Movies Like Darkness (2002)

Darkness is a 2002 horror film from Jaume Balagueró with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Believers and Five Nights at Freddy's 2.

Horror

The Believers

1987

Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.

6.0

MagicScore

Five Nights at Freddy's 2

2025

One year since the supernatural nightmare at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza, the stories about what transpired there have been twisted into a campy local legend, inspiring the town's first ever Fazfest. With the truth kept from her, Abby sneaks out to reconnect with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy, setting into motion a terrifying series of events that will reveal dark secrets about the real origin of Freddy's, and unleash a decades-hidden horror.

6.6

MagicScore

Lord of the Flies

1963

Following a plane crash a group of schoolboys find themselves on a deserted island. They appoint a leader and attempt to create an organized society for the sake of their survival. Democracy and order soon begin to crumble when a breakaway faction regresses to savagery with horrifying consequences.

6.7

MagicScore

The Devil's Backbone

2001

Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.

7.3

MagicScore

Martyrs Lane

2021

Leah, 10, has terrible nightmares. Her mother seems distant somehow, lost in her thoughts. A small, nightly visitor brings Leah comfort, but soon Leah will realize that her little visitor offers knowledge that might be very, very dangerous.

6.1

MagicScore

The Watcher in the Woods

1980

After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.

5.9

MagicScore

Bang Rajan

2000

Set right before the fall of Thailand's old capital, Ayuttaya, Bang Rajan draws on the legend of a village of fighters who bravely fended off the Burmese armies.

6.4

MagicScore

The Sixth Sense

1999

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

7.9

MagicScore

Apocalypto

2006

Set in the Mayan civilization, when a man's idyllic presence is brutally disrupted by a violent invading force, he is taken on a perilous journey to a world ruled by fear and oppression where a harrowing end awaits him. Through a twist of fate and spurred by the power of his love for his woman and his family he will make a desperate break to return home and to ultimately save his way of life.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

Veronica

2017

In 1991 Madrid, after holding a séance at school, a teen girl minding her younger siblings at home suspects an evil force has entered their apartment.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

Superstition

1982

A witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

7.3

MagicScore

#13

Don't Torture a Duckling

1972

A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

The House That Jack Built

2018

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

7.1

MagicScore

#15

Ted Bundy

2002

Seattle, 1974. Ted Bundy gives into his violent passions and embarks on a cross country killing spree, leaving a trail of raped, tortured, murdered, dismembered, and defiled corpses in his wake…

5.7

MagicScore

#16

The Tortured

2010

An upper-middle-class couple's life is destroyed when their only child is kidnapped and killed. Obsessed with revenge, the couple seizes an opportunity to kidnap the killer.

5.3

MagicScore

#17

M

1931

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

8.1

MagicScore

#18

Assault on Precinct 13

1976

A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

7.3

MagicScore

#19

Crimson Peak

2015

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.

5.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Darkness?

The top films similar to Darkness by MovieMagicScore are The Believers (6.0), Five Nights at Freddy's 2 (6.6), Lord of the Flies (6.7). Each shares horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Darkness worth watching?

Darkness holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 410 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Darkness?

Darkness (2002) is a horror film directed by Jaume Balagueró, starring Anna Paquin, Lena Olin, Iain Glen.

Where can I find more recommendations like Darkness?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more horror recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Darkness

This ranked list pairs Darkness (2002), a horror film from Jaume Balagueró, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Anna Paquin take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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