Supernatural Thrillers on Netflix
Last updated May 15, 2024
Ghost Hunt: Season 1
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsMai's fascination with the unknown leads her to join the Shibuya Psychic Research team. Using her growing psychic abilities, Mai works with a spirit medium, a shrine maiden, an exorcist and a monk to uncover the darkest mysteries of the unseen.
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Ghost Hunt
2006 | NR | 4.1 out of 5 StarsBased on the popular manga series created by Fuyumi Ono, this gripping anime follows the adventures of Naru Shibuya and Mai Taniyama, the teenage paranormal researchers known collectively as the Shibuya Psychic Research team. Aided by cutting-edge technology and a collection of psychic mediums and spirit guides, Naru and Mai investigate the unsettling supernatural events that plague the campus of Ryokuryou High School.
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Talaash
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSet in the jumbled landscape of Mumbai, this mystery drama centers on a police inspector who's trying to cope with the collapse of his marriage. When he meets a prostitute while investigating a recent death, events conspire to further entangle them.
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The Illusionist
2006 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsWith his eye on a beautiful aristocrat, a gifted illusionist uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a cruel prince. But the magician's scheme soon creates tumult within the monarchy and stirs the suspicion of a dogged inspector.
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Sleepy Hollow
1999 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsNew 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.
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Let Me In
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen 12-year-old Owen befriends his mysterious next-door neighbor, Abby, the two outcasts form a tight-knit bond that gives Owen the courage to stand up to school bullies. But he slowly begins to suspect his new friend has a dark secret.
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The Gift
2000 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen the authorities find a drowned woman's body, a small-town psychic starts having visions of who committed the murder, which means she's the only one who can testify to what truly happened and that she could be the killer's next target.
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Stir of Echoes
1999 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsEver since Tom Witzky was hypnotized by his sister-in-law, he's had terrifying visions of a horrible crime. He later learns that the girl in his visions disappeared from his neighborhood six months earlier.
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The Covenant
2006 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen four boys tap into the supernatural powers they inherited from their fathers, they unknowingly release a malicious evil into the world. Several years later, their only hope for survival is to use their collective force to repair the damage. Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Toby Hemingway, Chace Crawford and Taylor Kitsch co-star in this drama based on the comic book by Aron Coleite and Tone Rodriguez.
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Next
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsLas Vegas magician Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) can see a few minutes into the future, a talent he uses to enhance his shows -- and to win at blackjack. But when an FBI agent (Julianne Moore) wants his help thwarting a nuclear attack, Cris finds his psychic skills put to the test. Jessica Biel, Peter Falk and Thomas Kretschmann also star in this sci-fi thriller based on Philip K. Dick's short story "The Golden Man."
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The Skeleton Key
2005 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSent to New Orleans to care for a stroke victim who lies bedridden and speechless, hospice worker Caroline finds a key that unlocks ancient secrets. Lonely in the patient's mansion, Caroline eventually opens up a Pandora's box of voodoo and danger.
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Legion
2010 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn the wake of an apocalypse of major proportions, a motley crew of survivors ekes out a living at an abandoned truck stop in the desert, never suspecting that the pregnant woman walking among them is carrying the Messiah.
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Premonition
2007 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsHousewife Linda Hanson is devastated when her husband dies suddenly in a car crash. But when he reappears the next day as if nothing ever happened, she realizes the tragedy might have just been a premonition.
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The Ninth Gate
1999 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsAn international search for a rare copy of a demonic tome, "The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom," brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and Satanic worship in director Roman Polanski's gothic mystery.
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The Ward
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsMaster of horror John Carpenter returns to form -- and to the director's chair -- for this chilling thriller in which a young woman, Kristen (Amber Heard), is sent to a mental institution with a past as dark and haunted as her own. Terrorized by a ghost, each of the other patients in Kristen's ward begin to disappear, and that's just the beginning of her long nightmare. Jared Harris ("Mad Men") and Danielle Panabaker (Friday the 13th) also star.
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Red Riding Hood
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn this horror-fantasy reimagining of the classic tale, young Valerie juggles a difficult romantic decision with feelings of fear and grief as her town is terrorized by a legendary werewolf, which has killed her sister and hungers to feast again.
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The Caller
2011 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThis spooky thriller tracks the private nightmare of Mary Kee, a divorcée who begins receiving disturbing telephone calls from a woman she doesn't know. After engaging the stranger initially, Mary tries to extricate herself -- with horrific results.
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Night Watch
2004 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsThis first installment of the trilogy based on the sci-fi novels by Sergei Lukyanenko plays upon the tension between light and dark, pitting the superhuman Night Watch patrollers (known as the "Others") against the shadowed forces of the night.
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The Forgotten
2004 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsA desperate mother tries to prove the existence of her missing child in this chilling psychological thriller. Reeling from the loss of her 8-year-old son, she seeks counsel from a therapist -- who claims the boy was a figment of her imagination.
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Skinwalkers
2002 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsIn this PBS American Mystery! feature, Navajo Tribal Officer Jim Chee (Adam Beach) and Lt. Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi) are hot on the trail of a series of puzzling murders that immerse them in the spine-tingling, mystical world of Navajo witchcraft. Up against the clock, Chee and Leaphorn search desperately for the connection between the murders -- which occurred 120 miles apart. The film is adapted from Tony Hillerman's best-selling novel.
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Bless the Child
2000 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsKim Basinger stars as psychiatric nurse Maggie O'Connor, whose ordinary life becomes anything but routine as she gets swept up in a murder mystery involving the supernatural after a satanic cult leader kidnaps her 6-year-old niece.
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House Hunting
2013 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsUpon entering a deserted farmhouse, two families discover that every attempt to leave takes them right back in. Stuck in purgatory, they are haunted by the home's former owner, who declares only one clan will be able to call the house their home.
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Jekyll
2007 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsIn modern-day London, Dr. Jekyll's last living descendant believes he can control his dark side, but a secret society that's followed the Jekyll family line for a hundred years has plans for both halves of his personality.
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The Bothersome Man
2006 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsMysteriously deposited in a perfectly serene but colorless city where every need is met, Andreas soon realizes that not even a new lover can change the sterile banality drowning him. Is this placid life a dream come true or an inescapable hell?
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Blood & Chocolate
2007 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAfter moving from America to Romania, a teenage werewolf finds herself torn between loyalty and love when she falls for a human and incurs the ire of the pack leader -- who's planning to make her his mate.
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