Movies like Beyond the Woods (2018)
The best movies like Beyond the Woods (2018) are Lake Bodom (2016), Island Zero (2018) and Boar (2018). If Beyond the Woods hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDust Bunny (2025)6.7/10 from 441 votes
- NewestDust Bunny (2025)Released 2025
Lake Bodom (2016)
Four friends are spending the night at Lake Bodom, where unsolved murders took place many years ago. The young men are determined to venture into the dense forest to solve the mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisIsland Zero (2018)
A fishing community on a remote Maine island finds itself suddenly cut off from the rest of the world after the ferry stops coming. When people start to vanish, the terrified survivors realize that someone – or something – is hunting them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBoar (2018)
In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills with a raw, animalistic savagery unlike any have seen before.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLost After Dark (2014)
A group of teens sneak out of their high school dance to cruise around and have some unsupervised fun. When their car runs out of gas on a deserted road, they discover an old farmhouse and the cannibal killer living inside.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisStill/Born (2018)
Still/Born follows Mary, a new mother who lost one of her twins in childbirth. As she struggles with the loss of one of her children, she starts to suspect something sinister is after her surviving child – a supernatural entity that has chosen her child and will stop at nothing to take it from her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMandrake (2022)
A probation officer, Cathy Madden, is tasked with rehabilitating a notorious killer named 'Bloody' Mary Laidlaw back into society following a two-decade sentence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Dark Nature (2023)
While recovering from an abusive relationship, Joy joins her friend's therapy group on an isolated mountainous retreat. Led by a doctor with experimental methods, the group is soon forced to confront a monstrous entity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisInner Demon (2014)
A teenage girl is abducted by a serial killer couple and manages to escape and find refuge in an isolated farmhouse, only to discover it is home to greater horrors and a malevolent spirit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Sweetheart (2019)
Jenn has washed ashore a small tropical island and it doesn’t take her long to realize she’s completely alone. She must spend her days not only surviving the elements, but must also fend off the malevolent force that comes out each night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Beach House (2020)
A romantic getaway for two troubled college sweethearts turns into a struggle for survival when unexpected guests – and the surrounding environment – exhibit signs of a mysterious infection.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPrimal Rage (2018)
A newly reunited young couple's drive through the Pacific Northwest turns into a nightmare as they are forced to face nature, unsavory locals, and a monstrous creature, known to the Native Americans as Oh-Mah.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHosts (2020)
On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they terrorise a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBeneath (2013)
A crew of coal miners becomes trapped 600 feet below ground after a disastrous collapse. As the air grows more toxic and time runs out, they slowly descend into madness and begin to turn on one another. Inspired by true events.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDead Night (2018)
A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in tragedy and murder. The story of Casey Pollack unfolds from two very different perspectives when one night in the woods culminates in absolute terror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCabin Fever (2016)
While staying at a remote cabin for a week-long vacation, a group of five college friends succumb to an infectious, flesh-eating disease.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Retreat (2021)
Renee and Valerie, a couple at a cross roads in their relationship, leave the city to spend the week at a remote cabin with friends. But when they arrive, their friends are nowhere to be found. As they stumble through their relationship woes, they discover they are being hunted by a group of militant extremists who are determined to exterminate them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like this21 Days (2014)
Three filmmakers embark on a paranormal challenge by barricading themselves in a house so haunted, no one has been able to live in for more than 21 days.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Offseason (2022)
Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the desolate island town where she's buried. Just as she arrives, the island closes for the season, leaving Marie trapped in a nightmare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisYellowBrickRoad (2010)
In the Fall of 1940, the entire population of Friar, New Hampshire walked together up a winding mountain trail and into the wilderness. Without warning, they left behind everything: their homes, their clothes, and their money. The only clue where they went was a single word etched into stone near the forest’s edge: YELLOWBRICKROAD.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPreservation (2014)
Three family members head deep into the woods for a hunting trip that doubles as a distraction from their troubles at home. When all of their gear is stolen, they turn on each other, but soon realize there are much more treacherous forces at work.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHillwalkers (2022)
When hikers trespass onto private land, an altercation with the landowner descends into violence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
What Keeps You Alive (2018)
Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a married couple attempting to celebrate their first anniversary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNever Let Go (2024)
As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDark Light (2019)
A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBone Lake (2025)
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Evil (1978)
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Breath (2024)
A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbigail Haunting (2020)
After escaping the clutches of an abusive relationship, Katie reluctantly returns to the foster home she grew up in. Little does she know, her foster mother Marge is harboring a sinister secret dating back a decade. Now, Katie finds herself caught up in a horrifying family drama while confronting an angry spirit named Abigail.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlay Dead (2022)
Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is using the corpses for his sick and twisted business, and when he realises that Chloe still has a pulse, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDust Bunny (2025)
Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Beyond the Woods?
The closest matches to Beyond the Woods are Lake Bodom (2016), Island Zero (2018) and Boar (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Beyond the Woods?
People who watched Beyond the Woods most often go on to Lake Bodom (2016), Island Zero (2018) and Boar (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Beyond the Woods?
Dust Bunny (2025), rated 6.7/10 by 441 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Beyond the Woods?
Dust Bunny (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Beyond the Woods?
Yes: Island Zero (2018), Boar (2018) and Lost After Dark (2014).
How are movies similar to Beyond the Woods chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Beyond the Woods, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.