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| Best Movies Like Other Mommy to Watch Next. |
Other Mommy has the sort of setup that makes the family home feel considerably less safe than it should be. The 2026 supernatural mystery-thriller, directed by Rob Savage and written by Nathan Elston, follows eight-year-old Bela as a strange entity begins communicating from her bedroom closet, taking on the unsettling appearance of her mother and slowly exploiting the cracks in the family.
With James Wan producing and the film adapting Josh Malerman’s bestselling novel Incidents Around the House, it blends supernatural horror with childhood fear, marital tension and psychological manipulation rather than relying purely on jump scares. If that combination of creepy domestic spaces, complicated families, mysterious entities and children caught in the middle worked for you, there are plenty of films worth putting next on the watchlist. These 19 are particularly close in mood, themes, story mechanics or supernatural ideas.
Movies Like Other Mommy
1. The Babadook (2014)
Jennifer Kent’s The Babadook is probably one of the strongest choices after Other Mommy. It centres on a mother and her young son whose already difficult home life becomes increasingly strange after a mysterious storybook introduces them to a sinister presence. Like Other Mommy, the film turns parent-child relationships and family stress into the engine of its supernatural story. The entity is frightening, but the emotional damage underneath the haunting is just as important. Both films understand that the scariest room in the house can sometimes be the one where everyone is pretending everything is fine.
2. Hereditary (2018)
Hereditary follows a family dealing with a disturbing chain of events after the death of its secretive matriarch. What initially appears to be grief and family tension gradually develops into something far more supernatural. Its connection to Other Mommy comes through fractured family relationships, childhood vulnerability and an unseen force taking advantage of emotional instability. The two films also refuse to separate supernatural horror from domestic drama, which makes their central households feel increasingly claustrophobic. Basically, family therapy would be considerably cheaper than what these films put their characters through, although it probably would not make for very good cinema.
3. Relic (2020)
Natalie Erika James’ Relic follows a mother, daughter and grandmother as an unsettling presence begins to consume their family home. The film is deliberately restrained, allowing its mysterious supernatural elements to grow alongside the characters’ personal struggles. That makes it a strong match for Other Mommy, particularly because both stories use a house as an extension of family problems. The relationship between generations also adds another layer, with love and fear becoming increasingly difficult to separate. It is the sort of horror film that makes you look at an ordinary hallway differently afterwards, which feels rather unfair to hallways everywhere.
4. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s Goodnight Mommy centres on twin boys who begin questioning whether the woman who returns home after medical treatment is really their mother. That basic uncertainty makes it an especially obvious recommendation for anyone interested in Other Mommy.
Both films play with the idea of a mother becoming unfamiliar while a child tries to work out whom they can trust. The psychological mystery is just as important as the unsettling atmosphere, and the family home becomes increasingly strange as suspicion grows. It is an excellent choice if the identity of the person standing in the doorway matters almost as much as what might be standing behind them.
5. The Dark and the Wicked (2020)
In The Dark and the Wicked, siblings return to their isolated family home to help their seriously ill father, only to encounter an increasingly disturbing supernatural presence. Like Other Mommy, it uses family conflict, isolation and an intrusive supernatural force to build its story.
The characters are already carrying emotional baggage before the strange events escalate, giving the haunting something deeper to exploit. The rural setting replaces Bela’s suburban home, but the basic idea remains familiar: a place that should represent safety becomes the centre of an escalating nightmare.
6. The Night House (2020)
The Night House follows Beth, a woman living alone in the house her late husband built, as strange discoveries gradually reveal that his life contained secrets she never understood. It is more adult-focused than Other Mommy, but the similarities are clear in its mystery-driven supernatural storytelling and use of a home as a psychological trap. Both films keep asking whether the central character is dealing with something genuinely supernatural or something that is connected to deeper emotional trauma. The house itself practically becomes another character, and frankly, it is not a particularly helpful one.
7. The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
Adam Robitel’s The Taking of Deborah Logan follows a documentary crew filming an elderly woman whose behaviour becomes increasingly disturbing. The film mixes psychological uncertainty with supernatural mystery and gradually changes the meaning of what the characters think they are witnessing.
Like Other Mommy, it focuses on a family member becoming frighteningly unfamiliar, while another person struggles to understand what is happening. The documentary format gives it a different style, but the central tension surrounding identity, family and an unexplained presence makes it an effective companion watch.
8. The Others (2001)
Alejandro Amenábar’s The Others is built around Grace, a mother living with her children in an isolated house where increasingly strange events begin taking place. The film shares Other Mommy’s fascination with children, motherhood, an apparently ordinary home and a supernatural mystery that refuses to explain itself too quickly. Both stories make domestic spaces feel strangely unreliable, with the characters forced to question what they understand about their own surroundings. It is also proof that you do not need constant spectacle to make a house feel deeply unsettling.
9. The Orphanage (2007)
J.A. Bayona’s The Orphanage follows Laura, who returns to the former orphanage where she grew up and becomes caught up in a mysterious series of events involving children and an unseen presence.
The film connects strongly with *Other Mommy through motherhood, childhood fears, family grief and supernatural mystery. Its emotional storytelling is particularly important because the strange events are tied directly to the characters’ relationships rather than existing simply as random scares. If what interested you most about Other Mommy was the emotional story underneath the supernatural one, this is a particularly strong next choice.
10. The Lodge (2019)
The Lodge follows a woman who becomes isolated with two children at a remote holiday property while unresolved family issues create a tense atmosphere. Psychological uncertainty and supernatural suggestion gradually overlap, making it an interesting match for Other Mommy.
