Movies like The Dark (2018)
The best movies like The Dark (2018) are The Cured (2018), Zombi Child (2019) and Cold Skin (2017). If The Dark hooked you with its horror and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLet the Right One In (2008)7.5/10 from 3,409 votes
- NewestFréwaka (2025)Released 2025
The Cured (2018)
What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisZombi Child (2019)
Haiti, 1962: A man is brought back from the dead only to be sent to the living hell of the sugarcane fields. In Paris, 55 years later, at the prestigious Légion d’honneur boarding school, a Haitian girl confesses an old family secret to a group of new friends, never imagining that this strange tale will convince a heartbroken classmate to do the unthinkable.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCold Skin (2017)
A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLamb (2021)
An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEver After (2019)
An apocalyptic female buddy movie. Two years ago zombies took over the earth. Weimar and Jena are the last places of human civilisation. Vivi and Eva have to fight the undead together, as well as the demons of their past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHagazussa (2018)
In the 15th century, a young goatherd living alone in a mountain hut feels a dark presence in the woods.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Returned (2013)
In a post-zombie world, where the infected live normal lives, their retroviral drug is running out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMiss ZOMBIE (2013)
A doctor and his family receive an unexpected delivery from an old friend at their remote country home - a large wooden crate containing a gun, a female zombie and an instruction sheet telling them not to feed her meat. The family is concerned, of course, but she seems harmless enough. Perhaps she can help clean up outside?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisHandling the Undead (2024)
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisLet the Right One In (2008)
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWe Are What We Are (2013)
The Parkers, reclusive people who cling to ancient customs, find their secret lives threatened when a torrential downpour and the death of the family matriarch forces daughters Iris and Rose to assume special responsibilities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisNo Such Thing (2002)
A young journalist journeys to Iceland to find her missing fiancé only to encounter a mythical creature who longs to die.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Witch (2016)
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNovember (2017)
In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBorder (2018)
When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about herself and humankind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisByzantium (2013)
Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local boarding house, the Byzantium.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaw (2017)
Stringent vegetarian Justine encounters a decadent, merciless, and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her principles and eats raw meat for the first time. She soon experiences terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Field in England (2013)
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he believes is buried in the field. Crossing a vast mushroom circle, which provides their first meal, the group quickly descend into a chaos of arguments, fighting and paranoia, and, as it becomes clear that the treasure might be something other than gold, they slowly become victim to the terrifying energies trapped inside the field.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Devil's Backbone (2001)
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBorn of Fire (1987)
For reasons unknown, a flautist and an astronomer find themselves drawn to one another. But, when the flautist stumbles upon a secret regarding his late father, the two wind up in a celestial duel against the ancient Master Flautist for earth's future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & horror
Ayla (2017)
A man haunted by the mysterious death of his 4-year-old sister brings her back to life thirty years later as an adult woman, with dire consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
The Hallow (2015)
Deep within the darkness of secluded forest land in rural Ireland dwells an ancient evil. Feared by the nearby superstitious villagers as cursed creatures who prey upon the lost, their secrets have been kept from civilization and remain on their hallowed ground. But when a conservationist from London moves in with his wife and infant child in order to survey the land for future construction, his actions unwittingly disturb the horde of demonic forces. Alone in a remote wilderness, he must now ensure his family's survival from their relentless attacks.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Innocents (2021)
Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHe Never Died (2015)
When Jack learns his long-lost daughter was taken by a crime syndicate, he confronts his demons and wages a brutal fight to save her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisErrementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil (2018)
Basque Country, Spain, 1843. A police constable arrives at a small village in Álava to investigate a mysterious blacksmith who lives alone deep in the woods.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShelley (2016)
Louise and Kasper want to become parents, but Louise cannot have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear her child, but things don't turn out quite as planned...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisFréwaka (2025)
Care worker Shoo, who is haunted by a personal tragedy, is sent to a remote village to care for an agoraphobic woman, who fears both her neighbours and the Na Sídhe – sinister folkloric entities she believes abducted her decades before.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vourdalak (2023)
The Marquis d’Urfé finds refuge in the home of a strange family after becoming lost in a hostile forest while working as an emissary for the King of France.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRufus (2012)
Rufus is a shy and lonely boy determined to make a new start. Sure he has some quirks. So what if he likes the taste of blood? It's not like he's addicted. When a cunning vampire hunter slips into town searching for the fountain of youth, Rufus fears his darkest secret is about to be revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Corbin Nash (2018)
A rogue police detective in search of his parents' killer is murdered and reborn the ultimate killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Dark?
The closest matches to The Dark are The Cured (2018), Zombi Child (2019) and Cold Skin (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Dark?
People who watched The Dark most often go on to The Cured (2018), Zombi Child (2019) and Cold Skin (2017).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Dark?
Let the Right One In (2008), rated 7.5/10 by 3,409 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Dark?
Fréwaka (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Dark?
Yes: The Cured (2018), Cold Skin (2017) and The Returned (2013).
How are movies similar to The Dark chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Dark, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.