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10 Best Movies Like The Orphanage

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

#1
Julia's Eyes

Julia's Eyes

2010★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphanage for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Julia, a woman suffering from a degenerative sight disease, finds her blind sister Sara hung in a basement. Despite all signs pointing to suicide, Julia decides to investigate what...

#2
[REC]

[REC]

2007★ 7.2

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

A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying....

#3
Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass

Queen of Spades: Through the Looking Glass

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphanage for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The sinister ghost of the Queen of Spades is out for blood, her victims the students of an old boarding school shrouded in gloomy rumors. Exploring the school’s abandoned wing, th...

#4
The Others

The Others

2001★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphanage for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

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 ...

#5
The Sea Inside

The Sea Inside

2004★ 7.6

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

Ramón Sampedro is a ship mechanic and part-time poet left a quadriplegic following a diving accident. Ramón fought for 30 years for the legal right to end his own life. He develops...

#6
Barbershop

Barbershop

2002★ 6.4

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

A day in the life of a barbershop on the south side of Chicago. Calvin, who inherited the struggling business from his deceased father, views the shop as nothing but a burden and w...