Movies like A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects (2009)
The best movies like A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects (2009) are The Possession of Michael King (2014), Within the Woods (1979) and FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992). If A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKoyaanisqatsi (1983)7.9/10 from 814 votes
- NewestUntil Dawn (2025)Released 2025
- In JapaneseRing 2 (1999)Also in Japanese
The Possession of Michael King (2014)
Michael King asks occultists to summon all evil spirits to prove his point that they do not exist. But something goes wrong and he becomes a danger to everyone.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWithin the Woods (1979)
While spending a weekend at a remote cabin, Bruce desecrates an Indian burial ground and becomes re-animated, making way to kill his friends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home: the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to defend FernGully from lumberjacks — and the vengeful spirit they accidentally unleash after chopping down a magic tree.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRing 2 (1999)
While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s son, Yoichi, starts to develop the same psychic abilities as Sadako, Takano must find a way to keep the boy and herself from becoming the next victims.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisPuella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal (2012)
As the young girls have discovered the truth about the cruel fate of a magical girl, one magical girl after another is destroyed. Throughout it all, there is one magical girl who continues to fight alone - Homura Akemi. Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal is a retelling of the second half of the TV anime series.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLove & Pop (1998)
Tokyo schoolgirl Hiromi and her friends engage in a practice known as enjo kosai, or "compensated dating", where older men pay young girls for dates. Hiromi plunges deeper into this world to raise money for an expensive ring.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJim & Andy: The Great Beyond - Featuring a Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention of Tony Clifton (2017)
Through the lens of his stunningly immersive performance as Andy Kaufman, Jim Carrey ponders the meaning of life, reality, identity and career.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMeshes of the Afternoon (1943)
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Blair Witch Project (1999)
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisElectrick Children (2012)
Rachel is a rambunctious girl from a polygamist colony in southern Utah. On Rachel’s 15th birthday, she finds a forbidden cassette tape. Having never seen anything like it before, Rachel plays the cassette tape, and finds glorious rock & roll thereupon. Weeks later, Rachel realizes a miracle has occurred - and the cassette tape must have something to do with it. She leaves her family and runs away to the closest city: Las Vegas. There she searches for the singer of the band on the cassette tape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJennifer's Body (2009)
Jennifer, a gorgeous, seductive cheerleader takes evil to a whole new level after she's possessed by a sinister demon. Now it's up to her best friend to stop Jennifer's reign of terror before it's too late.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Craft: Legacy (2020)
An eclectic foursome of aspiring teenage witches get more than they bargained for as they lean into their newfound powers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBegotten (1991)
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
After a carnival troupe saves his life, a man agrees to help its immortal leader collect five souls and win a bet with the devil.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse (1977)
Hoping to find a sense of connection to her late mother, Gorgeous takes a trip with her friends to visit her aunt's ancestral house in the countryside. The girls soon discover that there is more to the old house than meets the eye.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPuella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie -Rebellion- (2013)
Following Madoka's rewriting of the universe, sacrificing herself and her happy normal days to save all magical girls from the cruel fate that awaited them by wiping witches out of existence, the despair still manifest into creatures known as nightmares. Magical girl Homura Akemi continues to fight alone in the hope that she will be able to see Madoka smile again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPhase IV (1974)
Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKoyaanisqatsi (1983)
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisPowaqqatsi (1988)
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUntil Dawn (2025)
One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one...only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects?
The closest matches to A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects are The Possession of Michael King (2014), Within the Woods (1979) and FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects?
Start with The Possession of Michael King (2014), the closest match to A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects.
What is the highest-rated movie like A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects?
Koyaanisqatsi (1983), rated 7.9/10 by 814 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects?
Until Dawn (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects?
Yes: Ring 2 (1999), Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal (2012) and Love & Pop (1998).
How are movies similar to A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside A Child Goes Burying Dead Insects, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.