20 movies like Apocalyptic, ordered by similarity : Mandy(2018), The Cliff(2016), The Endless(2017), The Veil(2016), Crimes of the Mind(2014), The Heretics(2017), The Blood of Fu Manchu(1968), Borderland(2007), We Summon the Darkness(2019), Martha Marcy May Marlene(2011), The Cured(2017), Midsommar(2019) ...
Horror, Drama
Australia
2014
84 Minutes
Jane Elizabeth Barry David Macrae Geoff Pinfield Tom McCathie Rachel Torrance Ashleigh Gregory Zoe Imms Janice Paull
reporter cameraman cult leader cult member intense disturbing suspenseful thrilling gory raw australia jungle cult headquarters reporting cult investigation danger death adventure discovery
While investigating the legend of a mysterious group of religious people living in the forest, a local news crew becomes trapped in the grasp of a doomsday cult, who are about to execute their final act of devotion and biblical punishment.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Belgium
2018
121 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Andrea Riseborough Linus Roache Ned Dennehy Olwen Fouere Richard Brake Bill Duke Line Pillet
outcast cult leader cult member couple kidnapper brutal tense gory brash disturbing thrilling woods forest cult headquarters tent compound revenge cult kidnapping missing persons
The enchanted lives of a couple in a secluded forest are brutally shattered by a nightmarish hippie cult and their demon-biker henchmen, propelling a man into a spiraling, surreal rampage of vengeance.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Spain
2016
96 Minutes
Daniel Grao Juana Acosta Goya Toledo Josean Bengoetxea Jon Kortajarena Ingrid García Jonsson Ana Gracia Maiken Beitia Ciro Miró Xabier Elorriaga Itsaso Arana
lawyer sister cult member cult leader suicide suicidal person thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping shocking intense island london danger death suicide cult investigation brother/sister relationship
A mass suicide involving members of a cult takes place in the Canary Islands. Gabriel's younger sister, Cordelia, who he hasn't seen for years, was one of the cult followers. Gabriel decides to travel there and find out what happened.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
111 Minutes
Aaron Moorhead Aaron Moorhead Justin Benson Callie Hernandez Tate Ellington Lew Temple James Jordan Shane Brady Kira Powell Emily Montague Peter Cilella
brother cult leader cult member creature camper chilling dark thrilling intense suspenseful disturbing camp woods lake compound boat forest cult mystery mythical creatures
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
Horror
USA
2016
93 Minutes
Jessica Alba Thomas Jane Lily Rabe Shannon Woodward Reid Scott Aleksa Palladino Ivy George Lenny Jacobson
cult member survivor filmmaker film producer cult leader unrestrained thrilling suspenseful solemn frightening engaging dark cult headquarters compound cult mass death suicide religion horror possession
Twenty-five years after members of a religious cult committed mass suicide, the lone survivor returns to the scene of the tragedy with a documentary crew in tow.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|USA
2014
90 Minutes
Christina Cox Tina Ivlev Paula Trickey Rebekah Kennedy Blanca Blanco Matt Corboy Eric Scott Woods Joe Howard Mandy Levin
woman kidnapped child kidnapper mother cult leader intense disturbing brooding thrilling emotional suspenseful cult headquarters brainwashing cult mother/daughter relationship desperation emotional abuse love rescue underdog
A woman spends five years trying to get her brainwashed daughter back from a cult.
Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Canada
2017
87 Minutes
Nina Kiri Jorja Cadence Ryan Barrett Nina Richmond Will King Caleigh Le Grand Colin Price Austin Duffy Julie C. Sheppard Sid McMillan
cult figure cult leader cult member demon woman dark bleak chilling brutal frightening gory forest church cabin demon worship demonic possession demons cult kidnapping occult
After she's kidnapped, a young woman begins to undergo a strange transformation.
