Movies like Good night, my child. (2025)
The best movies like Good night, my child. (2025) are Black Butterfly (2017), Monstrous (2022) and The Legend of Hell House (1973). If Good night, my child. hooked you with its mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Thing (1982)8.1/10 from 8,447 votes
- NewestSimulacre (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchThe Translators (2019)Also in French
Black Butterfly (2017)
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonstrous (2022)
Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with…
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Legend of Hell House (1973)
A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic, and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove or disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Translators (2019)
Nine translators, hired to translate the eagerly awaited final book of a bestselling trilogy, are confined in a luxurious bunker.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLaura Hasn't Slept (2020)
Desperate to rid herself of a recurring nightmare, a young woman seeks the help of her therapist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLet Her Kill You (2023)
Alone in the mountains of Switzerland, Anne discovers that her isolated chalet is on surveillance and has been bugged. Caught up by her former life as an intelligence secret agent and an affair with her handler, Anne can only count on herself to get out alive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStonehearst Asylum (2014)
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBrand Upon the Brain! (2007)
After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHaunted (1995)
Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins to doubt his own senses, and watching the strange behaviour of its residents does not make his task any easier. In time, he finds there's more to Edbrook than even he can debunk.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisManiac (1963)
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRabbits (2002)
A story of a group of humanoid rabbits and their depressive, daily life. The plot includes Suzie ironing, Jane sitting on a couch, Jack walking in and out of the apartment, and the occasional solo singing number by Suzie or Jane. At one point the rabbits also make contact with their “leader”.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Harvest (2015)
After becoming orphaned, a lonely girl moves in with her grandparents and tries to befriend a sick, bed-ridden boy next door, despite his mother’s strong objections. Her persistence leads to a friendship, but during secret visits, she uncovers dark secrets in the boy's home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Train to Lisbon (2013)
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for years and to embark on an enthralling adventure. In search of the author, Gregorius acts as detective, pulling together pieces of a puzzle that involves political and emotional intrigue and the highest possible stakes. His voyage is one that transcends time and space, delving into the realms of history, medicine and love, all in search of true meaning to his life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCome Play (2020)
Oliver, a lonely autistic boy, seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy's devices against him, his parents must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNocebo (2022)
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Caller (2011)
Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuburbicon (2017)
In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisI'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
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
SnoozefestMovies like thisDaniel Isn't Real (2019)
A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSimulacre (2026)
After a tragedy that has scarred them forever, three friends find their reality turned upside down. Between pain, obsession and loss of bearings, each tries to survive their own descent into hell. But how far can you go before you no longer recognize yourself?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
The Thing (1982)
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Toll (TBA)
Set in the 1930s, two siblings use their imaginations as a coping mechanism to come to terms with their mother's mysterious disappearance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Memories of a Boobs Flasher (2014)
A boobs flasher tells us, a boobs flasher lets us see.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
CCF's Solstice Stories (2022)
When the close but competitive Cruz sisters, Chesa and Marisol go on a camping trip with their friends Armin and Lucia, they discover a mysterious chest with five gifts, five stories, and one warning - don't sleep.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Fisheye (1980)
A fishing village falls prey to a nightmare revenge from the sea. Award-winning Yugoslavian animated short film.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
The Music of Erich Zann (1980)
Charles Dexter Ward, a young student of metaphysics, befriends Erich Zann, an elderly violinist who lives on the floor above him. Ward is fascinated by Zann's sinister yet wonderful music, which he hears late at night drifting down from above. But he discovers more then he bargains for when he peers at what beckons beyond that strange curtained window in Zann's room...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Bon Appetit (2018)
A family dinner with a mentally unstable mom whose actions are completely unpredictable. Her husband, son and daughter must try their best to get through this dinner as though their lives depend on it.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
I Feel Good (2024)
A doctor's mysterious pill offers solace to a teen plagued by an unknown disease. As he uncovers the chilling truth behind his affliction, he is tormented by the dark and twisted side effects of his treatment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Secret Window (2004)
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Good night, my child.?
The closest matches to Good night, my child. are Black Butterfly (2017), Monstrous (2022) and The Legend of Hell House (1973). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Good night, my child.?
Start with Black Butterfly (2017), the closest match to Good night, my child..
What is the highest-rated movie like Good night, my child.?
The Thing (1982), rated 8.1/10 by 8,447 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Good night, my child.?
Simulacre (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Good night, my child.?
Yes: The Translators (2019), Let Her Kill You (2023) and Simulacre (2026).
How are movies similar to Good night, my child. chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Good night, my child., then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.