Movies Like After Chernobyl

If you liked After Chernobyl (2021), a horror and mystery movie directed by Igor Kinko and Maksym Lytvynov, 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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Barbarian (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mystery
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…
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V/H/S/94 (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material…
3
Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mystery
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
4
The Dogs (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
After fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery
Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
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V/H/S (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and horror
When a group of misfits is hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire one rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they had bargained for.
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and mystery
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
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V/H/S/99 (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.
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Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
10
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…
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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.
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Videodrome (1983)
★ 7.2/10Also horror and mystery
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential…
13
V/H/S/2 (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain…
14
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…
15
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.
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God Is a Bullet (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and horror
Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…
17
Body Double (1984)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills. While peering through the beautiful home's telescope one night, he spies…
18
The Children (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery
Margot is a documentary filmmaker looking to meet her long-lost mother and extended family in a secluded Amish community. She and her film crew soon realize the family that welcomes them into their home might be hiding…
20
Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7/10Also thriller and horror
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…