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Movies like Death Beach (2016)

The best movies like Death Beach (2016) are The Girl Who Got Away (2021), Play Dead (2025) and The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014). If Death Beach hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Girl Who Got Away (2021)

    A female serial killer who killed four young girls is sent away to prison, but a fifth victim escaped with her life. Twenty years later, the killer escapes and begins hunting for the one who got away.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  2. Play Dead (2025)

    A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  3. The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)

    A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  4. Cult Killer (2024)

    A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  5. Bloodline (2019)

    Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  6. The Prowler (1981)

    Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  7. The Howling (1981)

    After a bizarre and near fatal encounter with a serial killer, a newswoman is sent to a rehabilitation center whose inhabitants may not be what they seem.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  8. Rest Stop: Don't Look Back (2008)

    One year after running away from home, Nicole and Jesse are still missing. When Jesse's brother, Tom, returns home from active duty, he sets out with his friends Marilyn and Jared to locate the lost couple. Their search leads them to the stretch of old highway with a mysterious Rest Stop, where they find themselves in the same predicament as Nicole and Jesse: confronting a madman.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  9. God Told Me To (1976)

    A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  10. Strange Darling (2024)

    Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  11. Grindhouse (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 horror

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  12. Incident On and Off a Mountain Road (2005)

    While driving at night on a mountain road, Ellen gets distracted and hits an abandoned car. When she tries to get help, she is attacked by a backwoods killer and must fight to stay alive.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  13. Bone 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

  14. Grip of the Strangler (1958)

    A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  15. Influencers (2025)

    In the picturesque landscapes of Southern France, a young woman's chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  16. The Doctor and the Devils (1985)

    In Victorian England, graverobbers supply a wealthy doctor with bodies to research anatomy on, but greed causes them to seek an easier means of getting the job done.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  17. Strange Harvest (2025)

    Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  18. Horrors 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

  19. Daddy's Little Girl (2014)

    After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture, Derek prepares himself and his basement for a week of brutal tactics that will make his daughter’s killer feel the pain that he has inflicted upon so many others. In a time when stranger danger is ever present, a single father learns that it’s the ones you trust most who have to be watched the closest.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  20. Someone's Watching Me! (1978)

    A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  21. Pilgrim (2019)

    In an attempt to remind her family of their privilege and help them bond, Ms. Anna Barker invites Pilgrim reenactors to stay with them over Thanksgiving. When the “actors” refuse to break character, the Barker family learns that there is such a thing as too much gratitude.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

  22. Blood Cove (2019)

    Young reporter Joanie Craven goes missing in the small town of Beansboro. Now it's up to her father and a skeptical local police detective to thwart the efforts of the villainous Blood Cove killer.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

  23. Roar (1981)

    Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

  24. Psycho II (1983)

    Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

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  25. Child's Play (1988)

    After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

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  26. American Psycho II: All American Girl (2002)

    Rachel is a criminology student hoping to land a position as a teacher's assistant for professor Robert Starkman. She's sure this position will pave the way to an FBI career, and she's willing to do anything to obtain it -- including killing her classmates. The school psychiatrist, Dr. Daniels, becomes aware that Rachel is insane, but Rachel is skilled at her dangerous game of death and identity theft.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

  27. The Strangers (2008)

    After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

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  28. The Frighteners (1996)

    Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery of these killings, he falls in love with the wife of one of the victims and deals with a crazy FBI agent.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

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  29. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)

    Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Leatherface is learning the tools of terror.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

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  30. Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)

    Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects them.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Death Beach?

The closest matches to Death Beach are The Girl Who Got Away (2021), Play Dead (2025) and The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Death Beach?

Start with The Girl Who Got Away (2021), the closest match to Death Beach.

What is the highest-rated movie like Death Beach?

Grindhouse (2007), rated 7.0/10 by 1,983 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Death Beach?

Bone Lake (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Death Beach?

Yes: The Girl Who Got Away (2021), Play Dead (2025) and The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014).

How are movies similar to Death Beach chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Death Beach, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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