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Movies like You Don’t Belong Here

The best movies like You Don’t Belong Here are Frank and Penelope (2022), Older Gods (2023) and Marshmallow (2025). If You Don’t Belong Here hooked you with its horror, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Frank and Penelope (2022)

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  2. Older Gods (2023)

    After the disappearance of his troubled friend, American Chris Rivers travels to the remote Welsh countryside to investigate what happened – leading him to a dark apocalyptic cult.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  3. Marshmallow (2025)

    At a secluded summer camp, timid and introverted 12-year-old Morgan is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a treacherous journey and uncover a sinister reality buried beneath the surface.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  4. Sleepaway Camp (1983)

    Years after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  5. Grindhouse (2007)

    Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  6. Abduction (2019)

    A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  7. Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

    Undead cop Matt Cordell rises from the grave, and is after the criminals who murdered him in prison.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  8. Don't Let Go (2019)

    A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work together to try and stop the crime before it occurs.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  9. Containment (2015)

    Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  10. God Is a Bullet (2023)

    Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  11. Maniac (1963)

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  12. Urban Legend (1998)

    A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  13. The Bad Nun 3 (2024)

    When a traumatized young woman in a grief counselling group suddenly dies, a trio of friends from the group decide to find out what really happened.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  14. God Told Me To (1976)

    A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  15. The Hunt (2020)

    Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  16. The Last Breath (2024)

    A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  17. Eradication (2022)

    When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  18. The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)

    A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  19. The Haunting of Alcatraz (2020)

    Alcatraz. 1937. A young prison guard working the night shift experiences a string of chilling disturbances culminating in the bizarre death of an inmate at the most famous prison in the world

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  20. The Ghost Within (2023)

    A young woman revisits her family home desperate to discover her sister Evie's murderer 20 years before. After a series of terrifying encounters with Evie's ghost at 09:09pm, Margot knows she must fight to learn the truth once and for all.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like You Don’t Belong Here?

The closest matches to You Don’t Belong Here are Frank and Penelope (2022), Older Gods (2023) and Marshmallow (2025). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after You Don’t Belong Here?

Start with Frank and Penelope (2022), the closest match to You Don’t Belong Here.

What is the highest-rated movie like You Don’t Belong Here?

Grindhouse (2007), rated 7.0/10 by 1,984 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like You Don’t Belong Here?

Marshmallow (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like You Don’t Belong Here?

Yes: Frank and Penelope (2022), Older Gods (2023) and Marshmallow (2025).

How are movies similar to You Don’t Belong Here chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside You Don’t Belong Here, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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