Movies Like The Child Remains (2017)

The Child Remains is a 2017 horror, mystery, thriller film from Michael Melski with a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Cocoon: The Return and What to Expect When You're Expecting.

Horror Mystery Thriller

Cocoon: The Return

1988

The reinvigorated elderly group that left Earth comes back to visit their relatives. Will they all decide to go back to the planet where no one grows old, or will they be tempted to remain on Earth?

6.5

MagicScore

What to Expect When You're Expecting

2012

Challenges of impending parenthood turn the lives of five couples upside down. Two celebrities are unprepared for the surprise demands of pregnancy; hormones wreak havoc on a baby-crazy author, while her husband tries not to be outdone by his father, who's expecting twins with his young trophy wife; a photographer's husband isn't sure about his wife's adoption plans; a one-time hook-up results in a surprise pregnancy for rival food-truck owners.

6.0

MagicScore

3 Women

1977

Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.

7.1

MagicScore

Apparitions

1903

Alone in his room at an inn, a lustful old man is haunted by spirits.

5.4

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

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The Awakening

2011

In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.

6.4

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No Escape Room

2018

A father and daughter check out a small town escape room and discover there is something sinister about the place.

6.2

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

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Followed

2020

Social media influencer, 'DropTheMike', seeks thrills and stardom in the most horrific places. When he’s offered the possibility of a lucrative sponsorship, he takes his online channel to one of the most haunted hotels in America. What begins as a fun challenge accompanied by friends descends into a personal hell, begging the timely question: how far would you go to pursue internet fame?

6.0

MagicScore

#10

The Haunting of Sorority Row

2007

Samantha Willows, a college freshman, looks to pledge a sorority. Unbeknownst to Sam, it is haunted by a former pledge taking revenge on those who wronged her.

5.1

MagicScore

#11

Sumala

2024

An evil spirit seeking vengeance returns to plague the town that wronged her sister. Based on a chilling urban legend.

7.4

MagicScore

#12

Alone

2007

When Pim and Ploy, twins conjoined at the stomach, are separated, the operation leaves Pim the surviving sister, haunted by Ploy's vengeful ghost.

7.2

MagicScore

#13

Satan's Slaves 2: Communion

2022

After moving from their home to an apartment building, a new terror awaits Rini’s family.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Do You See What I See

2024

After Mawar falls for her very first boyfriend, her friends' joy turns into suspicion as they realize he may not be who he seems.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

House of Darkness

2016

When Kelly and Brian move to a farmhouse in search of a quiet life, they begin to hear strange voices and experience violent urges.

6.7

MagicScore

#16

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

#17

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

#18

Whispering Corridors

1998

The ghost of a student who died at a Korean school comes back to seek vengeance and protect her friends.

6.1

MagicScore

#19

We Go On

2016

Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom takes out an advert offering $30,000 in reward money to the first person who can show him evidence of an angel, a demon, or prove that ghosts exist - anything to prove to him that we go on after our deaths. He narrows the responses down to three viable candidates - a scientist, a medium, and a worldly entrepreneur. Along with his protective mother, he embarks on an adventure through Los Angeles that will spiral into an unthinkable nightmare.

5.8

MagicScore

#20

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

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Child Remains?

The top films similar to The Child Remains by MovieMagicScore are Cocoon: The Return (6.5), What to Expect When You're Expecting (6.0), 3 Women (7.1). Each shares horror/mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Child Remains worth watching?

The Child Remains holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10 from 34 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Child Remains?

The Child Remains (2017) is a horror, mystery, thriller film directed by Michael Melski, starring Suzanne Clément, Allan Hawco, Shelley Thompson.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Child Remains?

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About movies like The Child Remains

This ranked list pairs The Child Remains (2017), a horror and mystery and thriller film from Michael Melski, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Suzanne Clément 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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