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10 Best Movies Like The Awakening

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

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#1
Cracks

Cracks

2009★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Awakening for fans of Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jealousy flares after the headmistress of an elite boarding school for girls becomes obsessed with a new student....

#2
Nightmare

Nightmare

1964★ 6.8

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

A young woman is plagued by nightmares of her asylum-patient mother. Upon returning to her family home, the nightmares become real when she sees a strange woman pacing the halls....

#3
The Haunting

The Haunting

1963★ 7.1

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

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and it...

#4
We Go On

We Go On

2016★ 5.9

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

Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom takes out an advert offering $30,000 in reward money to the first person who can show him evidence of an angel, a demon, or prove that...

#5
Young Sherlock Holmes

Young Sherlock Holmes

1985★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Awakening for fans of Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. Whe...

#6
Haunted

Haunted

1995★ 6.1

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

Professor David Ash exposes false spiritulists and mediums. He is invited to Edbrook to resolve the fears and torments within its secretive family. Soon after arriving Ash begins t...

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