Movies Like American Beast

If you liked American Beast (2014), a fantasy and thriller movie directed by Livingston Oden and Taylor Scott Olson, 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
Men (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and fantasy
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her…
2
Southbound (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and thriller
The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister…
3
Starve Acre (2024)
★ 6/10Also fantasy
When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.
4
Bagman (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag—never to be seen again. Patrick McKee narrowly…
5
825 Forest Road (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
After a family tragedy, Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life in Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Elizabeth, but he quickly discovers that the town has a dark history of being haunted by a ghostly…
6
Stranger in the Woods (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Olivia and her friends go on a vacation. After Olivia nearly drowns with a slit wrist in her bathtub after her fiancé's funeral, her friends suspect that she tried to kill herself, but she believes someone attacked her.
7
The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10Also thriller
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services…
8
Dolls (1987)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy
A precocious girl, her nasty parents, two punk-rock losers and a weak-kneed salesman inadvertently become the guests of two ghoulish senior citizens in their dark, haunted mansion.
9
There's Something in the Barn (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy
An American family fulfills their dream of moving back to their roots after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway. But there's a surprise waiting for them.
10
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
★ 7/10Also fantasy
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank…
11
Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and thriller
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.
12
Nightbreed (1990)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
13
Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
14
What Lies Beneath (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.
15
Mandy (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and…
16
Enter Nowhere (2015)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Three strangers arrive one by one to a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere after enduring separate life-altering predicaments. Searching for a way out of the woods, frustrated, hungry and battling to stay warm…
17
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
★ 7.2/10Also fantasy and thriller
Skeptical young detective Ichabod Crane gets transferred to the hamlet of Sleepy Hollow, New York, where he is tasked with investigating the decapitations of three people – murders the townsfolk attribute to a…
18
The Conjuring (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying…
19
You're Not Alone (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
After the premature death of her estranged husband, Emma (Winter) regains custody of their young daughter Isla (Jones) and hopes to rebuild their relationship after many years apart. But when an evil entity begins to…
20
Hunted (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.