30 Best Movies Like The Witch You Need to Watch
The Witch is considered by many the best and scariest horror movie ever. Set in the 1630s, it follows a Puritan family who encounters forces of evil in the woods beyond their New England farm. Now, if after watching it, you crave more of the same, we have you covered. In this article, we are bringing you the best movies like The Witch every horror fan needs to watch.
Our list has some well known names, but we also have some really scary surprises for you. So, if you are looking for similar movies like The Witch, take a look below, and be ready for a new wave of the scare.
The Ritual (2017)
A group of college friends meet to go hiking together in the Swedish mountains. When they find themselves in a dense forest along the way, someone’s menacing presence will begin to haunt them.
The Visit (2015)
Visiting grandparents is not a happy experience for every child. After sending her son and daughter to visit their grandparents, a single mother discovers that things in her family’s life are not what they seem. After grandfather forbids them to leave the room after 9:30 p.m., terrible things begin to happen that reveal grandmother’s disturbing secret.
The Wailing (2016)
Incompetent police officer Jong-gu faces the most difficult challenge of his career when he is forced to uncover the truth behind a series of bloody murders that occurred in a remote village in South Korea.
He faces an extremely difficult task because the crimes have no meaning or motive. The only thing that connects them is the unusual behavior of the killers. Can Jong-gu discover the truth before the epidemic of violence spreads?
The Lighthouse (2019)
The plot of the terrifying work of Robert Eggers, who enchanted the audience and the critics with the horror film ‘The Witch’, takes us to New England in the 19th century, where we follow two lighthouse keepers as they try to preserve their sanity on an eerie, remote island.
The Unholy (2021)
A young hearing-impaired girl, after allegedly being visited by the Virgin Mary, inexplicably suddenly can hear, speak and heal the sick. As rumors spread about her and people come from far and wide to witness the miracles, a disgraced reporter (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) arrives in this small New England village to investigate the unusual happenings in hopes of reviving his career. When terrible things begin to happen, he begins to wonder if these phenomena are the work of the Virgin Mary or something much more sinister.
The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Brian Cox and Emile Hirsch play father and son, Tony and Austin, who work as pathologists. The story takes place in the morgue, where they deliver the body of an unknown, beautiful young girl, who inexplicably ended up at the scene of multiple murders. Without any visible clues or evidence that could point to the reason for the death, the father and son resolutely go in search of any evidence.
The Wicker Man (1973)
Police officer Howie (Edward Woodward) goes to Scotland to the secluded island of Sumerisle in search of a missing girl. He is a believer and discovers that the inhabitants have abandoned Christianity and accepted the Celtic pagan cult. Despite all the hardships, the residents mostly retaliate against him in the investigation and claim that the girl never existed…
Lights Out (2016)
A terrifying being that only appears when the lights go out returns to Rebecca’s life. During her childhood she was stalked from the dark, and now the target is her younger brother, who experiences disturbing, equally inexplicable events that drive him mad. Rebbeca must discover the truth about the unknown being in order to save her brother.
Hereditary (2018)
After the death of Ellen Graham, her family begins to uncover terrifying secrets about their origins. The more they discover, the more they strive to avoid the sinister fate they have inherited. This horror sensation by director and screenwriter Ari Aster won over critics at the Sundance Film Festival.
Mama (2013)
For five long years, Lucas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) and his girlfriend, Annabel (Jessica Chastain), search for two sisters who got lost in the forest on the day of their mother’s death. But when, by some miracle, the children are found alive in a ruined cabin, the couple wonders if the girls are the only guests they have hosted in their house?
Are the sisters experiencing post-traumatic stress, or are some other inexplicable phenomena occurring? How did the girls survive all those years?
Suspiria (2018)
Darkness looms over the center of the world’s newly revived dance company, which threatens to completely engulf its artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some of them will succumb to that nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Us (2019)
From the Oscar-winning visionary Jordan Peele, author of the smash hit “Get Out,” comes an original and provocative horror thriller about a small African-American family who finds themselves targeted by cruel strangers who look like their doppelgangers.
The Witches (2020)
In 1960s Alabama, an orphaned African-American boy encounters a conference of malevolent witches while living in a hotel with his grandmother. A courageous and comedic confrontation ensues after the Grand High Witch transforms him into a sentient mouse.
It Comes at Night (2017)
Salvation from the terrifying supernatural danger that has spread around the world, Paul and his family seek in a remote forest cabin. Although it seems that they will successfully overcome everything that awaits them, the whole situation becomes even more complicated when a young family appears at the door of their home in search of shelter. Both families have the best intentions, but the feelings of paranoia and mistrust will awaken something dark and murderous in Paul.
The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
During her lifetime, she drowned her own children in a jealous rage, throwing herself into the river after them as she cried in pain. Now her tears are eternal. They are deadly, and all who hear their deadly call in the night are cursed. La Llorona is hunting children to replace them with her own.
The more time passes, the greater her desire for children…and the more terrifying the methods. Ignoring a terrifying warning from a mother who is suspected of endangering her children, the social worker and her young children soon find themselves in a hopeless situation. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona’s deadly wrath is a priest and his mysterious exorcism.
Apostle (2018)
In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
The House of the Devil (2009)
Sam is a hot sophomore in such desperate need of money to pay a deposit on an apartment that she takes a babysitting job even after finding out there are no children. Mr. and Mrs. Ulman are an elderly couple who lure Sam to their creaky Victorian residence deep in the woods, just in time for a total lunar eclipse.
