Movies Like Nails (2017)

Nails is a 2017 horror film from Dennis Bartok with a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot and Duckweed.

Horror

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

2018

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

6.7

MagicScore

Duckweed

2017

When a son attempts to reconcile with his father, a series of fateful events allow him to experience the father's life in the past.

6.5

MagicScore

Curve

2015

A soon-to-be bride on her way to a wedding rehearsal is having second thoughts and decides to take a detour. Her car breaks down and a hitch-hiker offers help. Could it be fate?

5.7

MagicScore

Haunter

2013

A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

6.1

MagicScore

Shutter

2004

When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.

7.3

MagicScore

Marry My Dead Body

2023

After finding an odd envelope, Policeman Ming-han's life takes a spooky turn: He's now wed to a ghost husband, and they must solve a crime together.

7.0

MagicScore

The Frighteners

1996

Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

6.9

MagicScore

Ghost Stories

2018

Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases -- disturbing visions in an abandoned asylum, a car accident deep in the woods and the spirit of an unborn child. Even scarier -- each of the macabre stories seems to have a sinister connection to the professor's own life.

6.4

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

#10

Gerald's Game

2017

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

Separation

2021

A young girl finds solace in her artist father and the ghost of her dead mother.

5.7

MagicScore

#12

Shutter

2008

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

5.6

MagicScore

#13

Pay the Ghost

2015

One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.

5.4

MagicScore

#14

Cathy's Curse

1977

A young girl is possessed by the spirit of her dead aunt, who died in a car accident. Soon members of her family begin to mysteriously die off.

4.9

MagicScore

#15

Coda

2013

A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.

7.3

MagicScore

#16

5 Sundarikal

2013

Five women, Anikha, Isha, Gauri, Kullante and Aami, undergo life-changing experiences with regard to love.

6.9

MagicScore

#17

Topper

1937

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.

6.7

MagicScore

#18

Sun Choke

2015

Janie’s just trying to get well. As she recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie's buried demons begin to surface.

5.2

MagicScore

#19

The Windermere Children

2020

The story of the pioneering project to rehabilitate child survivors of the Holocaust on the shores of Lake Windermere.

7.4

MagicScore

#20

Wit

2001

A renowned professor is forced to reassess her life when she is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer.

7.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Nails?

The top films similar to Nails by MovieMagicScore are Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (6.7), Duckweed (6.5), Curve (5.7). Each shares horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Nails worth watching?

Nails holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.6/10 from 114 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Nails?

Nails (2017) is a horror film directed by Dennis Bartok, starring Shauna Macdonald, Ross Noble, Steve Wall.

Where can I find more recommendations like Nails?

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 Nails

This ranked list pairs Nails (2017), a horror film from Dennis Bartok, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Shauna Macdonald 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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