Movies like Noche de amor desesperada (2025)
The best movies like Noche de amor desesperada (2025) are The Devil's Backbone (2001), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982) and Haunter (2013). If Noche de amor desesperada hooked you, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Devil's Backbone (2001)7.3/10 from 1,459 votes
- NewestPassenger (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishThe Devil's Backbone (2001)Also in Spanish
The Devil's Backbone (2001)
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKiss Me Goodbye (1982)
Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also Jolly's ghost, who doesn't approve of her new mate. Invisible to anyone but Kay, he tries to prevent the wedding.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisHaunter (2013)
A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhost Graduation (2012)
A teacher with paranormal abilities helps a group of ghosts graduate high school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWinchester (2018)
San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisMostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House (2016)
Just one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and ghost pals, Max Doyle races to find the crystal and save the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Ghost Story (2017)
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStir of Echoes (1999)
After being hypnotized by his sister-in-law, Tom Witzky begins seeing haunting visions of a girl's ghost and a mystery begins to unfold around her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPassenger (2026)
After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their van life adventure into a nightmare.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Exorcism of Carmen Farias (2021)
Carmen, a brave journalist, discovers soon after her mother's death that she has inherited her grandma's house. She decides to move there without knowing it hides dark secrets.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDarby and the Dead (2022)
After Darby Harper suffered a near-death experience as a child, she gained the ability to see ghosts. To combat the existential boredom of high school, she runs a side business counseling local spirits in her spare time. When an unexpected occurrence happens between Darby and Capri, the most popular girl at her high school, Darby reluctantly agrees to help her and in the process learns how to fit in with the living world again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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
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: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like this32 Malasana Street (2020)
Malasaña neighborhood, Madrid, Spain, 1976. While political turmoil ravages the streets all over the country, the Olmedo family arrives in the big city and settles into their new apartment. They soon discover that they are not the only ones roaming its corridors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrince of Darkness (1987)
A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to destroy all of humanity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHeart and Souls (1993)
A fateful night in 1959, four people die when the bus they are riding crashes. They continue as ghosts; their souls become eternally entwined to the life of a child born at the moment of their deaths as his guardians. Baby Thomas grows up to be a businessman who has memories of his playmates, but assumes they are products of his youthful imagination. When the ghosts realize they need Thomas' help to move on to the afterlife, they decide to make an appearance once more.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAlways (1989)
The spirit of a recently deceased expert pilot mentors a newer pilot while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend that he left behind.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vigil (2020)
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisUnforgotten Love (2010)
Korn was hit at the head during a robbery, when he wake up, he lost his memory over what had happen before. Now he has to write down everything before he forgets them. However, Korn always feels that there is something happened to someone during the robbery and he has to find out before it's too late. Time passes and Korn is still unable to recall who is that "someone". One day, Korn was told about a haunted 13 floor near his house, and coincidentally he appears at that floor for some reason. Is it "someone" that draws Korn's attention to the 13th floor? What happened to that "someone" during the robbery?
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Exit (2020)
Events take a sinister turn one night in London, when two very different couples arrive at a double-booked apartment. Actions have consequences and not all debts are paid for with money. Leaving, it's harder than you think.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Sleeping with the Dead (2002)
A detective and a doctor, who are tracking down consecutive murders, find Cindy, a mysterious lady who is long thought to be dead, killed by the men who raped her. As the body count rises, the two men begin to suspect that ghostly revenge is the motive.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Para toda la muerte (2020)
José has spent the last 8 years preparing the exams to become a civil servant in Spain. After his tests, he celebrates with friends and family, only to receive the news that he did not actually secure a place.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Another Roommate (2012)
Yukio and Suzuka are a couple living together. Yukio keeps working and quitting his job to write novels, and Suzuka is anxious about their future. Yukio's father, Shigeru, was a popular novelist, but he was a man who never cared about his family, beating and cheating on the young Yukio. Yukio still harbors mixed feelings toward Shigeru, who has already passed away. Suzuka soon begins to feel uncomfortable with Yukio's words and actions...
Why it matches: Similar story and style
A Serious House (2023)
In the midst of a plague, a lonely priest must confront his fears when faced with an ominous knock at the door of his abandoned church.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like this7 Virgins (2005)
It is summertime in a blue-collar, marginal district of a city in the South of Spain. Tano, a teenager currently serving a sentence in a juvenile reform center, is given a 48-hour leave to attend his brother’s wedding.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisM-Agent (2013)
A group of drunk students kills a person in road accident and disposes the body. The ghost of deceased starts to get revenge.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Noche de amor desesperada?
The closest matches to Noche de amor desesperada are The Devil's Backbone (2001), Kiss Me Goodbye (1982) and Haunter (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Noche de amor desesperada?
Start with The Devil's Backbone (2001), the closest match to Noche de amor desesperada.
What is the highest-rated movie like Noche de amor desesperada?
The Devil's Backbone (2001), rated 7.3/10 by 1,459 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Noche de amor desesperada?
Passenger (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Noche de amor desesperada?
Yes: The Devil's Backbone (2001), Ghost Graduation (2012) and The Exorcism of Carmen Farias (2021).
How are movies similar to Noche de amor desesperada chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Noche de amor desesperada, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.