Movies like The Dig (2019)
The best movies like The Dig (2019) are The Holding (2011), The Wolf Hour (2019) and The Calling (2014). If The Dig hooked you with its thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedCalvary (2014)7.1/10 from 1,121 votes
- Newest180 (2026)Released 2026
The Holding (2011)
A heart-pounding suspense thriller, set on an isolated farm in England's beautiful, rugged Peak District.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
The Wolf Hour (2019)
Once a known counterculture figure, June E. Leigh now lives in self-imposed exile in her South Bronx apartment during the incendiary '77 Summer of Sam. When an unseen tormentor begins exploiting June's weaknesses, her insular universe begins to unravel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Calling (2014)
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDangerous Waters (2023)
A young woman, her single mother, and the mother's new boyfriend embark on a sailing adventure to Bermuda. However, when criminals suddenly attack their boat, the pleasure trip turns into a desperate fight for survival and a quest for vengeance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBarber (2023)
Val Barber, a private investigator, is hired by a wealthy widow to find her missing granddaughter. Set in Dublin against the background of a global pandemic, Barber’s initial investigation into Sara’s disappearance quickly darkens. Secrets start surfacing in unexpected ways. Before too long, Barber finds himself entangled with powerful men of shady morals determined to thwart his investigation. Has he bitten off more than he can chew?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Breakdown (2016)
A professional contract killer, haunted by visions of his violent past, spirals out of control. His work compromised as he reaches breaking point, he is forced to defend his family from his ruthless employers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Lazareth (2024)
Lee is an aunt whose life mission is to protect her orphaned nieces, Imogen and Maeve, from a self-destructing world, raising them in isolation until an outsider threatens their peaceful existence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood Orange (2016)
The idyllic life of Bill, a retired aging rock star, and his young wife is rocked by a lover from her past, resulting in catastrophic consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Surge (2020)
A man goes on a bold and reckless journey of self-liberation through London. After he robs a bank he releases a wilder version of himself, ultimately experiencing what it feels like to be alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNightride (2022)
In this single shot thriller, we're in the driver's seat with small-time dealer Budge as he tries to pull one last deal with cash borrowed from a dangerous loan shark. When the handover goes catastrophically wrong, Budge finds himself in a race against time to find his missing product and get a new buyer before the loan shark tracks him down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Muscle (2020)
An unhappy office worker's life is gradually taken over by Terry, his new, very hands-on personal trainer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Locked In (2023)
A kindly nurse tries to unlock the secrets of a coma patient's injuries — and discovers the bitter rivalry, infidelity, betrayal and murder behind them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSurvival Box (2019)
The gripping story of a handful of high school kids trapped in a wealthy Philadelphia family's backyard bunker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
London Heist (2017)
Armed robber and career criminal Jack Cregan seeks to discover the truth behind his father's murder and his stolen heist money and in doing so puts his life in danger. The devastation that Jack soon discovers puts his very own existence into question.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Abandoned (2016)
In 1989 the trimaran Rose Noelle set sail from Picton, New Zealand, bound for Tonga with four crew. After a freak wave capsized the yacht, they drifted for 119 days before landing on Great Barrier Island.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisTower Block (2012)
A year after witnessing a murder, residents of Tower Block 31 find themselves being picked off by a sniper, pitting those lucky enough to be alive into a battle for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Toll (2021)
Brendan works solo shifts in the quietest toll booth in Wales, hiding from a criminal past where nobody would ever look. When he finally gets rumbled, word of his whereabouts gets out and his enemies head west for revenge. Meanwhile, local traffic cop Catrin’s investigation into a simple robbery finds her heading for the booth at exactly the wrong time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDead in the Water (2018)
The Nereus is a fifty-year-old Ice Breaker, salvaged by an idealistic crew on a mission to catch illegal fisherman. On chase, the crew find themselves well off-course and bearing down on a body mysteriously floating in the middle of the Devil’s Sea. Superstitious or not, the team soon discovers they’ve rescued a deadly creature feeding on the lifeless body. Their new mission—kill or be killed and preferably before they hit land.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPioneer (2013)
Pioneer is set in the early '80s, at the beginning of the Norwegian Oil Boom. Enormous oil and gas deposits are discovered in the North Sea and the authorities aim to bring the oil ashore through a pipeline from depths of 500 meters. A professional diver, Petter, obsessed with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea has the discipline, strength and courage to take on the world's most dangerous mission. But a sudden, tragic accident changes everything. Petter is sent on a perilous journey where he loses sight of who's pulling the strings. Gradually he realizes that he is in way over his head and that his life is at stake.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHallow Road (2025)
Two parents enter a race against time when they receive a distressing late-night phone call from their daughter after she caused a tragic car accident.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCalvary (2014)
After being threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCity of Tiny Lights (2016)
In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Integrity of Joseph Chambers (2023)
Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Serenity (2019)
The quiet life of Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain who lives on the isolated Plymouth Island, where he spends his days obsessed with capturing an elusive tuna while fighting his personal demons, is interrupted when someone from his past comes to him searching for help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Mother the Son The Rat and The Gun (2022)
Gun-toting gangsters, lawless lawyers and backstabbing bastards. There's a family in the middle, and while some are trying to keep it afloat, others want to tear it apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
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 thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLights Out (2024)
A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSection 8 (2022)
After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this180 (2026)
When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Dig?
The closest matches to The Dig are The Holding (2011), The Wolf Hour (2019) and The Calling (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Dig?
People who watched The Dig most often go on to The Holding (2011), The Wolf Hour (2019) and The Calling (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Dig?
Calvary (2014), rated 7.1/10 by 1,121 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Dig?
180 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Dig?
Yes: The Holding (2011), The Wolf Hour (2019) and The Calling (2014).
How are movies similar to The Dig chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Dig, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.