# Movies like The Orphanage

> Films most similar to The Orphanage (2007) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-orphanage-2007/>

## 10 films in this list

- **[The Impossible](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-impossible-2012/)** (2012) — ★ 7.4 · 6,647 votes · gut-punch, slow-burn, tender
- **[Cell 211](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/cell-211-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 7.4 · 1,353 votes · foreign-gem, dread, raw
- **[Martyrs](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/martyrs-2008/)** (2008) — ★ 7.3 · 3,011 votes · foreign-gem, body-horror, dread
- **[Broken Embraces](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/broken-embraces-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 7.2 · 714 votes · bittersweet, sexy, tender
- **[Thesis](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/thesis-1996/)** (1996) — ★ 7.5 · 936 votes · foreign-gem, dread, paranoid
- **[Let the Right One In](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/let-the-right-one-in-2008/)** (2008) — ★ 7.5 · 3,241 votes
- **[The Machinist](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-machinist-2004/)** (2004) — ★ 7.5 · 6,120 votes · cerebral, dread, gut-punch
- **[The Skin I Live In](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-skin-i-live-in-2011/)** (2011) — ★ 7.5 · 4,602 votes · foreign-gem, body-horror, mindfuck
- **[The Secret in Their Eyes](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-secret-in-their-eyes-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 8.0 · 2,847 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, cerebral
- **[Thirst](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/thirst-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 7.1 · 1,076 votes · bittersweet, dread, sexy

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