Movies Like Thug
If you liked Thug (2017), a horror and crime movie directed by Franklin Correa, 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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Strange Harvest (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and crimeDetectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.
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Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorFreddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.
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Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorTommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
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Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorFive years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, new counselors roam the area, not sensing the ominous lurking presence that proves that the grisly legend is real.
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Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAfter his revival in a hospital morgue, Jason fixes his vengeful attention on the Jarvis family and a group of hitherto carefree teenagers.
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Creep 2 (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorAfter finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the…
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Scream (1996)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and horrorA year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.
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Curse of the Blair Witch (1999)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorA mockumentary exploring the legend of the Blair Witch and the case of the three missing student filmmakers.
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The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also horrorWhat starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening…
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Trick (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorA detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
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Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
★ 6/10Also horrorVirginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be…
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Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorTen 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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The Prowler (1981)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorThirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
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Smile (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorAfter witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.
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Creep (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorLooking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote…
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I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
★ 6/10Also horrorAfter an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.
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V/H/S/99 (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorA 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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Wake Up (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorA group of young activists set out to make an environmental statement by vandalizing a home superstore as it closes. But their plan goes terribly wrong when they become trapped inside and must face a deranged security…
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Sinister (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorTrue-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths…
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Friday the 13th (1980)
★ 6.4/10Also horrorCamp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.