Gothic movies

List of the best gothic movies selected by visitors to our site: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, A Cure for Wellness, Crimson Peak, What We Do in the Shadows, The Haunted Mansion, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Night of the Demons, Taking Lives, The Convent, She Never Died.

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

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: 6.4
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, 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: 7.7
Genrehorror, comedy
CountryNew Zealand, USA
Duration01:25

Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, family, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner, Sara get a call one night from mansion owner, Edward Gracey wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion a butler takes them to dine with Gracey. Gracey takes one look at Sara and he thinks she's his lost lover.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, melodrama, drama, history
CountryFrance, Italy
Duration01:45

Paris, 1482. Today is the festival of the fools, taking place like each year in the square outside Cathedral Notre Dame. Among jugglers and other entertainers, Esmeralda, a sensuous gypsy, performs a bewitching dance in front of delighted spectators. From up in a tower of the cathedral, Frollo, an alchemist, gazes at her lustfully. Later in the night, Frollo orders Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer and his faithful servant, to kidnap Esmeralda. But when the ugly freak comes close to her is touched by the young woman's beauty...

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountryUSA
Duration01:26

While conducting a seance during a Halloween party, high-school seniors unlock the demon that remains locked in the crematorium.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:49

Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.

Markimdb: 4.1
Genrehorror
CountryUnited Kingdom

During the 17th century, a young woman is saved from execution and led to a priory to repent her sins but discovers a greater evil lies within.

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
CountryCanada

Lacey, a socially detached loner is cursed with immortality and a never-ending tedium of existence. In her attempts to keep her compulsions in check, she seeks out the darkest souls humanity has to offer. Lacey must now face her own inner demons while simultaneously finding her next meal.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genrehorror
CountryItaly, Hungary
Duration01:39

Gory remake of the Gaston Leroux classic story, only this time, the phantom is not disfigured, but a man who was raised by rats deep under the Paris Opera House.

Markimdb: 8
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:16

A young couple moves into an infamous New York apartment building to start a family. Things become frightening as Rosemary begins to suspect her unborn baby isn't safe around their strange neighbors.

Markimdb: 6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:25

Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex and violence-filled journey through an United States of psychos and quickie marts.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA

After a road accident in Hungary, the American honeymooners Joan and Peter and the enigmatic Dr. Werdegast find refuge in the house of the famed architect Hjalmar Poelzig, who shares a dark past with the doctor.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, thriller, adventure
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:37

One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and his sole purpose is to destroy those responsible for the desecration of the sacred tomb. But Isobel, wife of one of the explorers, resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the speechless and tormented monster to defy commands and abduct Isobel to an unknown fate.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:49

Romanticized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 classic. Count Dracula is a subject of fatal attraction to more than one English maiden lady, as he seeks an immortal bride.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrehorror, detective
CountryItaly

Samuel, a boy who lives with his mother Elena in Villa dei Laghi, an isolated manor surrounded by woods, feels trapped in the family routine, growing up seemingly protected, but unsatisfied and restless.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrehorror, drama, musical
CountryCanada
Duration01:39

A cinematic version of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic novel Dracula. Filmed in a style reminiscent of silent Expressionist cinema of the early 20th century (complete with intertitles and monochrome photography), it uses dance to tell the story of a sinister but intriguing immigrant who preys upon young English women.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:35

A team consisting of a physicist, his wife, a young female psychic and the only survivor of the previous visit are sent to the notorious Hell House to prove/disprove survival after death. Previous visitors have either been killed or gone mad, and it is up to the team to survive a full week in isolation, and solve the mystery of the Hell House.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, detective, film noir
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

An old man and his sister are concealing a terrible secret from their adopted teen daughter, concerning a hidden abandoned farmhouse, located deep in the woods.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA, Japan, United Kingdom
Duration02:03

Based on Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His experiments lead to the creation of a monster, which Frankenstein has put together with the remains of corpses. It's not long before Frankenstein regrets his actions.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with acid. Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed on a legendary "phantom".

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryTurkey, South Korea

Receiving important news about her father, whom she has not met for years, Nisan returns to her father's house with her husband and daughter. There are strange things happening in this mansion where she escaped away years ago. What is happening in the mansion.What is the mystery of the woman in the picture. Encountering her nightmares, Nisan has to illuminate this mystery as soon as possible in order to protect herself and her family.

Markimdb: 7
Genrehorror, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:20

Francis Barnard goes to Spain, when he hears his sister Elizabeth has died. Her husband Nicholas Medina, the son of the most brutal torturer of the Spanish Inquisition, tells him she has died of a blood disease, but Francis finds this hard to believe. After some investigating he finds out that it was extreme fear that was fatal to his sister and that she may have been buried alive!

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:50

Four successful elderly gentlemen, members of the Chowder Society, share a gruesome, 50-year old secret. When one of Edward Wanderley's twin sons dies in a bizarre accident, the group begins to see a pattern of frightening events developing.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration01:39

The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror
CountryUSA, Spain
Duration01:42

    A teenage girl moves into a remote countryside house with her family, only to discover that their gloomy new home has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryAustralia, USA
    Duration01:40

    A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryFinland
    Duration01:00

    Euthanizer tells the story of a mechanic who euthanises sick and old pets as a side job. Despite the grim work, he has a soft spot for the animals. Trouble stirs when the owner of a dog he was supposed to end realises that the canine is still alive. The only innocent party in the drama that ensues is the dog itself.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.

    Markimdb: 2.4
    Genrehorror, action, comedy
    CountryIndia

    Aasif's belief in logic and science shatters when he gets possessed by a transgender's ghost.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, fantasy
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:02

    For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed - The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him, the original vampire, Dracula.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:44

    Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountrySpain

    The protagonist is a young woman, Joan Prats suffering from agnosia, a strange, primary visual disease that is one of the neuropsychological disorders of perception. Although her eyes and ears are in perfect condition, her brain is not able to correctly interpret the stimuli it receives. Joan is the only person to know an industrial secret left behind by her late father and becomes the victim of a sinister plan to extract this information. Her captors plan to use her sensory condition to help extract the information that they so desperately want.

    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: 6.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    The story of vampire Barnabas Collins, the possible cure offered him by Dr. Julia Hoffman, and his search for love amidst the horror.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    Carrie White, a shy and troubled teenage girl who is tormented by her high school peers and her fanatically religious mother, begins to use her powers of telekinesis to exact revenge upon them.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, fantasy
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:33

    It's young Lucy's first day as a trainee in-house caregiver. She visits Mrs Jessel, an old woman who lies in cerebral coma, by herself, in her large desolate house. Learning by accident that Mrs Jessel, a former dance teacher of repute, supposedly possesses a treasure somewhere in the house, Lucy and friends William and Ben decide to search the house in the hope of finding it. At night, they get into the house, which reveals itself to be increasingly peculiar. Their hunt for Mrs Jessel's treasure leads them into a horrifying supernatural series of events that will change Lucy forever..

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Catherine Bomarzini returns to the family castle in Italy after her father's death and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle: a man who is at times repulsive, at others enchanting; and a creature of the night whose gentle eyes and touch reveal his infinitive love and devotion. With the help of Martha, her faithful childhood nanny, and the ghost of a slain young girl, Catherine discovers the medieval curse that threatens their lives and only she can dispel.

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