15 Movies Like Viy
Loved Viy? 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.
#1
Nosferatu
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Viy.
#2
The Witch
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Viy.
#3
You Drive Me Crazy
Alisa moves into a spacious apartment in St. Petersburg, where the mirror starts to malfunction, showing the young lodger a parallel reality of the same apartment. Only it is not Alisa who lives in this parallel reality, but the party animal Ivan. Will the young people be able to recognize true love and will they be able to unite their worlds in order to meet in reality and simply touch each other?
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Viy.
#4
Stalker
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Viy.
#5
Russian Nymphet: Temptation
A Russian teen turns the tables on her fashion photographer. Suddenly he doesn't like being the one on camera!
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Viy.
#6
Come and See
The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Viy.
#7
The Craft
A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Viy.
#8
Pumpkinhead
When a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Viy.
#9
The Ascent
During a freezing WWII winter, two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the temperature, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Viy.
#10
Fib the Truth
A couple in love spends time away from civilization, but the sudden arrivals of the younger sister and then the girl's ex-boyfriend violate the country idyll.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Viy.
#11
Iron Mask
Commissioned to map the Far East territories of the Russian Empire, cartographer Jonathan Green sets off on a long journey of unbelievable adventures—making breath-taking discoveries and meeting mysterious creatures, Chinese princesses, deadly masters of oriental martial arts, and even the King of Dragons.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Viy.
#12
Fear Street: 1994
After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Viy.
#13
The Star Inspector
A commander of the Russian space police begins looking for the capitalist space pirates who have been wreaking intergalactic havoc upon the surrounding planets.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Viy.
#14
Two Prosecutors
In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Viy.
#15
Fidelity
A successful obstetrician living a seemingly stable married life begins to question her relationship when emotional and physical intimacy fades. Suspecting her husband of betrayal, she seeks connection elsewhere, stepping into a hidden world that offers desire, control, and escape. As she navigates this parallel existence, the boundaries between loyalty, loneliness, and self-discovery slowly begin to blur.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Viy.