Movies Like The Limehouse Golem (2016)

The Limehouse Golem is a 2016 horror, mystery, thriller film from Juan Carlos Medina with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Vexxer and Insomnia.

Horror Mystery Thriller

The Vexxer

2007

Scotland Yard investigators have to prevent the murder of Victoria Dickman when her name is found on a death list.

6.5

MagicScore

Insomnia

2002

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

7.0

MagicScore

Sherlock Holmes

2009

Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.

7.2

MagicScore

Trauma

1993

A young Romanian woman and a recovering drug addict launch an unlikely investigation after her parents are murdered by a vicious serial killer known as The Headhunter.

5.8

MagicScore

A Murder of Crows

1999

In the wake of a career-ending scandal, disgraced lawyer Lawson Russell moves to Key West, where he befriends aging novelist Christopher Marlowe. After letting Russell borrow his latest manuscript, Marlowe dies of a heart attack. When Russell publishes the dead man's manuscript under his own name, he makes the best-seller list—and unwittingly becomes the prime suspect in the investigation of a grisly multiple homicide.

6.1

MagicScore

Hell House LLC

2015

Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.

6.5

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Martin

1978

A young man, convinced he's a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his bloodlust.

6.8

MagicScore

The Woman in Green

1945

Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.

6.4

MagicScore

Marrowbone

2017

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

7.3

MagicScore

#10

Saturn Bowling

2022

In a family-owned bowling alley, tension arises between two brothers following their father's death. Meanwhile one of them, a cop, is investigating a series of disturbing murders. Both brothers soon find themselves trapped in a looming darkness.

5.6

MagicScore

#11

Lured

1947

Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared. Soon after the disappearance, she's approached by Harley Temple, a police investigator who believes her friend has been murdered by a serial killer who uses personal ads to find his victims. Temple hatches a plan to catch the killer using Sandra as bait, and Sandra agrees to help.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

The Third Murder

2017

A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1981

The sensuous wife of a lunch wagon proprietor and a rootless drifter begin a sordidly steamy affair and conspire to murder her Greek husband.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

Don't Open Till Christmas

1984

It's just days before Christmas in London, but not everyone is full of good cheer - as a maniac with a pathological hatred of Santa Claus stalks the streets, butchering any man that’s unlucky enough to be wandering around dressed as Old Saint Nick.

4.8

MagicScore

#15

Heart Blackened

2017

A father goes all out to clear his daughter from any wrong doing in the murder of his fiancée. When all evidence points to her, he takes matters into to his own hands to save his daughter and outwit the judiciary system.

7.0

MagicScore

#16

The Lodger

1944

In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lodger is Jack the Ripper.

6.4

MagicScore

#17

Sommersby

1993

Set in the South just after the US Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband, believed killed in battle. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he suddenly returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading some people to believe that this is not actually Jack but an imposter. Laurel herself is unsure, but willing to take the man into her home, and perhaps later into her heart.

6.3

MagicScore

#18

Grip of the Strangler

1958

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

5.9

MagicScore

#19

Yield to the Night

1956

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

6.9

MagicScore

#20

Witness for the Prosecution

1957

An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.

8.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Limehouse Golem?

The top films similar to The Limehouse Golem by MovieMagicScore are The Vexxer (6.5), Insomnia (7.0), Sherlock Holmes (7.2). Each shares horror/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Limehouse Golem worth watching?

The Limehouse Golem holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 692 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Limehouse Golem?

The Limehouse Golem (2016) is a horror, mystery, thriller film directed by Juan Carlos Medina, starring Bill Nighy, Olivia Cooke, Douglas Booth.

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This ranked list pairs The Limehouse Golem (2016), a horror and mystery and thriller film from Juan Carlos Medina, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Bill Nighy 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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