Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The X Species

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

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#1
Marshmallow

Marshmallow

2025★ 6.1

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

At a secluded summer camp, timid and introverted 12-year-old Morgan is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends...

#2
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth

1970★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The X Species for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An ancient tribe attempts to sacrifice Sanna as an offering to the Sun god to save their tribe from dinosaurs. Tara, a young man from another tribe, saves Sanna and takes her along...

#3
Creature from the Black Lagoon

Creature from the Black Lagoon

1954★ 6.8

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

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, a...

#4
Alien Abduction

Alien Abduction

2014★ 5.9

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

A vacationing family encounters an alien threat in this pulse-pounding thriller based on the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon in North Carolina....

#5
Gargoyles

Gargoyles

1972★ 5.8

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

After receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. O...

#6
It Came from Outer Space

It Came from Outer Space

1953★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The X Species for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Author and amateur astronomer John Putnam and schoolteacher Ellen Fields witness an enormous meteorite come down near a small town in Arizona. Putnam becomes a local object of scor...

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