Movies like The Dark Within (2020)
The best movies like The Dark Within (2020) are The Demon Disorder (2024), All You Need Is Death (2024) and The Kindred (2021). If The Dark Within hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSuccubus (2024)8.3/10 from 279 votes
- NewestThe Morrigan (2026)Released 2026
The Demon Disorder (2024)
The pasts of three brothers and their deceased father collide when a deep, dark family secret is unearthed, leading to a case of revenge from beyond the grave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAll You Need Is Death (2024)
A young couple who collect rare folk ballads discover the dark side of love when they surreptitiously record and translate an ancient, taboo folk song from the deep, forgotten past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Kindred (2021)
After her father’s suicide, a young mother investigates what led to his death. But when she is haunted by spirits and unearths an unsolved mystery from 30 years ago, she discovers a dark family history that could prove deadly for her child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKnow Fear (2022)
After discovering an ancient book of the occult, a family activates a dangerous ritual forcing each of them to communicate with and fight a demonic force in their own unique way: to see it, hear it or speak to it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Seance (2021)
At an elite boarding school for girls, six friends jokingly engage in a late night ritual, calling forth the spirit of a dead former student who reportedly haunts their halls. Before morning, one of the girls is dead, leaving the others wondering what they may have awakened.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Shrine (2010)
A group of young journalists investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice, but their ambitious ways may lead them to becoming the cult's next victims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Secret of Sinchanee (2021)
An industrial tow truck driver suffering from insomnia returns to his childhood home after the untimely death of his father, to discover that a paranormal presence has been living in the house and haunting the sacred land it was built on.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Privilege (2022)
A wealthy teen and his friends attending an elite private school uncover a dark conspiracy while looking into a series of strange supernatural events.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnything for Jackson (2020)
A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child, but they end up summoning more than they bargained for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisConjuring: The Beyond (2022)
A sleep study goes awry when participants start to go missing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Conjuring the Devil (2020)
A woman who is struggling with the conflict between her faith and her personal life must defend herself against the spirit of a demonic nun who is bent on destroying her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Ritual (2017)
A group of university friends reunite for a hiking trip in Sweden, but are stalked by a menacing presence when they're diverted through the woods.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Morrigan (2026)
Archaeologist Fiona travels to Ireland to uncover a long-dead tomb. A threat is released and she will have to fight to keep her teenage daughter from falling under the control of The Morrigan, a vengeful Pagan War Goddess.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Power (2021)
London, 1974. As Britain prepares for electrical blackouts to sweep across the country, trainee nurse Val arrives for her first day at the crumbling East London Royal Infirmary. With most of the patients and staff evacuated to another hospital, Val is forced to work the night shift, finding herself in a dark, near empty building. Within these walls lies a deadly secret, forcing Val to face both her own traumatic past and deepest fears.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWe Are Still Here (2015)
After the death of their college age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti relocate to the snowswept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it seems. When strange sounds and eerie feelings convince Anne that her son's spirit is still with them, they invite an eccentric, New Age couple to help them get to the bottom of the mystery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Dark Song (2016)
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Seeding (2024)
When a hiker gets lost in the desert, a gang of feral children propelled by haunting legacies traps him in a sadistic battle for survival with a frightening endgame.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisEvil Eye (2022)
Nala, a thirteen-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness - But she'll soon find her granny is not exactly what she seems...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisOculus (2014)
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vigil (2020)
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDementer (2019)
After fleeing a backwoods cult, a woman tries to turn her life around by taking a job in a home for special needs adults only to discover that she must face her dark past to save a down syndrome girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Copiii: The 1st Entry (2013)
A newlywed couple encounter the remains of an ancient curse, only to reawaken its dark legacy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Lair (2021)
A fractured family are forced to face their demons, metaphorically and literally, as they unwittingly become embroiled in a man's attempt to prove the existence of the supernatural in order to overturn a friend's murder conviction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Hellblazers (2022)
An evil cult unleashes a monster on a small south-western town that refuses to go down without a fight.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Influence (2019)
After moving back to her family home to care for her dying mother, a nurse haunted by her childhood memories must struggle with an evil force in the house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSaint Catherine (2024)
An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuccubus (2024)
A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he could have ever imagined.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAbduction (2019)
A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Dark Within?
The closest matches to The Dark Within are The Demon Disorder (2024), All You Need Is Death (2024) and The Kindred (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Dark Within?
People who watched The Dark Within most often go on to The Demon Disorder (2024), All You Need Is Death (2024) and The Kindred (2021).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Dark Within?
Succubus (2024), rated 8.3/10 by 279 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Dark Within?
The Morrigan (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Dark Within?
Yes: The Demon Disorder (2024), All You Need Is Death (2024) and The Kindred (2021).
How are movies similar to The Dark Within chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Dark Within, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.