Movies Like Piranha

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Piranha II: The Spawning

1982·1h 34m·★ 3.8·James Cameron

Piranha Collection4 shared themes: killer fish, piranha, b-horror...

Small Soldiers

1998·1h 50m·★ 6.3·Joe Dante

2 shared crewDir. Joe DanteDP: Jamie Anderson

Innerspace

1987·2h·★ 6.8·Joe Dante

TMDB recommendsBoth star Kevin McCarthy & Dick MillerDir. Joe Dante

Jaws

1975·2h 4m·★ 8.1·Steven Spielberg

Themes: animal attack, animal horrorTMDB recommends

Primate

2026·1h 29m·★ 5.8·Johannes Roberts

Themes: animal attack, animal horrorTMDB recommends

Jaws 2

1978·1h 57m·★ 5.8·Jeannot Szwarc

Themes: animal attack, animal horrorTMDB recommends

Jaws: The Revenge

1987·1h 29m·★ 3.1·Joseph Sargent

Themes: animal attack, animal horrorTMDB recommends

The Howling

1981·1h 31m·★ 6.5·Joe Dante

Both star Belinda Balaski & Kevin McCarthyDir. Joe Dante

Rogue

2007·1h 39m·★ 6.2·Greg McLean

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Friday the 13th

1980·1h 35m·★ 6.4·Sean S. Cunningham

Themes: b-horror, summer camp

Megamind

2010·1h 36m·★ 7.3·Tom McGrath

Themes: fish, reporter

The Fly

1986·1h 36m·★ 7.6·David Cronenberg

Themes: animal horror, experimentHorror & Science Fiction

Cannibal Holocaust

1980·1h 35m·★ 5.7·Ruggero Deodato

Themes: b-horror, animal attack

Frankenstein

1931·1h 10m·★ 7.7·James Whale

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

The Curse of Frankenstein

1957·1h 23m·★ 7.0·Terence Fisher

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

Frankenstein

1993·1h 57m·★ 5.7·David Wickes

TMDB recommendsHorror & Science Fiction

Jurassic World

2015·2h 4m·★ 6.9·Colin Trevorrow

Themes: animal attack, animal horror

Thrash

2026·1h 26m·★ 5.0·Tommy Wirkola

Themes: animal attack, animal horror

Anaconda

2025·1h 40m·★ 5.5·Tom Gormican

Themes: animal attack, animal horror

Akira

1988·2h 4m·★ 8.0·Katsuhiro Otomo

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