- The Others (2001): A woman and her two children live in a haunted house on the English coast during World War II, unaware that they are actually the ghosts.
- The Ring (2002): A journalist investigates a mysterious videotape that kills anyone who watches it after seven days.
- The Grudge (2004): An American woman living in Japan is haunted by the vengeful ghosts of those who were murdered in her house.
- The Orphanage (2007): A woman returns to the orphanage where she grew up in order to adopt a child, only to discover that it is haunted by the ghosts of children who died there.
- Insidious (2010): A family discovers that their son is in a coma and trapped in a realm called the Further, where they must travel in order to save him.
- The Conjuring (2013): A family moves into a haunted house in Rhode Island, where they are terrorized by a powerful demonic entity.
- The Babadook (2014): A single mother and her son are terrorized by a mysterious creature that may or may not be real.
- It Follows (2014): A sexually transmitted disease spreads through a small town, causing those who are infected to be relentlessly pursued by a supernatural entity.
- The Witch (2015): A Puritan family in New England is torn apart by religious conflict and encounters a real-life witch in the woods.