Movies Like Backwoods

If you liked Backwoods, a movie directed by Ian Lewono, 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
A Field in England (2013)
★ 6.2/10
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a…
2
Forbidden Fruits (2026)
★ 5.8/10
Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. When new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are…
3
Special (2006)
★ 6.3/10
A lonely metermaid has a psychotic reaction to his medication and becomes convinced he's a superhero. A very select group of people in life are truly gifted. Special is a movie about everyone else.
4
Passenger (2026)
★ 7.3/10
After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their…
5
Prince of Darkness (1987)
★ 6.8/10
A priest discovers an ancient canister containing a strange liquid in an abandoned church. When a group of graduate students and scientists are tasked with studying it, they unknowingly unleash an evil force waiting to…
6
Event Horizon (1997)
★ 6.6/10
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something…
7
The Ritual (2025)
★ 5.8/10
Two priests, one in crisis with his faith and the other confronting a turbulent past, must overcome their differences to perform a risky exorcism.
8
Carnival of Souls (1962)
★ 6.9/10
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is…
9
Tarot (2024)
★ 6.3/10
When a group of friends recklessly violate the sacred rule of Tarot readings, they unknowingly unleash an unspeakable evil trapped within the cursed cards. One by one, they come face to face with fate and end up in a…
10
Brain Damage (1988)
★ 6.7/10
Brian comes under the addictive spell of a parasite with the ability to induce euphoric hallucinations in its hosts.
11
It Follows (2015)
★ 6.6/10
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
12
Bugonia (2025)
★ 7.3/10
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
13
Tourist Trap (1979)
★ 6.1/10
After their car breaks down, a group of young travelers find themselves stranded at a roadside museum run by the enigmatic Mr. Slausen and populated by his collection of life-like wax mannequins.
14
Next (2007)
★ 6.2/10
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical…
15
The Ritual (2017)
★ 6.3/10
A group of university friends reunite for a hiking trip in Sweden, but are stalked by a menacing presence when they're diverted through the woods.
16
Sound of My Voice (2011)
★ 6.3/10
A journalist and his girlfriend get pulled in while they investigate a cult whose leader claims to be from the future.
17
Extra Ordinary (2019)
★ 6.4/10
A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.
18
Coherence (2014)
★ 7.2/10
Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.
19
Society (1990)
★ 6.7/10
Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns…
20
The Master (2012)
★ 7.1/10
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion"…