Movies Like An American Terror
If you liked An American Terror (2013), a drama and horror movie directed by Haylar Garcia, 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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Zero Day (2003)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaTwo troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school.
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The Shed (2019)
★ 6/10Also horrorThe story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…
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Wake Up (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorA group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security…
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The Loved Ones (2010)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorWhen Brent turns down his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, she concocts a wildly violent plan for revenge.
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Cry_Wolf (2005)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorAfter a local woman is murdered, a group of teenage liars create a warning e-mail of a serial killer named “The Wolf”, coming on the next full moon. The teens describe each death method The Wolf uses, but when the…
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The New Kids (1985)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and horrorA brother and his young sister come to a small town to find out a local gang terrorizes the population.
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The Final (2010)
★ 6/10Also horrorA group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.
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My Friend Dahmer (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaJeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become.
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Sleepers (1996)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaTwo gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
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Massacre at Central High (1976)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorMaimed by bullies at a California high school, a new student engineers acts of revenge.
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The Black Phone (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also horrorFinney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney…
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The House That Jack Built (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and horrorFailed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for…
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Ma (2019)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorSue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting…
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Carrie (1976)
★ 7.3/10Also horrorWithdrawn and sensitive teenager Carrie White faces bullying from her classmates and abuse from her fanatically pious mother. When she begins to suspect that she has supernatural powers, things take a dark and violent…
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The Life Before Her Eyes (2008)
★ 6/10Also dramaAs the 15th anniversary of a fatal high school shooting approaches, former pupil Diana McFee is haunted by memories of the tragedy. After losing her best friend Maureen in the attack, Diana has been profoundly affected…
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Scream (1996)
★ 7.4/10Also horrorA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
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Haunt (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorOn Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
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Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
★ 6/10Also horrorVirginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be…
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Halloween Ends (2022)
★ 6/10Also horrorFour years after the events of Halloween in 2018, Laurie has decided to liberate herself from fear and rage and embrace life. But when a young man is accused of killing a boy he was babysitting, it ignites a cascade of…
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Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorTommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.