Movies like Wraith (2017)
The best movies like Wraith (2017) are The Remains (2016), Altar (2014) and The Exorcism of Carmen Farias (2021). If Wraith hooked you with its horror and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Awakening (2011)6.4/10 from 1,576 votes
- NewestThe Exorcism of Carmen Farias (2021)Released 2021
The Remains (2016)
After a family moves into an old Victorian home, they discover a chest in the attic containing antiques tainted by a malevolent spirit. As the antiques slowly possess each family member, the spirit grows stronger, hellbent on kidnapping the children.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAltar (2014)
A young family find themselves in serious danger when they move to an isolated haunted house in the Yorkshire Moors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
SnoozefestMovies 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: Fans watch both · both horror
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: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDelirium (2018)
A man recently released from a mental institute inherits a mansion after his parents die. After a series of disturbing events, he comes to believe it is haunted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPoltergeist (2015)
A family's suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGhost House (2017)
A young couple go on an adventurous vacation to Thailand only to find themselves haunted by a malevolent spirit after naively disrespecting a Ghost House.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Haunted (1991)
When the Smurl family moves into a duplex, they find out it's haunted. When the Catholic Church is no help, they reach out to famous demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnother Evil (2016)
After encountering a ghost in his family's vacation home, Dan and his wife Mary hire an "industrial-grade exorcist" named Os to get rid of the beings.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisOut of the Dark (2014)
A couple and their daughter moves to Colombia to take over a family manufacturing plant, only to realize their new home is haunted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBornless Ones (2016)
With the help of her friends, Emily moves to a remote home to take better care of her brother, Zack who is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. But what they don't know is that the house is keeping a terrifying secret that will haunt them one by one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Inhabitants (2015)
A young couple gets more than they bargained for when they buy an historic bed and breakfast in New England only to discover that the old house is hiding a dark secret within its walls.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Disappointments Room (2016)
A mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
A young family moves into a historic home in Georgia, only to learn they are not the house's only inhabitants. Soon they find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbattoir (2016)
A reporter unearths an urban legend about a home being constructed from rooms where horrific tragedies have occurred.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Darkness (2016)
A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Haunting (1999)
Dr. David Marrow invites three distinct individuals to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself — and they soon see the true nature of its horror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Witch in the Window (2018)
When Simon brings his twelve year-old son, Finn, to rural Vermont to help flip an old farmhouse, they encounter the malicious spirit of Lydia, a previous owner. And now with every repair they make – she's getting stronger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ghoul (2017)
A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAn American Haunting (2005)
An invisible entity haunts a 19th century family, and family secrets soon begin to surface. Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Circles (2013)
When new parents Alex and Penny retreat from the city and move into a place outside town, the stress and massive sleep-deprivation caused by their infant has both of them seeing things in the house that may or may not exist. Persistent sightings of a strange woman has each of them wondering if they are suffering from hallucinations, or if their new home holds a dark, supernatural presence. As their fragile grasp on reality spirals into delirium, Alex and Penny find themselves nearly helpless to deal with the horrific truth of what is really going in this house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPay the Ghost (2015)
One year after his young son disappeared during a Halloween carnival, Mike Cole is haunted by eerie images and terrifying messages he can’t explain. Together with his estranged wife, he will stop at nothing to unravel the mystery and find their son—and, in doing so, he unearths a legend that refuses to remain buried in the past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisGhosts of Darkness (2017)
Two paranormal investigators are unexpectedly thrown together in the hope of solving a 100 year mystery. Locked for three nights in a house with a dark and unsettling past, the two investigators must put their differences to one side and work together. They soon discover the myths and stories are nothing compared to what actually resides within the eerie walls of Richwood Manor. Scepticism and showmanship are soon put to one side when the two investigators realise there is more at stake than just their professional reputation. For once they have stumbled onto the real thing, but this time it's their own lives at stake.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Hollow (2004)
The presence of Ichabod Crane's descendant in Sleepy Hollow conjures the Headless Horseman to return and resume his spooky slaughtering.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Atoning (2017)
Vera, Ray, and Sam, a seemingly normal family, are haunted by more than mere ghosts. The lingering horror of their past threatens their ability to function as a loving family until they become enlightened by a mystical encounter. From that moment on, they're thrust into a horror worse than anything they've ever experienced. Personal demons manifest and tear the family apart from the inside out as they come to terms with their past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Vault (2017)
Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Haunted (2018)
In a rambling, isolated house, Emily’s first night-shift as carer to an elderly dementia patient turns into a nightmare as she is tormented by a vengeful spirit and uncovers the house's dark secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Wraith?
The closest matches to Wraith are The Remains (2016), Altar (2014) and The Exorcism of Carmen Farias (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Wraith?
People who watched Wraith most often go on to The Remains (2016), Altar (2014) and The Exorcism of Carmen Farias (2021).
What is the highest-rated movie like Wraith?
The Awakening (2011), rated 6.4/10 by 1,576 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Wraith?
The Exorcism of Carmen Farias (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Wraith?
Yes: The Remains (2016), Altar (2014) and Winchester (2018).
How are movies similar to Wraith chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Wraith, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.