Movies like Muse (2017)
The best movies like Muse (2017) are The Appearance (2018), The Endless (2017) and The Well (2024). If Muse hooked you with its thriller and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Others (2001)7.6/10 from 7,550 votes
- NewestChime (2024)Released 2024
The Appearance (2018)
Mateho, an officer of the Inquisition and rational man of science, visits a remote monastery to investigate a bizarre murder of a monk. And you guessed it: something evil is afoot. But is the terror man-made or the result of witchcraft?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Endless (2017)
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Well (2024)
A young restorer travels to a small village to restore a medieval painting to its former glory. She will put her life in danger due to a curse attached to the painting.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisOmnivores (2013)
Marcos Vela is a prestigious gastronomic journalist who accepts the request of an independent publisher to write an article on the recent emergence of the Clandestine Restaurants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
The Innkeepers (2012)
During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisYou Shall Not Sleep (2018)
In an abandoned psychiatric hospital, a theatre group experiments with insomnia for the preparation of a stage play. With the passage of days without sleep, they reach new thresholds of perception that expose them to the secrets of the place and the energies that inhabit it. When Bianca, a young, promising actress, joins the cast, competing for the lead role, she must survive not only the intensity of the work and her cast mates, but the unknown force that is pulling them towards a tragic outcome.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCthulhu (2008)
A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother's estate, is reacquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a long-awaited tryst. Caught in an accelerating series of events, he discovers aspects of his father's New Age cult which take on a dangerous and apocalyptic significance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBacktrack (2015)
What sins did we commit in our past lives and will we pay for them in this one?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
We Are What We Are (2010)
After the death of a patriarch, a family must try to continue on with a disturbing, ritualistic tradition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDarling (2015)
A young woman slowly goes crazy after taking a job as the caretaker for an ancient New York home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBaskin (2015)
A squad of unsuspecting cops go through a trapdoor to Hell when they stumble upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDevoured (2012)
Malevolent forces within the walls of an old restaurant torment a cleaning woman who is trying to earn enough money to pay for her son's operation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNightworld (2017)
When former LAPD officer Brett Anderson takes a job as head of security at an old apartment building in Sofia, Bulgaria, he soon begins to experience a series of bizarre and terrifying events. Soon after delving into the building's sinister history and investigate its shadowy owners and past employees, Brett uncovers a malevolent force nestled deep in the bowels of the building that will do anything to be set free into our world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisOpen Grave (2013)
A man awakes -- without memory -- in a pit full of bodies and must figure out if the people who rescued him are the killers, or if he is the murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGrace (2009)
In the wake of a horrific car accident that kills her husband, Michael, expectant mother Madeline Matheson discovers that her daughter, Grace, has died in the womb. Ignoring her doctor's warnings that the fetus must be removed from her body, a grief-stricken Matheson demands to carry the child to term -- even if it endangers her own life to do so. Curiously, little Grace emerges undead -- and with a craving for human blood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Disappeared (2008)
Following the disappearance of his younger brother Tom, Matthew Ryan tries to put his life and sanity back together. However the past keeps coming back to haunt him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSon (2021)
When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ritual (2017)
A group of university friends reunite for a hiking trip in Sweden, but are stalked by a menacing presence when they're diverted through the woods.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChime (2024)
A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Others (2001)
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNocebo (2022)
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpeak No Evil (2022)
A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Sandman (2017)
A monster from a little girl's nightmares comes to life and attacks anyone who would harm her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCuckoo (2024)
After reluctantly moving to the German Alps with her father and his new family, Gretchen discovers that their new town hides sinister secrets, as she's plagued by strange noises and frightening visions of a woman pursuing her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGoodnight Mommy (2015)
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHereditary (2018)
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShadow (2009)
A Young soldier returning from Iraq goes on a high mountain adventure in a desolate place in Europe to forget his past, he will lear truth in a mysterious local legend discovering that reality can be sicker than nightmares.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Piper (2023)
When a composer must finish her late mentor's concerto, she discovers that playing its music summons deadly consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMuse (2018)
A painter's life is forever changed when a mythical and deadly spirit from Celtic lore – a Leannán Sí – becomes his muse and lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Maléfique (2003)
Four prisoners discover a handwritten book of black magic in their cell, and decide to use it to escape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Muse?
The closest matches to Muse are The Appearance (2018), The Endless (2017) and The Well (2024). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Muse?
People who watched Muse most often go on to The Appearance (2018), The Endless (2017) and The Well (2024).
What is the highest-rated movie like Muse?
The Others (2001), rated 7.6/10 by 7,550 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Muse?
Chime (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Muse?
Yes: The Appearance (2018), The Endless (2017) and The Well (2024).
How are movies similar to Muse chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Muse, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.