Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Despierta

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

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#1
Play Dead

Play Dead

2025★ 5.9

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

A woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above....

#2
The Wailing

The Wailing

2024★ 5.9

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

Andrea, in search of her biological family, feels stalked by an invisible threat. Other women before them have suffered the same fate. Twenty years earlier, on the other side of th...

#3
Never Let Go

Never Let Go

2024★ 6.1

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

As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond....

#4
The Boogeyman

The Boogeyman

2023★ 6.4

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

Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their g...

#5
The Exorcist

The Exorcist

2022★ 6.3

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

Ophelia, a young nun recently arriving in the town of San Ramon, is forced to perform an exorcism on a pregnant woman in danger of dying. Just when she thinks her possession has en...

#6
The Boogeyman: Origins

The Boogeyman: Origins

2023★ 6.2

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

Explores the Spanish origins of the character's story, where he is a tuberculosis patient from Almeria who will do anything to get well, even consuming the blood of the kids he kid...

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