Movies Like The Medium
If you liked The Medium (2021), a horror and mystery movie directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun, 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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Paranormal Activity (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mysteryAfter a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of…
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The Possession of Michael King (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorMichael King asks occultists to summon all evil spirits to prove his point that they do not exist. But something goes wrong and he becomes a danger to everyone.
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The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mysteryWhat starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening…
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Lake Mungo (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAfter 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and…
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Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mysteryA group of cold case investigators stay at the Carmichael Manor, site of the grisly and unsolved murders of the Carmichael family back in the eighties. After four nights, the group was never heard from again. What is…
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The Ring (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mysteryJournalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel…
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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mysteryMargot is a documentary filmmaker looking to meet her long-lost mother and extended family in a secluded Amish community. She and her film crew soon realize the family that welcomes them into their home might be hiding…
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The Blair Witch Project (1999)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mysteryIn October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
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Strange Harvest (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mysteryDetectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.
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Hell House LLC (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mysteryFive years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out…
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Shutter (2004)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and mysteryWhen Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.
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Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and mysteryJust as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable nightmare.
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Don't Look at the Demon (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also horrorA spiritual medium leads a paranormal investigative TV crew to a haunted home only to discover that the evil spirit she’s facing holds the key to her troubled past.
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Creep (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorLooking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote…
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The Bay (2012)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorChaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
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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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Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also horror and mysteryThe young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living…
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The Dogs (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mysteryAfter fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
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Censor (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and mysteryA screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of control after viewing a low-budget horror…
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The Deep House (2021)
★ 6/10Also horrorWhile diving in a remote French lake, a couple of YouTubers who specialise in underwater exploration videos discover a house submerged in the deep waters. What was initially a unique finding soon turns into a nightmare…