Movies Like Goodnight Mommy (2015)

Goodnight Mommy is a 2015 horror, mystery, thriller film from Severin Fiala with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Burning and Is God Is.

Horror Mystery Thriller

Burning

2018

Deliveryman Jong-su is out on a job when he runs into Hae-mi, a girl who once lived in his neighborhood. She asks if he'd mind looking after her cat while she's away on a trip to Africa. On her return, she introduces to Jong-su an enigmatic young man named Ben, who she met during her trip. One day Ben tells Jong-su about his most unusual hobby.

7.4

MagicScore

Is God Is

2026

Two sisters embark on an epic quest for revenge, confronting a charged family history that pushes them to extraordinary lengths.

5.6

MagicScore

Enemy

2014

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

6.9

MagicScore

Mommy

2014

A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.

8.2

MagicScore

The Notebook

2013

In a village on the Hungarian border, two young brothers grow up during war time with their cruel grandmother and must learn every trick of evil to survive in the absurd world of adults.

6.5

MagicScore

Father Figures

2017

Upon learning that their mother has been lying to them for years about their allegedly deceased father, two fraternal twin brothers hit the road in order to find him.

5.8

MagicScore

Satantango

1994

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

8.1

MagicScore

Saltburn

2023

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

7.0

MagicScore

Lake of Death

2019

A small group of friends battle to survive in the middle of the forests and fjords of Norway. The story is based on Norwegian legend thought to be innocent folklore.

3.9

MagicScore

#10

Madeline's Madeline

2018

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

5.8

MagicScore

#11

Dead in 3 days

2006

When Nina and her high school friends receive eerie text messages declaring that they will all die within three days, they dismiss it as a hokey prank - until one by one, the pals start turning up dead in the alpine countryside. With the cops stymied, Nina and her remaining friends must scour their past for clues to identify the madman before he kills them all.

5.3

MagicScore

#12

Us

2019

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Social Animals

2018

Determined not to turn into her parents, or be drawn into any relationship longer than a one night stand, Zoe constantly struggles with her failing business and love life. Then she falls in love for the first time with Paul. But there's one problem: Paul is married.

6.1

MagicScore

#14

The Premature Burial

1962

An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.

6.2

MagicScore

#15

The Power of the Dog

2021

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

6.8

MagicScore

#16

The Reflecting Skin

1990

In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a vampire.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Stone

2010

Parole officer Jack Mabry has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he's been assigned. One such case is that of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, a convicted arsonist who is up for parole. Jack is initially reluctant to indulge Stone in the coarse banter he wishes to pursue and feels little sympathy for the prisoner's pleads for an early release. Seeing little hope in convincing Jack himself, Stone arranges for his wife to seduce the officer, but motives and intentions steadily blur amidst the passions and buried secrets of the corrupted players in this deadly game of deception.

5.3

MagicScore

#18

Images

1972

While holidaying in Ireland, a pregnant children's author finds her mental state becoming increasingly unstable, resulting in paranoia, hallucinations, and visions of a doppelgänger.

6.8

MagicScore

#19

The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations

2009

The story revolves around a man trying to uncover the mysterious death of his girlfriend and save an innocent man from the death chamber in the process, by using his unique power to time travel. However in attempting to do this, he also frees a spiteful serial-killer.

5.5

MagicScore

#20

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987

A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Goodnight Mommy?

The top films similar to Goodnight Mommy by MovieMagicScore are Burning (7.4), Is God Is (5.6), Enemy (6.9). Each shares horror/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Goodnight Mommy worth watching?

Goodnight Mommy holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 1,645 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Goodnight Mommy?

Goodnight Mommy (2015) is a horror, mystery, thriller film directed by Severin Fiala, starring Elias Schwarz, Lukas Schwarz, Susanne Wuest.

Where can I find more recommendations like Goodnight Mommy?

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 Goodnight Mommy

This ranked list pairs Goodnight Mommy (2015), a horror and mystery and thriller film from Severin Fiala, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Elias Schwarz 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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