Movies Like Hokum

2026 • Rating 6.6 • horror, mystery

The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Style: Cerebral

Audience: Adult

Plot: Supernatural, Haunted House, Evil Spirit, Fear, Demon, Entity, Death, Caregiver, Dying Mother, Evil

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-03-12

Place: Canada, United States Of America, English

Cast: Nina Kiri, Adam DiMarco, Michèle Duquet, Keana Bastidas, Jeff Yung, Ryan Turner

2026 • Rating 5.2 • mystery, drama, horror

When James receives a mysterious letter from his lost love Mary, he is drawn to Silent Hill—a once-familiar town now consumed by darkness. As he searches for her, James faces monstrous creatures and unravels a terrifying truth that will push him to the edge of his sanity.

Genre: Mystery, Drama, Horror

Style: Cerebral, Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Monster, Wife, Supernatural, Letter, Painter, Sequel, Punishment, Love, Survival, Murder

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-01-21

Place: France, Japan, United States Of America, United Kingdom, Germany

Cast: Jeremy Irvine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Evie Templeton, Pearse Egan, Nicola Alexis, Robert Strange

2026 • Rating 6.9 • horror, mystery

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Style: Cerebral, Dark

Audience: Adult

Plot: Journalist, Egypt, Monster, Ritual, Kidnapping, New Mexico, Pyramid, Investigation, Supernatural, Mummy

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-04-15

Place: United States Of America, Ireland, Spanish, English

Cast: Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, May Calamawy, Natalie Grace, Shylo Molina, Billie Roy

2026 • Rating 6.1 • horror, mystery, crime

When a new Ghostface killer emerges in the quiet town where Sidney Prescott has built a new life, her darkest fears are realized as her daughter becomes the next target. Determined to protect her family, Sidney must face the horrors of her past to put an end to the bloodshed once and for all.

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Crime

Style: Cerebral, Dark, Futuristic, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Mask, Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Sequel, Murder, Serial Killer, Slasher, Whodunit, Killing Spree, Self Referential, Reboot

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-25

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Isabel May, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Mason Gooding, Roger L. Jackson

2026 • Rating 5.5 • horror, mystery

Rebecca Owens, a recent mortuary science graduate takes a night shift job at River Fields Mortuary. Initially, the job seems straightforward — embalming bodies, completing paperwork, and keeping things tidy. But once Rebecca starts working the night shift, things take a dark turn.

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Style: Cerebral, Dark

Audience: Adult

Plot: Night Shift, Based On Video Game, Mortuary, Macabre, Desperate, Supernatural Horror, Psychological Horror, Callous, Rebecca Owens, A Recent Mortuary Science Graduate Takes A Night Shift Job At River Fields Mortuary

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-13

Place: United States Of America, United Kingdom, English

Cast: Willa Holland, Paul Sparks, John Adams, Mark Steger, Shelly Gibson, Emily Bennett

2026 • Rating 6.2 • science fiction, horror, fantasy

A lonely Frankenstein travels to 1930s Chicago to ask groundbreaking scientist Dr. Euphronious to create a companion for him. The two revive a murdered young woman and The Bride is born. But what ensues is beyond what either of them imagined.

Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy

Style: Cerebral, Dark, Futuristic, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Chicago, Illinois, New York City, Prostitute, Based On Novel Or Book, Musical, Mad Scientist, Niagara Falls, Murder, Loneliness, Police Corruption

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-03-04

Place: United States Of America, English, New York

Cast: Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Jeannie Berlin, Annette Bening

1960 • Rating 8.4 • horror, thriller, mystery

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Genre: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Style: Cerebral, Dark, Psychological, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Hotel, Clerk, Detective, Shower, Arizona, Motel, Halloween, Stolen Money, Alter Ego, Taxidermy

Time: Year 1960, 1960S, 1960-06-22

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire

2025 • Rating 6.6 • horror, mystery

A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Style: Cerebral

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Exit, Based On Video Game, Found Footage, Station, Anomaly, Cautionary, Introspective, Psychological, Liminal, Metro

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, 2025-08-28

Place: Japan, Japanese, Space

Cast: Kazunari Ninomiya, Yamato Kochi, Nana Komatsu, Naru Asanuma, Kotone Hanase, Hirota Otsuka

1995 • Rating 8.4 • crime, mystery, thriller

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Style: Cerebral, Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Seven Deadly Sins, Rage And Hate, Police, S.W.A.T., Sadism, Self Fulfilling Prophecy, Psychopath, Detective, Investigation, Insomnia

Time: Year 1995, 1990S, 1995-09-22

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Cassini, Peter Crombie, Reg E. Cathey

2026 • Rating 5.8 • action, thriller, mystery

Captain Jordan Wright's squadron on leave for a wedding in Mexico encounters a murderous cartel. As Jordan tries to lead survivors to safety, war erupts between his squad and the cartel, forcing him into a battle to save his men.

