Movies like The Farmhouse Murders
The best movies like The Farmhouse Murders are Lady in White (1988), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Urban Legend (1998). If The Farmhouse Murders hooked you with its mystery and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedWeapons (2025)7.3/10 from 4,291 votes
- NewestIt Ends (2026)Released 2026
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSleepy Hollow (1999)
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a legendary specter, The Headless Horseman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUrban Legend (1998)
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Watch (1973)
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI See You (2019)
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Awakening (2011)
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLike Minds (2006)
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Caller (1987)
One night, an unusual stranger in need asks a woman living alone in a house in the woods if he can use her phone. It soon becomes clear that they're playing a strange mind game and that there's something very wrong about the woods.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Watcher in the Woods (1980)
After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisIt Ends (2026)
A group of recent grads head out on a late night drive for grub, hoping to enjoy one final hangout before their paths diverge. Instead, they accidentally turn onto a never-ending, two-lane hellscape surrounded by untold horrors and cosmic forces beyond their understanding. Cramped together inside a Jeep Cherokee and with the miles stretching infinitely ahead, they face a choice: embrace their new existence or fight to escape it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Dogs (2025)
After fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTen Little Indians (1965)
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this825 Forest Road (2025)
After a family tragedy, Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life in Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Elizabeth, but he quickly discovers that the town has a dark history of being haunted by a ghostly woman who drives residents to suicide.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCrooked House (2017)
A private investigator helps a former flame solve the murder of her wealthy grandfather, who lived in a sprawling estate surrounded by his idiosyncratic family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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 thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Cellar (2022)
When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family's souls forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Mouth of Madness (1995)
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Lady Vanishes (2013)
Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMeadowoods (2010)
In a sleepy and uneventful small town, three college students, bored and desperate to make their mark, plot a savage and merciless murder. Electing to keep a video journal to memorialize their bizarre pact, they plot in secret, devising a homemade death chamber that will allow them to see, hear, feel, and linger over their intended victim's torment and final moments of life. Then, chosen at random, a fellow student becomes this victim when she is to receive perhaps the most brutal and horrifying of all fates. The default leader of this macabre trio directs the physical and psychological terror, even as contention and hostility within the group threatens to jeopardize their twisted plan, culminating in a violent and chilling conclusion.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller
Weapons (2025)
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMARTYR (TBA)
Jon, an alcoholic man who seeks vengeance finds himself in a retreated town ruled by a violent cult that will unveil his inner demons.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller
The Curse of the Black Djinn (2024)
Inci's life is turned upside down when her father kills her mother who cheated on her by performing a ritual. While her father runs away from home, the curse on her dead mother passes to Inci. Spending her childhood with her uncle Hasan and her aunt, her real sister Neriman, in their hotel, Inci grows up with her closest friend, her cousin Mehmet. Abused by her uncle when she was six years old, Inci is saved from this nightmare only when she grows up and manages to escape from the hotel. Inci is forced to fight a spiritual war with Neriman in addition to her physical struggle against Hasan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller
Lupe (2022)
An immigrant woman struggles to take care of her sick daughter who is kept hidden in an abandoned church and feeds off raw meat. Unable to get a doctor to visit her, and with the fear of deportation hanging over her head, she turns to a priest for help. When his faith is questioned a terrifying truth is uncovered.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & mystery
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood Daughter (2022)
A young woman comes to terms with her dark heritage.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Ripley Under Ground (2007)
Now living a quiet, luxurious life at his French estate—funded by past crimes and his marriage to an heiress—Tom Ripley finds that an art scam he supports—selling forged paintings by a supposedly living artist named Derwatt—beginning to collapse. An inquisitive American collector suspects his Derwatt painting is fake and demands answers. As the situation escalates, Ripley turns to murder and elaborate identity deception to protect his reputation.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGehenna (2025)
In this recently found and restored banned underground classic from 1984, four girls go into a bathroom to hide in the middle of a war and, after an impulsive act by one of them, they find themselves trapped there. As panic gives way to despair, tragedy approaches.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Go to Hell!! (1997)
Based on the premise that "God" is actually an alien called G.D., who wiped out the dinosaurs and populated the Earth with apes from his own planet (who eventually evolve into us). "The Devil" is actually his son, "Little Red", who disagrees with what he is doing and pops up throughout history trying to upset G.D.'s plans.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Farmhouse Murders?
The closest matches to The Farmhouse Murders are Lady in White (1988), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Urban Legend (1998). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Farmhouse Murders?
Start with Lady in White (1988), the closest match to The Farmhouse Murders.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Farmhouse Murders?
Weapons (2025), rated 7.3/10 by 4,291 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Farmhouse Murders?
It Ends (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Farmhouse Murders?
Yes: Lady in White (1988), Sleepy Hollow (1999) and Urban Legend (1998).
How are movies similar to The Farmhouse Murders chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Farmhouse Murders, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.