Movies Like The Darkness (2016)

The Darkness is a 2016 horror, thriller film from Greg McLean with a MovieMagicScore of 4.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Lonesome Ghosts and Things Heard & Seen.

Horror Thriller

Lonesome Ghosts

1937

On a dark and stormy night, four bored ghosts decide to have some fun by calling the Ajax Ghost Exterminators.

6.9

MagicScore

Things Heard & Seen

2021

Catherine Clare reluctantly trades life in 1980 Manhattan for a remote home in the tiny hamlet of Chosen, New York, after her husband George lands a job teaching art history at a small Hudson Valley college. Even as she does her best to transform the old dairy farm into a place where young daughter Franny will be happy, Catherine increasingly finds herself isolated and alone. She soon comes to sense a sinister darkness lurking both in the walls of the ramshackle property—and in her marriage to George.

5.7

MagicScore

Dancing Village: The Curse Begins

2024

Mila must return a mystical bracelet to the "Dancing Village," unaware that Badarawuhi - a mysterious, mythical being who rules the village - awaits her.

6.0

MagicScore

Thir13en Ghosts

2001

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.

6.3

MagicScore

What Lies Beneath

2000

When Claire Spencer starts hearing ghostly voices and seeing spooky images, she wonders if an otherworldly spirit is trying to contact her. All the while, her husband tries to reassure her by telling her it's all in her head. But as Claire investigates, she discovers that the man she loves might know more than he's letting on.

6.4

MagicScore

1922

2017

A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.

5.9

MagicScore

The Haunting

1999

Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.

5.5

MagicScore

Bless the Child

2000

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

5.3

MagicScore

The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death

2014

40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.

5.3

MagicScore

#10

Haunting of Winchester House

2009

A family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.

4.0

MagicScore

#11

Constantine

2005

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

Hide in the Light

2018

An adventurous group of friends dare to break into the abandoned orphanage and quickly find themselves trapped and fighting against unnatural forces.

6.2

MagicScore

#13

The Train of Death

2024

Newly cancer-free, Purnama heads to a resort getaway. But her train ride quickly turns ghastly as passengers start to vanish—one carriage at a time.

4.8

MagicScore

#14

The Innocents

1961

A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

7.5

MagicScore

#15

Satan's Slaves

2017

After dying from a strange illness that she suffered for three years, a mother returns home to pick up her children.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

The Legend of Hell House

1973

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.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Day of the Animals

1977

The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok, which is very unfortunate for a group of hikers who get dropped off up there by helicopter just before the quarantine is announced.

5.2

MagicScore

#18

Full Circle

1978

After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

Another Evil

2016

After encountering a ghost in his family's vacation home, Dan and his wife Mary hire an "industrial-grade exorcist" named Os to get rid of the beings.

6.0

MagicScore

#20

Sadako vs. Kayako

2016

A girl, Yūri Kurahashi, after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two murderous ghosts: Sadako Yamamura and Kayako Saeki

5.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Darkness?

The top films similar to The Darkness by MovieMagicScore are Lonesome Ghosts (6.9), Things Heard & Seen (5.7), Dancing Village: The Curse Begins (6.0). Each shares horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Darkness worth watching?

The Darkness holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.8/10 from 627 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Darkness?

The Darkness (2016) is a horror, thriller film directed by Greg McLean, starring Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz.

Where can I find more recommendations like The 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 The Darkness

This ranked list pairs The Darkness (2016), a horror and thriller film from Greg McLean, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Kevin Bacon 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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