Movies like Penny Lane Is Dead (2026)
The best movies like Penny Lane Is Dead (2026) are Funny Games (2008), Funny Games (1997) and Fresh (2022). If Penny Lane Is Dead hooked you with its comedy and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedParasite (2019)8.5/10 from 21,691 votes
- NewestIce Cream Man (2026)Released 2026
Funny Games (2008)
When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFunny Games (1997)
Two psychotic young men take a mother, father, and son hostage in their vacation cabin and force them to play sadistic "games" with one another for their own amusement.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFresh (2022)
Frustrated by scrolling dating apps only to end up on lame, tedious dates, Noa takes a chance by giving her number to the awkwardly charming Steve after a produce-section meet-cute at the grocery store.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuicide for Beginners (2022)
Insecure and unhinged, Garrett is dead set on murdering the unrequited love of his life, Mia. When he comes face to face with his victim, his awkward incompetence takes over and things quickly spiral out of control as he finds himself on a deranged path to becoming a serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Cat Sick Blues (2016)
When Ted’s beloved cat dies, the trauma triggers a terrible mental breakdown. His broken brain prompts him to bring his feline friend back – all he needs is nine human lives. Ted dons vicious deadly cat claw gloves and a creepy cat mask, and goes on a murderous rampage. As the butchery escalates, a twisted romance blossoms between Ted and Claire, a young woman who has also recently lost her cat in a horrifying incident.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisIce Cream Man (2026)
An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisCrazy Old Lady (2025)
Pedro receives a desperate message from an ex-girlfriend asking him to look after her senile mother, Alicia. What seems like a simple mission soon becomes his worst nightmare. Pedro needs to escape; but Alicia won’t let him...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Prank (2024)
After their teacher fails them, two high school students decide to teach the imperious, demanding instructor a lesson by falsely accusing her of the murder of a missing student.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & thriller
Green Room (2016)
Members of a punk rock band and a tough young woman are forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Loved Ones (2010)
When Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Coffee Table (2023)
Jesus and María are a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table. A decision that will change their existence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYou're Next (2013)
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEden Lake (2008)
When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize the couple in unimaginable ways, and a weekend outing becomes a bloody battle for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House That Jack Built (2018)
Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDon't Breathe (2016)
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Menu (2022)
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJulia (2015)
After suffering a brutal trauma, Julia uses an unorthodox form of therapy to restore herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisK-Shop (2016)
After his father is killed in an altercation with drunken thugs, Salah's world is plunged into darkness. Forced into running the family kebab shop alone, Salah struggles to manage the increasingly rowdy night life and when a fight with an angry customer goes fatally wrong, he finds himself with a dead body on his hands. With no faith in the authorities Salah disposes of the body in the one place he knows best… the kebabs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAmerican Psycho (2000)
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMum & Dad (2008)
Mum and Dad, and their 'adopted' children, Birdie & Elbie, work at the airport. The family live off whatever they scavenge from cargo holds, offices and hotels - including a steady stream of transient workers who populate the airport's soulless hub. When Lena, a young Polish office cleaner, is befriended by Birdie, she gets drawn into a nightmarish world of torture, murder and perversity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisParasite (2019)
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisDaddy's Little Girl (2014)
After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture, Derek prepares himself and his basement for a week of brutal tactics that will make his daughter’s killer feel the pain that he has inflicted upon so many others. In a time when stranger danger is ever present, a single father learns that it’s the ones you trust most who have to be watched the closest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Invitation (2016)
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRoad Games (2015)
When hitchhiker Jack rescues Véronique from a road rage altercation, the twosome decide to travel together for safety’s sake after learning a serial killer is cutting a murderous swathe through the region. Tired and hungry, they decide against their better judgment to take up an offer to stay the night at a mysterious elderly couple’s mansion…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCat Person (2023)
When Margot, a college sophomore, goes on a date with the older Robert, she finds that IRL Robert doesn’t live up to the Robert she has been flirting with over texts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 'Burbs (1989)
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But it's hardly how Ray, who much prefers drinking beer, reading his newspaper and watching a ball game on the tube expected to spend his vacation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLiving Among Us (2018)
Vampires have just made themselves public! Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to spend some time with them and learn how they live and coexist with humans. But as reality sets in, the crew realize they are in for far more than they bargained for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHostile Takeover (2025)
Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGotcha! (1985)
A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisR.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls (2015)
Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Penny Lane Is Dead?
The closest matches to Penny Lane Is Dead are Funny Games (2008), Funny Games (1997) and Fresh (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Penny Lane Is Dead?
People who watched Penny Lane Is Dead most often go on to Funny Games (2008), Funny Games (1997) and Fresh (2022).
What is the highest-rated movie like Penny Lane Is Dead?
Parasite (2019), rated 8.5/10 by 21,691 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Penny Lane Is Dead?
Ice Cream Man (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Penny Lane Is Dead?
Yes: Funny Games (2008), Fresh (2022) and Suicide for Beginners (2022).
How are movies similar to Penny Lane Is Dead chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Penny Lane Is Dead, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.