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Movies that feel like Ghost Ship (2002)

If you loved Ghost Ship, the closest films we have are Thir13en Ghosts (2001), House of Wax (2005) and Devil (2010). All three share Ghost Ship's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.

πŸ… 14% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.6 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Steve Beckdreadunsettlingtwistytense

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Thir13en Ghosts
2001 Β· dir. Steve Beck
πŸ… 19%β˜… 5.6horror Β· thriller

Steve Beck directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: None of the twists Ghost Ship is built on

Arthur and his two children inherit his uncle's estate: a glass house that serves as a prison to twelve ghosts. When the family, accompanied by a nanny and an attorney, enter the house they find themselves trapped inside an evil machine 'designed by the Devil and powered by the dead' to open the Eye of Hell. Aided by a ghost hunter and his rival, a ghost rights activist out to set the ghosts free, the group must do what they can to get out of the house alive.

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House of Wax
2005 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 27%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

The same preoccupation in both: gore

A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.

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Devil
2010 Β· dir. John Erick Dowdle
πŸ… 49%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Common ground: supernatural horror

The difference: Reviewed even better

A group of people are trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, and one of them is the Devil.

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The Grudge
2004 Β· dir. Takashi Shimizu
πŸ… 41%β˜… 5.9horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.

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The Final Destination
2009 Β· dir. David R. Ellis
πŸ… 28%β˜… 5.1horror Β· mystery

One thread runs through both: gore

The difference: Missing the tension of Ghost Ship

A horrifying premonition saves a young man and his friends from death during a racetrack accident but terrible fates await them nonetheless.

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Noroi: The Curse
2005 Β· dir. Koji Shiraishi
β˜… 6.8horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Twisty where it counts, tense underneath

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.

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Case 39
2009 Β· dir. Christian Alvart
πŸ… 22%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily assumes custody of Lilith while she looks for a foster family. However, Emily soon finds that dark forces surround the seemingly innocent girl, and the more she tries to protect Lilith, the more horrors she encounters.

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Paranormal Activity 2
2010 Β· dir. Tod Williams
πŸ… 58%β˜… 5.7horror Β· mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: supernatural horror

Just 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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The Nameless
1999 Β· dir. Jaume BalaguerΓ³
πŸ… 20%β˜… 5.8thriller Β· mystery Β· horror

Mystery with a pulse of unease, in both cases

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Ghost Ship does

The mutilated body of a six year old girl is found in a water hole. The girl is identified as the missing daughter of Claudia. However, only two peices of evidence could be used to identify her; a bracelet with her name on it near the crime scene, and the fact that her right leg was three inches longer than her left. All other methods of identification were removed from her body. Five years later Claudia, now addicted to tranquilizers, receives a phone call from someone claiming to be her daughter, asking for her mother to come find her before 'they' kill her. Other mysterious clues show up, further indicating that Claudia's daughter is indeed still alive, and very much in danger. Claudia, a run-down ex-cop, and a parapsychology reporter put together the clues to discover Angela's whereabouts

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Resolution
2013 Β· dir. Justin Benson
πŸ… 81%β˜… 6.4horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Twisty thriller in both cases

A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.

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You're Next
2013 Β· dir. Adam Wingard
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.6horror Β· thriller Β· mystery

Both lean on tension more than on horror

When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.

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Goodnight Mommy
2015 Β· dir. Severin Fiala
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Mystery built on dread, twice over

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

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