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10 Best Movies Like Carnies

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

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#1
Compulsion

Compulsion

2024★ 6.3

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

Two women—Diana, a flamboyant and ruthless thief, and Evie, a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past—become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of ...

#2
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

2022★ 7.3

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

A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly...

#3
Cheat

Cheat

2023★ 7.0

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

On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small col...

#4
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#5
The Apology

The Apology

2022★ 5.9

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

Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives un...

#6
The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

2013★ 6.4

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

Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed....

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