Genre: Action, Thriller, Mystery, Drama

Style: Cerebral, Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Survival, Military, Cartel, Action, México, Captain Jordan Wright'S Squadron On Leave For A Wedding In Mexico Encounters A Murderous Cartel, As Jordan Tries To Lead Survivors To Safety, War Erupts Between His Squad And The Cartel, Forcing Him Into A Battle To Save His Men

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-04-15

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Tommy Martinez, Ashton Sanders, Solly McLeod, Laura Osma, Omar Chaparro

2026 • Rating 6.0 • horror, mystery

A misfit group of unwitting high school students stumble upon a cursed object, an ancient Aztec Death Whistle. They discover that blowing the whistle and the terrifying sound it emits will summon their future deaths to hunt them down.

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: High School, Grave, Evil Spirit, School, Death, Whistle, Based On Short Story, Supernatural Horror, Cautionary, Cursed Object

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-01-20

Place: Ireland, United States Of America, English, Future City

Cast: Dafne Keen, Sophie Nélisse, Sky Yang, Jhaleil Swaby, Alissa Skovbye, Percy Hynes White

2025 • Rating 8.3 • drama, history

Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome at 15, John Davidson navigates his way against the odds through troubled teenage years and into adulthood, finding inspiration in the kindness of others to discover his true purpose in life.

Genre: Drama, History

Style: Dark

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Scotland, Dark Comedy, Biography, Based On True Story, Alienation, Outcast, Tourette Syndrome, Docudrama, 1980S, 1990S

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, 2025-09-22

Place: United Kingdom, Ireland, English

Cast: Robert Aramayo, Maxine Peake, Peter Mullan, Shirley Henderson, Scott Ellis Watson, David Carlyle

2025 • Rating 7.2 • mystery, thriller

Trying to escape her past, Millie Calloway accepts a job as a live-in housemaid for the wealthy Nina and Andrew Winchester. But what begins as a dream job quickly unravels into something far more dangerous—a sexy, seductive game of secrets, scandal, and power.

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Style: Cerebral, Mind Bending, Surreal, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Based On Novel Or Book, Manipulation, Psychological Thriller, Housekeeper, Dominance, Attic, Housemaid, Enigmatic, Adaptation, Secrets

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, 2025-12-18

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Sydney Sweeney, Amanda Seyfried, Brandon Sklenar, Michele Morrone, Elizabeth Perkins, Indiana Elle

2026 • Rating 5.7 • horror, thriller

Tethered by a frightening conclusion, Maya and the Strangers are locked on an unavoidable, unforgiving collision course — a showdown that proves they’re far from strangers now.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Sequel, Slasher, Struggle For Survival, Reboot, Masked Killer, Stalkers, Serial Killers, Dirty Sheriff, Isolated Setting, Violent Intrusion

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-05

Place: United Kingdom, United States Of America, English

Cast: Madelaine Petsch, Richard Brake, Ema Horvath, Gabriel Basso, Pedro Leandro, Rachel Shenton

2026 • Rating 7.2 • horror, thriller, science fiction

Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.

Genre: Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: England, Post Apocalyptic Future, Satanism, Satanist, Sequel, Satan, Survival, Zombie, Death, Crucifix

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, Future, 2026-01-14

Place: United Kingdom, United States Of America, English, French, Future City

Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Jack O'Connell, Alfie Williams, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry, Emma Laird

2026 • Rating 0.0 • horror, thriller, science fiction

Follow the terrifying descent into hell of a promising Hollywood actor who has become a monster driven by revenge, exploring the loss of identity and humanity, the ravages of toxic love and the dark side of scientific ambition.

