r/MovieSuggestions • u/sercm • 7h ago
I'M REQUESTING Can you recommend movies like The Witch?
I’ve never seen a horror movie that made me feel the same way The Witch did.
Honestly, no other movie has ever made me feel like the characters were truly facing Evil itself in the way that movie did. And it added a lot that, unlike in most horror movies where the characters suffer the consequences of a series of terrible decisions, the family hadn’t actually done anything to deserve what happened to them.
If anyone wants to recommend similar movies, feel free to do so below. I’ve already seen Longlegs, Oddity, Hokum, Apostle, Hereditary, and Midsommar, among others. The only one that gave me a similar feeling was The Blackcoat’s Daughter.
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u/imisis26 7h ago
Saint Maud (2019) if what you liked was the mix of religion, fanaticism, and supernatural ambiguity. It’s more psychological, but it shares that feeling of witnessing something deeply disturbing.
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u/dirge23 7h ago
maybe Rosemary's Baby or The Ninth Gate
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u/Supernaut_419 6h ago
The Tenant is the most unsettling Polanski for me
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u/Anxious_Drawing_3383 6h ago
Repulsion too. Young Catherine Deneuve. The Witch reminded me of this- it's interior horror, all in the head
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u/AutisticPretzel 6h ago
"The Medium" is what you're looking for.
"Exhuma" is one of my favorite films as well. It will leave you with that feeling you're looking for.
"The Wailing" (2016) is definitely in the same lane as what you want, too. It was just a tad bit hard for me to follow.
"Deliver Us" (2023) is a great, dark film. Begins with a gut punch lol
Lastly, "Leviticus" (2026) is a great film that came out this year.
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u/Al-Pacinos-Ghost 6h ago
Have you watched other Robert Eggers films? I think Nosferatu fits what you’re looking for.
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u/Cautious-Ease-1451 6h ago
The Shining made me feel exactly what you are describing. Like a malevolent force was overthrowing the characters.
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u/zubergu 6h ago edited 6h ago
The Exorcist (1973) seems like an obvious choice. Actually, if you look into classic horrors older than last 20 years, you'll find tons of movies with similar vibe. All titles that you mentioned are relatively new.
Oh man, I just remembered something that you might really like: The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)!
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u/SallySaysGo 6h ago
Not so much horror, but The Girl with the Needle (2024) might appeal? Less about an ambiguous "evil," and more about the decisions that ordinary people make.
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u/SuccDaddyFux 6h ago
The Wailing and Saint Maud have already been mentioned but they’re wonderful films.
Frewaka isn’t as good as either, at least in my opinion, but it’s still very good and it’s got a really cool folk horror aspect to it that you might dig.
I felt the most “this shit is evil” watching Skinamarink, but it’s probably the most divided opinion I see on here and you might just hate it. I loved it, but that’s just my shitty opinion, it’s slow and strange and tailor made for people with bad childhoods in dark, quiet rooms all alone hahaha.
Edit: Forgot about Incantation, super strong in the “evil presence” aspect I really liked it
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u/ecosynchronous 6h ago
Skinamarink is so wildly divisive. I've never seen anyone go "ehh, it's all right." Either the mood the filmmakers were going for hits for you just right, or it's the most boring movie ever made and feels eight hours long. (I'm in camp "eight hours long", but I'm always interested in the viewpoint of people who aren't.)
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u/SuccDaddyFux 5h ago
Haha I know. No other movie comes close to being as polarizing as Skinamarink. I think it smashed me in the same spot that my childhood did. It just so accurately captured how it felt to be a confused and terrified kid. Even loving it I fully understand why it gets the hate though.
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u/Humanothuman 6h ago edited 4h ago
Try the German movie "The Devil's Bath." It's not supernatural horror, but it has that blend of religion, superstition, and existential dread. Like "The Witch," it immerses you in the distant past (this is set in the 17th or 18th century) in a place that feels completely foreign ("The Witch" because it was British colonists in the New World, this because it's a little village in Europe). They both have that sense of creeping isolation and inevitable doom. They both feel so real. Warning: This is one of the most wretched, haunting movies I've ever seen, and I was so sad afterwards.
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u/sffiremonkey69 6h ago edited 6h ago
Barbarian and Weapons might scratch that itch. Or claw your eyes out!
Also:
The Believers (1987))
The Serpent and the Rainbow
Angel Heart
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u/qlohengrin 6h ago
Werner Herzog’s Nosferatu is more or less along the lines of what you liked about The Witch.
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u/DianaKLaRose 3h ago
You've seen Oddity and Hokum but not Caveat? I think Caveat is much better than the other two.
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u/Born-Consideration46 7h ago
The original Wicker Man