Movies like Welcome to the Circle (2020)
The best movies like Welcome to the Circle (2020) are Shepherd (2021), The Witch (2016) and The Severed Sun (2025). If Welcome to the Circle hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Exorcist (1973)7.8/10 from 9,033 votes
- NewestHost (2025)Released 2025
Shepherd (2021)
Eric Black is lost after the mysterious death of his adulterous wife. Running from his past to a new job as a shepherd, he finds himself trapped alone on a majestic, weather-beaten island with an ominous secret. One man’s spiraling madness meets a vengeful supernatural force. What starts as the perfect wind-swept escape becomes a race to save his sanity and his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisThe Severed Sun (2025)
Magpie lives in an isolated church community ruled over by her father, The Pastor. When a man is murdered, paranoia sets in and people start to whisper about a strange 'Beast' that lives in the forest.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Dark Nature (2023)
While recovering from an abusive relationship, Joy joins her friend's therapy group on an isolated mountainous retreat. Led by a doctor with experimental methods, the group is soon forced to confront a monstrous entity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisApostle (2018)
In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Tall Grass (2019)
After hearing a child screaming for help from the green depths of a vast field of tall grass, Becky, a pregnant woman, and Cal, her brother, park their car near a mysterious abandoned church and enter the field, discovering that they are not alone and, for some reason, they are unable to escape a completely inextricable vegetable labyrinth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSacrifice (2021)
Isaac and his pregnant wife visit a remote Norwegian village to claim an unexpected inheritance. The couple finds themselves caught in a nightmare when they encounter a sinister cult that worships a sea-dwelling deity.
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 Veil (2016)
30 years ago, when members of a religious cult known as Heaven's Veil take their own lives. The truth behind what really happened remains buried deep in the memory of the sole survivor, a five-year-old girl. Now as an adult she returns to the compound with a documentary crew. They soon discover something that is far more terrifying than anything they could have imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLovely, Dark, and Deep (2023)
Lennon, a new back-country ranger, travels alone through the dangerous wilderness, hoping to uncover the origins of a tragedy that has haunted her since she was a child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Wicker Man (1973)
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Breach (2022)
John Hawkins is set to retire from his post as police chief of the small town of Lone Crow, that is tucked away in the deep woods of northern Ontario. But following the discovery of a gruesome body with uncanny injuries, he’s pulled into an investigation to solve the horrifying mystery, which evades explanation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMidsommar (2019)
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sacrament (2014)
Two journalists set out to document their friend's journey to reunite with his estranged sister. They track her to an undisclosed location where they are welcomed into the remote world of "Eden Parish," a self-sustained rural utopia composed of nearly two hundred members and overseen by a mysterious leader known only as "Father." It quickly becomes evident to the newcomers that this paradise may not be as it seems. Eden Parish harbors a twisted secret. What started as just another documentary shoot soon becomes a fight for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe House of the Devil (2009)
A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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 Retreat (2021)
Renee and Valerie, a couple at a cross roads in their relationship, leave the city to spend the week at a remote cabin with friends. But when they arrive, their friends are nowhere to be found. As they stumble through their relationship woes, they discover they are being hunted by a group of militant extremists who are determined to exterminate them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Empty Man (2020)
On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Sacrifice (2024)
American social psychologist Ben Monroe investigates a local cult connected to a disturbing event. While he immerses himself into his work, his rebellious teenage daughter, Mazzy, gets involved with a mysterious local boy, who introduces her to the city’s underground party scene. As these two worlds head towards an intersection, Mazzy finds herself in great danger and Ben will need to race against the clock to save her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Endless (2017)
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Invitation (2016)
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWe Still Say Grace (2020)
The teenage daughter of a religious fanatic attempts to escape her twisted family life when three strangers break down near their remote farmhouse and interrupt her father's delusional family suicide pact.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Dark and the Wicked (2020)
On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHost (2025)
Ing is sent to Pinijkhun Reform School, an all-girls facility on a remote island. The only rule here is that everyone must obey orders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Saint 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 thisGod Is a Bullet (2023)
Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwo Witches (2023)
A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlay 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse of 1000 Corpses (2003)
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Exorcist (1973)
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Welcome to the Circle?
The closest matches to Welcome to the Circle are Shepherd (2021), The Witch (2016) and The Severed Sun (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Welcome to the Circle?
People who watched Welcome to the Circle most often go on to Shepherd (2021), The Witch (2016) and The Severed Sun (2025).
What is the highest-rated movie like Welcome to the Circle?
The Exorcist (1973), rated 7.8/10 by 9,033 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Welcome to the Circle?
Host (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Welcome to the Circle?
Yes: Shepherd (2021), The Witch (2016) and The Severed Sun (2025).
How are movies similar to Welcome to the Circle chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Welcome to the Circle, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.