Genre: Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction

Style: Cerebral, Dark, Futuristic, Psychological, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Monster, Shapeshifting, Based On Comic, Tragedy, Clay, Body Horror, Dc Universe (Dcu), Follow The Terrifying Descent Into Hell Of A Promising Hollywood Actor Who Has Become A Monster Driven By Revenge, Exploring The Loss Of Identity And Humanity, The Ravages Of Toxic Love And The Dark Side Of Scientific Ambition

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-10-21

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Tom Rhys Harries, Max Minghella, Naomi Ackie, Eddie Marsan, David Dencik, Wil Coban

2021 • Rating 6.9 • action, horror, thriller

All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their harsh historical past.

Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Texas, Sequel, Prequel, Murder, Desert, Survival Horror, Neo Western, Purge, Family Surviving Alone, Guns And Weapons

Time: Year 2021, 2020S, 2021-06-30

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Ana de la Reguera, Josh Lucas, Willow Beuoy, Leven Rambin, Will Patton, Cassidy Freeman

2026 • Rating 7.2 • action, science fiction, thriller

On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Gore, Military Training, Hostile, Afghanistan Veteran, Rangers, Alien Hunters, Alien Arrival, Military Sci Fi, Suspenseful, U.S. Army Ranger

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-12

Place: Australia, United States Of America, English

Cast: Alan Ritchson, Dennis Quaid, Stephan James, Jai Courtney, Esai Morales, Blake Richardson

2026 • Rating 0.0 • action, fantasy, adventure

The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.

Genre: Action, Fantasy, Adventure

Style: Dark

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Martial Arts, Magic, Ninja Fighter, Gore, Sequel, God, Alternate Dimension, Ninja, Fighting, Based On Video Game

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-05-06

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks

2026 • Rating 6.5 • adventure, thriller, science fiction

Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.

Genre: Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Natural Disaster, Shelter, Protective Father, Traumatized Child, Audacious, Human Resilience, Post‑Apocalyptic Journey, Family Survival, Harsh Environment, Constant Threat

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-01-07

Place: United Kingdom, United States Of America, English, French

Cast: Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, Roman Griffin Davis, Tommie Earl Jenkins, Trond Fausa Aurvåg, Amber Rose Revah

2025 • Rating 6.4 • horror, drama, science fiction

Alpha, a troubled 13-year-old lives with her single mom. Their world collapses the day she returns from school with a tattoo on her arm.

Genre: Horror, Drama, Science Fiction

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic

Audience: Adult, Date Night, Teens

Plot: Coming Of Age, Disease, Pandemic, Mother Daughter Relationship, Body Horror, Depressing, Alpha, A Troubled, Year-Old Lives With Her Single Mom, Their World Collapses The Day She Returns From School With A Tattoo On Her Arm

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, 2025-08-20

Place: France, Belgium, English, French, Persian

Cast: Mélissa Boros, Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani, Emma Mackey, Finnegan Oldfield, Louai El Amrousy

2021 • Rating 6.6 • horror, drama, thriller

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 a boy is found murdered. The locals suspect a wild animal, but a visiting pathologist warns of a more sinister presence lurking in the woods.

Genre: Horror, Drama, Thriller

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Gypsy, World War I, Gore, Flashback, Werewolf, Creature, Church, Pathologist, 19Th Century, Silver Bullet

Time: Year 2021, 2020S, 2021-07-28

Place: France, United States Of America, English

Cast: Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly, Alistair Petrie, Roxane Duran, Nigel Betts, Stuart Bowman

2023 • Rating 6.7 • action, mystery, thriller

After his son is wrongly accused of kidnapping, a deacon who has just lost his wife takes matters into his own hands and fights a crooked police gang to clear him.

Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller

Style: Cerebral, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Revenge Thriller, Nollywood, After His Son Is Wrongly Accused Of Kidnapping, A Deacon Who Has Just Lost His Wife Takes Matters Into His Own Hands And Fights A Crooked Police Gang To Clear Him

Time: Year 2023, 2020S, 2023-09-22

Place: Nigeria, English

Cast: Richard Mofe-Damijo, Ade Laoye, Sam Dede, Alex Usifo Omiagbo, Shaffy Bello, Kelechi Udegbe

2026 • Rating 6.3 • horror, thriller

A woman, employed as a website content moderator, comes across a series of violent videos reproducing death scenes from a film.

