Movies Like The Possession
If you liked The Possession (2012), a horror and thriller movie directed by Ole Bornedal, 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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The Conjuring (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also horror and thrillerParanormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying…
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Prey for the Devil (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and thrillerIn response to a global rise in demonic possessions, the Catholic Church reopens exorcism schools to train priests in the Rite of Exorcism. On this spiritual battlefield, an unlikely warrior rises: a young nun, Sister…
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The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerEbony 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…
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The Nun (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorA priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.
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The Offering (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorIn the wake of a young Jewish girl’s disappearance, the son of a Hasidic funeral director returns home with his pregnant wife in hopes of reconciling with his father. Little do they know that directly beneath them in…
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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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Hereditary (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and thrillerWhen 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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The Blackcoat's Daughter (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorTwo young women at a prestigious prep school are assailed by an evil, invisible power when they're stranded over winter break.
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Bring Her Back (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also horrorFollowing the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.
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Anything for Jackson (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorA bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child, but they end up summoning more than they bargained for.
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The Black Phone (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also horror and thrillerFinney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney…
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You're Not Alone (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and horrorAfter the premature death of her estranged husband, Emma (Winter) regains custody of their young daughter Isla (Jones) and hopes to rebuild their relationship after many years apart. But when an evil entity begins to…
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Godless: The Eastfield Exorcism (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorLara is a woman tormented, torn between science and faith. Pushed by her husband to seek treatment from a congregation of zealots, a ruthless exorcist will try to save her soul by putting an innocent woman through hell.
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Insidious: Out of the Further (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also horror and thrillerGemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.
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The Exorcist (1973)
★ 7.7/10Also horrorWhen a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
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The Shining (1980)
★ 8.2/10Also horror and thrillerJack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the…
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Other Mommy (2026)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorYoung Bela forms a relationship with a sinister entity in her home that looks uncannily like her own mother, drawing her into a terrifying and increasingly dark world.
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Please Don't Feed the Children (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerAfter a viral outbreak ravaged the country’s adult population, a group of orphans heads south in search of a new life, only to find themselves at the mercy of a deranged woman harboring a dangerous secret.
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The Vigil (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorA man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
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A Dark Song (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorA determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.