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Movies like The Daughter (2004)

The best movies like The Daughter (2004) are The Evil (1978), 825 Forest Road (2025) and Z (2019). If The Daughter hooked you with its horror and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. 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 thriller & horror

  2. 825 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

  3. Z (2019)

    A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.

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

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  4. The Shed (2019)

    The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.

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

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  5. The Possessed (2021)

    A man with the ability to exorcise demons fights to protect his loved ones after a sudden surge in demonic possessions. After discovering his nephew's girlfriend has the same supernatural gift, they join forces for the ultimate confrontation. Inspired by actual events.

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

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  6. Play Dead (2022)

    Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is using the corpses for his sick and twisted business, and when he realises that Chloe still has a pulse, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues.

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

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  7. Eradication (2022)

    When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.

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

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  8. Whisper (2007)

    Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

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

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  9. You'll Never Find Me (2024)

    Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick’s intentions, while Patrick begins to question his own grip on reality...

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

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  10. No One Gets Out Alive (2021)

    An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.

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

  11. Insidious (2011)

    A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.

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

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  12. The Other (2025)

    Unable to conceive, a couple seeks to build a family with a young orphan, survivor of tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they realize the violence in their foster's past has returned to destroy the new family.

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

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  13. Night 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 thriller & horror

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  14. Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

    The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

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

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  15. The Deliverance (2024)

    Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.

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

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  16. Succubus (2024)

    A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he could have ever imagined.

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

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  17. Insidious: The Last Key (2018)

    Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.

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

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  18. Paranormal Activity (2009)

    After a young, middle-class couple moves into what seems like a typical suburban house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be demonic, but is certainly the most active in the middle of the night.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  19. Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973)

    A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  20. The Woman in Black (1989)

    A lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  21. What Lies Beneath (2000)

    Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

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  22. Autumn Road (2021)

    10 years after a young girl goes missing on Halloween night, her sister returns to their hometown to look for answers. Along the way she becomes entangled with two mysterious identical twins who run the town's roadside haunted house.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

  23. Summoning Sylvia (2023)

    A gay bachelor party turned spooky when sinister spirits are suddenly summoned.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

  24. Truth or Dare (2017)

    Eight college friends head to a "Haunted Rental" in a remote town for Halloween weekend. There, they play the game rumored to have caused the deaths of seven teenagers decades earlier, Truth or Dare. What starts out as vodka-fueled fun quickly turns serious when the dares become sickeningly dangerous and the truths threaten to tear the group apart. When players attempt to refuse the increasingly challenging tasks, they're met with deadly consequences, quickly discovering: you must do the dare, or the dare does you. As the death toll mounts, the remaining players must race against the clock to outrun, outsmart and outlast the simple game of Truth or Dare.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

  25. Haunting of Winchester House (2009)

    A family moves in to look after the Winchester mansion for a few months, and soon find themselves terrorized by vengeful spirits. With the help of a paranormal investigator they'll unravel the mystery of the house.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

  26. Lost Gully Road (2017)

    Lucy travels to an isolated house in the forest to wait for her sister. They have worked out a risky scheme for their future and all she needs to do is sit it out. However a sinister presence may have something different in mind.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & horror

  27. Unforgotten 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 · both horror

  28. Poltergeist (1982)

    The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

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  29. Bhooth Bangla (2026)

    A man inherits a palace in rural Mangalpur and plans his sister's wedding there, but strange supernatural events and panicked locals force him to investigate the property's mysterious past.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

  30. The Haunted Mansion (2003)

    Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner Sara get a call one night from a mansion owner, Edward Gracey, who wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion, a torrential thunderstorm of mysterious origin strands them with the brooding, eccentric Gracey, his mysterious butler, and a variety of residents both seen and unseen.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Daughter?

The closest matches to The Daughter are The Evil (1978), 825 Forest Road (2025) and Z (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Daughter?

Start with The Evil (1978), the closest match to The Daughter.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Daughter?

Succubus (2024), rated 8.3/10 by 279 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Daughter?

Bhooth Bangla (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like The Daughter?

Yes: The Evil (1978), 825 Forest Road (2025) and Z (2019).

How are movies similar to The Daughter chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Daughter, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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