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10 Best Movies Like Pernicious

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

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#1
Picnic at Hanging Rock

Picnic at Hanging Rock

1975★ 7.2

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

In the early 1900s, Miranda attends a girls boarding school in Australia. One Valentine's Day, the school's typically strict headmistress treats the girls to a picnic field trip to...

#2
Walking Tall

Walking Tall

2004★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pernicious for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A former U.S. soldier returns to his hometown to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which prompts him to clean house....

#3
Robot Overlords

Robot Overlords

2015★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pernicious for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Earth has been conquered by robots from another galaxy and the human survivors must stay in their homes, or risk incineration....

#4
We Are Still Here

We Are Still Here

2015★ 5.6

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

After the death of their college age son, Anne and Paul Sacchetti relocate to the snowswept New England hamlet of Aylesbury, a sleepy village where all is most certainly not as it ...

#5
13/13/13

13/13/13

2013★ 4.0

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

It's the 13th month of the 13th year of the new millennium....

#6
Scar

Scar

2007★ 4.4

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

Joan Burrows returns to her hometown for her niece's graduation, only to be confronted by the serial killer she thought she offed years ago -- after he kidnapped and tormented her ...