Movies like The Deep Ones (2021)
The best movies like The Deep Ones (2021) are Honeymoon (2014), The Endless (2017) and The Void (2016). If The Deep Ones hooked you with its horror and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAnything for Jackson (2020)6.7/10 from 312 votes
- NewestThe Demon Disorder (2024)Released 2024
Honeymoon (2014)
On her honeymoon, a young bride sleepwalks into the woods surrounding a secluded cabin. When she returns, she looks the same—but something about her is terrifyingly different.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
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 science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Void (2016)
In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on a hellish voyage into the subterranean depths of the hospital in a desperate bid to end the nightmare before it's too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Color Out of Space (2010)
Arkham, 1975: Jonathan Davis' father has disappeared. His tracks lead to Germany, to the Swabian-Franconian Forest where he was stationed after the Second World War. Jonathan sets out to find him and bring him home, but deep in the woods he discovers a dark mystery from the past. Based on H.P. Lovecraft's short novel "The Colour Out of Space".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Earth (2021)
As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. The arduous journey, guided by park scout Alma, is set back by a nighttime attack that leaves the two bruised and shoeless. When they run into Zach, a man living off the grid, they gratefully accept his help. Zach’s intentions aren’t exactly what they seem, however, and a path out of the forest and into safety quickly fades as the line between myth and science blurs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisBrightwood (2022)
A couple find themselves trapped while on a run around a pond.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
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 thisColor Out of Space (2020)
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the earth, and infects both the land and the properties of space-time with a strange, otherworldly colour. To their horror, the family discovers this alien force is gradually mutating every life form that it touches—including them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 thisLair (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
Sator (2019)
Secluded in a desolate forest, a broken family is observed by Sator, a supernatural entity who is attempting to claim them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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 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
All 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
Know 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
Witchcraft (1964)
When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Manifest Evil (2022)
Since childhood, Matthew kept a dark secret: he's possessed by a demon. Now grown, serving in the United States Marine Corps, he's learned to tame the demon through self-mutilation. That cure soon ends as two recruits, who are members of the occult, cast a spell on him to manifest Matthew's worst fears. As his life slips away, the demon fully overcomes him and Matthew goes on a killing spree.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Call of Cthulhu (2006)
A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather. Bit-by-bit he begins piecing together the dread implications of his grandfather's inquiries, and soon he takes on investigating the Cthulhu cult as a crusade of his own.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies 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 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 thisSpring (2014)
A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dark Within (2020)
A disturbed man with unknown psychic abilities tries to unravel the mystery of his parent's disappearance while battling his own demons.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Baskin (2015)
A squad of unsuspecting cops go through a trapdoor to Hell when they stumble upon a Black Mass in an abandoned building.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBooks of Blood (2020)
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood and Snow (2023)
When researchers rescue a fellow scientist who survived a meteorite strike in the Arctic, they discover she may not be who they think she is. Is she some-how changed?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaylight's End (2016)
Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisSouthbound (2015)
On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation — are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Resurrected (1991)
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Divide (2012)
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeath Machine (1995)
Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliable and has killed a number of innocent people. The genius behind this project is Jack who lives in a world of models, toys and magazines. When he is fired by Cale for killing a few corporate officers, he unleashes the ultimate killing machine called the 'Warbeast' against Cale and those who would help her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Deep Ones?
The closest matches to The Deep Ones are Honeymoon (2014), The Endless (2017) and The Void (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Deep Ones?
People who watched The Deep Ones most often go on to Honeymoon (2014), The Endless (2017) and The Void (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Deep Ones?
Anything for Jackson (2020), rated 6.7/10 by 312 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Deep Ones?
The Demon Disorder (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Deep Ones?
Yes: Honeymoon (2014), The Endless (2017) and The Void (2016).
How are movies similar to The Deep Ones chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Deep Ones, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.