Movies Like Alien (The Other)

If you liked Alien (The Other) (2022), a fantasy and thriller movie directed by Patricia Riggen, 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
Nightbreed (1990)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
2
Before I Wake (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy and thriller
An orphaned child's dreams—and nightmares—manifest physically as he sleeps.
3
Dead of Night (1945)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.
4
The Unhealer (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and thriller
A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…
5
Dust Bunny (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy
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.
6
A Monster Calls (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also fantasy
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
7
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2010)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and thriller
A young girl sent to live with her father and his new girlfriend discovers creatures in her new home who want to claim her as one of their own.
8
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
A boy is haunted by terrifying nightmares where a monster lurks inside the closet. To his relief, his father appears in the middle of the night helping him to face his fears. But the boy will begin to question the true…
9
The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10Also thriller
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services…
10
You'll Never Find Me (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the…
11
Dream Scenario (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also fantasy
Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to…
12
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy
Escaping from poverty to become a witcher, Vesemir slays monsters for coin and glory, but when a new menace rises, he must face the demons of his past.
13
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and fantasy
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.
14
Bedtime Stories (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up for entertainment inexplicably turn…
15
Paperhouse (1988)
★ 6.5/10Also fantasy
A young girl lost in the loneliness and boredom of reality finds solace in an ill boy, whom she can visit in a surreal dream world that she drew in her school composition book.
16
Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
17
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and thriller
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.
18
Dagon (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy 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…
19
Eradication (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…
20
Bagman (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
For centuries and across cultures, parents have warned their children of the legendary Bagman, who snatches innocent children and stuffs them into his vile, rotting bag—never to be seen again. Patrick McKee narrowly…