Movies like The Sacred Riana: Beginning (2019)
The best movies like The Sacred Riana: Beginning (2019) are Makmum (2019), The Doll 2 (2017) and Satan's Slave (1980). If The Sacred Riana: Beginning hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSatan's Slaves (2017)6.7/10 from 332 votes
- NewestSaint Catherine (2024)Released 2024
Makmum (2019)
While in the dormitory, the resident of the dormitory is terrorized by a supernatural creature. There is a kind of supernatural creature called "Makmum" (the follower) that follows them during prayer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The 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
SnoozefestMovies like thisSatan's Slave (1980)
A wealthy family stop practicing their Muslim faith and are tormented by the undead after their mother dies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Black Magic (2018)
After his father commits suicide, Rendy, his wife Laura and his two children return to Indonesia to look after his ailing mother. Rendy is shocked to find his mother mysteriously unable to speak, lying in bed in a trance. After his mother unexpectedly attacks the family, they soon realize she is haunted by a terrifying dark magic. A rampage of horrific attacks soon befall the family as they try to escape the demonic black magic that assails them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Annabelle: Creation (2017)
Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creation—Annabelle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKhanzab (2023)
After his father was beheaded by ninjas in Banyuwangi '98, Rahayu was traumatized to the point where he found it difficult to concentrate on his prayers due to interference from the khanzab.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Chanting (2006)
A young college student moves to a new boarding house in a very haunted area.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Chanting 2 (2007)
Sam, or Samantha, has recently moved out from her old, haunted boarding house, escaping from followers of Mangkoedjiwo Sect who seek revenge over the death of Sri Sukmarahimi Mangkodjiwo. Her traumatic boyfriend, Agung, is looking for her. Sam sets herself apart in a new foster family to deal with her own dark side. The menace within her is raised stronger and stronger as she cannot stop herself from chanting the cursed chant to bring deadly punishments to people around her. Agung has to find her, and bring her back to pure conscience before the chant and her own dark side take over her life completely.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Grave Torture (2024)
When a violent act kills her parents, Sita vows to debunk the idea of supernatural torment after death — a fixation that leads her on a dark quest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Nun (2018)
A priest with a dark past and a novice nearing her final vows are sent by the Vatican to Romania to investigate a nun's death and face a demonic force.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMunkar (2024)
An oddity that caused unrest at an Islamic boarding school occurred since one of the female students returned. What's really going on?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Queen of Black Magic (2019)
Revisiting the orphanage where they grew up, three men and their families discover a horrific supernatural presence lingering in their former home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Doll 3 (2022)
After an accident that killed both of Tara's parents, Tara now only has a younger brother named Gian as a member of her family. However, the accident traumatized Gian, so Gian chose to end his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Third Eye (2017)
When her little sister claims she sees the dead, Alia consults a psychic, who opens her own eyes to the vengeful ghosts haunting their childhood home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Curse of La Llorona (2019)
In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Eye (2002)
A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she realizes her new eye can see ghosts. She sets out to find the origins of the cornea and discover the fate of its former host.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSatan's Slaves 2: Communion (2022)
After moving from their home to an apartment building, a new terror awaits Rini’s family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAnnabelle (2014)
A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMama (2013)
Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and begin a new life, they find that someone or something still wants to come tuck them in at night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisQorin (2022)
Life at a boarding school descends into chaos when a teacher instructs his students to perform a forbidden ritual that summons their doppelgängers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Ivanna (2022)
Ambar & Dika have just begun with a new chapter of life when years-old grudge of a malicious entity unfolds before their eyes. With a gift she unwillingly has, Ambar is now forced to finish the vengeance of the entity, a headless Dutch spirit, Ivanna.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Lights Out (2016)
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIndigo (2023)
In order to rescue her sister from the clutches of a vengeful ghost, a woman must unlock her latent supernatural abilities and navigate the metaphysical realms.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wailing of the Maghrib (2023)
A terror chases the souls of Adi and Saman. Ayu knows the reason as to why they are tormented - a sin committed at the most dangerous time of Maghrib Time. What sin have they committed and what will happen to Adi, Saman, Ayu and their village?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Mystics in Bali (1981)
An anthropologist named Cathy travels to Bali with her lover to conduct research on black magic. There, they encounter the queen of the Leák cult, a shapeshifting witch who feasts on blood and soon makes Cathy carry out her evil deeds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Light (2019)
A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaint Catherine (2024)
An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Boy Behind the Door (2020)
Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo Witches (2023)
A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Sacred Riana: Beginning?
The closest matches to The Sacred Riana: Beginning are Makmum (2019), The Doll 2 (2017) and Satan's Slave (1980). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Sacred Riana: Beginning?
People who watched The Sacred Riana: Beginning most often go on to Makmum (2019), The Doll 2 (2017) and Satan's Slave (1980).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Sacred Riana: Beginning?
Satan's Slaves (2017), rated 6.7/10 by 332 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Sacred Riana: Beginning?
Saint Catherine (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to The Sacred Riana: Beginning chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Sacred Riana: Beginning, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.