Horror, Adventure, Crime, Drama
UK|West Germany|Spain
1968
92 Minutes
Christopher Lee Richard Greene Howard Marion-Crawford Tsai Chin Götz George Ricardo Palacios Shirley Eaton Maria Rohm Frances Kahn Marcelo Arroita-Jauregui Vicente Roca
mad scientist slave enemy man intense suspenseful thrilling disturbing brooding rainforest south america hole headquarters poison danger moonshine blindness death adventure discovery
Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Horror
2007
104 Minutes
Brian Presley Martha Higareda Jake Muxworthy Rider Strong Damián Alcázar Sean Astin Marco Bacuzzi Roberto Sosa Francesca Guillén Beto Cuevas Humberto Busto
college student friend tourist drug smuggler disturbing chilling gory mexico vacation cult sacrifice drug smuggling satanism discovery escape 2000s
During a weekend trip to Mexico, three friends look for fun but find death instead when they run afoul of cultists who practice human sacrifice.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA|Canada|UK
2019
83 Minutes
Alexandra Daddario Keean Johnson Johnny Knoxville Logan Miller Maddie Hasson Allison McAtee Austin Swift Tanner Beard Stephanie Moroz Amy Forsyth
music lover friend group leader religious fanatic cult member brutal campy cheeky dark disturbing frenetic intense shocking thrilling tense suspenseful country house united states cult satanism
Three best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy-metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians and head off to one of the girls' country home for an after-party.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2011
101 Minutes
Elizabeth Olsen Sarah Paulson John Hawkes Hugh Dancy Brady Corbet Christopher Abbott Maria Dizzia Julia Garner Louisa Krause
cult member sister brother-in-law cult leader runaway suspenseful thrilling catskills farmhouse family home connecticut lake cult sister relationship manipulation mental breakdown escape transformation 2010s
Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
Ireland|France
2017
95 Minutes
Elliot Page Sam Keeley Tom Vaughan-Lawlor Stuart Graham Peter Campion Natalia Kostrzewa Frank Cannon Lesley Conroy
zombie man sister-in-law niece cannibal disturbing dark somber suspenseful shocking thrilling house street apocalypse virus antidote horror zombies cure adventure
A disease that turns people into zombies has been cured. The once-infected zombies are discriminated against by society and their own families, which causes social issues to arise. This leads to militant government interference.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Sweden
2019
145 Minutes
Florence Pugh Jack Reynor William Jackson Harper Will Poulter Vilhelm Blomgren Isabelle Grill Gunnel Fred Archie Madekwe Ellora Torchia Anna Åström Liv Mjönes
young woman young man couple villager cult member disturbing brooding raw chilling sweden village festival local customs cult human sacrifice family tragedy escape mystery fall sacrifice
A couple travels to Eastern Europe to visit a rural hometown's fabled Swedish mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly devolves into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Horror, Drama
Ireland|UK
2016
100 Minutes
Catherine Walker Steve Oram Mark Huberman Susan Loughnane
occultist grieving mother dead person bleak brooding chilling creepy dark disturbing eerie frightening outlandish shocking solemn tense wales countryside abandoned house revenge occult
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Mexico|Canada|Germany
2006
103 Minutes
Nicolas Cage Ellen Burstyn Kate Beahan Frances Conroy Molly Parker Leelee Sobieski Diane Delano Erika-Shaye Gair Sophie Hough Christa Campbell
police officer ex-fiancée daughter cult leader schoolteacher cult member thrilling dark tense suspenseful frightening island bar docks household festival classroom investigation cult human sacrifice
A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive, neo-pagan community.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
USA
2013
87 Minutes
Ally Walker Richard Riehle Charlie O'Connell Erica Leerhsen Daniel Hugh Kelly Stephanie Erb Noell Coet Adam C. Edwards Shannon Makhanian Ian Bamberg
young girl father orphan blind girl killer psychopath creepy disturbing dark suspenseful thrilling intense united states countryside country house village small town intruders psychopath halloween
Young Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to protect herself and her loved ones from a mysterious intruder.
Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama, History
Germany|France|Luxembourg|UK|USA
2015
110 Minutes
Emma Watson Daniel Brühl Michael Nyqvist Richenda Carey Vicky Krieps Jeanne Werner Julian Ovenden August Zirner Martin Wuttke César Bordón Nicolás Barsoff
prisoner cult leader young woman love interest militant rebel bleak disturbing emotional frightening gutsy powerful sad chile cult headquarters prison embassy military coup cult love
A young woman's desperate search for her abducted boyfriend draws her into the infamous Colonia Dignidad, a sect nobody has ever escaped from.
Horror, Crime, Drama
2019
115 Minutes
Jonas Dassler Margarete Tiesel Adam Bousdoukos Marc Hosemann Katja Studt Martina Eitner-Acheampong Tristan Göbel Philipp Baltus Victoria Trauttmansdorff Hark Bohm
man serial killer murderer murder victim monster woman engaging shocking gripping suspenseful brutal thrilling germany hamburg, germany investigation serial murders fear murder danger suspicion
Drama
USA
2013
90 Minutes
William Hurt Bruce Greenwood Joanne Whalley-Kilmer Brian Dennehy Kevin R. McNally Eve Best Langley Kirkwood Robert Hobbs
physicist nobel laureate astronaut scientist criminal intense patriotic suspenseful brooding profound office laboratory space center space station challenger disaster investigation conspiracy danger nasa pursuit
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse.
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
Italy
2014
85 Minutes
Gabriella Wright Bret Roberts Carl Wharton Tania Bambaci Daniel Vivian Philippe Reinhardt
wife husband incredible suspenseful disturbing thrilling raw somber cabin hospital woods miscarriage marriage dark secrets fear danger murder rise fall pursuit
A married couple decide to spend a weekend in a remote cabin, but the romantic journey takes a turn for the worst, when a sneaking suspicion becomes pure madness.