20 movies like The Backwoods, ordered by similarity : The Girl With All the Gifts(2016), Quarantine(2008), Get Out(2017), Moonlighting(1982), A Quiet Place(2018), We the Animals(2018), The Night Eats the World(2018), Bedlam(1946), It(2017), Mes Petites Amoureuses(1974), I, Madman(1989), Child's Play(2019) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
France|Spain|UK
2006
98 Minutes
Gary Oldman Virginie Ledoyen Paddy Considine Lluís Homar Yaiza Esteve Andrés Gertrúdix
lucy little girl boyfriend suspenseful backwoods abandoned house couples safety men escape 1970s
An English couple's holiday in Spain is interrupted when they discover a girl imprisoned in a cabin.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2016
111 Minutes
Gemma Arterton Glenn Close Paddy Considine Anamaria Marinca Dominique Tipper Sennia Nanua Anthony Welsh Fisayo Akinade Lobna Futers Daniel Eghan Ross Green
girl gifted child zombie child scientist teacher friend shocking tense suspenseful frightening gory gripping escape disease medical experiments saving the day dystopia survival escape
A scientist and a teacher living in a dystopian future embark on a journey of survival with a special young girl named Melanie.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Spain
2008
89 Minutes
Jennifer Carpenter Steve Harris Jay Hernandez Johnathon Schaech Columbus Short Andrew Fiscella Rade Serbedzija Greg Germann Bernard White Dania Ramirez Elaine Kagan
reporter cameraman fireman young girl zombie suspenseful disturbing los angeles apartment building virus zombies escape government secrets confinement survival escape mystery metamorphosis 2000s
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC, after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Japan
2017
104 Minutes
Daniel Kaluuya Allison Williams Catherine Keener Bradley Whitford Caleb Landry Jones Marcus Henderson Betty Gabriel LaKeith Stanfield Stephen Root Lil Rel Howery Ashley LeConte Campbell
african-american girlfriend mother father servant friend creepy dark intense apartment bedroom house yard car forest meeting interracial relationship strange behavior danger survival
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Drama
UK
1982
95 Minutes
Jeremy Irons Eugene Lipinski Jirí Stanislav Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz Edward Arthur Denis Holmes Renu Setna David Calder
construction worker government official girl foreman amusing uneasy london warsaw apartment grocery store polish solidarity movement immigration employment escape 1980s
A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2018
90 Minutes
Emily Blunt John Krasinski Millicent Simmonds Noah Jupe Cade Woodward Leon Russom Rhoda Pell Evangelina Cavoli
man woman child monster alien son bleak dark eerie intense frightening farmhouse woods abandoned town house basement silo monsters survival a cappella
In a post-apocalyptic world, a family is forced to live in silence while hiding from monsters with ultra-sensitive hearing.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Raúl Castillo Sheila Vand Evan Rosado Isaiah Kristian Josiah Gabriel Michael Pemberton Amelia Campbell Giovanni Pacciarelli
brother mother father boy friend bleak brash emotional endearing moving house woods lake park upstate new york family dysfunction family relationships brother relationship growing up escape
Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
France
2018
93 Minutes
Anders Danielsen Lie Golshifteh Farahani Denis Lavant Sigrid Bouaziz David Kammenos Jean-Yves Cylly Nancy Murillo Lina-Rose Djedje Victor Van Der Woerd Léo Poulet
zombie survivor neighbor brash bleak uneasy thrilling suspenseful apartment apartment building roof paris france party zombies apocalypse relationships survival escape discovery
The morning after a party, a young man wakes up to find Paris invaded by zombies.
Horror
USA
1946
79 Minutes
Boris Karloff Anna Lee Billy House Glen Vernon Jason Robards Sr. Joan Newton Richard Fraser Ian Wolfe Leland Hodgson Elizabeth Russell
manager patient government official patron protégé intense dark suspenseful mental institution london mental illness imprisonment corruption revolution rescue escape 1760s
Nell Bowen, the spirited protege of rich Lord Mortimer, becomes interested in the conditions of notorious St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum (Bedlam). Encouraged by the Quaker Hannay, she tries... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
135 Minutes
Jaeden Martell Jeremy Ray Taylor Sophia Lillis Finn Wolfhard Chosen Jacobs Jack Dylan Grazer Wyatt Oleff Bill Skarsgård Nicholas Hamilton Jake Sim Logan Thompson
clown victim killer child friend sibling brooding chilling disturbing frightening suspenseful uneasy derry, maine sewer house school woods horror monsters evil
An estranged family gathers together in New York City for an event celebrating the artistic work of their father.
