Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Bug

If you loved Bug, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Hardcore

Hardcore

1979★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bug for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A conservative Midwest businessman ventures into the sordid underworld of pornography in search of his runaway teenage daughter who’s making hardcore films in the pits of Los Angel...

#2
Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Steptoe & Son Ride Again

1973★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bug for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the loo...

#3
Varan the Unbelievable

Varan the Unbelievable

1962★ 4.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bug for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In an effort to find an economic means of purifying salt water, a joint U.S.-Japanese military command is set up on an isolated Japanese island where an unusual salt water lake is ...

#4
Magic

Magic

1978★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bug for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A ventriloquist is at the mercy of his vicious dummy while he tries to renew a romance with his high school sweetheart....

#5
Island of the Fishmen

Island of the Fishmen

1979★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bug for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After their prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a group of prisoners and a doctor wash ashore on a seemingly deserted island. They soon discover a strange couple, who invite them t...

#6
The Guardian

The Guardian

1990★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bug for fans of Horror & Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Phil and Kate select the winsome young Camilla as a live-in nanny for their newborn child, but the seemingly lovely Camilla is not what she appears to be......