Movies like Repentance
The best movies like Repentance (2014) are Backtrack (2015), Mercy (2014) and The Keeping Hours (2017). If Repentance hooked you with its horror and thriller, 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 278 votes
- NewestVicious (2025)Released 2025
Backtrack (2015)
What sins did we commit in our past lives and will we pay for them in this one?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Mercy (2014)
A single mom and her two boys help take care of their grandmother with mystical powers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Keeping Hours (2017)
A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an author, get a chance at reconciliation ten years later.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Tortured (2010)
An upper-middle-class couple's life is destroyed when their only child is kidnapped and killed. Obsessed with revenge, the couple seizes an opportunity to kidnap the killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSeconds Apart (2011)
Seth and Jonah are twins with a dangerous ability: telekinesis. Things start to spiral out of control as their classmates die in twisted and bizarre ways. Jealousy begins to divide them and soon they can no longer trust each other, leading up to a horrific battle against themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGrace (2009)
In the wake of a horrific car accident that kills her husband, Michael, expectant mother Madeline Matheson discovers that her daughter, Grace, has died in the womb. Ignoring her doctor's warnings that the fetus must be removed from her body, a grief-stricken Matheson demands to carry the child to term -- even if it endangers her own life to do so. Curiously, little Grace emerges undead -- and with a craving for human blood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisIncarnate (2016)
An exorcist comes up against an evil from his past when he uses his skills to enter the mind of a nine year old boy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisOpen 24 Hours (2018)
After setting her serial killer boyfriend on fire, a paranoid delusional woman gets a job at an all-night gas station. The isolation triggers her anxiety and hallucinations, with devastatingly gory results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBound to Vengeance (2015)
A young woman, Eve, fights back and manages to escape a malicious abductor. However, after discovering she may not be the only victim, Eve unravels a darker truth and decides to turn the tables on her captor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRespire (2010)
The Ancient Romans believed that the soul escaped one's body with the last breath. It was believed that last breath held the power to cure disease and prolong life. In 1930's, Dr. Robert Kaminsky devoted his life to finding out how to harness the power in the last breath. Susan Jordan owns a local novelty shop. One item in her shop, an antique box once owned by Doctor Kaminsky, draws the interest of two men: Raif Collins who hopes it's contents can save his dying sister, and Alex Poe whose motives are more mysterious. Susan quickly finds herself in a perilous struggle to protect the box and the secrets that it holds.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
The Ledge (2011)
A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist who shares an apartment with a gay friend escalates into a lethal battle of wills.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhisper (2007)
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBleeding Heart (2015)
Reserved yoga instructor May's peaceful, clean-living life is thrown out of balance by the arrival of her long-lost sister Shiva, a street-smart yet naive young woman trapped in an abusive relationship. May feels compelled to rescue the hapless Shiva, but she finds herself increasingly drawn out of her sedate world and deeper into Shiva's chaotic one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHomecoming (2005)
A hotshot White House speech writer deals with the publicity nightmare of his life when recently deceased soldiers return from beyond the grave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisJoshua (2007)
The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua, an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGod's Pocket (2014)
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisInconceivable (2017)
A mother looks to escape her abusive past by moving to a new town where she befriends another mother, who grows suspicious of her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisStephanie (2017)
After a mysterious global crisis, a young girl is left alone to hide from a malevolent power that stalks her home. Her parents eventually return and the struggle begins to save their daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Rite (2011)
Seminary student Michael Kovak reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisArsenal (2017)
After the deadbeat brother of a businessman is assumed to be in on his own kidnapping, his sibling must take action to rescue him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMary Loss of Soul (2015)
After vanishing from her family’s lake house, 15 year-old Mary Solis returns without any memory of the traumatic events she experienced—and without part of her soul. Even while a shocking mystery surrounds her disappearance, and her disembodied soul begins a grim haunting, the Solis family’s biggest fear has yet to be faced. When it’s discovered that two little girls, the same age as Mary’s sister, Sophia, went missing on the lake the very night that Mary disappeared, the stakes are raised. Is Mary suffering from a centuries old condition known as Loss of Soul? Or, is it something more nefarious? After enlisting the help of a Shaman, the Solis family embarks on a journey to the spirit worlds, hunting for a supernatural cure.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
On the Brain (2016)
A small-town Sheriff discovers there is something wrong with the sleepy town of Golden Torch, and he quickly realizes he may not get out alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
The Heretics (2017)
A young girl is abducted by a man, who claims that a cult is hunting her. His goal is to protect her until sunrise but while restrained, the young girl falls deathly ill. While her friends and family search for her, the source of her illness becomes more and more apparent. She’s not sick…she’s changing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSome Guy Who Kills People (2011)
A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEradication (2022)
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBloodline Killer (2024)
Moira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisShades of Desire (2023)
After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPlay Dead (2022)
Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is using the corpses for his sick and twisted business, and when he realises that Chloe still has a pulse, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
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 & thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisVicious (2025)
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Repentance?
The closest matches to Repentance are Backtrack (2015), Mercy (2014) and The Keeping Hours (2017). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Repentance?
People who watched Repentance most often go on to Backtrack (2015), Mercy (2014) and The Keeping Hours (2017).
What is the highest-rated movie like Repentance?
Succubus (2024), rated 8.3/10 by 278 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Repentance?
Vicious (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Repentance?
Yes: Backtrack (2015), Mercy (2014) and The Keeping Hours (2017).
How are movies similar to Repentance chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Repentance, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.