Comedy, Drama
France
1974
123 Minutes
Martin Loeb Ingrid Caven Jacqueline Dufranne Vincent Testanière Roger Rizzi Anne Stroka
boy mother mother's boyfriend grandmother friend girl endearing calm tender striking south of france paris apartment school bicycle shop coming of age adolescence desire loneliness family
A study of minor events in the adolescence of a boy growing up in small towns. Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after one year of high school, has to go to live with his mother in the... See full summary »
Horror
Canada|USA
1989
89 Minutes
Jenny Wright Clayton Rohner Randall William Cook Steven Memel Stephanie Hodge Bruce Wagner
bookseller boyfriend mad scientist novelist character suspenseful campy frightful emotional bookstore apartment police station hotel life imitating art serial murders investigation fiction writing scientific experiments mental illness discovery
A bookshop clerk and wannabe actress starts seeing the disfigured killer from her 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her. She tries to convince her cop boyfriend, but to no avail.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2019
90 Minutes
Aubrey Plaza Gabriel Bateman Brian Tyree Henry Tim Matheson David Lewis Beatrice Kitsos Ty Consiglio Carlease Burke Trent Redekop
child possessed person doll friend family member parent brutal frightening disturbing thrilling suspenseful house store parking lot demonic possession murder killer dolls escape rivalry adventure
A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
1999
90 Minutes
Artie Lange Juliette Lewis Shelley Duvall William Hurt Austin Pendleton Tobin Bell Sabrina Grdevich Lorna Millican
interior decorator boyfriend neighbor mysterious man superintendent artist uneasy chilling eerie suspenseful apartment apartment building new york city staircase neighbors infestation harassment voyeurism paranoia threats
A woman inherits a rent-controlled apartment and is terrorized by a neighbor.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
India
2011
90 Minutes
young man young woman couple gripping chilling dark eerie frightening outlandish india house farmhouse apartment street voyeurism supernatural supernatural phenomenon ghosts paranormal paranormal activity
Out to relax and have fun at a farmhouse, a couple experience horror at the hands of an unknown entity.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2015
91 Minutes
Akasha Villalobos Danielle Evon Ploeger Brian Villalobos Jason Vines Laura Ray Ryan Hamilton Kelsey Pribilski JD Carrera
survivor girl masked man killer stalker colleague bleak chilling dark emotional suspenseful gory laundromat past woods home abandoned building post-traumatic stress disorder survivor's guilt survival skills
She survived a brutal massacre, but lost her life. What happens to the final girl after the credits roll?
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
UK
2015
95 Minutes
Diana Vickers Tony Curran Rupert Hill Peter Woodward Adrian Bouchet Sophie Lovell Anderson
lawyer father daughter fiancée accident victim man bleak brutal intense suspenseful creepy dark house woods hideout horror accident father/daughter relationship murder tradition
Deep in the English moors, a sociopath preys on innocent people, until one day his secrets are finally revealed and an inevitable confrontation is at hand.
Drama
Germany|USA
1999
127 Minutes
Winona Ryder Angelina Jolie Clea DuVall Brittany Murphy Elisabeth Moss Jared Leto Jeffrey Tambor Vanessa Redgrave Whoopi Goldberg Mary Kay Place Jillian Armenante
young woman psychologist friend rival parent troubled youth brooding dark raw engaging tense bleak mental institution tunnel home mental breakdown mental illness medicine psychosis suicide
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2000
126 Minutes
Harrison Ford Michelle Pfeiffer Diana Scarwid Miranda Otto James Remar Joe Morton Amber Valletta Victoria Bidewell Katharine Towne Rachel Singer Mark Patrick Costello
husband wife scientist friend college student girl chilling tense bleak thrilling frightening vermont house college bedroom neighborhood murder affair moving neighbors
The wife of a university research scientist believes that her lakeside Vermont home is haunted by a ghost - or that she is losing her mind.
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Ireland|France
1999
74 Minutes
mysterious girl boy girl friend amusement park worker dreamy dark creepy suspenseful amusement park beach train time travel kidnapping fantasy magic curiosity escape temptation 1900s
Animated tale by former Tim Burton art director Deane Taylor has many of Burton's dark themes. Children playing by the sea shore are lured into a time travel portal where they are taken to ... See full summary »
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.