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10 Best Movies Like Piranha

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

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#1
Piranha 3D

Piranha 3D

2010★ 5.4

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

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwat...

#2
Piranha

Piranha

1978★ 6.0

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

When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal....

#3
Thinner

Thinner

1996★ 5.9

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

An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the ol...

#4
The Last Shark

The Last Shark

1981★ 5.5

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

When a 35-foot great white shark begins to wreak havoc on a seaside town, the mayor, not wanting to endanger his gubernatorial campaign, declines to act, so a local shark hunter an...

#5
Crocodile 2: Death Roll

Crocodile 2: Death Roll

2002★ 5.1

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

After a bank robbery, four criminals escape to Mexico, but a storm causes an accident which takes down the plane where several die in the crash. The criminals take it into their ow...

#6
Grizzly

Grizzly

1976★ 5.1

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

An eighteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts ...