Movies like The Woods (2006)
The best movies like The Woods (2006) are The Village (2004), Dead End (2003) and Satan's Schoolgirls (2004). If The Woods hooked you with its mystery and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPsycho (1960)8.4/10 from 11,429 votes
- NewestNight of the Hunted (2023)Released 2023
The Village (2004)
When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead End (2003)
On Christmas Eve, while driving to see his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSatan's Schoolgirls (2004)
Parochial school takes a dark and lusty turn for Father Thomas (J. Scott Green), a well-meaning Sunday school teacher who embarks on what he believes will be a quiet summer assignment at a rural academy for girls. It's hard enough for the Father to deal with four sex-hungry students let alone the school's devilish secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIn the Mouth of Madness (1995)
An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisVenom (2005)
A group of teenagers fear for their lives in the swamps of Louisiana, chased by Mr. Jangles, a man possessed by 13 evil souls, and now relentless in his pursuit of new victims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCarrie (1976)
Withdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent turn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMessiah of Evil (1975)
A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dune, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWrong Turn (2003)
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by generations of inbreeding.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGinger Snaps (2000)
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Commune (2009)
When Jenny Cross has to spend summer vacation with her deadbeat dad in his creepy commune, she thinks clean living and boredom will kill her. But some fates are worse than death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet (2009)
Local teens have long commemorated the death of 'Mary Hatchet' - a girl who took an ax and killed her family in the 1970s - with the aptly named Blood Night. But things never got truly bloody until Mary's ghost decided to make an appearance. Dead bodies are piling up, and Mary seems to be calling the shots. But there are secrets about her past that have yet to be uncovered.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCherry Falls (2000)
When students in the small town of Cherry Falls learn a serial killer is targeting virgins, they realize their only chance of survival is to throw a “Pop Your Cherry” party.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Nun (2005)
Years ago, a cruel and merciless nun turned a boarding school into a living hell for her students until they could no longer bear the abuse, and she mysteriously disappeared. Now the alumnae are being brutally murdered one by one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisPenny Dreadful (2006)
Young Penny goes on a retreat with her psychologist; the intention is to help her overcome her phobia, an intense fear of cars. Unexpected events find her in a nightmarish situation where her worst fears come true.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Believers (1987)
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisFrom Within (2008)
When the citizens of a small evangelical town systematically begin committing suicide, a young girl struggling to reconcile her Christian upbringing with her desire to experience the outside world finds her faith put to the ultimate test.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisPsycho (1960)
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisMassacre at Central High (1976)
Maimed by bullies at a California high school, a new student engineers acts of revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDisturbing Behavior (1998)
Steve Clark is a newcomer in the town of Cradle Bay, and he quickly realizes that there's something odd about his high school classmates. The clique known as the "Blue Ribbons" are the eerie embodiment of academic excellence and clean living. But, like the rest of the town, they're a little too perfect. When Steve's rebellious friend Gavin mysteriously joins their ranks, Steve searches for the truth with fellow misfit Rachel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Man in the Woods (2020)
On a snowy night in 1963 Pennsylvania, a boarding school student goes missing in the woods. Her friends, a disgraced quarterback, a shunned ex-cop, and the headmaster's wife, agree to go search for her. As they do, they confront the lies, ghost stories, and demonization that their idyllic school was built on.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Twixt (2011)
A washed-up horror novelist arrives in a sleepy town on a book tour, only to stumble into a string of eerie murders. Haunted by dreams of a ghostly girl named V and guided by the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe, he’s drawn into a nightmarish world where fiction and reality blur—and the story he’s chasing leads back to his own buried guilt.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGoodnight Mommy (2022)
When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Children (2008)
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBarbarian (2022)
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHunter Hunter (2020)
A fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the remote wilderness, but they soon become increasingly worried when their peaceful existence is disrupted.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
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 & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoctor X (1932)
A wisecracking reporter investigates the cannibalistic 'Moon Killer' murders tied to a medical academy, culminating in a chilling reenactment experiment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this
Like The Woods and something else?
Blend two favourites and we’ll find the films in between.
Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Woods?
The closest matches to The Woods are The Village (2004), Dead End (2003) and Satan's Schoolgirls (2004). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Woods?
People who watched The Woods most often go on to The Village (2004), Dead End (2003) and Satan's Schoolgirls (2004).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Woods?
Psycho (1960), rated 8.4/10 by 11,429 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Woods?
Night of the Hunted (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Woods?
Yes: The Village (2004), Dead End (2003) and Satan's Schoolgirls (2004).
How are movies similar to The Woods chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Woods, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.