bit of an outsider struggling to fit into her new surroundings, Nancy and her pals set…
11
Tuesday (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
12
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.
13
The Good Witch (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
A mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady".
14
Man with No Past (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
Waking up in an unfamiliar city, a man with no memory must confront the mysteries of his own identity. However, his desperate search to uncover the past pits him against a powerful enemy, leading to a showdown that…
15
Trick or Treat Scooby-Doo! (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery
Mystery Inc. has cracked the case to top all cases! They’ve tracked down Coco Diablo, the head of a notorious costume crime syndicate. With Coco and her kitty in prison, Mystery Inc. thinks that they can finally enjoy…
16
The Canterville Ghost (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also drama
When a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She…
17
I Believe (2019)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way.
18
The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
19
Donnie Darko (2001)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and mystery
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
20
Greta (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery and drama
A young woman returns a lonely widow’s lost purse, leading to an unlikely relationship between the two — until the young woman discovers the widow might not be all that she seems.