Movies like Before Night Falls (2025)
The best movies like Before Night Falls (2025) are Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1974), The Possessed (2021) and Eradication (2022). If Before Night Falls hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Last House (2026)6.8/10 from 1,570 votes
- NewestThe Last House (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchMaléfique (2003)Also in French
Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1974)
A notorious bank robber kills his wife and flees the police, only to be captured by a mysterious group of figures in an abandoned town. His beautiful daughter, Lila Lee, receives a letter stating that her father is near death and that he needs to see her. Sneaking away at night from her minister guardian, Lila embarks on a terrifying journey...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Possessed (2021)
A man with the ability to exorcise demons fights to protect his loved ones after a sudden surge in demonic possessions. After discovering his nephew's girlfriend has the same supernatural gift, they join forces for the ultimate confrontation. Inspired by actual events.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEradication (2022)
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSilver Bullet (1985)
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Car (1977)
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonkey’s Magic Merry Go Round (2026)
After a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality unravels, the line between performance and nightmare begins to blur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHorrors of the Black Museum (1959)
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight Watch (1973)
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking for new tricks, she finds a little book called "The Evil Thing"
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hand (1981)
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House (2016)
Just one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and ghost pals, Max Doyle races to find the crystal and save the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Oblong Box (1969)
Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Cellar (2022)
When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family's souls forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMaléfique (2003)
Four prisoners discover a handwritten book of black magic in their cell, and decide to use it to escape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhat's the Matter with Helen? (1971)
Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last House (2026)
A family suddenly sealed inside their home must work together to survive against dwindling resources and the ominous threat keeping them trapped.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNightbooks (2021)
Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way out of this twisted place.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonster (2005)
A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaloum (2023)
Three mercenaries extracting a druglord out of Guinea-Bissau are forced to hide in the mystical region of Saloum, Senegal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChild's Play 2 (1990)
Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where the chase begins again.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChild's Play 3 (1991)
Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a military school, and the spirit of Chucky returns to renew his quest and seek vengeance after being recreated from a mass of melted plastic.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHide and Seek (2005)
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShtriga (TBA)
Kristina, the newly arrived mailwoman on a small Croatian island, befriends the strange local elderly woman named Rozalija, however, their friendship is put to the test when the former learns that the latter is a štriga, a shapeshifting supernatural creature.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Hunting Terror (2020)
When a young girl is murdered in Lakewood Park a group of journalists by the names of Alex, Josh and Luke venture into the woods to find evidence and take their journalism experience to new heights. However, as things in Lakewood Park become more and more sinister, the trio of investigators begin to believe they are getting more than they bargained for in this bloody broad daylight nightmare.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
The Hanged Woman (2026)
Rosa Martín, a singer-songwriter known as La Ahorcada, takes her own life in the garden of the man she loved, Fran, who treated her as nothing more than a sexual object. The ghost of La Ahorcada remains in Fran's mansion, refusing to be ignored and determined to teach him a lesson. Her obsession will end up turning the lives of Fran and his family into a living hell.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisQuadrant (2024)
When Erin, a young girl obsessed with Jack the Ripper submits to the "Quadrant" experiment, she unleashes a reign of terror, first in her mind's eye in a virtual vision of Victorian London, and then in reality, where she stalks the city streets, seeking out victims for her blade.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Subhuman (TBA)
Kyle Malone is a lascivious telepath who has made a pastime out of finding a crowd, selecting female victims, and hopping from one woman’s mind to the next, sifting through their memories and seeking out their past sexual encounters and reliving them, taking over the role of their lovers. But one day Kyle jumps into the mind of something that looks like a woman but is not quite human. A dark mind, festering with thoughts of horrific, unspeakable things. The female fiend then follows Kyle to the tenement residence he calls home - the Twist Steel apartments - where Heather, one of his previous victims, has broken in and waits in the dark with revenge on her mind. But with the "subhuman" woman now laying siege to the apartment, Heather and Kyle must team up - along with the other unfortunate residents of the building - and their survival hinges on a reality-blending game of cat-and-mouse with the ageless, evil woman-thing...the SUBHUMAN!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Bad CGI Werewolves! (TBA)
When a gaggle of pretty young people opt to spend their vacation camping in the deep woods, they're troubled by strange sounds in the night; something that sounds like a howling, growing, hungry animal. It seems the gang have pitched their tent on the turf of a brood of bloodthirsty backwoods lycanthropes; cursed digital werewolves whose disdain for "city folk" is matched by their insatiable full moon-inspired compulsion to tear into warm human flesh! It's gonna be one helluva night, with only one team left standing!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Death Angel (2022)
Susan gets an unexpected visit form a horrifying monster.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Before Night Falls?
The closest matches to Before Night Falls are Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1974), The Possessed (2021) and Eradication (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Before Night Falls?
Start with Lemora: A Child's Tale of the Supernatural (1974), the closest match to Before Night Falls.
What is the highest-rated movie like Before Night Falls?
The Last House (2026), rated 6.8/10 by 1,570 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Before Night Falls?
The Last House (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Before Night Falls?
Yes: Maléfique (2003) and Saloum (2023).
How are movies similar to Before Night Falls chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Before Night Falls, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.