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Movies like The Lodge (2020)

The best movies like The Lodge (2020) are The Children (2008), Psycho Killer (2026) and Thanksgiving (2023). If The Lodge hooked you with its horror and mystery, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Children (2008)

    A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery

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  2. Psycho Killer (2026)

    Following the brutal murder of her husband, a Kansas highway patrol officer sets out on a journey to track down the perpetrator. As the hunt progresses, she comes to realize the man responsible is a sadistic serial killer, and the depth of his mental depravity and his sinister agenda is more twisted than anyone could have imagined.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery

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  3. Thanksgiving (2023)

    After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts - the birthplace of the holiday. Picking off residents one by one, what begins as random revenge killings are soon revealed to be part of a larger, sinister holiday plan.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery

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  4. Hunter Hunter (2020)

    A fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the remote wilderness, but they soon become increasingly worried when their peaceful existence is disrupted.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery

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  5. Bone Lake (2025)

    A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery

  6. Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)

    Margot is a documentary filmmaker looking to meet her long-lost mother and extended family in a secluded Amish community. She and her film crew soon realize the family that welcomes them into their home might be hiding a sinister secret.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery

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  7. Spiral: From the Book of Saw (2021)

    Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped in a deepening mystery, Zeke finds himself at the center of the killer’s morbid game.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery

  8. No Exit (2022)

    Stranded at a rest stop in the mountains during a blizzard, a recovering addict discovers a kidnapped child hidden in a car belonging to one of the people inside the building which sets her on a terrifying struggle to identify who among them is the kidnapper.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery

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  9. 30 Days of Night (2007)

    This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  10. Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)

    After witnessing his parents' brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood-soaked mission collides with love, as a young woman challenges him to confront his darkness.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  11. He's Out There (2018)

    On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  12. Play Dead (2025)

    A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  13. Funny Games (2008)

    When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  14. Mandy (2018)

    The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  15. P2 (2007)

    A businesswoman finds herself locked with a unhinged security guard in a parking garage after getting stuck working late on Christmas Eve.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  16. Bring Her Back (2025)

    Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  17. Kill List (2011)

    Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  18. Daddy's Head (2024)

    A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

  19. Cheat (2023)

    On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  20. Daddy's Little Girl (2014)

    After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture, Derek prepares himself and his basement for a week of brutal tactics that will make his daughter’s killer feel the pain that he has inflicted upon so many others. In a time when stranger danger is ever present, a single father learns that it’s the ones you trust most who have to be watched the closest.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror

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  21. The Grudge (2004)

    An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & mystery

  22. Until You're Alone (2026)

    After becoming the lead suspect in a series of brutal slayings, a close-minded architect must team up with a free-spirited sex worker in order to clear his name and solve the crimes before they become the killer's next victims in this suspenseful, stylish, and hilarious queer love letter to Hitchcock, De Palma, and the Italian giallo.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery & horror

  23. Secrets of a Soul (2012)

    Secrets of a Soul: Margarethe, Creator of bizarre sculptures! Night club dancer? Mad woman? Victim of an occult conspiracy?! Dark menaces steal her soul and organs. Though dead they keep her alive...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery

  24. Hannibal Rising (2007)

    The story of the early, murderous roots of the cannibalistic killer, Hannibal Lecter – from his hard-scrabble Lithuanian childhood, where he witnesses the repulsive lengths to which hungry soldiers will go to satiate themselves, through his sojourn in France, where as a medical student he hones his appetite for the kill and learnt sword skills from his Japanese girlfriend, who happened to have similar fate

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

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  25. Dead in 3 Days (2006)

    When Nina and her high school friends receive eerie text messages declaring that they will all die within three days, they dismiss it as a hokey prank - until one by one, the pals start turning up dead in the alpine countryside. With the cops stymied, Nina and her remaining friends must scour their past for clues to identify the madman before he kills them all.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

  26. Les Femmes (2022)

    A young woman guides a man through a mysterious forest. In his eyes, everything seems normal, until he comes across two women waiting for him in a macabre ritual.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

  27. The Last Dawn (2025)

    In an alternate universe, after the state abolished a banned ideology two decades ago, the country returned to safety. However, one of the former executioners began to hear strange voices that disturbed his activities at night.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

  28. Pig (1999)

    A young man journeys through a desert, where he is kidnapped by a sadistic stranger clad in a pig mask. The stranger proceeds to brutally torture the young man, who then finds himself escaping into his imagination, with fantasy and reality intersecting.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

  29. Secret Window (2004)

    Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery

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  30. 8 Women (2002)

    Eight women gather to celebrate Christmas in a snowbound cottage, only to find the family patriarch dead with a knife in his back. Trapped in the house, every woman becomes a suspect, each having her own motive and secret.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both mystery

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Lodge?

The closest matches to The Lodge are The Children (2008), Psycho Killer (2026) and Thanksgiving (2023). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Lodge?

Start with The Children (2008), the closest match to The Lodge.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Lodge?

Bring Her Back (2025), rated 7.3/10 by 2,066 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Lodge?

Until You're Alone (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like The Lodge?

Yes: The Children (2008), Psycho Killer (2026) and Thanksgiving (2023).

How are movies similar to The Lodge chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Lodge, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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