Movies Like Happy Hunting
If you liked Happy Hunting (2017), a horror and thriller movie directed by Joe Dietsch and Louie Gibson, 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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Hunted (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerA woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
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Alone (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerA recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.
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Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorA 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.
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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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Hunter Hunter (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerA fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the remote wilderness, but they soon become increasingly worried when their peaceful existence is disrupted.
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerCarlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
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The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thrillerOne night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans…
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The Hunted (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerIn the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallam. A former Special Operations instructor is approached and asked to apprehend Hallam—his former student—who has 'gone…
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Ma (2019)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thrillerSue 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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The Silencing (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.
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The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerTethered by a frightening conclusion, Maya and the Strangers are locked on an unavoidable, unforgiving collision course — a showdown that proves they’re far from strangers now.
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Halloween (1978)
★ 7.6/10Also horror and thrillerFifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
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The Killer (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerAfter a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
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The Purge: Election Year (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerSeventeen years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to…
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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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The Frozen Ground (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerAn Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
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I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorIn a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own inner demons at bay.
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The Jackal (1997)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerHired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of…
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerTen years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
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Wrong Turn (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerJen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain…