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Movies like Peripheral (2025)

The best movies like Peripheral (2025) are Books of Blood (2020), Dark Light (2019) and Margaux (2022). If Peripheral hooked you with its horror and science fiction, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Books of Blood (2020)

    A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  2. Dark Light (2019)

    A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  3. Margaux (2022)

    As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a dystopian nightmare as they realize Margaux's plans to eliminate her tenants one way or another. Time begins to run out as the group desperately tries to survive and outsmart the smart home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

  4. The Return (2020)

    After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  5. 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 & science fiction

  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 & science fiction

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  7. Blood and Snow (2023)

    When researchers rescue a fellow scientist who survived a meteorite strike in the Arctic, they discover she may not be who they think she is. Is she some-how changed?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror

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  8. No One Will Save You (2023)

    A lonely woman battles extraterrestrials who threaten her future while forcing her to face her past.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  9. The Asphyx (1972)

    Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  10. The Signal (2007)

    A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

  11. Daylight's End (2016)

    Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

  12. Slash/Back (2022)

    In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror

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  13. The Last House (2026)

    A family suddenly sealed inside their home must work together to survive against dwindling resources and the ominous threat keeping them trapped.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  14. Die Alone (2024)

    Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Mae, a hardened and eccentric survivor. Together, Ethan and Mae face threats both human and otherwise before a fateful encounter with Kai unravels a secret that lies just beyond Ethan's fractured memory.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  15. Monster Hunters (2020)

    When an alien prison ship crash lands and unleashes creature after creature in the California desert, they make quick work of the army that tries to stop them. Now, the only hope of stopping the aliens rests with a secret branch of the government specializing in alien weaponry. But with the team untested in actual combat, the battle for Earth will be brutal.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror

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  16. Spectral (2016)

    A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction

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  17. Prodigy (2017)

    Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he begins to understand the extent of her capabilities and the fate that has been planned for her, he struggles to overcome her defenses before it is too late for them both.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction

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  18. Rage of Stars (2026)

    A story about a woman from the International Special Forces Unit, who has a premonition about the impending end of humanity.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction

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  19. You're Not Alone (2020)

    After the premature death of her estranged husband, Emma (Winter) regains custody of their young daughter Isla (Jones) and hopes to rebuild their relationship after many years apart. But when an evil entity begins to torment them, mother and daughter are forced to face the inexplicable presence that inhabits the walls of their new home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  20. Never 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

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Peripheral?

The closest matches to Peripheral are Books of Blood (2020), Dark Light (2019) and Margaux (2022). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Peripheral?

Start with Books of Blood (2020), the closest match to Peripheral.

What is the highest-rated movie like Peripheral?

The Last House (2026), rated 6.8/10 by 1,563 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Peripheral?

The Last House (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Peripheral?

Yes: Books of Blood (2020), Dark Light (2019) and Margaux (2022).

How are movies similar to Peripheral chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Peripheral, 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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