Movies like It
If It's mix of small town, halloween and haunted house stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what It's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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It Chapter Two
2019 · Directed by Andy Muschietti · 169 min6.8
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Andy Muschietti · With Bill Skarsgård and Jaeden Martell · Shares: halloween, haunted house, clown · Also horror and thriller · From the same decade (2010s)
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.
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The Conjuring
2013 · Directed by James Wan · 112 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, haunted house, demonic · Also horror and thriller · From the same decade (2010s)
Paranormal 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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Haunt
2019 · Directed by Scott Beck · 93 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, haunted house, fear · Also horror and thriller · From the same decade (2010s)
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
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The Black Phone
2022 · Directed by Scott Derrickson · 103 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: small town, bullying · Also horror and thriller
Finney 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.
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021 · Directed by Michael Chaves · 111 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, 1980s · Also horror and thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before,…
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In the Mouth of Madness
1995 · Directed by John Carpenter · 95 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: small town, frightened · Also horror and drama
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.
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Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Directed by Tim Burton · 105 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: small town, halloween · Also thriller and horror
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a…
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The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
1976 · Directed by Nicolas Gessner · 91 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, maine · Also drama and thriller
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available.
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Let Me In
2010 · Directed by Matt Reeves · 116 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: bullying, 1980s · Also drama and horror · From the same decade (2010s)
A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.
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Donnie Darko
2001 · Directed by Richard Kelly · 114 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, school, 1980s
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.
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Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Directed by Tim Burton · 105 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: small town, halloween, flashback
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
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Psycho
1960 · Directed by Alfred Hitchcock · 109 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, missing person · Also horror and thriller
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.