Movies Like Children of the Corn

If you liked Children of the Corn (1984), a horror and thriller movie directed by Fritz Kiersch, 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
Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
2
Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup…
3
Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
After a landsman in 18th century England discovers a corpse covered in fur buried in a field, the town becomes infected by "the devil's skin," leading the local children to engage in demonic rituals and criminal…
4
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.
5
Cobweb (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Eight year old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tapping from inside his bedroom wall—one that his parents insist is all in his imagination. As Peter's fear intensifies, he believes that his parents could be…
6
The Jester (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat this evil entity.
7
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before…
8
The Children (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
9
Vampires (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.
10
Lady in White (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.
11
825 Forest Road (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
After a family tragedy, Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life in Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Elizabeth, but he quickly discovers that the town has a dark history of being haunted by a ghostly…
12
The Exorcist (1973)
★ 7.8/10Also horror
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
13
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and horror
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a…
14
The Black Phone (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also horror and thriller
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney…
15
Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
16
The Omen (1976)
★ 7.4/10Also horror and thriller
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.
17
The Believers (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
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…
18
Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
Margot is a documentary filmmaker looking to meet her long-lost mother and extended family in a secluded Amish community. She and her film crew soon realize the family that welcomes them into their home might be hiding…
19
Clown (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.
20
The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services…