Movies like Matango
If Matango's mix of island, monster and mushroom stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Matango's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Ebirah, Horror of the Deep
1966 · Directed by Jun Fukuda · 87 min6.3
Why you'll like itWith Kumi Mizuno and Hideyo Amamoto · Also a Japanese sci-fi film · From the same decade (1960s)
Searching for his brother, Ryota stows away on a boat belonging to a criminal alongside two other teenagers. The group shipwrecks on Letchi island and discover the Infant Island natives have been enslaved by a…
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The Lighthouse
2019 · Directed by Robert Eggers · 109 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: island · Also drama and fantasy
Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
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The Mist
2007 · Directed by Frank Darabont · 126 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: monster · Also horror and science fiction
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents.
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Island of Lost Souls
1932 · Directed by Erle C. Kenton · 71 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: lost island · Also science fiction and horror
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
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The Last House
2026 · Directed by Louis Leterrier · 110 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: monster · Also horror and science fiction
A family suddenly sealed inside their home must work together to survive against dwindling resources and the ominous threat keeping them trapped.
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Shivers
1975 · Directed by David Cronenberg · 88 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: island · Also horror and science fiction
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.
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Caveat
2021 · Directed by Damian McCarthy · 88 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: island · Also horror and mystery
A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
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Underwater
2020 · Directed by William Eubank · 95 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: monster · Also horror and science fiction
After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.
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Cold Skin
2017 · Directed by Xavier Gens · 106 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: island · Also horror and fantasy
A young man who arrives at a remote island finds himself trapped in a battle for his life.