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Movies Like Ancient Lights

If you liked Ancient Lights (2012), a movie directed by Sandra Rojas González, 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. 1Doctor Sleep

    Doctor Sleep (2019)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful…

  2. 2Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

    Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.

  3. 3Constantine

    Constantine (2005)

    ★ 7.2/10

    John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that…

  4. 4The Descent: Part 2

    The Descent: Part 2 (2009)

    ★ 6/10

    Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or…

  5. 5Hostile

    Hostile (2018)

    ★ 6/10

    Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange disturbing creatures that only come out at nighttime.

  6. 6The Haunting

    The Haunting (1963)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced…

  7. 7The Legend of Tarzan

    The Legend of Tarzan (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Tarzan, having acclimated to life in London, is called back to his former home in the jungle to investigate the activities at a mining encampment.

  8. 8Protector

    Protector (2026)

    ★ 8.4/10

    Nikki's life is shattered when her daughter is kidnapped. Thrust into the criminal underworld while hunted by cops and military, she must fight to rescue her child.

  9. 940 Acres

    40 Acres (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…

  10. 10Black Adam

    Black Adam (2022)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern…

  11. 11Legion

    Legion (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10

    When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel…

  12. 12Arcadian

    Arcadian (2024)

    ★ 6/10

    In the near future, on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons face terror at night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a plan for survival, using everything their…

  13. 13Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

    Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Orphaned heiress, English aristocrat and intrepid archaeologist, Lara Croft, embarks on a dangerous quest to retrieve the two halves of an ancient artifact which controls time before it falls into the wrong hands. As…

  14. 14They Reach

    They Reach (2020)

    ★ 6.8/10

    In 1979, a young girl stumbles upon a possessed tape player. She unknowingly unleashes a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging the small town of Clarkston to Hell.

  15. 15The Car

    The Car (1977)

    ★ 6.4/10

    The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined…

  16. 16Knock at the Cabin

    Knock at the Cabin (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10

    While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the…

  17. 17The Call

    The Call (2013)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a…

  18. 18War of the Worlds

    War of the Worlds (2005)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm…

  19. 19Cleaner

    Cleaner (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10

    When a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 storeys up on the outside of the building must save those trapped…

  20. 20Silent Zone

    Silent Zone (2025)

    ★ 6/10

    In a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.

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