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Movies that feel like Gothika (2003)

If you loved Gothika, the closest films we have are The Crimson Rivers (2000), Case 39 (2009) and From Hell (2001). All three share Gothika's dread and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murdering her husband Dr. Douglas Grey — but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-worker, Dr. Pete Graham, of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

🍅 15% Rotten Tomatoes5.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Mathieu Kassovitzdreadunsettlingtwistytensemelancholycerebral
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The Crimson Rivers
2000 · dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
🍅 68%6.9crime · mystery · thriller

Mathieu Kassovitz working the same nerve twice

The difference: Reviewed even better

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

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Case 39
2009 · dir. Christian Alvart
🍅 22%6.2horror · mystery · thriller

The same two preoccupations: murder, and mental institution

The difference: Not nearly as melancholy as Gothika

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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From Hell
2001 · dir. Albert Hughes
🍅 57%6.7horror · mystery · thriller

Both land dread and unease at once

Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

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The Nameless
1999 · dir. Jaume Balagueró
🍅 20%5.8thriller · mystery · horror

Common ground: rape

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Gothika 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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A Tale of Two Sisters
2003 · dir. Kim Jee-woon
🍅 86%7.1drama · horror · mystery

Twisty and melancholy in the same breath

Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.

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The Boy
2016 · dir. William Brent Bell
🍅 31%6horror · mystery · thriller

Both are built on the same subject: murder

A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.

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Marrowbone
2017 · dir. Sergio G. Sánchez
🍅 49%6.7thriller · horror · mystery

The same preoccupation in both: mental illness

A young man and his three younger siblings are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.

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Absentia
2011 · dir. Mike Flanagan
🍅 87%5.8horror · mystery

Horror built on dread, twice over

Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but Callie is practical and wants her to move on. As Tricia sifts through the wreckage and tries to move on with her life, Callie finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house.

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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
2018 · dir. Jung Bum-shik
🍅 92%6.5horror · mystery

Two things both keep coming back to: paranormal and psychiatric hospital

The crew of a horror web series travels to an abandoned asylum for a live broadcast, but they encounter much more than expected as they move deeper inside the nightmarish old building.

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House of Wax
2005 · dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
🍅 27%5.5horror · thriller · mystery

Tense mystery, and it commits to that

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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The Ritual
2017 · dir. David Bruckner
🍅 74%6.4horror · mystery

Thriller with a pulse of unease, in both cases

A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.

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Jacob's Ladder
1990 · dir. Adrian Lyne
🍅 71%7.4drama · mystery · horror

Both lean on ideas more than on horror

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images. His girlfriend, Jezzie, and ex-wife, Sarah, try to help, but to little avail. Even Singer's chiropractor friend, Louis, fails to reach him as he descends into madness.

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