Movies like Dark Nuns (2025)
The best movies like Dark Nuns (2025) are Ju-on: The Grudge (2002), The 8th Night (2021) and Alucarda (1977). If Dark Nuns hooked you with its horror and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedRosemary's Baby (1968)7.8/10 from 4,582 votes
- NewestHoly Night: Demon Hunters (2025)Released 2025
- In KoreanThe 8th Night (2021)Also in Korean
- Same seriesThe Priests (2015)The Priests
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
When a social worker is sent to check on a traumatized elderly woman whose family have moved in at the site of a notorious murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that transmits via its victims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 8th Night (2021)
With prayer beads in one hand and an ax in the other, a monk hunts down a millennia-old spirit that's possessing humans and unleashing hell on Earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlucarda (1977)
After the death of her parents, young Justine is sent to live in a convent, where she meets and falls in love with the mysterious and macabre Alucarda. However, Alucarda has friends in low places... very low places. And a blood pact has just granted them entry to the church.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Rite (2011)
Seminary student Michael Kovak reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExhuma (2024)
After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those who dare to mess with the wrong grave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRing (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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPrey for the Devil (2022)
In response to a global rise in demonic possessions, the Catholic Church reopens exorcism schools to train priests in the Rite of Exorcism. On this spiritual battlefield, an unlikely warrior rises: a young nun, Sister Ann. Thrust onto the spiritual frontline with fellow student Father Dante, Sister Ann finds herself in a battle for the soul of a young girl and soon realizes the Devil has her right where he wants her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House of the Devil (2009)
A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRosemary's Baby (1968)
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Ritual (2025)
Two priests, one in crisis with his faith and the other confronting a turbulent past, must overcome their differences to perform a risky exorcism.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005)
When a young girl called Emily Rose dies, everyone puts blame on the exorcism which was performed on her by Father Moore prior to her death. The priest is arrested on suspicion of murder. The trial begins with lawyer Erin Bruner representing Moore, but it is not going to be easy, as no one wants to believe what Father Moore says is true.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Priests (2015)
To save a girl in danger, a priest and deacon jump into a mysterious case.
Why it matches: Same series: The Priests · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Crucifixion (2017)
When a priest is jailed for the murder of a nun on whom he was performing an exorcism, an investigative journalist strives to determine whether he in fact murdered a mentally ill person, or if he lost the battle with a demonic presence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Exorcist (1973)
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDevils Stay (2024)
A cardiologist suspects his daughter lives after an exorcism. During her funeral, he conflicts with a priest over her fate. Both strive to prove their beliefs, hoping to save her if she's alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImmaculate (2024)
An American nun embarks on a new journey when she joins a remote convent in the Italian countryside. However, her warm welcome quickly turns into a living nightmare when she discovers her new home harbours a sinister secret and unspeakable horrors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHoly Night: Demon Hunters (2025)
When a devil-worshipping criminal network plunges Seoul into chaos, the police turn to Holy Night—a trio of supernatural demon hunters—to restore order and defeat the rising evil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vatican Tapes (2015)
In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorcisms/supposed exorcisms and other unexplained religious phenomena they feel the world is not ready to see. This is the first tape - Case 83-G - stolen from these archives and exposed to the public by an anonymous source.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Nun (2018)
A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Pope's Exorcist (2023)
Father Gabriele Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican, investigates a young boy's terrifying possession and ends up uncovering a centuries-old conspiracy the Vatican has desperately tried to keep hidden.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVeronica (2017)
In 1991 Madrid, after holding a séance at school, a teen girl minding her younger siblings at home suspects an evil force has entered their apartment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaint Maud (2020)
Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Day of the Lord (2020)
In this horror movie, a retired priest haunted by his sins is pulled back into the darkness when a friend begs him to help his possessed daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSvaha: The Sixth Finger (2019)
Pastor Park, the head of a religious investigation center that exposes cults and cult leaders, begins looking into a suspicious new religion called Deer Mount.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wailing (2016)
A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisConsecration (2023)
After the alleged suicide of her priest brother, Grace travels to the remote Scottish convent where he fell to his death. Distrusting the Church's account, she uncovers murder, sacrilege and a disturbing truth about herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Nun (2005)
Years ago, a cruel and merciless nun turned a boarding school into a living hell for her students until they could no longer bear the abuse, and she mysteriously disappeared. Now the alumnae are being brutally murdered one by one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like this13 Exorcisms (2022)
After participating in a séance, young Laura begins to behave strangely. Alarmed, her parents ask Father Olmedo, one of the few exorcists authorized by the Vatican to intervene in cases of demonic possession, for help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRevelations (2025)
A pastor who believes in divine revelation and a detective haunted by visions pursue a missing person case — exposing their own demons in the process.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Dark Nuns?
The closest matches to Dark Nuns are Ju-on: The Grudge (2002), The 8th Night (2021) and Alucarda (1977). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Dark Nuns?
People who watched Dark Nuns most often go on to Ju-on: The Grudge (2002), The 8th Night (2021) and Alucarda (1977).
What is the highest-rated movie like Dark Nuns?
Rosemary's Baby (1968), rated 7.8/10 by 4,582 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Dark Nuns?
Holy Night: Demon Hunters (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Dark Nuns part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to The Priests, which includes The Priests (2015).
Are there Korean movies like Dark Nuns?
Yes: The 8th Night (2021), Exhuma (2024) and The Priests (2015).
How are movies similar to Dark Nuns chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Dark Nuns, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.