Movies like Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012)
The best movies like Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012) are Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1992), Puppetmaster (1989) and Frankenstein's Army (2013). If Puppet Master X: Axis Rising hooked you with its horror and war, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedOverlord (2018)6.7/10 from 3,289 votes
- NewestSilent Zone (2025)Released 2025
- Same seriesPuppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1992)Puppet Master
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1992)
After hearing that mystical toymaker Andre Toulon has managed to create a troupe of sentient, living puppets, Nazi underling Dr. Hess sets his sights on exploiting Toulon's powers for the glory of the Reich.
Why it matches: Same series: Puppet Master · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPuppetmaster (1989)
After being contacted by their mysterious former colleague, four psychics arrive at a secluded hotel where they are stalked by a group of murderous puppets.
Why it matches: Same series: Puppet Master · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisFrankenstein's Army (2013)
Toward the end of World War II, Russian soldiers pushing into eastern Germany stumble across a secret Nazi lab, one that has unearthed and begun experimenting with the journal of one Dr. Victor Frankenstein. The scientists have used the legendary Frankenstein's work to assemble an army of super-soldiers stitched together from the body parts of their fallen comrades -- a desperate Hitler's last ghastly ploy to escape defeat
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Keep (1983)
Set during World War II, a German army garrison is sent to guard a mountain pass in a village in Romania's Carpathian mountains and sets up barracks in an ancient stone fortress. Two of the soldiers unwittingly release a mysterious entity that kills or corrupts those within its influence, drawing the attention of a Gestapo commander, a Jewish scholar, and a mysterious traveller.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPuppet Master II (1990)
A new team of paranormal researchers has come to the hotel to investigate its murder-soaked past; the puppets -- led by a new member, Torch -- shed some light on the matter, as they tunnel, burn, strangle and hook to survive.
Why it matches: Same series: Puppet Master · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Devil's Rock (2011)
Set in the Channel Islands on the eve of D Day, two Kiwi commandos, sent to destroy German gun emplacements to distract Hitler's forces away from Normandy, discover a Nazi occult plot to unleash demonic forces to win the war.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & war
SnoozefestMovies like thisShock Waves (1977)
Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of zombie soldiers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & war
SnoozefestMovies like thisOutpost: Black Sun (2012)
A pair of investigators team up with a Special Forces Unit to venture deep inside a war raging between the military and a massive army of Nazi Zombie Stormtroopers. Their mission is to fight their way behind enemy lines, locate the technology at the source of this growing threat and prevent the seemingly inevitable rise of the 4th Reich.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPuppet Master: The Littlest Reich (2018)
A recently divorced young man discovers a mint condition Blade doll in his deceased brother's closet and plans to sell the toy at a convention in Oregon celebrating the 30th anniversary of the infamous Toulon Murders. All hell breaks loose during the auction when a strange force animates all of the puppets throughout the convention, setting them on a bloody killing spree.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Bunker (2001)
In 1944, in the Belgian - German border, seven German soldiers survive an American attack in the front and lock themselves in a bunker to protect the position. Under siege by the enemy and with little ammunition, they decide to explore underground tunnels to seek supplies and find an escape route. While in the tunnel, weird things happen with the group.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDemonic Toys (1992)
While on a stakeout, Judith Gray, a beautiful, tough cop, is trapped inside a warehouse full of toys that have been awakened to murderous life by a strange child of darkness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisOutpost (2008)
In a seedy bar in a town ravaged by war, scientist and businessman Hunt hires mercenary and former Royal Marine D.C. to assemble a crack team of ex-soldiers to protect him on a dangerous journey into no-man's land. Their mission is to scope out an old military bunker in Eastern Europe. It should be easy – 48 hours at the most. Lots of cash for little risk. Or so he says...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDead Snow (2009)
Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where they were once sent to die.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOverlord (2018)
On the eve of D-Day, a team of American paratroopers crash behind enemy lines and come face-to-face with a Nazi threat unlike any the world has ever seen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood Creek (2009)
A man and his brother on a mission of revenge become trapped in a harrowing occult experiment dating back to the Third Reich.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisIron Sky (2012)
In the last moments of World War II, a secret Nazi space program evaded destruction by fleeing to the Dark Side of the Moon. During 70 years of utter secrecy, the Nazis construct a gigantic space fortress with a massive armada of flying saucers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Sandman (2017)
A monster from a little girl's nightmares comes to life and attacks anyone who would harm her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBeyond Re-Animator (2003)
Once again tampering with mother nature to disastrous results, Dr. Herbert West continues his research while serving time in a maximum security prison for his previous exploits. West's limited prison-cell experiments are suddenly interrupted by the arrival of a new prison doctor and the brother of the girl who suffered from West's experiments 13 years earlier.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSubspecies (1991)
Three students get caught in the struggle between a good vampire and his evil brother in the Transylvanian mountains.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDolls (1987)
A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZone Troopers (1985)
American soldiers, led by The Sarge, are stuck behind Nazi enemy lines. As they make their way across the Italian countryside, they come across an alien spaceship that has crash-landed in the woods. The alien pilot is dead, but one of the ship's passengers is on the loose. As the GIs hunt down the alien by splitting into smaller groups, they're not only tracked by the Nazis, but also a whole host of other aliens come to save their stranded party.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both war
SnoozefestMovies like thisManborg (2011)
The evil Count Draculon and his army of demons have conquered Earth, but a young soldier who lost his life in the first war against Hell has reawakened in the future as MANBORG! Together with a crew of post-apocalyptic rebels, the half-man half-machine hero will fight to defeat Draculon and take back the planet!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRumpelstiltskin (1995)
In the 1400s, Rumpelstiltskin is imprisoned inside a small jade figurine. In modern-day Los Angeles, the recently widowed wife of a police officer, with baby in tow, finds her way into a witch's shop and purchases a certain figurine, resulting in the cackling beast being freed and demanding possession of the baby.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWishmaster (1997)
The Djinn, having been released from his ancient prison, seeks to capture the soul of the woman who discovered him, thereby opening a portal and freeing his fellow Djinn to take over the earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeathwatch (2002)
In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & war
SnoozefestMovies like thisTwilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, "Time Out."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAngels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)
When an Iraq War veteran receives a calling from a higher power, he embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to take over the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHell Is for Heroes (1962)
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both war
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSilent Zone (2025)
In a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Puppet Master X: Axis Rising?
The closest matches to Puppet Master X: Axis Rising are Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1992), Puppetmaster (1989) and Frankenstein's Army (2013). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Puppet Master X: Axis Rising?
People who watched Puppet Master X: Axis Rising most often go on to Frankenstein's Army (2013), The Keep (1983) and The Devil's Rock (2011).
What is the highest-rated movie like Puppet Master X: Axis Rising?
Overlord (2018), rated 6.7/10 by 3,289 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Puppet Master X: Axis Rising?
Silent Zone (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Puppet Master X: Axis Rising part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Puppet Master, which includes Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1992), Puppetmaster (1989) and Puppet Master II (1990).
Are there English movies like Puppet Master X: Axis Rising?
Yes: Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1992), Puppetmaster (1989) and Frankenstein's Army (2013).
How are movies similar to Puppet Master X: Axis Rising chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Puppet Master X: Axis Rising, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.