Movies like Killer Kids (2022)
The best movies like Killer Kids (2022) are The Spine of Night (2021), Mad God (2021) and Tales of the Black Freighter (2009). If Killer Kids hooked you with its horror and history, these 26 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedRed Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019)7.7/10 from 1,156 votes
- NewestSamburai (2026)Released 2026
The 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 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 thisTales of the Black Freighter (2009)
A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Field in England (2013)
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both history & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead Space: Downfall (2008)
On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard. When the unholy artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, its glimpse of Heaven transforms the ship into a living Hell. A prequel to the events of the 2008 video game Dead Space.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both animation & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBrooklyn 45 (2023)
Five military veterans, best friends since childhood, gather together in a Brooklyn brownstone several months after the end of World War II, and the metaphoric ghosts of their past become all-too-literal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & history
SnoozefestMovies like thisRed Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019)
Princes who have been turned into Dwarfs seek the red shoes of a lady in order to break the spell, although it will not be easy.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Flight of Dragons (1982)
The realm of magic is being threatened by the realm of logic, so the green wizard, Carolinus, decides to shield it for all time. Ommadon, the evil red wizard, stands in his way. Carolinus then calls for a quest that is to be led by a man named Peter Dickinson, who is the first man of both the realms of science and magic. It is Peter's job to defeat Ommadon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIf Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? (1971)
Based on the psychobabble of Reverend Estus W. Pirkle; what would happen to America if its citizens do not give up their depraved ways and turn to the light for salvation? Communist infiltrators, the 'footmen', will pave the way for an all-out invasion by weakening our will through television, dance, rock music, and alcohol. Once the invasion begins, the new Communist government will round up all Christians, and either execute them or force them to undergo reeducation. Only by putting their faith in the Bible where it belongs, says Pirkle, can America resist the coming Red Menace.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
What You Wish For (2024)
A talented chef with gambling woes flees to a Latin American villa to visit an old friend who appears to be living an extraordinary life as a private chef. Envy soon turns to greed and then to something deeply unsettling for the chef when he assumes his friend's life and discovers the motives of his mysterious clients.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHereditary (2018)
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLula, the Son of Brazil (2010)
The true story of a working class boy who moves to the nation's financial capital at a young age and becomes one the most influential politicians in Brazilian history.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
SnoozefestMovies like thisDante (2022)
The tormented life of Dante Alighieri, from solitary childhood to death in exile, seen through Giovanni Boccaccio’s journey to rehabilitate his memory.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
The extraordinary true story of eccentric British artist Louis Wain, whose playful, sometimes even psychedelic pictures helped to transform the public's perception of cats forever.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both history
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSamburai (2026)
Samburai follows a lone red gummy bear samurai who stumbles upon a tragic scene: his fellow red gummy bear lies dead, surrounded by the orange-yellow cult responsible for the slaughter. Unmoved by fear and stripped of emotion, the Samburai draws his blade and systematically executes every member of the cult in a ruthless, unyielding quest for revenge. As the body count rises, the lighting shifts progressively toward a deep, suffocating red—visually drowning out the characters' original hues until attacker and victim become indistinguishable. With the last enemy slain, the Samburai is left standing alone in the blood-red light, devoid of purpose and consumed by the very destruction he wrought.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both animation
Vitória (2025)
Nina is an elderly woman who lives alone and feels distressed by the increasing violence in her neighborhood. Amidst conflicts with her neighbors, she decides to film the movement of drug traffickers from her window, hoping to assist the police. After months of recording suspicious activities, her initiative attracts the attention of a journalist, who approaches Nina and offers to support her in her mission.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStar Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
When a huge alien probe enters the galaxy and begins to vaporize Earth's oceans, Kirk and his crew must travel back in time in order to bring back whales and save the planet.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStar Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk returns to the newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to take command.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHe Got Game (1998)
A basketball player's father must try to convince him to go to a college so he can get a shorter prison sentence.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDomingo (2018)
January 1st, 2003. When Brazil celebrates President Lula′s historic investiture, two middle-class, provincial families gather in an old, poorly maintained house. As they prepare a big party, secrets, hidden desires and frustrations are revealed.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Karen (2021)
A racist woman makes it her personal mission to displace the new black family that has just moved in next door to her, but they won't back down without a fight.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
SnoozefestMovies like thisAlien Island (2023)
Chile, 1984. As a wave of UFO sightings — and a military dictatorship — sweep the country, a group of short-wave radio operators receive mysterious communications from a nearby island. Through the crackling voices, they learn that a highly developed extraterrestrial race has taken residence on Friendship Island and is offering the listeners the promise of a better world.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Mid/Evil Times (2025)
In the near future, criminals are forced to act in art movies instead of going to jail. Ten years later, a group of theatre students attempt to recreate one of these films.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
I Travel Because I Have to, I Come Back Because I Love You (2010)
José Renato, a 35-year-old geologist, is sent out on a solitary expedition to the hinterlands of northeastern Brazil. The purpose of the trip is to assess possible routes for a canal that will connect the area with the only major river in the region. As the field trip progresses, it becomes clear that Renato shares with those places the same emptiness, sense of abandonment and isolation.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEstamira (2004)
Estamira is a 63-year-old woman who suffers from schizophrenia. She leads a tough life and has supported herself for the past 20 years by picking through garbage at the Jardim Gramacho Disposal Area in Rio de Janeiro. The film follows her starting in 2000, the year she begins treatment in a psychiatric clinic. At first, it is hard to understand her in her stream-of-consciousness sentences, delusions and obsessions. Gradually, however, we get to know her as a woman who can have quiet and lucid moments despite her illness.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Killer Kids?
The closest matches to Killer Kids are The Spine of Night (2021), Mad God (2021) and Tales of the Black Freighter (2009). Below are 23 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Killer Kids?
Start with The Spine of Night (2021), the closest match to Killer Kids.
What is the highest-rated movie like Killer Kids?
Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs (2019), rated 7.7/10 by 1,156 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Killer Kids?
Samburai (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Killer Kids?
Yes: The Spine of Night (2021), Mad God (2021) and Tales of the Black Freighter (2009).
How are movies similar to Killer Kids chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Killer Kids, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.