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10 Best Movies Like Cat People

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

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#1
Sleepwalkers

Sleepwalkers

1992★ 6.1

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

Charles Brady and his mother, Mary, are the last of a dying breed whose needs are not of this world. They are Sleepwalkers - able to stay alive only by feeding on the life-force o...

#2
The Incredible Shrinking Man

The Incredible Shrinking Man

1957★ 7.5

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

A dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wildern...

#3
Night of the Demon

Night of the Demon

1957★ 7.0

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

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the d...

#4
Nightbooks

Nightbooks

2021★ 6.1

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

Alex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe a...

#5
The Shape of Water

The Shape of Water

2017★ 7.2

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

An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive t...

#6
Two Evil Eyes

Two Evil Eyes

1990★ 6.1

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

A duo of Edgar Allan Poe adaptations about a greedy wife's attempt to embezzle her dying husband's fortune, and a sleazy reporter's adoption of a strange black cat....

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