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Movies that feel like The Innocents (1961)

If you loved The Innocents, the closest films we have are House on Haunted Hill (1959), Kill, Baby... Kill! (1966) and Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968). All three share The Innocents' dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

πŸ… 95% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Jack Claytondreadunsettlingtwistycontemplative

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House on Haunted Hill
1959 Β· dir. William Castle
πŸ… 80%β˜… 6.7horror Β· mystery

Common ground in both: haunted house and black and white

The difference: None of the stillness The Innocents is built on

Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a hearse and will either leave in it much richer…Or dead.

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Kill, Baby... Kill!
1966 Β· dir. Mario Bava
β˜… 6.9horror

Common ground: ghost

A 20th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.

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Even the Wind Is Afraid
1968 Β· dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada
β˜… 7.2mystery Β· horror Β· drama

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

A group of college students, led by Claudia, decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia has been having. They are suspended from school for their antics, but Claudia learns from one of the female staff members that the person in the dream is a student who killed herself years before and that the headmistress has seen her ghost.

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The Haunting
1963 Β· dir. Robert Wise
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4horror

Both are built on the same subject: haunted house

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…

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Kwaidan
1965 Β· dir. Masaki Kobayashi
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.9horror Β· fantasy Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: ghost story

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than The Innocents does

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

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Next of Kin
1982 Β· dir. Tony Williams
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.2horror Β· mystery

One thread runs through both: ghost

The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

After Linda inherits a retirement home, she witnesses a series of strange events which seem connected to a dark and unspeakable evil.

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The Legend of Hell House
1973 Β· dir. John Hough
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.6horror Β· mystery

Both keep coming back to the same thing: haunting

A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.

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The Little Stranger
2018 Β· dir. Lenny Abrahamson
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5.5mystery Β· horror

Horror with a pulse of twists, in both cases

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

In a dusty post-war summer in rural Warwickshire, a doctor is called to a patient at lonely Hundreds Hall. Home to the Ayres family for over two centuries, the Georgian house is now in decline. But are the Ayreses haunted by something more sinister than a dying way of life?

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The Uninvited
1944 Β· dir. Lewis Allen
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.2mystery Β· horror Β· fantasy

Mystery built on dread, twice over

A pair of siblings from London purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly priceβ€”and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave.

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Hellhole
2022 Β· dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski
πŸ… 67%β˜… 5.8horror Β· mystery

Both are built on the same subject: possession

In a monastery cut off from the world, the monks run a clinic for the possessed. One day, a young policeman Marek comes to the convent. Posing as a clergyman, he penetrates monastic life and tries to explain the recent, mysterious disappearance of several tormented inmates. It turns out, however, that there is no way out of the monastery.

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Alone
2007 Β· dir. Banjong Pisanthanakun
β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· drama

Different title, same corner of the shelf

When Pim and Ploy, twins conjoined at the stomach, are separated, the operation leaves Pim the surviving sister, haunted by Ploy's vengeful ghost.

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Carnival of Souls
1962 Β· dir. Herk Harvey
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7horror Β· mystery Β· fantasy

Unsettling drama in both cases

Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

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