Movies like Outer Space
If Outer Space hooked you with its horror, these are the films to watch next. Every pick says why it matches.
Shocking Asia (1974)
High on shock and light on cultural relativism, this mondo collection of video strangeness features assorted dead (or dying) people, a sex change operation, inexplicable sex acts, and a bunch of other stuff the producers' could get the rights to cheaply.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPossession (1981)
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Abomination (1988)
A mother obsessed with mind-altering televangelism consequently vomits a pulsating growth that slithers down the throat of her son during the night. Upon spewing the parasite, the son is driven by an uncontrollable force to murder and feed corpses to the now-multiple-toothed monsters manifesting throughout the house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Burial Ground (1981)
A cursed country estate is besieged by horny houseguests, undead Etruscans, and the unusual relationship between a mother and her young son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSick Girl (2006)
A shy entomologist named Ida—whose girlfriend has left her, due to her interest in insects—develops a crush on a strange girl, Misty. After Ida receives a mysterious insect in the mail, the two women spend the night together, and Ida awakens to find that Misty has stumbled upon her insect collection and has a great interest in them herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHaunt (2014)
An introverted teen sparks with his new neighbor, and together the couple begins to explore the haunted house that his family has unknowingly just purchased.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisInside (2007)
Months after a tragic accident, Sarah, a young pregnant woman, must spend Christmas Eve alone in her house before giving birth the next day. But in the middle of the night, a creepy visitor knocks at her door willing to do anything to get what they want, setting off a night of pure terror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBegotten (1991)
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCigarette Burns (2005)
With a torrid past that haunts him, a movie theatre owner is hired to search for the only existing print of a film so notorious that its single screening caused the viewers to become homicidally insane.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFeral (2021)
The mountains of Oaxaca harbor the remains of a ravaged and burnt shelter, once home to a psychoanalyst priest who used it to look after savage children, trying to re-integrate them into society. Through videotape diaries and interviews, the truth of what happened is shockingly revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
You Are Not My Mother (2022)
In a North Dublin housing estate, teenage Char's mother mysteriously goes missing. When she returns without explanation, Char resolves to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and shed light on her family's dark secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisKill, Baby... Kill! (1966)
A 20th century European village is haunted by the ghost of a murderous little girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMessiah of Evil (1975)
A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHour of the Wolf (1968)
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDecoder (1984)
F.M. discovers that different sonic frequencies induce different patterns of behaviour in listeners, first in his own studio but later in the local "H-Burger" restaurant where the passive muzak appears to be wiping people's emotions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Third Part of the Night (1972)
Set during the Nazi occupation of Poland, the story follows Michał, who witnesses the murder of his mother, wife and child and then is hurled into a life that is not his own; a surreal world littered with trapdoors, doppelgängers and wormholes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEven the Wind Is Afraid (1968)
A group of college students, led by Claudia, decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia has been having. They are suspended from school for their antics, but Claudia learns from one of the female staff members that the person in the dream is a student who killed herself years before and that the headmistress has seen her ghost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMother's Baby (2025)
A woman navigates the complex journey of motherhood while confronting her deepest fears and anxieties.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Apparition (2018)
Jacques Mayano, a French journalist who has lived a traumatic experience, is recruited by the Vatican to be part of a task force that must investigate the veracity of a supernatural apparition allegedly happened in a small French village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLost in New York (1989)
A dreamy film in which two women are transported from a beach in France to New York City. Separated and lost, they frantically search for one another.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Chambermaid Lynn (2015)
Lynn Zapatek, a chambermaid in a large hotel, has a deathly fear of human interaction yet she craves intimacy. A chance encounter prompts her to emerge from her cocoon.
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Eraserhead (1977)
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFake Blood (2017)
Rob Grant and Mike Kovac receive a disturbing fan video inspired by their previous horror movie Mon Ami, motivating them to investigate the responsibility of filmmakers in portraying violence in movies. In their pursuit of the truth they are unwittingly introduced to the real world of violent criminals and their victims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Curve (2016)
Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Deliverance (2024)
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever Let Go (2024)
As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThey Reach (2020)
In 1979, a young girl stumbles upon a possessed tape player. She unknowingly unleashes a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging the small town of Clarkston to Hell.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaint Catherine (2024)
An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlay Dead (2025)
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Outer Space?
The closest matches to Outer Space are Shocking Asia, Cannibal Holocaust, Possession.
How are movies similar to Outer Space chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Outer Space, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.
Are there German movies like Outer Space?
Yes: Shocking Asia, Decoder, Mother's Baby.