15 Movies Like Midsummer
Loved Midsummer? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
Final Destination Bloodlines
Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Midsummer.
The Shining
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Midsummer.
Midsommar
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Midsummer.
Queen of Hearts
Anne, a brilliant and dedicated advocacy lawyer specialising in society’s most vulnerable, children and young adults, lives what appears to be the picture-perfect life with her doctor-husband, Peter, and their twin daughters. When her estranged teenage stepson, Gustav, moves in with them, Anne’s escalating desire leads her down a dangerous rabbit hole which, once exposed, unleashes a sequence of events destined to destroy her world.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midsummer.
The Last Viking
After serving fourteen years for robbery, Anker is released from prison and reunites with his mentally ill brother Manfred, who alone knows where the stolen money is hidden but has forgotten its location, sending them on a journey to recover the loot and confront who they are.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midsummer.
The Hunt
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midsummer.
The Marco Effect
When a homeless Romani boy is arrested at the Danish border for possession of a missing public servant's passport, police inspector Carl Mørck and Department Q are tasked with finding the connection.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midsummer.
Old
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Midsummer.
The Ritual
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Midsummer.
What Lies Beneath
Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Midsummer.
Funny Games
When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to terrorize and torture the tight-knit clan, giving them until the next day to survive.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Midsummer.
Bone Lake
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation, bringing terrifying secrets to light and triggering a bloody battle for survival.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Midsummer.
The Hole
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Midsummer.
Another Round
Four stagnant high school teachers decide to test out a theory that maintaining a constant level of intoxication will improve their overall lives.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midsummer.
Speak No Evil
A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Midsummer.