Movies like Spectre (2006)
The best movies like Spectre (2006) are The Gift (2000), Raging Grace (2023) and While the Wolf's Away (2017). If Spectre hooked you with its drama and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedWhile the Wolf's Away (2017)8.0/10 from 202 votes
- NewestA Story of Derry (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishWhile the Wolf's Away (2017)Also in Spanish
The Gift (2000)
Annie Wilson, young widow and mother of three, makes her living foretelling others' futures—though her own has become cloudier than even she can see. Threatened by a client's violent husband and plagued by visions of a missing local woman, Annie finds herself pulled into a thicket of lies and deception in which her extraordinary gift may ultimately get her killed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRaging Grace (2023)
An undocumented Filipina immigrant lands a job as a careworker for a seemingly terminal old man, securing a better life for her and her daughter. But a dark discovery threatens to destroy everything she’s strived for and holds dear.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhile the Wolf's Away (2017)
A young teen and his misfit group of friends try to escape from a strict boarding school that holds dangerous secrets.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisA Story of Derry (2026)
Hundreds of years before Pennywise, three youngsters venture into the Western Wood...where they encounter a terrifying ancient spirit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMārama (2026)
1859. When a young Māori woman is summoned from New Zealand to North Yorkshire, she uncovers her horrific colonial heritage and is compelled to confront and destroy the titled Englishman who devastated her family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHuesera: The Bone Woman (2023)
Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisDonovan's Echo (2011)
A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this13 Exorcisms (2022)
After participating in a séance, young Laura begins to behave strangely. Alarmed, her parents ask Father Olmedo, one of the few exorcists authorized by the Vatican to intervene in cases of demonic possession, for help.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisLa Casa (2020)
Responding to an urgent call for help, a police officer becomes trapped by the evil spirits of a cursed house.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLord of Illusions (1995)
During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Ritual Killer (2023)
Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an anthropologist who hides an unspeakable secret. The line between sanity and madness thins as Boyd goes deeper into the killer’s world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisBrand Upon the Brain! (2007)
After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good Doctor (2011)
Dr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much-needed boost of self-esteem. However, when her health starts improving, Martin fears losing her, so he begins tampering with her treatment, keeping Diane sick and in the hospital right next to him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRemember (2015)
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Queen of Spades (1949)
A czarist captain stops at nothing to learn the secrets of a countess rumored to have sold her soul to the devil in order to always win at cards.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBody Cam (2020)
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Inhabitant (2022)
Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her to question her own sanity and shocking ancestry.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Chalk Line (2022)
After a couple finds a traumatized child of unknown origins, wife Paula must decipher the girl's strange behaviors to unlock her identity and dark past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMama: Pesan Dari Neraka (2025)
After her famed tarot-reader mother dies, Putri receives strange messages from her phone number. She ignores them — until the predictions come true.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & mystery
The Magus (1968)
A teacher on a Greek island becomes involved in bizarre mind-games with the island's magus (magician) and a beautiful young woman.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery & drama
Tarot Curse (2025)
After a Tarot reading in New Orleans, a group of students are horrified to realize the cards are predicting their gruesome deaths one by one.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & mystery
Tarot (2009)
A young woman uses her grandmother's tarot cards to find her missing boyfriend.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & horror
Scrooge (1935)
Ebenezer Scrooge, the ultimate Victorian miser, hasn't a good word for Christmas, though his impoverished clerk Cratchit and nephew Fred are full of holiday spirit. In the night, Scrooge is visited by spirits of the past, present, and future.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScoop (2006)
An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWarlock III: The End of Innocence (1999)
A college student unexpectedly finds that she has inherited a derelict house. Accompanied by a group of friends, she goes there to clear it of heirlooms before the structure is demolished. Almost immediately, she and her friends are targeted by a powerful warlock who is very interested in her bloodline.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Broken Heart Spread (2021)
An intimate and heartfelt peek into a day in the life of a modern witch, Delphine, who is pulling tarot for the guidance of her clients in their shaky human moments.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery
The Game (2026)
Carmen, a usually bubbly and self-assured young woman, sees her daily life turned upside down by a mysterious encounter. Between cards and satellites, she realizes that her destiny may not depend solely on her...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Borderland (2007)
Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and carefree fun only to have Phil find himself a captive of a group of satanic Mexican drug smugglers who kill tourists and whom are looking for a group of new ones to prepare for a sacrifice.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Spectre?
The closest matches to Spectre are The Gift (2000), Raging Grace (2023) and While the Wolf's Away (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Spectre?
Start with The Gift (2000), the closest match to Spectre.
What is the highest-rated movie like Spectre?
While the Wolf's Away (2017), rated 8.0/10 by 202 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Spectre?
A Story of Derry (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Spectre?
Yes: While the Wolf's Away (2017), Huesera: The Bone Woman (2023) and 13 Exorcisms (2022).
How are movies similar to Spectre chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Spectre, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.