Top Movies & TV Shows Similar to Arachnophobia List

  • The Birds - Both films feature animals that cause fear and chaos in an unsuspecting town.
  • Jaws - A small community is terrorized by a deadly creature, leading to a fight for survival.
  • Tremors - Features underground creatures that terrorize a small town, combining humor with horror.
  • The Fly - Focuses on a scientist's transformation into a terrifying creature, exploring themes of fear.
  • Anaconda - Survival against a giant snake mirrors the struggles against the spider in Arachnophobia.
  • The Swarm - Involves a mass of poisonous bees attacking people, paralleling the fear of swarms in Arachnophobia.
  • It - Features fear-inducing creatures that play on the fears of small-town children.
  • Magic - A ventriloquist's dummy drives the horror, connecting to the hidden fears seen in Arachnophobia.
  • Creepshow - An anthology of horror stories that combines humor and terror, similar to the tone of Arachnophobia.
  • Them! - Features giant ants invading a town, presenting an unusual yet terrifying creature experience.
  • Bug - Explores paranoia involving insects, paralleling the fear-based narrative of Arachnophobia.
  • A Quiet Place - Survivors are hunted by sound-sensitive creatures, similar tension and thrilling survival elements.
  • Strange Nature - Involves mutations in nature, exploring fears related to the natural world.
  • The Mist - Creatures lurking in the mist create horror among the townsfolk, akin to Arachnophobia's urban panic.
  • Eight Legged Freaks - A comedic take on giant spiders wreaking havoc in a town, directly aligned with Arachnophobia's theme.
  • Worms - Features horror from an unseen invasive species, focusing on the theme of fear from small creatures.
  • Tentacles - Involves sea creatures causing chaos, similar to the thematic elements of unexpected terror.
  • Housebound - A blend of comedy and horror with supernatural elements and an isolated setting.
  • The Descent - Survival against creature threats in a confined space adds to the fear atmosphere.
  • Deep Blue Sea - Experimented sea creatures turn deadly, similar setup of terrorizing unsuspecting people.
  • The Ruins - Combines survival horror in nature with elements of unknown threats, echoing site-specific fear.
  • Insidious - Explores hidden fears with a supernatural twist, paralleling themes of hidden spider threats.
  • Black Widow - Concerns deadly female assassins, linking the fear of deadly species to human terror.
  • Crawl - Survival against predators in an intense environment relates closely to Arachnophobia.
  • The Cabin in the Woods - Mixes horror and comedy, using creatures to evoke fear, akin to Arachnophobia's approach.
  • Piranha - A horror film featuring a monstrous fish species terrorizing vacationers, reminiscent of creature horror.
  • The Thing - Features an unknown creature that becomes a psychological terror, enhancing the fear factor.
  • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes - A comedic take on the horror genre with creatures that cause panic, similar to Arachnophobia's tone.
  • You Should Have Left - Involves tension and psychological fear tied to environment, branching into creature-based horror.
  • Splice - Explores unintentional horror through mutated genetic experiments, invoking fear of the unnatural.
  • Little Monsters - Combines humor and horror with small creature threats, similar to the light-hearted approach in Arachnophobia.
  • Reanimator - Edits horror and science fiction with creatures that evoke fear, mirroring arachnophobia themes.
  • Freaky - A horror-comedy that plays with the fear of being hunted, similar to Arachnophobia's humorous side.
  • Scary Movie - Parody of horror films, blending humor and fear in a way reminiscent of Arachnophobia's style.
  • The Exorcist - Focuses on psychological horror and fear of the unknown, similar to arachnophobia's tension.
  • Final Destination - Explores the fear of death in creative ways, similar to the moral tension in Arachnophobia.
  • Cloverfield - Combines horror and action with an unknown creature terrorizing a city, creating high stakes.
  • Overlord - Blends WWII action with horrific creatures, increasing tension and survival elements.
  • The Conjuring - Psychological horror with hidden terrors, paralleling arachnophobia's fear of the unseen.
  • A Haunting in Connecticut - Combines family themes with supernatural horrors, offering a similar emotional tension.
  • Sharknado - A comedic take on terror regarding sharks, playing on fears of nature and chaos.

