
Movies that feel likeThe Innocents (1961)
If you loved The Innocents, the closest films we have are House on Haunted Hill (1959), Even the Wind Is Afraid (1968) and The Little Stranger (2018). All three share The Innocents' dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Next of Kin (1982).
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If The Innocents hit the spot, these will too

Common ground in both: haunted house and black and white

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath
The difference: Leans harder into drama than The Innocents does

Horror with a pulse of twists, in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Common ground: ghost
The difference: Trades the twists of The Innocents for an angle of its own

Both are built on the same subject: possession
The difference: 61 years apart, and the 2020s show

Dread-soaked mystery in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than The Innocents does

One thread runs through both: haunted house

Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

Mystery built on twists, twice over

The same preoccupation in both: supernatural

Both lean on dread more than on horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: haunting
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