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Movies Like Near Dark

If you liked Near Dark (1987), a horror movie directed by Kathryn Bigelow, 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. 1The Cabin in the Woods

    The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror

    Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about…

  2. 2Night of the Living Dead

    Night of the Living Dead (1990)

    ★ 6.9/10Also horror

    A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

  3. 3Night of the Living Dead

    Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    ★ 7.6/10Also horror

    A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.

  4. 4Ginger Snaps

    Ginger Snaps (2000)

    ★ 6.9/10Also horror

    The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously…

  5. 5Rabid

    Rabid (1977)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror

    A young woman develops a taste for human blood after experimental plastic surgery, and her victims turn into bloodthirsty zombies, leading into a city-wide epidemic.

  6. 6The Stakelander

    The Stakelander (2016)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror

    When his home of New Eden is destroyed by a revitalized Brotherhood and its new Vamp leader, Martin finds himself alone in the badlands of America with only the distant memory of his mentor and legendary vampire…

  7. 7No One Lives

    No One Lives (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.

  8. 8Dark Harvest

    Dark Harvest (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    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.

  9. 9Wrong Turn

    Wrong Turn (2003)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by…

  10. 10House of 1000 Corpses

    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.

  11. 11Vampyres

    Vampyres (1974)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the English countryside.

  12. 12Planet Terror

    Planet Terror (2007)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror

    Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors…

  13. 13The Hills Have Eyes

    The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror

    Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from…

  14. 14The Evil Dead

    The Evil Dead (1983)

    ★ 7.3/10Also horror

    In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

  15. 15The Vampire Lovers

    The Vampire Lovers (1970)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein…

  16. 16The Invitation

    The Invitation (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she…

  17. 17A Return to Salem's Lot

    A Return to Salem's Lot (1987)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    Anthropologist Joe Weber takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot, unaware of its vampire population. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they seek Weber to write a bible for them.

  18. 18Clown in a Cornfield

    Clown in a Cornfield (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    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…

  19. 19Forgive Us All

    Forgive Us All (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus has transformed humans into violently deranged cannibals. A bereaved mother has lost everything and takes refuge in an isolated mountain cabin, until a desperate wounded stranger…

  20. 20Mama

    Mama (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror

    Guillermo del Toro presents Mama, a supernatural thriller that tells the haunting tale of two little girls who disappeared into the woods the day that their parents were killed. When they are rescued years later and…

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