Movies like Byzantium (2013)
The best movies like Byzantium (2013) are Nadja (1995), The Addiction (1995) and Interview with the Vampire (1994). If Byzantium hooked you with its drama and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLet the Right One In (2008)7.5/10 from 3,411 votes
- NewestDracula (2025)Released 2025
Nadja (1995)
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Addiction (1995)
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInterview with the Vampire (1994)
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLady of Csejte (2015)
Based on a story of Countess Bathory, a serial killer in 16th century Transylvania who supposedly killed hundreds of children.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)
A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, already played over several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDracula: The Original Living Vampire (2022)
Detective Amelia Van Helsing is on the desperate hunt for the killer responsible for a string of grisly murders targeting young women. Matters only worsen when all evidence leads to the seemingly untouchable Count Dracula. And when Van Helsing’s girlfriend vanishes, she is forced to question the very existence of monsters in a final showdown with the enigmatic count.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisKiss of the Damned (2012)
Beautiful vampire Djuna tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo, but eventually gives in to their passion. When her seductive and highly volatile sister Mimi unexpectedly comes to visit, she threatens Djuna's new relationship, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAlucard (2008)
Jonathan Harker, a young lawyer, has been sent to the furthest reaches of Transylvania to help an old count with his move to the more populated Nilbog.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Let the Right One In (2008)
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Hunger (1983)
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWe Are the Night (2010)
One night, 18 year old Lena is bitten by Louise, leader of a female vampire trio that are as deadly as they are beautiful. Her newfound vampiric lifestyle is a blessing and a curse at the same time. At first, she enjoys the limitless freedom, the luxury, the parties. But soon the murderous blood lust of her comrades in arms proves too much for her, and she falls dangerously in love with Tom, a young undercover cop.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKicking Blood (2021)
A female vampire is inspired to kick blood and become human again when she inadvertently helps a charming alcoholic become clean. The only problem is, withdrawal could kill her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Embrace the Darkness II (2002)
A sultry vampire acts as mentor to a reluctant recruit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Razor Blade Smile (1998)
A 19th century woman, who has become one of the undead, acts as a hired killer in modern times. When she starts knocking off part of the elite businessmen, "The Illuminati", who secretly are taking over business and the government, she becomes the target of a hired Scotland Yard detective. Of course, the head of "The Illuminati" is the vampire who first gave her immortality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Habit (1997)
It's autumn in New York. Sam has broken up with his girlfriend and his father has recently died. World-weary and sloppy drunk, he finds temporary solace in the arms of Anna, a mysterious vampire who draws him away from his friends and into a web of addiction and madness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisQueen of the Damned (2002)
Vampire Lestat awakens from his slumber and becomes a rock star. But chaos strikes when his music awakens Akasha, the vampire queen, who may not rest until she makes Lestat her new king.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStory of My Death (2013)
Casanova meets a new servant who will witness his last moments in life, from a castle with its libertine 18th century atmosphere to the poor, shadowy Northern lands. There, his rationalist way of thinking and mundane world will succumb to a violent and romantic force, represented by Count Dracula.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Night Guards (2016)
When eighteen-year-old Pasha rescues a beautiful young woman from a band of strangely powerful attackers, he discovers an underworld of supernatural beings living among us.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
In the Iranian ghost-town Bad City, a place that reeks of death and loneliness, the townspeople are unaware they are being stalked by a lonesome vampire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeautiful Vampire (2018)
The beautiful 500-year-old vampire who lived a quiet life running a dressing room in a secluded alley. There has come a fatal crisis to her. The smell of the boy who likes her constantly stimulates her vampire instinct which has been suppressed for a while
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImmortality (1998)
A vampire in London is searching for the ideal woman to 'redeem' him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Forsaken (2001)
A young man is in a race against time as he searches for a cure after becoming infected with a virus that will eventually turn him into a blood-sucking vampire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThirst (2009)
A respected priest volunteers for an experimental procedure that may lead to a cure for a deadly virus. He gets infected and dies, but a blood transfusion of unknown origin brings him back to life. Now, he’s torn between faith and bloodlust, and has a newfound desire for the wife of a childhood friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMidnight Son (2011)
MIDNIGHT SON is the story of Jacob, a young man confined to a life of isolation, due to a rare skin disorder that prevents him from being exposed to sunlight. His world opens up when he meets Mary, a local bartender, and falls in love. Tragically, Jacob’s actions become increasingly bizarre as he struggles to cope with the effects of his worsening condition. Forced by the disease to drink human blood for sustenance, he must control his increasingly violent tendencies as local law enforcement narrow their focus on him as a suspect in a series of grisly murders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Moth Diaries (2011)
Rebecca is a young girl who, haunted by her father’s suicide, enrolls in an elite boarding school for girls. Before long, her friendship with the popular Lucy is shattered by the arrival of a dark and mysterious new student named Ernessa, whom Rebecca suspects may be responsible for the rising body count at the school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisTrouble Every Day (2001)
Newlyweds Shane and June arrive in Paris for their honeymoon. In the process of trying to find a cure for his strange, bloodthirsty disease, Shane stumbles upon the story of a doctor and his flesh eating wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisRufus (2012)
Rufus is a shy and lonely boy determined to make a new start. Sure he has some quirks. So what if he likes the taste of blood? It's not like he's addicted. When a cunning vampire hunter slips into town searching for the fountain of youth, Rufus fears his darkest secret is about to be revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Day Watch (2006)
A man who serves in the war between the forces of Light and Dark comes into possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow, which was nearly destroyed by an apocalyptic event.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCarmilla (2020)
In 19th-century Styria, isolated teen Lara's quiet life is upended by the arrival of mysterious, beautiful Carmilla, a female vampire with whom she develops an intense, homoerotic bond. As Lara's life slowly drains, themes of forbidden desire, identity, and the supernatural are explored, culminating in Lara's discovery of Carmilla's vampiric nature and a confrontation with her ancient lineage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & drama
Dracula (2025)
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 immortal warlord who defies fate in a blood-soaked crusade to wrench his lost love back from death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Byzantium?
The closest matches to Byzantium are Nadja (1995), The Addiction (1995) and Interview with the Vampire (1994). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Byzantium?
People who watched Byzantium most often go on to Nadja (1995), The Addiction (1995) and Interview with the Vampire (1994).
What is the highest-rated movie like Byzantium?
Let the Right One In (2008), rated 7.5/10 by 3,411 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Byzantium?
Dracula (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Byzantium?
Yes: Nadja (1995), The Addiction (1995) and Interview with the Vampire (1994).
How are movies similar to Byzantium chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Byzantium, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.