Movies Like El mal
If you liked El mal (2026), a thriller and horror movie directed by Juanma Bajo Ulloa, 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.
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Mexican Psycho (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horrorFollows an "ultra-violent and intelligent" psychopath who challenges the police by leaving a white paper rabbit at each crime scene, connecting them all.
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Blackwood (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horrorHaving recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home…
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The House of Snails (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horrorA writer secludes himself in the mountains and falls in lust with local Berta. After realizing the oddities of the rural community the author starts to question the lines between reality and fiction.
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Cheat (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horrorOn the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek…
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Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and horrorA tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
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Chief of Station (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerAfter learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…
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Virtual Reality (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerA film director makes a dark pact for his career to be a success. When he summons the crew and cast to his home for a first screening of the movie they just filmed, they will Fhave to survive a reality they never saw…
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Facing El Chapo (2026)
★ 8.8/10Also thrillerTwo Mexican officers must survive the final hours of their shift after crossing a ruthless cartel boss.
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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
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The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horrorA masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
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Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horrorNeighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
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4x4 (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerBuenos Aires, Argentina. A luxurious van is parked on the sidewalk. A man enters with the purpose of stealing whatever he can find, but when he wants to leave, he cannot. The doors do not open, the control panel does…
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Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)
★ 6/10Also thriller and horrorA family reunion at a remote mansion takes a lethal turn when they are trapped inside and forced to play a deadly survival game where only one will make it out alive.
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The Signal (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerA horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
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Prodigy (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerJimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he…
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Play Dead (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerCriminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is…
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Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerSinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
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In Cold Light (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerFresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.
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Zip Wire (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also thrillerWhen her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial…
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The Evil (1978)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and horrorShortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.