Both films are interested in family dysfunction, childhood fears, emotional manipulation and the possibility that something inside a household is seriously wrong. The snowy setting is obviously very different from Bela’s suburban home, but the sense of confinement is remarkably similar. At least Other Mommy gives you a closet. The Lodge gives you an entire isolated building to distrust.
11. Mama (2013)
Andrés Muschietti’s Mama centres on two young sisters who are discovered after years living away from ordinary society, with a mysterious supernatural figure continuing to influence their lives. The film shares Other Mommy’s focus on children forming a connection with a supernatural maternal figure.
The question of whether the entity sees itself as protective, possessive or something in between becomes central to the story. That makes it especially relevant for viewers intrigued by Other Mommy’s disturbing relationship with Bela and its attempt to establish an emotional connection with the child.
12. The Witch (2015)
Robert Eggers’ The Witch moves the action to 17th-century New England, where a deeply religious family begins falling apart after strange events occur around their isolated home. It does not share Other Mommy’s modern suburban setting, but the thematic connection is strong.
Both stories explore family breakdown, childhood vulnerability, parental anxiety and a mysterious supernatural force pressing against an already unstable household. The Witch is slower and more historical, while Other Mommy is rooted in contemporary family life, but both understand that supernatural horror works best when the characters already have plenty of problems before anything strange arrives.
13. The Visit (2015)
M. Night Shyamalan’s The Visit follows two siblings who spend time with their grandparents and gradually realise that their behaviour is becoming increasingly unusual. The film mixes family mystery with unsettling humour and the perspective of children trying to understand adults they cannot fully trust.
That makes it surprisingly compatible with Other Mommy, particularly through a child’s limited understanding of frightening adult behaviour. The found-footage approach also creates a sense that the audience is discovering the mystery alongside the young characters. It is less supernatural in structure, but the family paranoia is very much in the same neighbourhood.
14. The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015)
Oz Perkins’ The Blackcoat’s Daughter follows young women at an isolated boarding school where mysterious events begin to blur the boundaries between psychological distress and supernatural influence.
Its connection to Other Mommy lies in its slow-building atmosphere, vulnerable young characters and mysterious supernatural presence. Rather than explaining everything immediately, the film allows unease to accumulate through small details. That approach should appeal to viewers who enjoyed the mystery element of Other Mommy as much as its horror. It is quiet, strange and patient, which is cinematic shorthand for “perhaps do not investigate that noise upstairs”.
15. Cobweb (2023)
Cobweb is another strong recommendation for viewers drawn to the idea of a child hearing something strange inside the walls of a family home. The story follows young Peter, who begins hearing a mysterious voice coming from inside his bedroom wall while his parents behave increasingly strangely. The connection to Other Mommy is obvious through a child, a supposedly safe bedroom, a hidden supernatural mystery and troubled parents. Both films make the child’s private space central to the horror, turning somewhere designed for sleep into the last place you would actually want to be alone.
16. Skinamarink (2022)
Kyle Edward Ball’s Skinamarink takes a highly experimental approach to childhood horror, following two children who wake to find that their home has changed in deeply unsettling ways. It shares Other Mommy’s fascination with children trapped inside a familiar domestic environment while something unexplained surrounds them.
There is far less conventional storytelling here, but the feeling of being unable to understand what is happening is remarkably similar. If the mysterious closet in Other Mommy caught your attention, Skinamarink takes that basic childhood fear and stretches it into an entire house.
17. Talk to Me (2022)
Danny and Michael Philippou’s Talk to Me follows a group of young people who discover a way to communicate with spirits, only for the game to become increasingly difficult to control. Its story is more social and youth-focused than Other Mommy, but both films revolve around a supernatural connection that begins with communication before becoming increasingly dangerous. The idea of inviting something into your life without understanding the consequences is central to both. The difference is that Bela never exactly gets the luxury of deciding whether she wants to participate.
18. When Evil Lurks (2023)
Argentinian horror film When Evil Lurks follows two brothers who discover a disturbing supernatural situation in their rural community and make a series of increasingly difficult decisions as the threat spreads. Like Other Mommy, it treats supernatural danger as something capable of moving through families and exploiting human vulnerability.
The setting and mythology are very different, but the escalating structure makes it a compelling recommendation. What begins as a strange situation gradually becomes a much larger problem, which is usually the point where sensible people would leave town. Naturally, that is not how horror films work.
19. The Innocents (2021)
Eskil Vogt’s The Innocents focuses on children who discover unusual abilities during a summer holiday, eventually revealing a much darker side to their behaviour and relationships. It is not a direct supernatural-house story, but it shares Other Mommy’s interest in childhood innocence, disturbing behaviour, psychological tension and the unsettling gap between how children experience events and how adults understand them.
The film is particularly effective if what attracted you to Other Mommy was the idea that childhood perspective can make supernatural horror feel more unpredictable. Sometimes the scariest part is simply realising that the children know something the adults do not.
My take is that Other Mommy works best for viewers who want more than a mysterious creature appearing in the dark every 20 minutes. The strongest similarities on this list come from films that understand family tension, childhood fear and supernatural mystery can all feed into one another. The Babadook, Goodnight Mommy, Relic and The Orphanage are my first picks if that emotional side appealed to you, while Cobweb and Skinamarink are better bets if the creepy-bedroom angle was your favourite part.
Hereditary goes considerably deeper into family collapse, whereas The Others offers a more traditional mystery. Personally, I would start with The Babadook and Goodnight Mommy, then work towards the stranger choices. And if you think another film deserves a place on this list, tell us which one you would put at number 20.