Megan is Sam’s best friend who drives her home and reluctantly leaves her there despite her suspicions that something is wrong. At first glance, Victor is just a creepy guy hanging around the house, but it soon becomes clear that Sam will spend the night in a bloody fight for his life.
The Manor (2021)
After suffering a stroke at her 70th birthday party, Judith Albright, a professional dancer in her youth who is now a dance instructor, is moved into a nursing home after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
Her 17-year-old grandson, Josh, whom she is very close to, opposes the move, while his mother, Judith’s daughter, Barbara, tries to comfort him. Judith assures Josh that the move is best for everyone. But soon she notices strange behaviors and the deaths of other residents. She imagines a tree like figure looming in her room. Eventually, it is revealed that three of the other elderly people living there are much older even and have been using witchcraft to suck the life forces out of victims (patients of the Manor).
This allows them to become young every nightfall, returning to their old forms when the sun rises. Judith decides to join them in the end so that she may live longer to have time with Josh, who also comes to work at the Manor.
The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)
Two Catholic schoolgirls Kat (Kiernan Shipka) and Rose (Lucy Boynton) get left behind at their boarding school over winter break as the other girls leave, where it’s rumored that the nuns are Satanists.
Meanwhile, a disturbed mental patient Joan (Emma Roberts), an escapee, is picked up by a middleage couple (James Remar and Lauren Holly) who drive her on a determined trip to the same school, where the girls must face supernatural and demonic possession.
Don’t Breathe (2016)
Three reckless thieves break into the house of a rich blind man thinking they will pull off the perfect heist. But the blind man is hiding a terrifying secret – and he’s not as harmless as they thought.
Rocky, a young woman who wants to start a better life for herself and her sister, agrees to participate in the robbery of a house owned by a rich blind man with her boyfriend Money and their friend Alex. But the heist soon goes awry when they discover their target is hiding a horrifying secret.
Umma (2022)
Amanda and her daughter live a peaceful life on an American farm, but when her mother’s remains arrive from Korea, Amanda is haunted by the fear that she will turn into her own mother.
Verónica (2017)
Madrid, June of 1991. Verónica is a teenage girl surpassed by the circumstances after her father died recently, her mother works in a bar all day and she must care for her three siblings, twin girls LucÃa and Irene and the youngest Antoñito.
Still mourning her father’s death, Verónica decides to play Ouija with her friends Rosa and Diana, taking advantage of a total solar eclipse where all classmates and teachers are on the school’s rooftop watching it. Alone in the cellar, the girls try to contact their recently deceased family members, but the session goes wrong and something happens to Verónica.
She hid from her mother what has happened, Verónica starts to feel a strange presence inside the house and fears that these ghosts are a threat to any of her siblings. Advised by Sister Narcisa (nicknamed by the children as Sister Death) about the sinister spirit which is close to her, Verónica looking for a way to break the contact with the ghost and save everyone, suffering hallucinations.
Eli (2019)
The film follows a boy with a rare autoimmune disease who is taken by his parents to a private medical facility to be cured and suddenly begins to experience paranormal occurrences.
Antlers (2021)
Adaptation of the short story ‘The Quiet Boy’ by writer Nick Antosco about a small-town teacher who, together with her brother, the local sheriff, discovers that one of her students is hiding a dangerous secret with terrifying consequences. The producer of the film is Oscar winner Guillermo del Toro.
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
A young married couple Rosemary (M. Farrow) and Guy (J. Cassavetes) move into a building with a bad reputation. Their neighbors are a friendly elderly couple – Roman (S. Blackmer) and Minnie (R. Gordon) Castevet, who give Rosemary more attention than she would like. Soon strange things begin to happen – a girl from the building dies in an unexplained way, Rosemary is haunted by terrible nightmares, strange chants are heard behind the neighboring wall, and Guy also becomes different than usual – cold and distant.
When Rosemary becomes pregnant, completely contrary to expectations, she begins to lose weight, is pale and exhausted, and suffers from severe pain. She soon begins to suspect that the tenants of the building have some unknown plan for her unborn child, and she will try to do everything to protect him. But maybe it’s not the child that needs protection.
In the Tall Grass (2019)
When siblings Becky and Cal hear the cries of a young boy lost within a field of tall grass, they venture in to rescue him, only to become ensnared by a sinister force that quickly disorients and separates them. Cut off from the world and unable to escape the field’s tightening grip, they soon discover that the only thing worse than getting lost is being found.
A Dark Song (2016)
Sophia Howard rents a house in the Welsh countryside and hires occult expert Joseph Solomon to contact her son, who has been abducted and murdered by teenagers practicing black magic. During the ritual, Sophia follows Solomon’s lead to purify her soul. However, she has a hidden plan that puts their lives in danger.
Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)
Los Angeles, 1965, a widow and her two daughters accidentally invite evil into their house. When the youngest daughter is possessed by a merciless ghost, this small family will have to face great fears in order to return the ghost to the place it came from.
The Conjuring (2013)
Based on true events, “The Conjuring” tells the story of how world-renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren are called to help a family terrorized by the presence of dark forces inhabiting their secluded home.
Including its multiple sequels and spin-offs.
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
In 1994, three young filmmakers – Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard and Michael Williams – headed into the Black Hills to make a documentary about the local legend of the Blair Witch and never returned. A year later, their recorded material was found. “The Blair Witch Project” is their legacy.
He bears witness to the terrifying journey of three filmmakers through the Black Hills forest, revealing the horrific events that took place in front of their cameras. The filmmakers have not yet been found.
