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10 Best Movies Like Stranger in the Woods

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

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#1
Timber Falls

Timber Falls

2007★ 5.4

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

A weekend of camping in the mountains becomes an excursion into hell for a young couple, who become pawns in a grotesque plot hatched by deranged locals....

#2
When I Was Alive

When I Was Alive

2014★ 5.5

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

After losing his job and the end of his marriage, Júnior returns to his father's house. But that is not his childhood house anymore. His old room has been rented by a young woman a...

#3
Yu Pui Tsuen II

Yu Pui Tsuen II

1987★ 5.2

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

Before Michael Mak’s Sex And Zen became a cult favourite in the ’90s, there was Ho Fan’s Yu Pui Tsuen (The Carnal Prayer Mat, 1987). But without sex bomb Amy Yip, coarse humour or ...

#4
Swingers

Swingers

2002★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stranger in the Woods for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Despite Diana's insecure nature, she and her husband Julian agree with the idea to sexually experiment with another couple. They put out an ad on the net to which the well experien...

#5
Haymaker

Haymaker

2021★ 3.2

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

Haymaker follows a retired Muay Thai fighter working as a bouncer, who rescues an alluring transgender performer from a nefarious thug, eventually becoming her bodyguard, protector...

#6
Son of the Bride

Son of the Bride

2001★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stranger in the Woods for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

At age 42, Rafael Belvedere is having a crisis. He lives in the shadow of his father, he feels guilty about rarely visiting his aging mother, his ex-wife says he doesn't spend enou...