Movies like The Dorm (2014)
The best movies like The Dorm (2014) are The Hazing Secret (2014), Sugarbabies (2015) and Babysitter Wanted (2007). If The Dorm hooked you with its horror and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Bad Seed (2018)7.0/10 from 368 votes
- NewestThe Bad Seed Returns (2022)Released 2022
The Hazing Secret (2014)
Megan loses her long term memory in an accident she had five years ago as a sorority girl. Every night, she has the same dream of a party and the death of a sister. When she's invited to a Greek reunion, she realizes it wasn't just a dream.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Sugarbabies (2015)
Persuaded by her roommate, a college student makes an arrangement with an older man who pays for her companionship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Babysitter Wanted (2007)
When she takes a job babysitting a young boy for a night at his family's remote farmhouse, sweet college co-ed Angie Albright becomes the target of a scar-covered creep making mysterious phone calls and prowling outside the windows. Angie gets the drop on the would-be killer, but quickly discovers that her nightmare has just begun.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisKristy (2014)
When a college girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break is targeted by a group of outcasts, she must conquer her deepest fears to outwit them and fight back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Tortured (2010)
An upper-middle-class couple's life is destroyed when their only child is kidnapped and killed. Obsessed with revenge, the couple seizes an opportunity to kidnap the killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAva's Possessions (2015)
Ava is recovering from demonic possession. With no memory of the past month, she must attend a Spirit Possessions Anonymous support group to figure out what happened. Ava's life was hijacked by a demon, now it's time to get it back.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisSolstice (2008)
While on a summer trip with her friends, Megan begins to feel the presence of Sophie, her twin sister who recently committed suicide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisFarm House (2008)
Stranded in the remote countryside after wrecking their car, a couple seeking to start over discovers that there's no escape from the sins of their past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Cleaning Lady (2018)
In a bid to distract herself from an affair, a narcissistic woman befriends a cleaning lady with burn scars, but she soon discovers that the scars may be more than skin deep.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHavenhurst (2016)
A troubled young woman takes up residence in a gothic apartment building where she must confront a terrifying evil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Dead Center (2019)
When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisExeter (2015)
A group of teenagers accidentally release an evil spirit that starts to possess them one by one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisElizabeth Harvest (2018)
The newly married Elizabeth arrives with her new husband, the scientist Henry, at a magnificent house. He tells her that she can do there anything she pleases, except to enter a certain closed room.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAutopsy (2008)
Emily Johnson, her boyfriend Bobby and their friends Clare and Jude are recent college grads driving cross-country, taking a last vacation together before they face the "real" world. An accident leaves them hurt and stranded on a lonely Louisiana road. When the ambulance arrives, it whisks them to Mercy Hospital.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMine Games (2012)
A group of young friends make an incomprehensible discovery in an abandoned mine, but the more they try to change the future, the more they seal their fate.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Summer (2015)
Follows the tale of a 17-year-old on house arrest for the summer. When his mother is away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisFrom Within (2008)
When the citizens of a small evangelical town systematically begin committing suicide, a young girl struggling to reconcile her Christian upbringing with her desire to experience the outside world finds her faith put to the ultimate test.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like this10 Year Reunion (2016)
At their 10-year high school reunion, Carly Newman and her old clique discover that their friend Abby's death right before graduation may not have been an accident after all when an unknown assailant begins to threaten them. Kayla Ewell, Jillian Nelson, Johnny Pacar, Anya Engel-Adams, Abigail Klein, Thea Gill, Bryce Durfee star.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & mystery
The Final (2010)
A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Abandoned (2015)
A troubled young woman who, in a last-ditch effort at getting her life together, takes a job working nights as a security guard at an abandoned luxury apartment building. Stuck with a brusque rent-a-cop as her partner, she tries to not let her mind play tricks on her while she patrols the empty halls. But as the night progresses strange things begin to happen - and she realizes it may not all be in her head.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Clinic (2010)
While traveling across country with her fiancé, Beth wakes alone in an isolated clinic to a mother's worst nightmare. Just how far will she go to save her child?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAll the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006)
Beautiful Mandy Lane isn't a party girl but, when classmate Chloe invites the Texas high school student to a bash in the countryside, she reluctantly accepts. After hitching a ride with a vaguely scary older man, the teens arrive at their destination. Partying ensues, and Mandy's close pal, Emmet, keeps a watchful eye on the young males making a play for Mandy. Then two of the students are murdered.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisTamara (2005)
Tamara, an unattractive girl who is picked on by her peers, returns after her death as a sexy seductress to enact revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSun Choke (2015)
Janie’s just trying to get well. As she recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie's buried demons begin to surface.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGirlHouse (2014)
In an attempt to make some extra cash while away at College, Kylie moves into a house that streams content to an X-rated website. After a deranged fan hacks in to determine the house's location, she finds herself in a terrifying fight for her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Night Stalker (1972)
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bad Seed Returns (2022)
Several years after the murderous events of the first movie left her father dead, Emma is now living with her aunt Angela and navigating high school. Angela’s husband begins to suspect that Emma may not be as innocent as she appears and suggests sending her off to boarding school. Meanwhile, a new girl at school seems to know Emma’s secrets, leaving Emma no choice but to slip back to her old ways and take care of her enemies by any means necessary.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Bad Seed (2018)
A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAurora Teagarden Mysteries: A Very Foul Play (2019)
At a gathering of mystery and true crime fans, Aurora Teagarden’s nephew, Phillip, is accused of murder when an unplanned onstage blackout during the play in which he is performing ends, revealing Phillip holding the bloody knife that has just killed one of the other performers. 12th installment in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUrban Legend (1998)
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Dorm?
The closest matches to The Dorm are The Hazing Secret (2014), Sugarbabies (2015) and Babysitter Wanted (2007). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Dorm?
People who watched The Dorm most often go on to The Hazing Secret (2014), Sugarbabies (2015) and Babysitter Wanted (2007).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Dorm?
The Bad Seed (2018), rated 7.0/10 by 368 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Dorm?
The Bad Seed Returns (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Dorm?
Yes: The Hazing Secret (2014), Sugarbabies (2015) and Babysitter Wanted (2007).
How are movies similar to The Dorm chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Dorm, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.