Movies like Hangman's Knot (2018)
The best movies like Hangman's Knot (2018) are V/H/S/99 (2022), V/H/S/94 (2021) and Re-Cut (2010). If Hangman's Knot hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGrindhouse (2007)7.0/10 from 1,984 votes
- NewestLights Camera Death (2026)Released 2026
- In JapaneseRape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 5 (2014)Also in Japanese
V/H/S/99 (2022)
A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisV/H/S/94 (2021)
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material uncovers a nightmarish conspiracy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRe-Cut (2010)
When twin girls are found dead in their family’s barn, reality star turned TV-reporter Meredith Phillips and her de-facto camera crew are dispatched to rural Wisconsin to investigate the gruesome deaths. In their relentless drive to break the story, the reporters become entangled in a deadly mystery and uncover the small town’s shocking secret. Edited together from the crew’s multiple cameras, the film documents their struggle to survive the most terrifying night of their lives and becomes the only evidence of a crime too horrific to imagine.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 5 (2014)
Convinced of the final outcome, a team of scientists travels back in time to stop the spread of a virus turning men into zombified rapists through society and causes them to finally uncover the source of the deadly disease which causes them to attempt to stop it before it happens again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 4 (2014)
In a devastated, post-apocalyptic world, all men have turned into rape demons. The only hope for the future is to travel to the past and prevent the outbreak, the source of which still remains a mystery.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Evil (1978)
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Return (2020)
After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Boy Behind the Door (2020)
Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBloodline (2019)
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisV/H/S (2012)
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInsidious: The Red Door (2023)
To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college-aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family's dark past and a host of new and more horrifying terrors that lurk behind the red door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Breath (2024)
A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white sharks.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFunny 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight of the Hunted (2023)
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMa (2019)
Sue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting, if younger, friends of her own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhisper (2007)
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
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 thisParanormal Activity 3 (2011)
In 1988, young sisters Katie and Kristi befriend an invisible entity who resides in their home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisUrban Legend (1998)
A college campus is plagued by a vicious serial killer murdering students in ways that correspond to various urban legends.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGrindhouse (2007)
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who kills young women with modified vehicles. It is presented as a double feature with fictitious exploitation trailers preceding each segment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNaprata (2013)
Inspired by an infamous online video clip of a son beating his mother, a television crew from Belgrade comes to a remote Serbian village to shoot a report on violence against women. Inquiring with the locals about the protagonists of the video, they encounter a local expert on supernatural phenomena and learn about a ritual of summoning an ancient demon, naprata. Wanting to capture the first authentic footage of something otherworldly, they change their plans. Excited by the prospective success of the recording, they defy the old saying that "it's better to believe than to be convinced."
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Husbandhood (2016)
In January of 2014, five filmmakers suddenly disappear while shooting in the nearby Drigh Lake Larakana woods. One week later, their camera was found.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Lights Camera Death (2026)
A group of aspiring actors gathers at a remote holiday house to shoot a horror film with a promising director who harbors a dark secret. He knowingly allows them to discover a sinister symbol that serves as a gateway for a demon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
The Bloody Way of Ehraman (2021)
A film crew travels out to a village in Anatolia to shoot a movie. But after each were affected by a dream they saw, the remaining four team members decide to stay and investigate the incident.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Dead Residence (2019)
A young couple buys a house with intention of "flipping it". Mysterious activities start happening to them while they are repairing the home.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Lianne (2024)
Social Media influencer Erin takes her millions of fans on a live stream adventure inside an abandoned haunted house to raise money for the disease that took her friends life. The longer she stays the more she can raise.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
The Ceremony Is About to Begin (2024)
Madness, mayhem, and mummification rites ensue when a documentary filmmaker visits the rural commune of the Osiris Collective, an ancient Egyptian inspired cult, to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Absolutely Scary Video (2012)
The DVD contains the most popular ghost videos from the popular website "Jitsuroku: Real Fear DX" with over 20,000 members! The DVD contains the most terrifying ghost videos from the popular "Real Fear DX" website, where dangerous ghost videos submitted by the general public are now unsealed!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Galicia! (2026)
What if you went on a holiday... and the apocalypse happened?!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Video Cassette of 31 Degrees North Latitude (2010)
The ancient and mysterious Shennongjia has been rumored for a long time that savages appeared and there were more than two hundred witnesses. Eight documentary filmmakers walked into this "virgin land" to find the legendary wild man. The bizarre disappearances and deaths of the members of the expedition give people reason to believe that this area is indeed filled with an unpredictable force.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hangman's Knot?
The closest matches to Hangman's Knot are V/H/S/99 (2022), V/H/S/94 (2021) and Re-Cut (2010). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hangman's Knot?
Start with V/H/S/99 (2022), the closest match to Hangman's Knot.
What is the highest-rated movie like Hangman's Knot?
Grindhouse (2007), rated 7.0/10 by 1,984 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hangman's Knot?
Lights Camera Death (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like Hangman's Knot?
Yes: Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 5 (2014), Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 4 (2014) and Absolutely Scary Video (2012).
How are movies similar to Hangman's Knot chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hangman's Knot, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.