Mama
2013 HorrorGuillermo 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.
Movies like Mama
Discover a curated list of captivating movies similar to Mama. Explore films such as The Ring, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Kingsman: The Golden Circle, around the themes of mother daughter relationship, supernatural horror, haunted house. Other notable keywords include cabin in the woods and ghost.
#1
The Ring
Synopsis:
It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better …
Starring:
Naomi Watts,
Martin Henderson,
Daveigh Chase
#2
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Synopsis:
Mill Valley, Pennsylvania, Halloween night, 1968. After playing a joke on a school bully, Sarah and her friends decide to sneak into a supposedly haunted house that once belonged to the powerful Bellows family, unleashing dark forces that they will be unable to control.
Starring:
Gil Bellows,
Austin Abrams,
Dean Norris
#3
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Synopsis:
When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.
Starring:
Mark Strong,
Colin Firth,
Julianne Moore
#4
Jigsaw
Synopsis:
Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.
Starring:
Callum Keith Rennie,
Matt Passmore,
Tobin Bell
Plot:
suicide by hanging,
chain,
flashback,
blade,
hospital,
severed leg,
barn,
laser cutter,
x ray,
stealing
...
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#5
Hereditary
Synopsis:
When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter's family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.
Starring:
Ann Dowd,
Gabriel Byrne,
Toni Collette
#6
Hellboy
Synopsis:
Hellboy comes to England, where he must defeat Nimue, Merlin's consort and the Blood Queen. But their battle will bring about the end of the world, a fate he desperately tries to turn away.
Starring:
Sophie Okonedo,
Daniel Dae Kim,
David Harbour
Plot:
demon,
based on comic,
superhero,
magic,
sorceress,
death,
wizard,
reboot,
based on graphic novel,
violence
...
#7
Zombieland
Synopsis:
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
Starring:
Woody Harrelson,
Jesse Eisenberg,
Amber Heard
#8
The Mummy
Synopsis:
Though safely entombed in a crypt deep beneath the unforgiving desert, an ancient queen whose destiny was unjustly taken from her is awakened in our current day, bringing with her malevolence grown over millennia, and terrors that defy human comprehension.
Starring:
Jake Johnson,
Marwan Kenzari,
Annabelle Wallis
Plot:
archaeologist,
princess,
egyptian mythology,
tomb,
egypt,
mummy,
mummy character,
ancient egypt,
excavation,
heir to throne
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#9
The Happening
Synopsis:
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
Zooey Deschanel,
Alan Ruck
#10
The Conjuring
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Vera Farmiga,
Patrick Wilson,
Joey King
#11
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Synopsis:
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
Starring:
Eva Green,
Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Bruce Willis
#12
Scream
Synopsis:
A killer known as Ghostface begins killing off teenagers, and as the body count begins rising, one girl and her friends find themselves contemplating the 'rules' of horror films as they find themselves living in a real-life one.
Starring:
David Arquette,
Courteney Cox,
Joseph Whipp
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#13
Logan
Synopsis:
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.
Starring:
Boyd Holbrook,
Richard E. Grant,
Hugh Jackman
#14
Legion
Synopsis:
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.
Starring:
Dennis Quaid,
Tyrese Gibson,
Paul Bettany
#15
Beetlejuice
Synopsis:
Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the undead newlyweds turn to an expert frightmeister, but he's got a diabolical agenda of his own.
Starring:
Jeffrey Jones,
Geena Davis,
Michael Keaton
Plot:
ghost,
attic,
teenage girl,
black comedy,
shrunken head,
surrealism,
seance,
able to see the dead,
goth girl,
dysfunctional family
...
#16
Transformers: The Last Knight
Synopsis:
Autobots and Decepticons are at war, with humans on the sidelines. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth.
Starring:
Mark Wahlberg,
Stanley Tucci,
Josh Duhamel
Plot:
transforming robot,
racial slur,
ethnic slur,
based on toy,
fifth part,
sequel,
england,
london england,
gunfight,
shootout
...
#17
The Hangover
Synopsis:
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time.
Starring:
Bradley Cooper,
Heather Graham,
Ken Jeong
Plot:
hangover,
female nudity,
bachelor party,
implied cunnilingus,
fellatio,
drunkenness,
stripper,
waitress,
wedding,
party
...
#18
The Bourne Legacy
Synopsis:
New CIA operative Aaron Cross experiences life-or-death stakes that have been triggered by the previous actions of Jason Bourne.
Starring:
Jeremy Renner,
Albert Finney,
Rachel Weisz
Plot:
wolf,
drone,
pill,
assassin,
manhunt,
log cabin,
undercover agent,
animal attack,
conspiracy,
missile
...
#19
Polar
Synopsis:
When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.
Starring:
Matt Lucas,
Ruby O. Fee,
Vanessa Hudgens
#20
I Spit on Your Grave
Synopsis:
Jennifer is a writer working on a new novel and, needing to get out of the city to finish it, hires a riverside apartment in upstate New York to finish her book—attracting the attention of a number of rowdy male locals.
Starring:
Tracey Walter,
Chad Lindberg,
Sarah Butler
Plot:
rape,
anal sex,
revenge,
rape victim,
female nudity,
rape and revenge,
brutality,
violence,
horror movie remake,
home invasion
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