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Movies like How to Survive the Wild

The best movies like How to Survive the Wild are Dark Light (2019), The Signal (2007) and Margaux (2022). If How to Survive the Wild 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. 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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  2. 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

  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. 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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  5. 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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  6. Double Blind (2024)

    After an experimental drug trial goes awry, the test subjects face a terrifying side effect: if you fall asleep you die. Trapped in an isolated facility, panic ensues as they try to escape and somehow stay awake.

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

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  7. 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

  8. Year 10 (2024)

    After the fall of civilization, the few survivors have been driven to cannibalism. A young man must confront a violent tribe that has murdered his father and stolen the medicine that keeps his girlfriend alive.

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

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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. Megaboa (2021)

    On a trip to Colombia, a group of college students encounter a fifty-foot boa constrictor, hungry for blood.

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

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  12. Extinction (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 & science fiction

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  13. The Resurrected (1991)

    Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.

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

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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. Frankenstein Unbound (1990)

    The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor Frankenstein, Mary Shelley and others.

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

  17. 4 Horsemen: Apocalypse (2022)

    A small team of scientists must race against time to stop what seems to be a cascade of global disasters signaling the possible apocalypse and end of days.

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

  18. The Primevals (2023)

    Deep in the Himalayas, a group of sherpas kills a gigantic humanoid creature. Convinced that it is the legendary Yeti, Dr. Claire Collier organizes an expedition with her former student Matt Connor and hunter Rondo Montana, among others, to search for more specimens. But what awaits them is something that none of them could have imagined. A colorful fusion of real image and stop-motion that is reminiscent of fantastic films from the 1980s.

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

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  19. Code 8 Part II (2024)

    In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.

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

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  20. 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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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like How to Survive the Wild?

The closest matches to How to Survive the Wild are Dark Light (2019), The Signal (2007) and Margaux (2022). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after How to Survive the Wild?

Start with Dark Light (2019), the closest match to How to Survive the Wild.

What is the highest-rated movie like How to Survive the Wild?

The Return (2020), rated 6.7/10 by 327 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like How to Survive the Wild?

Die Alone (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like How to Survive the Wild?

Yes: Dark Light (2019), The Signal (2007) and Margaux (2022).

How are movies similar to How to Survive the Wild chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside How to Survive the Wild, 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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