Films like Suddenly in the Dark (1981)

Suddenly in the Dark (1981) is drama, horror, mystery. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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  Midsommar (2019)

  Also drama and horror. 7.1/10

  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. What begins as a dream…

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  The Witch (2016)

  Also drama and horror. 7.0/10

  In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family…

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  The Devil's Advocate (1997)

  Also drama and horror. 7.5/10

  Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far…

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  A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

  Also drama and horror. 7.1/10

  Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark…

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  Crimson Peak (2015)

  Also drama and horror. 6.7/10

  In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of…

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  The Skin I Live In (2011)

  Also drama and horror. 7.5/10

  A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

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  Red Riding Hood (2011)

  Also drama and horror. 6.0/10

  Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away…

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  Fear Street: 1994 (2021)

  Also drama and horror. 6.7/10

  After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.

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  Fear Street: 1978 (2021)

  Also drama and horror. 7.2/10

  In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.

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  Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

  Also drama and horror. 7.4/10

  In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended…

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  What Lies Beneath (2000)

  Also drama and horror. 6.4/10

  Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.

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  Let Me In (2010)

  Also drama and horror. 6.8/10

  A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. A remake of the movie “Let The Right One In” which was an adaptation of a book.

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  The Skeleton Key (2005)

  Also drama and horror. 6.6/10

  A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

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  Jacob's Ladder (1990)

  Also drama and horror. 7.4/10

  After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world…

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  Inland Empire (2006)

  Also drama and horror. 7.0/10

  When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural…

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  Suspiria (2018)

  Also drama and horror. 6.9/10

  A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will…

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  After.Life (2009)

  Also drama and horror. 6.3/10

  Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial.

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  The Vanishing (1993)

  Also drama and horror. 6.2/10

  The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.

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  Antlers (2021)

  Also drama and horror. 6.2/10

  A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.

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  Day of the Dead (1985)

  Also drama and horror. 7.0/10

  As the world is overrun by zombies, scientists and military personnel in an underground Florida bunker must decide on how they should deal with the undead.

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  Gozu (2003)

  Also drama and horror. 6.8/10

  Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a…

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  Mārama (2026)

  Also drama and horror. 6.2/10

  1859. When a young Māori woman is summoned from New Zealand to North Yorkshire, she uncovers her horrific colonial heritage and is compelled to confront and destroy the titled…

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  The Gift (2000)

  Also drama and horror. 6.5/10

  Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures⁠—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's…

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  Fire in the Sky (1993)

  Also drama and horror. 6.7/10

  After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. Despite no apparent motive or evidence of foul play, no-one believes…