Gothic movies

List of the best gothic movies selected by visitors to our site: The Others, The Woman in Black, A Cure for Wellness, The Skeleton Key, Picnic at Hanging Rock, Don’t Leave Home, Constantine, The Turn of the Screw, Mary Shelley, Crimson Peak.

In the top there are new films of 2020, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountrySpain, USA, France, Italy
Duration01:44

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 house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada
Duration01:35

The story follows a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps, who is ordered to travel to a remote village and sort out a recently deceased client’s papers. As he works alone in the client’s isolated house, Kipps begins to uncover tragic secrets, his unease growing when he glimpses a mysterious woman dressed only in black. Receiving only silence from the locals, Kipps is forced to uncover the true identity of the Woman in Black on his own, leading to a desperate race against time when he discovers her true identity.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:52

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration01:44

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

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration01:55

    In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to an unusual but scenic volcanic formation called Hanging Rock. Despite rules against it, Miranda and several other girls venture off. It's not until the end of the day that the faculty realizes the girls and one of the teachers have disappeared mysteriously.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrefantasy, drama
    CountryUSA

    An American artist’s obsession with a disturbing urban legend leads her to an investigation of the story’s origins at the crumbling estate of a reclusive painter in Ireland.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryUSA, Germany
    Duration02:01

    John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:33

    A young governess, Ann, is sent to a country house to take care of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Soon after her arrival, Miles is expelled from boarding school. Although charmed by her young charge, she secretly fears there are ominous reasons behind his expulsion. With Miles back at home, the governess starts noticing ethereal figures roaming the estate's grounds. Desperate to learn more about these sinister sightings she discovers that the suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of her predecessor hold grim implications for herself. As she becomes increasingly fearful that malevolent forces are stalking the children the governess is determined to save them, risking herself and her sanity in the process.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, biography, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA, Republic of Ireland, Australia
    Duration02:05

    The love affair between poet Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin resulted in the creation of an immortal novel, “Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.”

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:31

    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 her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, fantasy, detective
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:46

    San Jose, California, 1906. Isolated in her labyrinthine mansion, eccentric firearm heiress Sarah Winchester believes that she is being haunted by the souls of those killed by the guns manufactured by her company.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genredrama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:30

    Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her to finally confront the traumas of her own past.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, drama
    CountryItaly, West Germany, France
    Duration01:47

    Ghoulish Count Dracula lures a naive estate agent, Jonathan Harker, to his decaying Transylvanian castle with the promise of easy money. But when he spies a portrait of the man's beautiful young wife Lucy, the vampire becomes obsessed and sets in motion their destruction.

    Markimdb: 8.8
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, musical, music
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:13

    A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Greece, France
    Duration01:58

      A depressed musician reunites with his lover in the desolate streets of Detroit. Though their romance has endured several centuries, it is tested by the arrival of her capricious and unpredictable younger sister.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrehorror, fantasy, melodrama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:08

      When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Harker -- the spitting image of Dracula's long-dead wife, Elisabeta -- obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the madness.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrefantasy, drama, crime
      CountryGermany, France, Spain, USA
      Duration02:27

      Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration02:57

      October 1918: After returning to the civil life, the young Doctor Giorgino Volli searches for a group of children, which he had been the care-taker of before the first world war began. However, soon the searching becomes a part of hide-and-seek with death. Giorgino finds a village bordered with a treacherous marsh and rumours of wolves. There he also meets the mysterious Catherine....

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom
      Duration01:58

        Folklore collectors and con artists, Jake and Will Grimm, travel from village to village pretending to protect townsfolk from enchanted creatures and performing exorcisms. However, they are put to the test when they encounter a real magical curse in a haunted forest with real magical beings, requiring genuine courage.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration01:45

        New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryRepublic of Ireland
        Duration01:33

        1920, rural Ireland. Anglo-Irish twins Rachel and Edward share a strange existence in their crumbling family estate. Each night, the property becomes the domain of a sinister presence (The Lodgers) which enforces three rules upon the twins: they must be in bed by midnight; they may not permit an outsider past the threshold; and if one attempts to escape, the life of the other is placed in jeopardy. When troubled war veteran Sean returns to the nearby village, he is immediately drawn to the mysterious Rachel, who in turn begins to break the rules set out by The Lodgers. The consequences pull Rachel into a deadly confrontation with her brother - and with the curse that haunts them.

        Markimdb: 9
        Genrefantastic, fantastic, action, action, thriller, drama, drama, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration02:32

          Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:42

          Uncle Fester has been missing for 25 years. An evil doctor finds out and introduces a fake Fester in an attempt to get the Addams Family's money. The youngest daughter has some doubts about the new uncle Fester, but the fake uncle adapts very well to the strange family. Can the doctor carry out her evil plans and take over the Addams Family's fortune?

