Movies like Nexus Laboratories (2024)
The best movies like Nexus Laboratories (2024) are Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007), Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) and Mad God (2021). If Nexus Laboratories hooked you with its animation and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedInception: The Cobol Job (2010)7.2/10 from 322 votes
- NewestThe Chattanooga Syndrome - NOCLIP 3 (2026)Released 2026
Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007)
When Hellboy, Liz Sherman, and Abe Sapien are assigned to investigate the ghost-infested mansion of a publicity-hound billionaire, they uncover a plot to resurrect a beautiful yet monstrous vampire from Professor Bruttenholm’s past. But before they can stop her bloodbath, Hellboy will have to battle harpies, hellhounds, a giant werewolf, and even the ferocious goddess Hecate herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006)
A folklore professor becomes unwittingly possessed by the ancient Japanese demons of Thunder and Lightning. But when The Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense dispatches a team of agents to investigate, a cursed samurai sword sends Hellboy to a supernatural dimension of ghosts, monsters, and feudal mayhem. Now while pyrokinetic Liz Sherman and fishboy Abe Sapien battle one very pissed-off dragon, a lost and cranky Hellboy must find his way home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMad God (2021)
A silent figure known as The Assassin travels through a nightmare underworld of tortured souls, ruined cities and wretched monstrosities forged from the primordial horrors of the unconscious mind of Phil Tippett, the world's preeminent stop-motion animator.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLaboratory Conditions (2018)
A physician investigating a missing body disrupts an unlawful experiment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDead Space: Aftermath (2011)
The year is 2509 and not only has Earth lost contact with the Ishimura and Isaac Clarke, but now also the USG O'Bannon, the first responder ship sent to rescue them. Four crew members of the O'Bannon have survived. But what happened to the rest of the crew? What were they doing? What secrets are they keeping? All to be revealed...in the Aftermath! --- Dead Space: Aftermath is a fast paced, horrifying thrill ride told through the perspective of the four survivors by several renowned international directors. Dead Space: Aftermath is an animated film that bridges the storyline between the video games Dead Space and Dead Space 2.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDC Showcase - Constantine: The House of Mystery (2022)
John Constantine wakes up in the eerie House of Mystery with no recollection of how he got there. Fortunately, Zatanna and his friends are all there. Unfortunately, they have a bad habit of turning into demons and ripping him to shreds, over and over again!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Spine of Night (2021)
When ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind, a group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together in order to defeat it at all costs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChildren of the Damned (1964)
Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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 & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisInception: The Cobol Job (2010)
Cobb, Arthur and Nash are enlisted by Cobol Engineering.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisExtinction (2015)
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExtraordinary Tales (2015)
Five tales by Edgar Allan Poe come to life thanks to a pictorical style animation, five tales that exude madness, pestilence, murder and torture.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Transfiguration (2016)
When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight of the Animated Dead (2021)
An animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Experiment (2010)
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisV/H/S/Beyond (2024)
The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/H/S ever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDC Showcase: Death (2019)
Vincent, an artist with unresolved inner demons, meets a mysterious girl who helps him come to terms with his creative legacy… and eventual death.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisRabbits (2002)
A story of a group of humanoid rabbits and their depressive, daily life. The plot includes Suzie ironing, Jane sitting on a couch, Jack walking in and out of the apartment, and the occasional solo singing number by Suzie or Jane. At one point the rabbits also make contact with their “leader”.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bay (2012)
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBeyond The Stars (2025)
After death, a group of people who died in the same place re-live their past guilt to get their life back, all in the hands of one otherworldly entity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & drama
The Space Between (TBA)
Over the course of a single night inside a once-bustling mall, an experienced security guard's routine begins to break down. Surveillance footage captures moments he does not remember. Familiar corridors shift. Something waits just outside the reach of his light. The further he walks, the more the night seems to retrace itself. What begins as a routine shift slowly becomes something else entirely.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller
REFLECTION OF A DEADMAN (2026)
Haunted by a fleeting encounter, a man becomes consumed by his obsession with a stranger. Drawn deeper into the streets of Paris, he follows the figure through an urban underworld where identity blurs, time fractures, and meaning slips out of reach. Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Man of the Crowd," REFLECTION OF A DEADMAN is a hypnotic descent into dissociation, anonymity and the quiet terror of losing yourself while trying to find yourself. Shot on location in the alleys, cemeteries and catacombs of Paris. Watch for free on Film Shortage.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & horror
EAST (TBA)
An irresponsible young man becomes cornered by a powerful aura...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller
Tales From the Suburbs: The Solicitor (2025)
A young man admires a cactus on his way home, much to the attention of something lurking in his neighborhood.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller
Hisser (2015)
The story told in Hisser was inspired by a true occurrence. In 2013, a young man in Florida was literally "swallowed up by the earth" when a cesspool suddenly opened up under his bedroom. The film's main setting is a bedroom by night. From the way it was shot, the viewer has the feeling of peering into an abandoned life-size dollhouse. Other sequences show close-up views of a young man lying on a bed with a tormented look on his face or cowering in a corner. The scene is accompanied by an exaggeratedly romantic song whose refrain – "It took me so long to get my feet back off the ground" – alludes to the loss of a loved one and a sense of abysmal loneliness. The song's emotionality contrasts starkly with the artificiality of the scene. The boundary between reproduction and reality grows fluid, and the virtuality – which the artist has carried to a near- perfect extreme – begins to crumble in view of the protagonist's physical and emotional frailty.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation & drama
Sweet Dreams (2023)
A good night’s rest turns into a fight for her life when an anxious girl comes face to face with a stranger like no other.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
The Chattanooga Syndrome - NOCLIP 3 (2026)
In this meta found-footage / documentary escapade, Gavin and Alex head to Tennessee to document the premiere of their previous film, and to follow a tip that will lead them to the most liminal spaces in Chattanooga...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Notre Dame de Paris: The Ordeal of the Centuries (2019)
A fictional documentary on Notre Dame de Paris, produced in 2019.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Void Supervisor (2026)
Tasked with watching the void that occupies the back wall of a room with no doors, the Void Supervisor carries out his job to the letter. That is until something else decides to join him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Nexus Laboratories?
The closest matches to Nexus Laboratories are Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007), Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) and Mad God (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Nexus Laboratories?
Start with Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007), the closest match to Nexus Laboratories.
What is the highest-rated movie like Nexus Laboratories?
Inception: The Cobol Job (2010), rated 7.2/10 by 322 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Nexus Laboratories?
The Chattanooga Syndrome - NOCLIP 3 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Nexus Laboratories?
Yes: Hellboy Animated: Blood and Iron (2007), Hellboy Animated: Sword of Storms (2006) and Mad God (2021).
How are movies similar to Nexus Laboratories chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Nexus Laboratories, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.