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10 Best Movies Like The Ancestral

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

#1
Censor

Censor

2021★ 5.8

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

A screener at the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), who has earned an unsavory reputation for being the strictest censor of violent films, begins to spiral out of contro...

#2
Sword of Destiny

Sword of Destiny

2021★ 6.7

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

The peerless swordsmith, Meng Yezi, suffered the calamity of family extermination from the traitor Zhao Han served in the court for casting the famous Hanguang Sword. He desperatel...

#3
Our Lady of San Juan, Four Centuries of Miracles

Our Lady of San Juan, Four Centuries of Miracles

2021★ 7.5

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

In this dramatization, the Virgin Mary works a miracle on a girl in 1623 Mexico. Four centuries later, a family make a pilgrimage for their own child....

#4
Red Moon Tide

Red Moon Tide

2020★ 6.2

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

Time seems to stand still in a village in the Galician coast. Everybody there is paralyzed although we can still hear their voices: they talk about ghosts, about witches, about mon...

#5
Feral

Feral

2018★ 6.2

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

A wild animal attacks six medical students on a weekend hike in the woods. One by one, they become infected with a “feral disease,” turning them into rabid, bloodthirsty creatures,...

#6
Evil Eye

Evil Eye

2022★ 6.7

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

Nala, a thirteen-year-old girl from the city, travels with her family to her grandmother's home in the countryside, to try to find a cure for her little sister's mysterious illness...