          Markimdb: 5.6
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:51

          In Shirleyville, Vermont, during the sixties, sisters Merricat and Constance, along with their ailing uncle Julian, confined to a wheelchair, live isolated in a big mansion located on the hill overlooking the town, tormented by the memories of a family tragedy occurred six years ago. The arrival of cousin Charles will threaten the fragile equilibrium of their minds, haunted by madness, fear and superstition.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
          CountryUSA, Australia, United Kingdom
          Duration01:53

          Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrehorror, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA
          Duration01:35

          Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:18

          World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
          CountryRussia
          Duration01:42

          The year 1829. Nikolay Gogol, a young Third Section clerk, is desperate: his own books seem shallow and mediocre, so he keeps buying entire print runs just to burn them all. He is suffering from violent epileptic seizures and struggles to keep on working. Investigator Yakov Guro accidentally witnesses one such fit and realizes that Gogol's visions contain clues that could help solve actual crimes. Together, Gogol and Guro take on a particularly weird and baffling case that brings them to a small village of Dikanka, where everyone has a huge secret to hide.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
          Duration01:52

            Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

            Markimdb: 8.6
            Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:54

            Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genrehorror, fantasy
            CountryGermany, France
            Duration01:10

            Traveler Allan Gray arrives in the village of Courtempierre and takes lodgings in a small inn. Gray has a great interest in the supernatural, particularly vampires. He's barely settled in when he feels a sinister force descending upon him. In the night an old man enters his room to tell him 'she must not die'. One of the old man's daughters, Leone, has been bitten by a vampire. In order to break the curse, Gray and Leone's sister Gisele must find the original vampire and drive a stake through her heart.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom
            Duration01:52

            A vain London playboy offers his soul in exchange for eternal beauty in this adaptation of the chilling tale by author Oscar Wilde. Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth), handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special portrait that will weather the winds of time while he remains forever young. When Gray's obsession spirals out of control, his desperate attempts to safeguard his secret turn his once-privileged life into a living hell.

            Duration02:02

              Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrehorror, thriller, drama, musical
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom
              Duration01:56

              The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrethriller, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:52

              A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genredrama, biography, history
              CountryUnited Kingdom

              To Walk Invisible takes a new look at the extraordinary Brontë family, telling the story of these remarkable women who, despite the obstacles they faced, came from obscurity to produce some of the greatest novels in the English language.

              Markimdb: 5.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:59

                Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.

                Markimdb: 8.6
                Genrefantastic, action, thriller
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:17

                Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genrehorror, thriller, drama
                CountryUnited Kingdom
                Duration01:47

                1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Hall) visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.

                Markimdb: 8.6
                Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:07

                Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, biography
                CountryUnited Kingdom, Russia, Italy, France, Netherlands
                Duration01:34

                England, 1600. Queen Elizabeth I promises Orlando, a young nobleman obsessed with poetry, that she will grant him land and fortune if he agrees to satisfy a very particular request.

                Markimdb: 7.8
                Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:12

                Bride of Frankenstein begins where James Whale's Frankenstein from 1931 ended. Dr. Frankenstein has not been killed as previously portrayed and now he wants to get away from the mad experiments. Yet when his wife is kidnapped by his creation, Frankenstein agrees to help him create a new monster, this time a woman.

                Markimdb: 5.5
                Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, detective
                CountryUSA, Canada
                Duration01:36

                  Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man – who is wealthy. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon, to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them.

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:42

                  Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.

                  Markimdb: 7.5
                  Genrehorror
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:46

                  A grotesquely disfigured composer known as "The Phantom" haunts Paris' opera house, where he's secretly grooming Christine Daae to be an opera diva. Luring her to his remote underground lair, The Phantom declares his love. But Christine loves Raoul de Chagny and plans to elope with him. When The Phantom learns this, he abducts Christine.

                  Markimdb: 7.9
                  Genrefantasy, adventure, family
                  CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                  Duration02:22

                    Harry, Ron and Hermione return to Hogwarts for another magic-filled year. Harry comes face to face with danger yet again, this time in the form of escaped convict, Sirius Black – and turns to sympathetic Professor Lupin for help.

                    Markimdb: 5.4
                    Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:38

                      A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.

                      Markimdb: 7.2
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, musical
                      CountryUnited Kingdom
                      Duration02:23

                      Deformed since birth, a bitter man known only as the Phantom lives in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with the obscure chorus singer Christine, and privately tutors her while terrorizing the rest of the opera house and demanding Christine be given lead roles. Things get worse when Christine meets back up with her childhood acquaintance Raoul and the two fall in love

                      Markimdb: 6.4
                      Genrehorror, thriller, drama
                      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                      Duration01:21

                      Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion, Fell soon finds himself married again. Nevertheless, his late wife's spirit seems to hang over the dilapidated abbey that Fell shares with his new bride. Lady Rowena senses that something is amiss and, when she investigates, makes a horrifying discovery -- learning that Fell's dead wife is closer than she ever imagined possible.

                      Markimdb: 6.3
                      Genrethriller, drama, military
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:23

                      During the Civil War, at a Southern girls’ boarding school, young women take in an injured enemy soldier. As they provide refuge and tend to his wounds, the house is taken over with sexual tension and dangerous rivalries, and taboos are broken in an unexpected turn of events.




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