Movies Like When Shadows Dance at Night

If you liked When Shadows Dance at Night (2021), a drama and horror movie directed by Taye Alvis, 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
Starve Acre (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and drama
When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.
2
His House (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and drama
After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.
3
The Surrender (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and horror
A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.
4
Ginger Snaps (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and fantasy
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously…
5
The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and horror
A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.
6
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and horror
Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror when fate draws him to the sleepy West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous…
7
Presence (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and drama
A couple and their children move into a seemingly normal suburban home. When strange events occur, they begin to believe there is something else in the house with them. The presence is about to disrupt their lives in…
8
Nefarious (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and drama
On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three…
9
Men (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and fantasy
In the aftermath of a personal tragedy, Harper retreats alone to the beautiful English countryside, hoping to find a place to heal. But someone — or something — from the surrounding woods appears to be stalking her…
10
The Babadook (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and horror
A grieving single mother and her child fall into a deep well of paranoia when an eerie children's book manifests in their home.
11
The Witch (2016)
★ 7/10Also horror and fantasy
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are…
12
Midsommar (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also horror and drama
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets…
13
Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and fantasy
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
14
Dust Bunny (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and 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.
15
Spell (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and fantasy
A father survives a plane crash in rural Appalachia, but becomes suspicious of the elderly couple who take him in to nurse him back to health with the ancient remedies.
16
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and horror
After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar…
17
The Cursed (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and drama
In the late 19th century, a brutal land baron slaughters a Roma clan, unleashing a curse on his family and village. In the days that follow, the townspeople are plagued by nightmares, the baron's son goes missing, and…
18
Antlers (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and horror
A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.
19
A Quiet Place (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also horror and drama
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
20
It (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also horror and drama
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.