Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Feb 04, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The First Night

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

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#1
A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

1985★ 5.8

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

A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world....

#2
A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child

1989★ 5.4

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

The pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world....

#3
Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf

Sharktopus vs. Whalewolf

2015★ 3.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The First Night for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When a mad scientist mixes the genes of a killer whale and a wolf, it creates the Whalewolf, and it's up to Sharktopus to stop it....

#4
Batman

Batman

1943★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The First Night for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies....

#5
Jason X

Jason X

2001★ 4.9

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

In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned t...

#6
Rosalie Goes Shopping

Rosalie Goes Shopping

1989★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The First Night for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeepers no longer take her bad checks or bad credit cards, she's finds herself out o...