Movies Like Pure

If you liked Pure (2019), a horror and thriller movie directed by Hannah Macpherson, 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
The Children (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
2
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
After witnessing his parents' brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood-soaked mission collides with love, as…
3
He's Out There (2018)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
4
Trick (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
5
Dust Devil (1992)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
6
Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
7
Barbarian (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thriller
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she…
8
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
9
Cheat (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horror
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek…
10
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from…
11
Wrong Turn (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
Jen 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…
12
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
Two decades after surviving a massacre on October 31, 1978, former baby sitter Laurie Strode finds herself hunted by persistent knife-wielder Michael Myers. Laurie now lives in Northern California under an assumed…
13
Southbound (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror
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…
14
Bloodline (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
15
The Believers (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the…
16
The Resurrected (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
17
Kill List (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
18
Hellraiser (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thriller
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
19
Dagon (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is…
20
Azrael (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
In a world where no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the…