Movies like The Exotic Ones (1968)
The best movies like The Exotic Ones (1968) are Feast (2005), Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014) and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001). If The Exotic Ones hooked you with its action and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedFrom Dusk Till Dawn (1996)7.1/10 from 6,810 votes
- NewestGator Lake (2024)Released 2024
Feast (2005)
When a motley crew of strangers find themselves trapped in an isolated tavern, they must band together in a battle for survival against a family of flesh-hungry creatures.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers and experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her and teams up with Benny, a fellow survivor – together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCitizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001)
A horrific explosion creates a dimensional portal between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image, Amortville. While the Toxie is trapped in the mirror dimension, Tromaville comes under the control of his evil doppelganger, the Noxious Offender.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInfestation (2009)
After being stung by a giant insect, Cooper learns that these bugs are attacking the whole city. He joins forces with the survivors, in order to find a way to counter-attack.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight of the Living Dead: Re-Animation (2012)
After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectantly shows up, stumbling upon a full zombie outbreak!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGator Lake (2024)
In 2003, Lake Jesup became the stage for a real-life horror story, as a monstrous alligator escaped from captivity and began a reign of terror. As the body count rose, a desperate hunt ensued to stop the creature.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrom Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious clientele.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEddie: The Sleepwalking Cannibal (2012)
A once-famous painter rediscovers inspiration when he befriends a sleepwalking cannibal.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like this4/20 Massacre (2018)
A group of five women go camping in the woods to celebrate a friend's birthday over 4/20 weekend. But when they cross the turf of an illegal marijuana grow operation they must struggle to survive the living nightmare.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPsycho Goreman (2020)
Siblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins to small-town suburbia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDave Made a Maze (2017)
Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave’s girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. Once inside, they find themselves trapped in an ever-changing supernatural world, threatened by booby traps and pursued by a bloodthirsty Minotaur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFreaks of Nature (2015)
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Flood (2023)
A horde of giant hungry alligators is unleashed on a group of in-transit prisoners and their guards after a massive hurricane floods Louisiana.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSlither (2006)
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRace with the Devil (1975)
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)
Earl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for under the soil.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Kill It (2016)
Demon hunter Jebediah Huntley teams up with an FBI agent to battle a supernatural force in the southern state of Mississippi.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGrindhouse (2007)
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCreepshow 2 (1987)
Three macabre tales from the latest issue of a boy's favorite comic book, dealing with a vengeful wooden Native American, a monstrous blob in a lake, and an undying hitchhiker.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrimeval (2007)
A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBitch Slap (2009)
Three bad girls - a down-and-out stripper, a drug-running killer, and a corporate powerbroker - arrive at a remote desert hideaway to extort and steal $200 million in diamonds from a ruthless underworld kingpin.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisStripped to Kill 2: Live Girls (1989)
When the razor blade slasher begins his reign of terror in the alleys behind the Los Angeles strip clubs, the most famous stripper in the spotlight must walk a tightrope between her own fragile sanity and the inescapable murderer's blade.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & comedy
Sexsquatch: The Legend of Blood Stool Creek (2013)
Joey Jeremiah's friends have gathered near Blood Stool Creek for a party weekend to throw their ambitious friend a ""get laid"" party. Teens... woods... beer... sex... what could possibly go wrong? Well the wooded area that plays host to their good times houses a sinister beast. He's blood thirsty, intelligent, eloquent, covered in hair, and HORNY as hell... it's SEXSQUATCH!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy & horror
Lust for Frankenstein (1998)
Moira Frankenstein, the grand-daughter of noted mad scientist Dr. Frankenstein, has become obsessed with the work of her ancestor and she decides to pick up the family business where he left off.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Frankenstein '80 (1972)
A mad scientist creates a monster called "Mosaico," who breaks out of the laboratory to hunt down and kill beautiful women.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Waiting in the Wings: The Musical (2014)
Two entertainers destined for the big time are mismatched in a casting office from two very different online contests. Tony, a stripper from New York, is cast in an Off-Broadway musical and needs to trade in his tear-away trunks for tap shoes and tights. Anthony, a naive musical theatre enthusiast from Montana, needs to decide if he can strip all the way down just to stay in town. Hilarity ensues as they realize that "to make it" they're gonna have to learn some new tricks.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Abominable (2006)
A man, crippled in an accident, returns to the woods after rehabilitation, certain that he'll not see Bigfoot again.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBigfoot Encounters in the Pacific Northwest (2021)
In 2019, Stephen Major and his "Extreme Expeditions Northwest Team" embark into the Colville National Forest to uncover Bigfoot signs, document strange happenings, and track down the illusive creature.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Road House (1989)
The Double Deuce is the meanest, loudest and rowdiest bar south of the Mason-Dixon Line, and Dalton has been hired to clean it up. He might not look like much, but the Ph.D.-educated bouncer proves he's more than capable – busting the heads of troublemakers and turning the roadhouse into a jumping hot spot. But Dalton's romance with the gorgeous Dr. Clay puts him on the bad side of cutthroat local big shot Brad Wesley.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKrystal (2018)
A young man living a sheltered life develops a crush on a stripper and joins her Alcoholics Anonymous group just so he can be in the same room with her.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Exotic Ones?
The closest matches to The Exotic Ones are Feast (2005), Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014) and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Exotic Ones?
Start with Feast (2005), the closest match to The Exotic Ones.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Exotic Ones?
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), rated 7.1/10 by 6,810 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Exotic Ones?
Gator Lake (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Exotic Ones?
Yes: Feast (2005), Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014) and Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001).
How are movies similar to The Exotic Ones chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Exotic Ones, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.