Movies Like The Turn of the Screw

If you liked The Turn of the Screw (1999), a drama and thriller movie directed by Ben Bolt, 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 Woman in Black (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movie
A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
2
Seeds of Yesterday (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also tv movie and thriller
The Sheffield family reveal and go through some home truths as their middle child inherits the Foxworth mansion. The family's ghosts looming over, and more tragedies are in store as the curse lives on.
3
Flowers in the Attic (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thriller
After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.
4
The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
Ebony 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…
5
The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and thriller
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
6
Burnt Offerings (1976)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
7
1922 (2017)
★ 6/10Also horror and drama
A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.
8
825 Forest Road (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and 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…
9
Home Sweet Home: Rebirth (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
When a city is overrun with a demonically-possessed crowd, a cop must find the source of evil to save his family.
10
Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movie
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
11
No One Gets Out Alive (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.
12
The Ritual (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and drama
Two priests, one in crisis with his faith and the other confronting a turbulent past, must overcome their differences to perform a risky exorcism.
13
Blackwater Lane (2024)
★ 6/10Also thriller and drama
An American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to…
14
Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
15
The Awakening (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
16
Locke & Key (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also tv movie and thriller
Three children become the caretakers of a New England mansion that is home to a bevy of secrets and magic.
17
Kept Woman (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and tv movie
Jessica and her fiancé Evan have just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a strange lie and can't let her…
18
Girl in the Basement (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also thriller and tv movie
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
19
Castle Freak (1996)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and drama
John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.
20
Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also thriller and horror
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…