Movies like Friendly Beast (2018)
The best movies like Friendly Beast (2018) are Charcoal (2022), Neighboring Sounds (2012) and Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This (2007). If Friendly Beast 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 ratedBacurau (2019)7.6/10 from 1,195 votes
- NewestThe Park Maniac (2024)Released 2024
Charcoal (2022)
In the Brazilian countryside, a family straining to care for their bedridden patriarch have their lives changed when a shady nurse offers a diabolical deal: put their elder to rest and host an Argentinian drug kingpin who urgently needs a place to hide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Neighboring Sounds (2012)
An independent private security firm arrives at a middle-class neighborhood in Recife, Brazil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisÓ Paí, Ó: Look at This (2007)
During the Carnival in the historical site of Pelourinho, Salvador da Bahia, we follow the lives of the tenants of a falling-to-pieces tenement house who try to get by using creativity, irony, humor, and music.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Awakener (2018)
Miguel is a federal agent, highly trained and skilled in weapons. After experiencing trauma in his personal life, he sets out on a journey of revenge, assuming the identity of a masked vigilante. The Awakener decides to do justice with his own hands by exterminating corrupt politicians.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Nightshifter (2019)
Stênio, the nightshifter of a morgue, has the ability to communicate with the cadavers that are brought to him every night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMemory House (2022)
An older man begins to work in a modern dairy factory. He feels distant and does not identify with the place, the people and even the society. Little by little, he is approaching cows and oxen, transforming into an animal and returning to his ancestry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Kill Me Please (2015)
Barra da Tijuca, West Side Zone of Rio de Janeiro. A wave of murderers plague the area. What starts off as a morbid curiosity for the local youth, slowly begins to spoil away at their lives. Among them is Bia, a 15-year-old girl. After an encounter with death, she will do anything to make sure she is alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Good Manners (2018)
Clara, a lonely nurse from the outskirts of São Paulo, is hired by mysterious and wealthy Ana as the nanny for her unborn child. The two women develop a strong bond, but soon Clara discovers a terrifying secret about the child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisProperty (2023)
To protect herself from a revolt by the workers on her family's farm, a reclusive designer locks herself in her armored car. The clock is ticking and the tension rises. Separated by an impenetrable layer of glass, two universes are about to collide.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Futuro Beach (2014)
Donato fails in his attempt to save a drowning man, and meets one of the man's friends. He decides to start his life over, but pieces of his past keep coming after him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHard Paint (2019)
Pedro earns a living in chat rooms. He transforms himself into NeonBoy in front of the webcam. Slowly, this young man dips his fingers into pots of coloured paint and glides them across his naked body. But things change when Pedro notices that somebody is imitating his performances. He agrees to go on a date with his mysterious rival. This rendezvous will have far-reaching consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
A Happy Family (2024)
In a happy family perfectly protected in a gated community, a mother is harshly accused of hurting her twin daughters and newborn baby. However, the truth behind the high walls may reveal unexpected cruelty.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
The Trace We Leave Behind (2017)
A young physician coordinating the transfer of patients between state-run hospitals in the city of Rio de Janeiro struggles with a mystery: a patient goes missing one night and completely disappears from the system. As the doctor attempts to find out the truth, he slowly loses his sense of reality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Wolf at the Door (2013)
Love turns to hate and panic breeds suspicion as two parents deal with the kidnapping of their child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInsensate (2021)
A woman tries to help her twin sister, with whom she has a strong connection, recover from a trauma. But weird things surround their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCamila Jam (2007)
Camila is in her mid-twenties and her life has been thrown into chaos ever since her boyfriend threw her out of their apartment during a bitter argument. Camila's ambition is to become a writer, and she posts regularly on her blog, entitled "Camila Jam." However, Camila wants to take her work into a different direction, and she throws herself head first into life in search of inspiration. As Camila struggles with alcohol, unsettled emotions and relationships with abusive men, it becomes increasingly obvious that her skills as a writer aren't all she needs to sort out if she wants to truly understand her life and her career.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Bacurau (2019)
Bacurau, a small town in the Brazilian sertão, mourns the loss of its matriarch, Carmelita, who lived to be 94. Days later, its inhabitants notice that their community has vanished from most maps.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Girl Who Killed Her Parents (2021)
Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of Marísia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Man of the Year (2003)
Maiquél has lost a bet and dyed his hair blond. This seemingly innocuous event triggers a head-on collision with destiny in which he goes from nobody to hero to outlaw — all in 24 hours.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cannibal Club (2019)
Otavio and Gilda are a very wealthy couple of the Brazilian elite who have the habit of eating their employees. Otavio owns a private security company and is a notable member of The Cannibal Club. When Gilda accidentally discovers a secret from Borges, a powerful congressman and the Club’s leader, her and her husband’s lives are in grave danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHard Labor (2011)
After her husband loses his job, Helena opens her own grocery store. Soon, increasingly strange events begin to plague her store, making her question her sanity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnce Upon a Time Veronica (2012)
Veronica, a young woman, lives in Recife, one of the most violent cities in Brazil. Her life is filled with fleeting love affairs and passing romances. As her father feels his death approaching, he asks a favor: that she finds true love before he passes away.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
A Jaula (2022)
It's just another luxury car being stolen on a street in São Paulo... or not. A thief easily gets into the SUV parked on a quiet street, but when he tries to get out, he discovers he is trapped, without water or food.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl Who Killed Her Parents: The Confession (2023)
See what Suzane von Richthofen, Daniel Cravinhos and Cristian Cravinhos did in the days following the brutal crime that led to the Richthofen couple's death. This film reveals crucial moments of the police investigation, testimonies and the confession of the crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Asphalt Kiss (2018)
When witnessing a hit, Arandir, a newly married banker, tries to succor the victim, but the man, almost dead, has only time to make one last request: a kiss. Arandir kisses the man, but his act is spotted by his father-in-law Aprígio and photographed by Amado Ribeiro, a tabloid reporter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime
The Park Maniac (2024)
An infamous serial killer who assaulted and killed several women in the '90s, gets on a collision course with a young journalist eager for the truth and a career-changing article.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisFrank and Penelope (2022)
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStrange 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 crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Spit on Your Grave (2010)
A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGod Is a Bullet (2023)
Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & crime
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Friendly Beast?
The closest matches to Friendly Beast are Charcoal (2022), Neighboring Sounds (2012) and Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This (2007). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Friendly Beast?
People who watched Friendly Beast most often go on to Charcoal (2022), Neighboring Sounds (2012) and Ó Paí, Ó: Look at This (2007).
What is the highest-rated movie like Friendly Beast?
Bacurau (2019), rated 7.6/10 by 1,195 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Friendly Beast?
The Park Maniac (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to Friendly Beast chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Friendly Beast, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.