Movies Like The Relic

If you liked The Relic (1997), a horror and mystery movie directed by Peter Hyams, 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
Splinter (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV…
2
The Mist (2007)
★ 7/10Also horror and science fiction
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals…
3
Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
4
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the…
5
Sleepwalkers (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force of the innocent, but destined to roam…
6
The Bride! (2026)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and horror
A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what…
7
V/H/S/Beyond (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and science fiction
The infinite playground of forbidden worlds and dangerous lifeforms offered by the sci-fi horror genre will lead to the biggest, maddest, bloodiest V/H/S ever.
8
Wolfen (1981)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A New York City cop and an expert criminologist trying to solve a series of grisly deaths in which the victims have seemingly been maimed by feral animals discover a sinister connection between the crimes and an old…
9
Crimes of the Future (2022)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and horror
With his partner Caprice, celebrity performance artist Saul Tenser publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An investigator from the National Organ Registry obsessively tracks…
10
Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…
11
Alligator (1980)
★ 6/10Also horror and science fiction
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a…
12
Year 10 (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
After the fall of civilization, the few survivors have been driven to cannibalism. A young man must confront a violent tribe that has murdered his father and stolen the medicine that keeps his girlfriend alive.
13
The Thing (1982)
★ 8.1/10Also horror and mystery
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
14
Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and science fiction
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
15
28 Years Later (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thriller
Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into the dark heart of the mainland, he…
16
Crawlers (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
On Saint Patrick's day—a night of wild parties and drunken revelry—three unlikely friends band together to save a college town from a vicious horde of body-snatching aliens.
17
Dark Skies (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and thriller
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an…
18
Candyman (2021)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
A Chicago artist's sanity starts to unravel, unleashing a terrifying wave of violence when he begins to explore the macabre history of the Candyman.
19
The Bay (2012)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and science fiction
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
20
Color Out of Space (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction
The Gardner family moves to a remote farmstead in rural New England to escape the hustle of the 21st century. They are busy adapting to their new life when a meteorite crashes into their front yard, melts into the…