Movies Like The Legacy

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

Poltergeist

1982·1h 54m·★ 7.3·Tobe Hooper

5 shared themes: ominous, foreboding, anxious...TMDB recommends

A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984·1h 31m·★ 7.4·Wes Craven

Themes: shocking, anxious, frightenedTMDB recommends

A Quiet Place: Day One

2024·1h 40m·★ 6.2·Michael Sarnoski

Themes: hostile, cat, anxiousFans also liked

Inland Empire

2006·3h·★ 6.8·David Lynch

Themes: hostile, shockingTMDB recommends

Signs

2002·1h 46m·★ 6.8·M. Night Shyamalan

Themes: foreboding, anxiousTMDB recommends

The Grudge

2004·1h 32m·★ 5.9·Takashi Shimizu

Themes: ominous, frightenedTMDB recommends

The Grudge 2

2006·1h 42m·★ 5.1·Takashi Shimizu

Themes: complicated, frightenedTMDB recommends

Pet Sematary

1989·1h 43m·★ 6.5·Mary Lambert

Themes: ominous, anxiousFans also liked

Kingdom of Heaven

2005·2h 24m·★ 7.3·Ridley Scott

Themes: suspicious, complicated

Flow

2024·1h 25m·★ 7.8·Gints Zilbalodis

Themes: cat, complicated

It

2017·2h 15m·★ 7.3·Andy Muschietti

Themes: shocking, frightened

The Devil's Advocate

1997·2h 24m·★ 7.5·Taylor Hackford

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Scream

1996·1h 52m·★ 7.4·Wes Craven

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The Host

2006·2h·★ 7.1·Bong Joon Ho

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Apartment Zero

1989·2h 4m·★ 6.8·Martin Donovan

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Conagher

1991·1h 57m·★ 7.2·Reynaldo Villalobos

Both star Sam Elliott & Katharine Ross

The Ninth Gate

1999·2h 13m·★ 6.7·Roman Polanski

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Critters

1986·1h 26m·★ 6.1·Stephen Herek

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Beyond the Darkness

1979·1h 34m·★ 6.2·Joe D'Amato

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What Lies Beneath

2000·2h 10m·★ 6.6·Robert Zemeckis

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How Good Is The Legacy?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.