Movies like The Isle (2019)
The best movies like The Isle (2019) are The Hunted (2024), Island Zero (2018) and Cold Skin (2017). If The Isle hooked you with its thriller and adventure, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedKing Kong (1933)7.6/10 from 1,697 votes
- NewestThe Magic Faraway Tree (2026)Released 2026
The Hunted (2024)
After their boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, a group of refugees are rescued by rich Europeans who offer them shelter on an idyllic island. But the miracle soon becomes a nightmare when the saviors turn into ruthless manhunters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIsland Zero (2018)
A fishing community on a remote Maine island finds itself suddenly cut off from the rest of the world after the ferry stops coming. When people start to vanish, the terrified survivors realize that someone – or something – is hunting them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisCaveat (2021)
A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lighthouse (2019)
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Shallows (2016)
While surfing on a secluded beach, Nancy finds herself in the feeding grounds of a great white shark. Though stranded only 200 yards from shore, survival proves to be the ultimate test of wills, requiring all of her ingenuity, resourcefulness, and fortitude.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Block Island Sound (2021)
Something lurks off the coast of Block Island, silently influencing the behavior of fisherman Tom Lynch. After suffering a series of violent outbursts, he unknowingly puts his family in grave danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMonster Island (2025)
In the Pacific, 1944, a Japanese soldier and a British prisoner of war are stranded on a deserted island, hunted by a deadly creature. Two mortal enemies must come together to survive the unknown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLake Michigan Monster (2018)
An eccentric sea captain assembles a motley ship crew in a revenge mission to slay the sea monster lurking in Lake Michigan that killed his father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe King Tide (2024)
After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both fantasy & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Earth (2021)
As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. The arduous journey, guided by park scout Alma, is set back by a nighttime attack that leaves the two bruised and shoeless. When they run into Zach, a man living off the grid, they gratefully accept his help. Zach’s intentions aren’t exactly what they seem, however, and a path out of the forest and into safety quickly fades as the line between myth and science blurs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMen (2022)
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her, and what begins as simmering dread becomes a fully-formed nightmare, inhabited by her darkest memories and fears.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLadyworld (2019)
After a catastrophic event, eight girls find themselves stranded in a house without electricity. As they run out of food and water, their sanity begins to crumble, and soon they regress to their baser instincts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Fantasy Island (2020)
A group of contest winners arrive at an island hotel to live out their dreams, only to find themselves trapped in nightmare scenarios.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both adventure & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSea Fever (2020)
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Boat (2019)
A lone fisherman on his daily run finds himself lost in a thick fog which proves impossible to navigate. The worst is yet to come when his encounter with a seemingly abandoned sailboat becomes a fight for survival against an enemy unknown.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Chamber (2016)
A special ops unit commandeer a commercial research vessel and its submersible to locate a mysterious item at the bottom of the Yellow Sea. When an explosion causes the sub to overturn and take on water, the crew begins to understand that not all of them will escape and a fight for survival ensues.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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 & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaltwater: The Battle for Ramree Island (2021)
During the last desperate months of World War II, an Allied mission to regain Ramree Island off the coast of Burma ends in horror when an embattled group of soldiers find themselves trapped in dense swampland infested with deadly saltwater crocodiles. As the men are picked off one by one by the hungry reptiles, those that remain resort to increasingly desperate measures to survive the onslaught of carnage and get off the island alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Bayou (2025)
Vacation turns disaster when Houston grad Kyle and her friends survive a plane crash in the desolate Louisiana everglades, only to discover there's something way more dangerous lurking in the shallows.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Damned (2025)
A 19th-century widow has to make an impossible choice when, during an especially cruel winter, a foreign ship sinks off the coast of her Icelandic fishing village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisOutpost (2023)
After a violent attack, a woman searches for strength in the solitude of a lookout job, but is overwhelmed by something darker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
The Axiom (2019)
At the risk of her group's safety, a young woman travels into a National Forest where her sister has become trapped in a multi-dimensional world of monsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe 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 Watcher in the Woods (1980)
After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisKing Kong (1933)
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and discover a legendary creature said to be neither beast nor man. Denham captures the monster to be displayed on Broadway as King Kong, the eighth wonder of the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sea Beast (2022)
When a young girl stows away on the ship of a legendary sea monster hunter, they launch an epic journey into uncharted waters — and make history to boot.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Philadelphia Experiment (1984)
Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the future to 1984.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Magic Faraway Tree (2026)
A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCreature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both adventure & horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Isle?
The closest matches to The Isle are The Hunted (2024), Island Zero (2018) and Cold Skin (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Isle?
People who watched The Isle most often go on to The Hunted (2024), Island Zero (2018) and Cold Skin (2017).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Isle?
King Kong (1933), rated 7.6/10 by 1,697 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Isle?
The Magic Faraway Tree (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Isle?
Yes: The Hunted (2024), Island Zero (2018) and Cold Skin (2017).
How are movies similar to The Isle chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Isle, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.