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10 Best Movies Like The Pest

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

#1
If Looks Could Kill

If Looks Could Kill

1991★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pest for fans of Action & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, sets out for a trip to France when he is mistaken for an agent of the same name. He is beseiged by both the goo...

#2
Vanya on 42nd Street

Vanya on 42nd Street

1994★ 6.5

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

An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play i...

#3
The Reagans

The Reagans

2003★ 5.6

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

The miniseries featured James Brolin as Ronald Reagan and Judy Davis as Nancy Reagan, and covers the period in time from 1949 when Reagan was still in Hollywood, through his govern...

#4
Cosmoball

Cosmoball

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Pest for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Cosmoball is a mesmerizing intergalactic game of future played between humans and aliens at the giant extraterrestrial ship hovering in the sky over Earth. A young man with enormou...

#5
Pet Sematary II

Pet Sematary II

1992★ 5.5

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

The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy...

#6
Boogeyman

Boogeyman

2005★ 5.0

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

Every culture has one – the horrible monster fueling young children's nightmares. But for Tim, the Boogeyman still lives in his memories as a creature that devoured his father 16 y...