Last updated: 2024-09-23 22:49:40

# Name Year Country Genres IMDb Votes IMDb Rating Type Status CBFC
1
The Birds
The Birds
120 min
1963 United States of America 206976 7.6 Movie Released NR
2
Jaws
Jaws
124 min
1975 United States of America 670038 8.1 Movie Released
3
Tremors
Tremors
96 min
1990 United States of America 152495 7.2 Movie Released PG-13
4
The Fly
The Fly
96 min
1986 Canada 204741 7.6 Movie Released
5
Anaconda
Anaconda
89 min
1997 Brazil 113357 4.9 Movie Released PG-13
6
The Swarm
The Swarm
101 min
2021 France 8144 5.3 Movie Released
7
It
It
135 min
2017 United States of America 616270 7.3 Movie Released R
8
Magic
Magic
107 min
1978 United States of America 13711 6.8 Movie Released R
9
Creepshow
Creepshow
120 min
1982 United States of America 53791 6.8 Movie Released R
10
Them!
Them!
94 min
1954 United States of America 24573 7.2 Movie Released NR
11
Bug
Bug
98 min
2007 Germany 38226 6.1 Movie Released
12
A Quiet Place
A Quiet Place
91 min
2018 United States of America 601604 7.5 Movie Released PG-13
13
Strange Nature
Strange Nature
100 min
2018 United States of America 794 4.3 Movie Released
14
The Mist
The Mist
126 min
2007 United States of America 345189 7.1 Movie Released R
15 2002 Australia 60664 5.5 Movie Released
16
Worms
Worms
92 min
2013 Brazil 225 4.8 Movie Released
17
Tentacles
Tentacles
102 min
1977 Italy 4553 3.7 Movie Released PG
18
Housebound
Housebound
109 min
2014 New Zealand 37934 6.7 Movie Released NR
19
The Descent
The Descent
99 min
2005 United Kingdom 250499 7.2 Movie Released
20
Deep Blue Sea
Deep Blue Sea
105 min
1999 Australia 144341 5.9 Movie Released R
21
The Ruins
The Ruins
91 min
2008 Germany 85694 5.9 Movie Released R
22
Insidious
Insidious
103 min
2011 Canada 342607 6.8 Movie Released PG-13
23
Black Widow
Black Widow
134 min
2021 United States of America 433184 6.6 Movie Released PG-13
24
Crawl
Crawl
87 min
2019 Canada 95337 6.1 Movie Released R
25 2012 United States of America 456559 7 Movie Released
26
Piranha
Piranha
94 min
1978 United States of America 25294 5.9 Movie Released R
27
The Thing
The Thing
109 min
1982 United States of America 473771 8.2 Movie Released R
28
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
23 min
SS 2 EP 21
1990 529 6.1 Serie Ended
29 2020 United States of America 26765 5.4 Movie Released R
30
Splice
Splice
104 min
2010 Canada 102861 5.8 Movie Released
31 2019 Australia 19630 6.3 Movie Released
32
Freaky
Freaky
102 min
2020 United States of America 74034 6.3 Movie Released R
33
Scary Movie
Scary Movie
88 min
2000 United States of America 290285 6.3 Movie Released R
34
The Exorcist
The Exorcist
122 min
1973 United States of America 460727 8.1 Movie Released R
35 2000 United States of America 284138 6.7 Movie Released R
36
Cloverfield
Cloverfield
85 min
2008 United States of America 424341 7 Movie Released PG-13
37
Overlord
Overlord
110 min
2018 Canada 107746 6.6 Movie Released R
38
The Conjuring
The Conjuring
112 min
2013 United States of America 563092 7.5 Movie Released
39 2002 United States of America 1311 6.8 Movie Released PG-13
40
Sharknado
Sharknado
86 min
2013 United States of America 53608 3.3 Movie Released R
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