Movies like Brahms: The Boy II (2020)
The best movies like Brahms: The Boy II (2020) are The Boy (2016), Clown (2014) and Candyman (2021). If Brahms: The Boy II hooked you with its horror and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Others (2001)7.6/10 from 7,562 votes
- NewestThe Man in My Basement (2025)Released 2025
- Same seriesThe Boy (2016)The Boy
The Boy (2016)
A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.
Why it matches: Same series: The Boy · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClown (2014)
A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCandyman (2021)
A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe New Daughter (2009)
John James is a writer; his wife has left him. He moves with his two middle-school children to an isolated house off a dirt road in South Carolina. The property has an Indian burial mound, which fascinates his daughter, Louisa, who's entering puberty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisOrphan: First Kill (2022)
After escaping from an Estonian psychiatric facility, Leena Klammer travels to America by impersonating Esther, the missing daughter of a wealthy family. But when her mask starts to slip, she is put against a mother who will protect her family from the murderous “child” at any cost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSinister (2012)
True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImaginary (2024)
When Jessica moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice’s behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisMarrowbone (2017)
A young man and his three younger siblings are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Others (2001)
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies 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: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Soul to Keep (2019)
Like many 9-year-old boys, Eli Braverman believes something menacing lives in his basement. When his older sister leaves him home alone one night, Eli discovers if this evil is real or all in his head. What Eli confronts may end up being far more terrifying than even his worst nightmare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Malignant (2021)
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHereditary (2018)
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
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: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGet Out (2017)
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInsidious (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: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Visit (2015)
A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChild's Play (1988)
After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Conjuring (2013)
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sublet (2015)
The Sublet is a suspense driven psychological thriller about Joanna, a new mom coping with her baby alone in an odd sublet apartment. As her husband neglects her to focus on his career, Joanna questions her sanity as she discovers a violent past to the apartment and suspects that the building may be haunted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
The Invisible Man (2020)
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChild's Play (2019)
Karen, a single mother, gifts her son Andy a Buddi doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrimson Peak (2015)
In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Doll 2 (2017)
A mother uses her deceased daughter's doll as a medium to communicate with her, but the consequences are chilling.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDollhouse (2025)
After losing their child, a mother finds solace in a life-sized ancient doll she finds on the market. When a new daughter enters the family's life, strange things begin to happen and no matter how hard the family tries to get rid of it, the doll always finds its way back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Man in My Basement (2025)
Down on his luck, Charles Blakey agrees to rent his basement to a mysterious stranger, unaware he may be letting in a force much darker than he imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisGaslight (2023)
Meesha, a young paraplegic woman confined to a wheelchair, returns to her family’s royal estate after 15 years at the behest of her estranged father, only to learn that he’s mysteriously missing and probably dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
The Sonata (2018)
After a gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumstances, she discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret, triggering dark forces that reach beyond her imagination.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisEvil Eye (2020)
A seemingly perfect romance turns dark when a mother becomes convinced her daughter’s new boyfriend has a sinister connection to her own past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlurr (2022)
With progressive blindness setting in, Gayatri has to find answers to her twin sister's unlikely death. As the lines of reality keep getting blurred, is she ready to look the truth in the eye?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Brahms: The Boy II?
The closest matches to Brahms: The Boy II are The Boy (2016), Clown (2014) and Candyman (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Brahms: The Boy II?
People who watched Brahms: The Boy II most often go on to Clown (2014), Candyman (2021) and The New Daughter (2009).
What is the highest-rated movie like Brahms: The Boy II?
The Others (2001), rated 7.6/10 by 7,562 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Brahms: The Boy II?
The Man in My Basement (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Brahms: The Boy II part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to The Boy, which includes The Boy (2016).
Are there English movies like Brahms: The Boy II?
Yes: The Boy (2016), Clown (2014) and Candyman (2021).
How are movies similar to Brahms: The Boy II chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Brahms: The Boy II, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.