Movies Like Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan

If you liked Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), a horror movie directed by Rob Hedden, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
After his revival in a hospital morgue, Jason fixes his vengeful attention on the Jarvis family and a group of hitherto carefree teenagers.
2
Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
3
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.
4
Friday the 13th Part III (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
An idyllic summer turns into a nightmare of unspeakable terror for yet another group of naïve friends. Ignoring Camp Crystal Lake's bloody legacy, one by one they fall victim to the maniacal Jason, who stalks them at…
5
Scream VI (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
Following the latest Ghostface killings, the four survivors leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter.
6
House of 1000 Corpses (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial killers.
7
Halloween Ends (2022)
★ 6/10Also horror
Four years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of…
8
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.
9
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
10
Friday the 13th (1980)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
11
The First Purge (2018)
★ 6/10Also horror
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of…
12
Halloween (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also horror
Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
13
Halloween II (1981)
★ 6.6/10Also horror
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for…
14
The Prowler (1981)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
15
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
16
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
★ 6/10Also horror
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed…
17
Trick (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
18
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
★ 6/10Also horror
Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be…
19
Scream (1996)
★ 7.4/10Also horror
A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
20
Halloween (1978)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.