Movies like The Eclipse
If The Eclipse's mix of suicide, nightmare and father stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Eclipse's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Babadook
2014 · Directed by Jennifer Kent · 94 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: nightmare, grieving · Also drama and horror
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
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Ghost Stories
2018 · Directed by Andy Nyman · 98 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: apparition, ghost · Also horror and drama
Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases --…
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Midsommar
2019 · Directed by Ari Aster · 147 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: grieving · Also horror and drama
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them.
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Directed by David Yates · 153 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: apparition, ghost · From the same decade (2000s)
Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.
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His House
2020 · Directed by Remi Weekes · 93 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: ghost · Also horror and drama
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
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The Shining
1980 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 144 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: writer
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter.
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Ordinary People
1980 · Directed by Robert Redford · 124 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: grieving
Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · Directed by Wes Craven · 91 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: nightmare
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive…
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Directed by Chuck Russell · 96 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: nightmare
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
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It Feeds
2025 · Directed by Chad Archibald · 102 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: suicide
A clairvoyant therapist confronts her own personal demons while trying to save a young girl who believes a malevolent entity is feeding on her.