Movies like Mirror, Mirror: TRANSVILE (2024)

Antichrist (2009)

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror

I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

In late-'90s suburbia, lonely teenager Owen meets Maddy, who introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world pulsing beneath their own. As time goes on, questions begin to arise about why the show sometimes seems more real than their own lives, as their view of reality begins to crack.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror

The Thinning: New World Order (2018)

Blake Redding is trapped in this dark room wanting to protect his love so the only thing he will do is escape like no failed student has done before.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror

The Surrender (2025)

A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror

Bad Ronald (1974)

When awkward teen Ronald Wilby accidentally kills a young girl whose sister rejected his affections, his overbearing mother decides to hide him from the law by creating a concealed room in their home for him to live.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror

Mr. Frost (1990)

Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden. However, even while under psychiatric care and tight hospital security, it becomes obvious that Mr. Frost is not all he seems to be.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & drama

Before I Wake (2016)

An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror

Dressed to Kill (1980)

After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing her only witness.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Port Authority (2019)

Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secret, an intense love between them blossoms. But when Paul discovers Wye is trans, he is forced to confront his own identity and what it means to belong.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Parallel (2018)

A group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse", but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous consequences.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

The Good Neighbor (2022)

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Ginger Snaps (2000)

The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)

The fantastical tale of a little girl who won't - or can't - follow the rules. Confounded by her clashes with the rule-obsessed world around her, Phoebe seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher, even as her brilliant but anguished mother looks to Phoebe herself for inspiration.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Paperhouse (1988)

A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

Maniac (2012)

As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

The Evil (1978)

Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard. Kirsty is undeterred and, with the help of a fellow patient, heads to Hell for a rescue.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Shades of Desire (2023)

After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)

Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

Blues (2009)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

The Mousetrap (2016)

Baptiste is a gay man who can't stop dreaming about a woman who works at a local pub. His desire for her makes him go on a journey that he could had never imagined.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

I Am Curious Gay (1970)

On his 21st birthday, Davy wanders into a gay bar and meets the man of his dreams.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Walk a Crooked Path (1969)

Set in an exclusive boy's school, about a man who plans to kill off his wealthy teacher wife by encouraging her to drink and pushing her into suicide. To assist him he recruits a young student who will claim that he was sexually assaulted by her. (from: http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/390627)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Kirepapa. (2008)

Chisato is a beautiful 35-year-old writer, who looks like 18, and the father of Riju, a cute 15-year-old boy. Chisato's hobby is to drive away all of Riju's friends because he thinks they want to corrupt his precious child, so he shows his good side to these boys while he poisons the cake he brings them with a smile; however, there is one guy, Shunsuke, who doesn't fall for the tricks. But is Shunsuke really aiming for Riju? Who is that mysterious writer Chisato loves so much? And why is Chisato convinced that Riju's friends want to take advantage of him?

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Tidal Time (2018)

After a boat accident where he puts his son Flavio’s life at risk, fisherman Capudemazza decides to never go fishing again. Ten years later a discovery about his son awakens a feeling in him that had been buried.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Love Bites (2025)

Just out of their teens, young men Liam and Anatole were in the throes of an exciting relationship- until they had fight, and Anatole disappeared. Liam can’t accept breakup. And, since his boyfriend doesn’t reply to his calls and text messages, Liam decides to follow him to a Halloween organized by one of Anatole’s friends to try find him. The wild night that ensues will test boys’ true feelings for each other, as well as force them to confront some hard inner truths once and for all.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Oasis (2016)

When an introverted teenager photographs an charming backpacker naked in a caravan shower block he must choose between keeping his precious secret or saving his friendship.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

Little Gay Boy (2013)

A young gay boy, from his birth to his teenage years, in which he experiments his sexuality and his own boundaries, to the day he finally meets his father. In three acts: Act I — L'Annonciation or The Conception of a Little Gay Boy (2011); Act II — Little Gay Boy, ChrisT is Dead (2012); and Act III — Holy Thursday (The Last Supper) (2013).

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama