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10 Best Movies Like The Ancestress

If you loved The Ancestress, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Bad Seed Returns

The Bad Seed Returns

2022★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ancestress for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Several years after the murderous events of the first movie left her father dead, Emma is now living with her aunt Angela and navigating high school. Angela’s husband begins to sus...

#2
Bad Sister

Bad Sister

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ancestress for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed ...

#3
R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls

R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ancestress for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town....

#4
The Hunchback

The Hunchback

1997★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ancestress for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on Victor Hugo's famed novel, the story of Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre Dame, and his unrequited love for the gypsy girl, Esmeralda....

#5
Oslo

Oslo

2021★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ancestress for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palest...

#6
The Slammin' Salmon

The Slammin' Salmon

2009★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ancestress for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon "Slammin'" Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most mone...

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