50 Movies Like Red Riding Hood (2011) You Need to Watch Next
Updated August 2026
View Red Riding Hood details →If you loved Red Riding Hood (2011) by Catherine Hardwicke, here are 50 movies that share its content DNA. iRankMovies measures real similarity using cosine similarity across eight weighted dimensions — genre (50%), tone (12%), pace (10%), structure (8%), era (7%), theme (6%), audience (4%) and narrative perspective (3%) — not just the rating. The closest matches according to our analysis are Sleepy Hollow, The Lodge, Crimson Peak. Every title is ranked by how closely it matches and backed by the iRank Score, a composite of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic and TMDb across 12,000+ analysed titles.
The Best Movies Similar to Red Riding Hood
Selected for their real similarity in content, these are the movies that share the most with Red Riding Hood in terms of theme, narrative tone, and cinematic style. Every recommendation goes beyond genre — we evaluate the type of conflict, pacing, dramatic context, and the experience they create for viewers.
Sleepy Hollow
1999 · Tim Burton
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attri
In common: Fantasy · Horror · Mystery
The Lodge
2020 · Severin Fiala
When a father is forced to abruptly depart for work, he leaves his children, Aidan and Mia, at their holiday home in the care of his new girlfriend, Grace. Isolated and alone, a blizzard traps them in
In common: Drama · Horror · Mystery
Crimson Peak
2015 · Guillermo del Toro
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 swep
In common: Drama · Horror · Mystery
The Gift
2000 · Sam Raimi
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 violent husband and plag
In common: Drama · Horror · Mystery
After.Life
2009 · Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo
Following a terrible car crash, a woman awakes to find an enigmatic mortician preparing her for burial.
In common: Drama · Horror · Mystery
What Lies Beneath
2000 · Robert Zemeckis
Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.
In common: Drama · Horror · Mystery
The Skin I Live In
2011 · Pedro Almodóvar
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.
In common: Drama · Horror · Mystery
The Illusionist
2006 · Neil Burger
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy
In common: Drama · Fantasy · Romance
Wicked
2024 · Jon M. Chu
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as th
In common: Drama · Fantasy · Romance
Cinderella
2015 · Kenneth Branagh
When her father unexpectedly passes away, young Ella finds herself at the mercy of her cruel stepmother and her daughters. Never one to give up hope, Ella's fortunes begin to change after meeting a da
In common: Drama · Fantasy
Edward Scissorhands
1990 · Tim Burton
A small suburban town receives a visit from a castaway unfinished science experiment named Edward.
In common: Drama · Fantasy · Romance
Mirage
2018 · Oriol Paulo
During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.
In common: Drama · Fantasy · Mystery
The Shape of Water
2017 · Guillermo del Toro
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a p
In common: Drama · Fantasy · Romance
The Lost Boys
1987 · Joel Schumacher
When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
In common: Drama · Horror
Case 39
2009 · Christian Alvart
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents tr
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Escape Room: Tournament of Champions
2021 · Adam Robitel
Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive... and discovering they've all played the games before.
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Brahms: The Boy II
2020 · William Brent Bell
After a family moves into the Heelshire Mansion, their young son soon makes friends with a life-like doll called Brahms.
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Ghostland
2018 · Pascal Laugier
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reun
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Gothika
2003 · Mathieu Kassovitz
After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murde
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Ginger Snaps
2000 · John Fawcett
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wound
In common: Drama · Fantasy · Horror
Dracula
2025 · Luc Besson
In late 15th-century Eastern Europe, Prince Vlad II’s bride is brutally murdered. As a result, he renounces God and damns Heaven itself. Cursed with eternal life, Vlad is reborn as Dracula, an immorta
In common: Fantasy · Horror · Romance
Sleepwalkers
1992 · Mick Garris
Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but
In common: Fantasy · Horror · Thriller
Hereditary
2018 · Ari Aster
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021 · Michael Chaves
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
The Others
2001 · Alejandro Amenábar
Grace is a 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
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Exhuma
2024 · Jang Jae-hyun
After tracing the origin of a disturbing supernatural affliction to a wealthy family's ancestral gravesite, a team of paranormal experts relocates the remains—and soon discovers what happens to those
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
The Ninth Gate
1999 · Roman Polanski
A rare book dealer finds himself at the heart of a string of paranormal events when he is hired to find the last two copies of a text, The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows, capable of summoning th
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D
2012 · MJ Bassett
Heather Mason and her father have been on the run, always one step ahead of dangerous forces that she doesn't fully understand. Now on the eve of her 18th birthday, plagued by horrific nightmares and
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Escape Room
2019 · Adam Robitel
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
The Grudge
2004 · Takashi Shimizu
An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Knock at the Cabin
2023 · M. Night Shyamalan
While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limi
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Frankenstein
2025 · Guillermo del Toro
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
In common: Drama · Fantasy · Horror
Interview with the Vampire
1994 · Neil Jordan
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
In common: Drama · Fantasy · Horror
The Craft
1996 · Andrew Fleming
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
In common: Drama · Fantasy · Horror
Midsommar
2019 · Ari Aster
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 vacation in a place where t
In common: Drama · Horror · Mystery
Bird Box
2018 · Susanne Bier
Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.
In common: Drama · Horror · Thriller
The Innocents
1961 · Jack Clayton
In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.
In common: Drama · Horror · Mystery
Rosemary's Baby
1968 · Roman Polanski
A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.
In common: Drama · Horror · Thriller
Session 9
2001 · Brad Anderson
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
In common: Drama · Horror · Mystery
Secret Obsession
2019 · Peter Sullivan
Newlywed Jennifer is brutally attacked at a dark rest stop. While healing from her injuries, she can’t recall anything from her past, including the ordeal. Her husband, Russell , is just thankful she’
In common: Drama · Horror · Thriller
Rebecca
1940 · Alfred Hitchcock
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must
In common: Drama · Mystery · Romance
Shutter
2004 · Banjong Pisanthanakun
When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Marrowbone
2017 · Sergio G. Sánchez
A young man and his three younger siblings are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
In common: Horror · Mystery · Thriller
Candyman
1992 · Bernard Rose
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.
In common: Drama · Horror · Thriller
Ghost
1990 · Jerry Zucker
After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.
In common: Fantasy · Romance · Thriller
Beauty and the Beast
2014 · Christophe Gans
Forced to face the cruel side of life, a devastated, bankrupt merchant chances upon the enchanted castle of a hideous creature, the mere sight of it chills the bone to the marrow. There, a fate worse
In common: Fantasy · Romance
It
2017 · Andy Muschietti
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
In common: Drama · Horror · Thriller
It Chapter Two
2019 · Andy Muschietti
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating
In common: Drama · Horror · Thriller
Martyrs
2008 · Pascal Laugier
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell o
In common: Drama · Horror · Thriller
Jacob's Ladder
1990 · Adrian Lyne
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 and people around hi
In common: Drama · Horror · Mystery
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Breaking Bad
2008 · Michelle MacLaren
Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
2023 · Kazutaka Yamanaka
After the party of heroes defeated the Demon King, they restored peace to the land and returned to lives of solitude. Generations pass, and the elven mage Frieren comes face to face with humanity’s m
The Chosen
2019 · Tyler Thompson
The life of Christ through the eyes of those who encountered him.
When Life Gives You Tangerines
2025 · Park Sang-hyun
In Jeju, a spirited girl and a steadfast boy's island story blossoms into a lifelong tale of setbacks and triumphs — proving love endures across time.
