Movies Like The Young Cannibals

If you liked The Young Cannibals (2019), a horror and thriller movie directed by Kris Carr and Sam Fowler, 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
Alligator (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A baby alligator is flushed down a toilet and survives by eating discarded lab animals that have been injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal escapes the city sewers and goes on a rampage, pursued by a…
2
Splinter (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV…
3
Saccharine (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also horror
After succumbing to an obscure weight-loss craze involving the eating of human ashes, lovelorn medical student Hana finds herself haunted by the ghost of the person she's eating.
4
Year 10 (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
After the fall of civilization, the few survivors have been driven to cannibalism. A young man must confront a violent tribe that has murdered his father and stolen the medicine that keeps his girlfriend alive.
5
The Midnight Meat Train (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A photographer's obsessive pursuit of dark subject matter leads him into the path of a serial killer who stalks late night commuters, ultimately butchering them in the most gruesome ways.
6
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
7
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman…
8
Siren (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A bachelor party becomes a savage fight for survival when the groomsmen unwittingly unleash a fabled predator upon the festivities.
9
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
10
Assimilate (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
Three friends making a web series about their town discover that their neighbors are being killed and replaced by creatures who are perfect copies of their victims.
11
River of Blood (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
Four kayakers take the wrong river into a jungle inhabited by a tribe of merciless cannibals.
12
Wrong Turn (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
Chris crashes into a carload of other young people, and the group of stranded motorists is soon lost in the woods of West Virginia, where they're hunted by three cannibalistic mountain men who are grossly disfigured by…
13
Dust Bunny (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.
14
The Blob (1958)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to…
15
The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
Brilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.
16
Clayface (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also horror and thriller
Matt Hagen's meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss's actions leave him horribly disfigured. Abandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt…
17
Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
Retired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish…
18
The Wretched (2019)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
A rebellious teenage boy, struggling with his parents' imminent divorce, encounters a terrifying evil after his next-door neighbor becomes possessed by an ancient witch that feasts on children.
19
The Hidden (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
20
Gemini Man (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…