Movies Like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a 2019 adventure, horror, mystery film from André Øvredal with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Jasper Jones and Lady in White.

Adventure Horror Mystery

Jasper Jones

2017

Fourteen-year-old Charlie's life changes when Jasper takes his help to dispose of the body of his girlfriend, Laura. He decides to look for the murderer and falls in love with Laura's younger sister.

6.4

MagicScore

Lady in White

1988

Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.

6.1

MagicScore

The Uninvited

1944

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast. They soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

6.9

MagicScore

A Kind of Murder

2016

In 1960s New York, Walter Stackhouse is a rich, successful architect and unhappily married to the beautiful but damaged Clara. His desire to be free of her feeds his obsession with Kimmel, a man suspected of brutally murdering his own wife. When Walter and Kimmel's lives become dangerously intertwined, a ruthless police detective becomes convinced he has found the murderer. But as the lines blur between innocence and intent, who, in fact, is the real killer?

5.4

MagicScore

The Mothman Prophecies

2002

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

6.2

MagicScore

Vixen!

1968

In a Canadian mountain resort, Vixen Palmer resides with her naive pilot husband Tom. While he's away flying in tourists, she sleeps with practically everybody including a husband and his wife, and even her biker brother. However, the only one she won't bed is her brother's friend... who is Black.

5.5

MagicScore

Scarecrow Slayer

2003

A college freshman is killed during a fraternity prank and is resurrected as a demonic scarecrow

2.9

MagicScore

Starve Acre

2024

When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.

6.0

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

Palm Trees in the Snow

2015

Spain, 2003. An accidental discovery leads Clarence to travel from the snowy mountains of Huesca to Equatorial Guinea, to visit the land where her father Jacobo and her uncle Kilian spent most of their youth, the island of Fernando Poo.

7.4

MagicScore

#11

Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow

2013

Scooby-Doo and the rest of the ghost-busting gang visit a quiet farm town where everyone is preparing for the annual Halloween harvest celebration.

8.3

MagicScore

#12

The Barn

2016

It's Halloween 1989, best friends Sam and Josh are trying to enjoy what's left of their final Devil's Night before graduating high school. But trouble arises when the two pals and a group of friends take a detour on their way to a rock concert, finding an old abandoned barn and awakening the evil inside. Now it's up to Sam and Josh to find a way to protect their friends and defeat the creatures that lurk within "The Barn".

4.8

MagicScore

#13

The Canterville Ghost

2023

An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Affliction

1997

A small town policeman must investigate a suspicious hunting accident. The investigation and other events result in him slowly disintegrating mentally.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

The Help

2011

Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson is an African-American maid who has often offended her employers despite her family's struggles with money and her desperate need for jobs; and Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan is a young white woman who has recently moved back home after graduating college to find out her childhood maid has mysteriously disappeared. These three stories intertwine to explain how life in Jackson, Mississippi revolves around "the help"; yet they are always kept at a certain distance because of racial lines.

8.2

MagicScore

#16

Nickel Boys

2024

Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.

6.6

MagicScore

#17

Ring

1998

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

7.1

MagicScore

#18

Hallowed Ground

2007

After she becomes stranded in a small town, a young woman discovers her arrival there was foretold a century earlier by the town's founding preacher and that she is an integral part of his impending - and terrifying - rebirth.

5.1

MagicScore

#19

House of 1000 Corpses

2003

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.

6.2

MagicScore

#20

Stars in My Crown

1950

An orphaned man recalls his upbringing with his aunt and her husband, the parson, in a small Western town during the Reconstruction.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?

The top films similar to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by MovieMagicScore are Jasper Jones (6.4), Lady in White (6.1), The Uninvited (6.9). Each shares adventure/horror/mystery themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark worth watching?

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 2,772 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) is a adventure, horror, mystery film directed by André Øvredal, starring Zoe Colletti, Dean Norris, Michael Garza.

Where can I find more recommendations like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark?

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About movies like Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

This ranked list pairs Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), a adventure and horror and mystery film from André Øvredal, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Zoe Colletti 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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