Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Monsters

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

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#1
The Vast of Night

The Vast of Night

2019★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Monsters for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

At the dawn of the space-race, two radio-obsessed teens discover a strange frequency over the airwaves in what becomes the most important night of their lives and in the history of...

#2
Cry Macho

Cry Macho

2021★ 5.9

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

A one-time rodeo star and washed-up horse breeder takes a job from an ex-boss to bring the man's young son home from Mexico....

#3
Godzilla: King of the Monsters

Godzilla: King of the Monsters

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Monsters for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with...

#4
Hereafter

Hereafter

2010★ 6.1

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

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways....

#5
Upstream Color

Upstream Color

2013★ 6.3

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

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked live...

#6
Occupation: Rainfall

Occupation: Rainfall

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Monsters for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Two years into an intergalactic invasion of Earth, survivors in Sydney, Australia, fight back in a desperate ground war. As casualties mount by the day, the resistance and their un...

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