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd), Kidnapping, Beheading, Trauma, Sequel, Murder, Serial Killer, Internet, Slasher, Violent Death

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-04-10

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Barbie Ferreira, Dacre Montgomery, Josie Totah, Aaron Holliday, Jermaine Fowler, Charli xcx

2026 • Rating 7.3 • thriller, drama, mystery

Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the basement of a remote Yorkshire house, inhabited by a very strange family. But what unfolds is not what he could possibly expect.

Genre: Thriller, Drama, Mystery

Style: Cerebral, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Kidnapping, Paranoid, Family Life, Toxic Relationship, Toxic Family, Dramatic, Complicated, Harsh, Sympathetic, Tommy

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-03-06

Place: United Kingdom, Poland, English

Cast: Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon, Kit Rakusen, Monika Frajczyk, Savannah Steyn

2026 • Rating 0.0 • horror

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

Genre: Horror

Style: Dark, Psychological

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Obsession, Supernatural, Possession, Wish, Evil Spirit, Love, Demon, Couple, Demonic Possession, Supernatural Horror

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-04-16

Place: United States Of America, United Kingdom, English

Cast: Michael Johnston, Inde Navarrette, Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, Andy Richter, Haley Fitzgerald

2026 • Rating 7.2 • thriller, action, drama

A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.

Genre: Thriller, Action, Drama

Style: Cerebral, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Double Agent, Double Cross, Undercover Operation, Aggressive, Frantic, South Korea, North Korea, Inter Korean Relations, National Intelligence Service (Nis), Political Conspiracy

Time: Year 2026, 2020S, 2026-02-11

Place: South Korea, English, Russian, Korean, Korea

Cast: Zo In-sung, Park Jeong-min, Park Hae-joon, Shin Sae-kyeong, Robert Maaser, Jung Yoo-jin

2025 • Rating 6.9 • action, thriller

Former assassin Hutch Mansell takes his family on a nostalgic vacation to a small-town theme park, only to be pulled back into violence when they clash with a corrupt operator, a crooked sheriff, and a ruthless crime boss.

Genre: Action, Thriller

Style: Dark, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult

Plot: Assassin, Dark Comedy, Sequel, Revenge, One Man Army, Family Vacation, Russian Mafia, Former Assassin Hutch Mansell Takes His Family On A Nostalgic Vacation To A Small-Town Theme Park, Only To Be Pulled Back Into Violence When They Clash With A Corrupt Operator, A Crooked Sheriff

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, 2025-08-13

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, John Ortiz, Colin Hanks, RZA, Colin Salmon

2022 • Rating 7.0 • action, crime, drama

A noir thriller set in Miami, the film follows an enforcer who discovers his femme fatale boss has branched out into cyber sex trafficking, putting a young runaway he’s befriended at risk. He sacrifices everything to save the young girl from the deadly organization he’s spent his life building.

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Style: Dark, Gritty, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Date Night

Plot: Direct, A Noir Thriller Set In Miami, The Film Follows An Enforcer Who Discovers His Femme Fatale Boss Has Branched Out Into Cyber Sex Trafficking, Putting A Young Runaway He, S Befriended At Risk, He Sacrifices Everything To Save The Young Girl From The Deadly Organization He, S Spent His Life Building

Time: Year 2022, 2020S, 2022-09-22

Place: United States Of America, English, Spanish

Cast: Antonio Banderas, Kate Bosworth, Mojean Aria, Alexis Ren, Zolee Griggs, 2 Chainz

2025 • Rating 4.1 • science fiction, thriller

Will Radford is a top analyst for Homeland Security who tracks potential threats through a mass surveillance program, until one day an attack by an unknown entity leads him to question whether the government is hiding something from him... and from the rest of the world.

Genre: Science Fiction, Thriller

Style: Cerebral, Futuristic, Suspenseful

Audience: Adult, Teens

Plot: Government, Attack, Privacy, Surveillance, Found Footage, Cybersecurity, District, Online Privacy, Screenlife, War

Time: Year 2025, 2020S, 2025-07-29

Place: United States Of America, English

Cast: Ice Cube, Eva Longoria, Clark Gregg, Iman Benson, Henry Hunter Hall, Devon Bostick