Movies Like It's Better This Way

If you liked It's Better This Way, a horror movie directed by Chris Davies and Mary Beth Gray, 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
Signs (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
2
Never Let Go (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
3
Nope (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
4
No One Will Save You (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
A lonely woman battles extraterrestrials who threaten her future while forcing her to face her past.
5
Margaux (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a…
6
The Stepford Wives (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
Joanna Eberhart comes to the town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
7
Body Snatchers (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage…
8
Splinter (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
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…
9
The Boogeyman (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before…
10
They Reach (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
In 1979, a young girl stumbles upon a possessed tape player. She unknowingly unleashes a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging the small town of Clarkston to Hell.
11
Slash/Back (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.
12
Arcadian (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror
In the near future, on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons face terror at night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a plan for survival, using everything their…
13
The Wretched (2019)
★ 6/10Also horror
A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parents' imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.
14
Dark Skies (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
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…
15
Village of the Damned (1995)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to…
16
The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her nameless traveller fiancé…
17
Knock at the Cabin (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the…
18
Sinners (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also horror
Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
19
Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
20
Zygote (2017)
★ 7/10Also horror
The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.