Movies like Penumbra (2012)
The best movies like Penumbra (2012) are I'll Never Die Alone (2008), She Wolf (2013) and Mum & Dad (2008). If Penumbra 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 279 votes
- NewestThe Virgin of the Quarry Lake (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishI'll Never Die Alone (2008)Also in Spanish
I'll Never Die Alone (2008)
A violent thriller set in the outback of remote La Plata region, I'LL NEVER DIE ALONE (aka NO MORIRE SOLA) is a tough and pounding story of revenge for rape, mercilessly carried out by a group of women intent on pursuing their attackers to the bitter end.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisShe Wolf (2013)
She Wolf is a serial killer who traps her men in the subway in Buenos Aires. She seduces, has sex with them and kills them. But one of those men is a police officer who is investigating her crimes. Running away from him she meets a dealer with whom she stars a relationship. This romance unravels a war between her three personalities: the monster woman, the sensual woman and the human woman who can still love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Mum & Dad (2008)
Mum and Dad, and their 'adopted' children, Birdie & Elbie, work at the airport. The family live off whatever they scavenge from cargo holds, offices and hotels - including a steady stream of transient workers who populate the airport's soulless hub. When Lena, a young Polish office cleaner, is befriended by Birdie, she gets drawn into a nightmarish world of torture, murder and perversity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThem (2006)
Lucas and Clementine live peacefully in their isolated country house, but one night they wake up to strange noise. They're not alone... and a group of hooded assailants begin to terrorize them throughout the night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican Gothic (2017)
A quiet couple. An isolated farmhouse. A pair of desperate fugitives. Everything breaks under pressure...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Grotesque (2009)
An unnamed doctor has always had everything he's ever wanted, but that has only made him develop more extreme and depraved needs. He kidnaps a young couple in the prime of their life together and forces them into a game of torment that slowly extinguishes their hopes for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisWolf Creek 2 (2013)
Lured by the promise of an Australian holiday, backpackers Rutger, Katarina and Paul visit the notorious Wolf Creek Crater. Their dream Outback adventure soon becomes a horrific reality when they encounter the site's most infamous local, the last man any traveller to the region ever wants to meet—Mick Taylor. As the backpackers flee, Mick pursues them on an epic white knuckled rampage across hostile wasteland.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMost Beautiful Island (2017)
Chronicling one harrowing day in the life of Luciana, a young woman struggling to make ends meet while striving to escape her past. As Luciana’s day unfolds, she is whisked, physically and emotionally, through a series of troublesome, unforeseeable extremes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBeautiful Sisters: Flesh Slaves (1986)
A man on the run from the police takes two sisters hostage in their dental office apartment. He makes himself at home sexually abusing them and getting food service. But the sisters are resilient and quietly develop a plan for revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Echoes (2022)
Julián Lemar, a best-selling suspense writer, goes on vacation with his family to a cabin in the woods. During a strong storm, the power goes out and a woman shows up desperately asking for help: her husband killed her son and now he wants to kill her. From that moment on, danger and deception are a constant threat and for Julián a hellish night begins until he discovers the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAftershock (2012)
Mayhem and death follow when an earthquake traps a group of tourists in a Chilean town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDream Home (2010)
A woman will go to whatever lengths necessary to obtain her dream home with a view of the sea. This includes driving down the property value and decreasing the occupancy rate by killing her potential neighbors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Virgin of the Quarry Lake (2026)
On the eve of the 2001 outbreak, a young woman falls for her lifelong friend but turns to incantations and curses with her grandmother's help when a more experienced rival threatens their romance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisInside (2007)
Months after a tragic accident, Sarah, a young pregnant woman, must spend Christmas Eve alone in her house before giving birth the next day. But in the middle of the night, a creepy visitor knocks at her door willing to do anything to get what they want, setting off a night of pure terror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCold Prey II (2008)
After surviving the events in the Jotunheimen mountains in which four of her friends were murdered, the badly injured Jannicke is brought to the local hospital. But when she wakes up, the building is dark and deserted... and she soon realizes that her nightmare isn’t over yet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGirl on the Third Floor (2019)
Don Koch tries to renovate a rundown mansion with a sordid history for his growing family, only to learn that the house has other plans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHigh Tension (2003)
Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMartyrs (2008)
A young woman’s quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tortured her as a child leads her and her best friend, also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlowers (2015)
An abstract, surreal horror film centering on six dead women waking up in the crawl space below their killer's house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Inside (2016)
Completely on her own, Sarah spends her time at home, waiting for the approaching birth of her child. But one night, a stranger breaks into her home, ready to snatch her still unborn baby from her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCold Sweat (2010)
A young man searching for his missing girlfriend. An unconditional friend willing to do anything to uncover the truth. An investigation that culminates in an old house. Inside await two brutal murderers, armed with twenty-five boxes of explosives that were lost since the last military dictatorship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Eye 2 (2004)
Pregnant Joey teeters on the brink of madness after several fruitless suicide attempts. She's the unwilling recipient of an influx of shadowy images that haunt her pervasively. In an attempt to quell this disturbing phenomenon, she looks up with her secretive ex-lover Sam, who may be able to shed some light upon the mysterious twilight world descending upon Joey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSick Girl (2007)
Izzy is raising her younger brother, Kevin, by herself. Their parents are deceased and her older brother, Rusty, is away in the Marines. When Izzy learns that her little brother is being bullied at school, she does what any unstable, psychopathic, homicidal sister would do.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Bewitched (1976)
Ansise is a former Indian whose only dream is to become a mother. The idea of motherhood gradually turns into an obsession for her. Unfortunately, she has married an impotent man. But she tries to get pregnant anyway. She even tries to work as a prostitute and goes to a local witch. But the real problem is that an evil entity called Pombero has fallen with love with her, killing all the men crossing her way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Whisper (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 & 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 thisYou'll Never Find Me (2024)
Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick’s intentions, while Patrick begins to question his own grip on reality...
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 thisThe Shed (2019)
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Penumbra?
The closest matches to Penumbra are I'll Never Die Alone (2008), She Wolf (2013) and Mum & Dad (2008). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Penumbra?
People who watched Penumbra most often go on to I'll Never Die Alone (2008), She Wolf (2013) and Mum & Dad (2008).
What is the highest-rated movie like Penumbra?
Succubus (2024), rated 8.3/10 by 279 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Penumbra?
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Penumbra?
Yes: I'll Never Die Alone (2008), She Wolf (2013) and Echoes (2022).
How are movies similar to Penumbra chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Penumbra, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.