Movies like Venus (2022)
The best movies like Venus (2022) are Cadaver (2020), Raw (2017) and Mirage (2018). If Venus hooked you with its drama and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBlack Swan (2010)7.7/10 from 16,051 votes
- NewestThe Virgin of the Quarry Lake (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishMirage (2018)Also in Spanish
Cadaver (2020)
In the aftermath of a nuclear disaster, a starving family finds hope in a charismatic hotel owner. Lured by the prospect of a free dinner, they discover that the evening's entertainment blurs the lines between performance and reality. Will they wind up the spectators or the spectacle?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRaw (2017)
Stringent vegetarian Justine encounters a decadent, merciless, and dangerously seductive world during her first week at veterinary school. Desperate to fit in, she strays from her principles and eats raw meat for the first time. She soon experiences terrible and unexpected consequences as her true self begins to emerge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMirage (2018)
During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Grandmother (2022)
Susana leaves her life in Paris, where she works as a model, and returns to Madrid to take care of her grandmother Pilar.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAnimas (2018)
Abraham and his female friend Álex have a close relationship; they share both secrets and fears. When Abraham starts going out with Anchi, he begins to distance himself from Álex, who gradually dives into a living hell where she encounters strange apparitions, nightmarish visions and extreme situations.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like this32 Malasana Street (2020)
Malasaña neighborhood, Madrid, Spain, 1976. While political turmoil ravages the streets all over the country, the Olmedo family arrives in the big city and settles into their new apartment. They soon discover that they are not the only ones roaming its corridors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Skin I Live In (2011)
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Orphanage (2007)
A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBlack Swan (2010)
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Devil's Backbone (2001)
Spain, 1939. In the last days of the Spanish Civil War, the young Carlos arrives at the Santa Lucía orphanage, where he will make friends and enemies as he follows the quiet footsteps of a mysterious presence eager for revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisSuspiria (2018)
A darkness swirls at the center of a world-renowned dance company, one that will engulf the artistic director, an ambitious young dancer, and a grieving psychotherapist. Some will succumb to the nightmare. Others will finally wake up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSister Death (2023)
Spain, 1949. Narcisa, a novice, arrives at an old convent, converted into a girls' school, to work as a teacher.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStoker (2013)
Following her father Richard's death in an unexplained road accident, reclusive teenager India Stoker withdraws further into the quiet rural life she shares with her emotionally disturbed mother Evie. But her curiosity is stirred when her mysterious uncle Charlie, who she has never met, suddenly arrives unannounced. Told that the darkly charismatic Charlie will now be staying at the house, India's initial well-founded distrust of her uncle's motivations begins to waver as she finds herself becoming ever more deeply entranced by his sinister charms.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaint Maud (2020)
Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChime (2024)
A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPelican Blood (2020)
Wiebke, a professional horse trainer, faces a unique challenge when she adopts Raya, a five-year-old girl, who is prone to violent outbursts because of her traumatic past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Shrew's Nest (2014)
Spain, 1950s. Montse's agoraphobia keeps her locked in a sinister apartment in Madrid and her only link to reality is the little sister she lost her youth raising. But one day, a reckless young neighbor, Carlos, falls down the stairwell and drags himself to their door. Someone has entered the shrew's nest... perhaps he'll never leave.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Listen (2020)
After a tragic turn of events at the new home he's fixing up, Daniel hears a ghostly plea for help, spurring him to seek out a famous paranormal expert.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTin & Tina (2023)
After a traumatic miscarriage, Lola and her husband, Adolfo, adopt Tin and Tina, a lovely albino brother and sister with an ultra-Catholic education that makes them interpret the Holy Bible verbatim.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Pact (2018)
Suddenly, Clara, Mónica's daughter, falls into a deep coma. With Clara left to die, a mysterious man proposes Monica to make a pact: Clara will be saved if Mónica does something for him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisYou Are Not Me (2024)
After an absence of three years, Aitana makes a surprise return home with Gabi, her Brazilian partner, and their son. The reception from her parents is surprisingly cold. Only her wheelchair-bound brother is pleased to see her. But what affects Aitana most of all is the presence of a stranger her age sleeping in her bed, wearing her clothes, living in her house, and being treated by her parents as if she were their daughter. From that moment on, torn by jealousy, suspicion, and misunderstanding, Aitana tries to find out what is happening and who the intruder is until she discovers an unexpected and disturbing truth darker than she would ever have thought possible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Let the Right One In (2008)
When Oskar, a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli, they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes apparent that she is no ordinary young girl.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Day of the Lord (2020)
In this horror movie, a retired priest haunted by his sins is pulled back into the darkness when a friend begs him to help his possessed daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe House of Snails (2021)
A writer secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMurder Me, Monster (2019)
A rural police officer investigates the bizarre case of a headless woman's body. The prime suspect blames the crime on the appearance of a legendary monster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisMidsommar (2019)
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGoodnight Mommy (2015)
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNightwatch: Demons Are Forever (2023)
Martin's daughter, Emma, takes up a night watch job to find out what happened to her parents almost thirty years ago. A meeting with Wörmer in his cell pulls the serial killer out of his coma and sets in motion a chain of fateful events.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHuesera: The Bone Woman (2023)
Valeria's joy at becoming a first-time mother is quickly taken away when she's cursed by a sinister entity. As danger closes in, she's forced deeper into a chilling world of dark magic that threatens to consume her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Venus?
The closest matches to Venus are Cadaver (2020), Raw (2017) and Mirage (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Venus?
People who watched Venus most often go on to Cadaver (2020), Raw (2017) and Mirage (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Venus?
Black Swan (2010), rated 7.7/10 by 16,051 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Venus?
The Virgin of the Quarry Lake (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Venus?
Yes: Mirage (2018), The Grandmother (2022) and Animas (2018).
How are movies similar to Venus chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Venus, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.