Movies Like Häxan

If you liked Häxan (1922), a documentary and horror movie directed by Benjamin Christensen, 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
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and documentary
A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time.
2
Inside Deep Throat (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also documentary and history
In 1972, a seemingly typical shoestring budget pornographic film was made in a Florida hotel: "Deep Throat," starring Linda Lovelace. This film would surpass the wildest expectation of everyone involved to become one…
3
In Search of Darkness: Part II (2020)
★ 7.7/10Also documentary and horror
The ultimate ‘80s Horror retrospective just got BIGGER. In Search of Darkness: Part II is a four-hour-plus sequel to the Rondo Hatton-nominated In Search of Darkness, adding 15 new interviewees and 40+ returning…
4
H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also documentary and history
Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal…
5
Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (2004)
★ 7.1/10Also history and documentary
A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the…
6
Mimaroğlu Remix Project (2025)
Also documentary
A collection of 8mm film reels from İlhan Mimaroğlu’s archive—once tucked away in whisky boxes—has found new life through art. Curated by director Serdar Kökçeoğlu and producer Dilek Aydın, the project brings together…
7
Stunned, I Remain Alert (2020)
Also documentary
Journalist Dermi Azevedo has never stopped fighting for human rights and now, three decades after the end of the military dictatorship in Brazil, he's witnessing the return of those same practices.
8
Devil's Prism (2025)
★ 3/10Also horror
Shown entirely from Gabi's perspective, the film follows a thief who joins her friends for a routine heist which finds her in an unsettling encounter with a mysterious object that unleashes a dark entity, taking…
9
Un día con Leopoldo María Panero (2005)
★ 6/10Also documentary
After the publication of a CD book with the poems of Leopoldo María Panero, musicians Carlos Ann and Enrique Bunbury travel to the Canary Islands to meet the "cursed poet", who is hospitalized in the psychiatric…
10
La trajinera del terror (2005)
★ 4.4/10Also horror
Seven teenagers travel by a trajinera over Xochimilco waters. Two of them use a witchboard and become possessed. The teenagers soon are arrive on an island, where one by one are murdered by their possessed friends.
11
Carver (2008)
★ 4.4/10Also horror
Based on a true story, Carver depicts the real life events of five 20-something's that went camping in the mountain town of Halcyon Ridge and never returned.
12
His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also documentary
A retrospective documentary about the groundbreaking horror series, Friday the 13th, featuring interviews with cast and crew from the twelve films spanning 3 decades.
13
Cult Following (2021)
★ 5/10Also horror
Occult expert, Rob Regis, and hired cinematographer, Tyler Sternberg, find themselves in grave danger when they investigate an evil cult for a documentary.
14
Baghead (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
Following the death of her estranged father, Iris learns she has inherited a run-down, centuries-old pub. She travels to Berlin to identify her father’s body and meet with The Solicitor to discuss the estate. Little…
15
20 Million Miles to Earth (1957)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
When the first manned flight to Venus returns to Earth, the rocket crash-lands in the Mediterranean near a small Italian fishing village. The locals manage to save Colonel Robert Calder, the mission commander. A young…
16
Infliction (2014)
★ 3.7/10Also horror
"Infliction" is the actual assembled footage taken from the cameras belonging to two brothers, who documented a murder spree in North Carolina.
17
The Girl Next Door (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of…
18
Legends of Burkittsville: 3 Days Before Heather Left (2021)
Also horror
Lonnie is a video store clerk desperately trying to make his way into the film business. His former collaborator, Heather Donahue, is Hell-bent on making her documentary about a local witch that haunts the Black Hills…
19
Kult - Legendary Rock (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also documentary
A documentary film containing unique and unpublished backstage materials from the life of the legendary Kult band and Kazik Staszewski himself. A real, exciting and anticipated film about people without whom the Polish…
20
The Fawn (2025)
Also horror
Trapped in a surreal landscape, a woman discovers she is the sacrifice in a ritual meant to awaken something unspeakable.