Movies Like Wendigo (2002)

Wendigo is a 2002 drama, horror, thriller film from Larry Fessenden with a MovieMagicScore of 4.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Blood and Money and Ghostkeeper.

Drama Horror Thriller

Blood and Money

2020

A retired veteran hunting in the Allagash backcountry of Maine discovers a dead woman with a duffle bag full of money. He soon finds himself in a web of deceit and murder.

5.4

MagicScore

Ghostkeeper

1981

A group of three friends on a snowmobiling trip find themselves stranded at an abandoned lodge isolated in the mountains. They discover that an old woman resides in the hotel, along with an evil entity that she is keeping in the basement.

5.1

MagicScore

Ravenous

1999

Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale of a wagon train murdered by its supposed guide – a vicious U.S. Army colonel gone rogue. Fearing the worst, the regiment heads out into the wilderness to verify the gruesome claims.

6.8

MagicScore

Frostbiter: Wrath of the Wendigo

1995

A duo of gun happy redneck hunters stupidly break a sacred circle in a hunting spree, which releases the deadly wendigo. The wendigo kills many of the hunters gruesomely, leaving the chosen woman and a gun toting idiot to destroy the deadly beast.

4.0

MagicScore

Frozen River

2008

After her husband deserts her, working-class mother Ray Eddy is in great need of money to find a home. Lured by the possibility of easy cash, she joins Lila, a widowed Mohawk who earns a living by smuggling immigrants from Canada to the U.S. across the St. Lawrence.

6.6

MagicScore

The Mountain Between Us

2017

Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing each other to survive and discovering their inner strength.

6.7

MagicScore

The Darkness

2016

A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.

4.8

MagicScore

The Deeper You Dig

2019

14-year old Echo and her mother Ivy, a tarot card reader, live a quiet life in a rural area. When reclusive Kurt moves down the road to restore an abandoned farmhouse, an accident leads to Echo’s murder, and suddenly three lives collide in mysterious and wicked ways. Kurt assumes he can hide his secret under the ground. But Echo burrows into his head until he can feel her in his bones. As she haunts his every move, trying to reach her mother from beyond, Ivy must dig deep to see the signs and prove that love won’t stay buried.

5.8

MagicScore

The Integrity of Joseph Chambers

2023

Fearing the apocalypse, an insurance salesman sets off into the woods on a solo hunting experiment.

5.0

MagicScore

#10

Antlers

2021

A small-town Oregon teacher and her brother, the local sheriff, discover a young student is harbouring a dangerous secret that could have frightening consequences.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

Dark Was the Night

2014

An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods. Isolated and threatened, a mysterious force hidden within the trees outside the small town of Maiden Woods, strikes fear in the townspeople as Sheriff Paul Shields attempts to overcome the demons of his past while protecting those that he loves.

5.6

MagicScore

#12

Don't Say Its Name

2021

After environmental activist Kharis Redwater is called back to the living world by her mother Mary Lynn after a questionable “accident” that cost Kharis her life, an ancient spirit is reborn outside of a small northern town out of revenge for the loss of her daughter’s life. Kharis returns as a Wheetago, a ferocious creature that only gets hungrier the more it eats. Can an ex-military Park Ranger, Stacy Cole, and Police Officer, Betty Stonechild, call back their traditional teachings to stop Kharis before she continues to feed on all who get in her way?

5.3

MagicScore

#13

It Waits

2005

A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.

5.1

MagicScore

#14

Winterbeast

1992

Set during the fall (NOT winter), a small New England town is brutally ravaged by possessed totem poles.

4.4

MagicScore

#15

The Bone Eater

2008

Ancient Native American legend of the Bone Eater rises up and begins terrorizing the local townspeople

3.5

MagicScore

#16

The Deer Hunter

1978

A group of working-class friends decide to enlist in the Army during the Vietnam War and finds it to be hellish chaos -- not the noble venture they imagined. Before they left, Steven married his pregnant girlfriend -- and Michael and Nick were in love with the same woman. But all three are different men upon their return.

8.0

MagicScore

#17

Land

2021

Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.

6.7

MagicScore

#18

The Food of the Gods

1976

Morgan and his friends are on a hunting trip on a remote Canadian island when they are attacked by a swarm of giant wasps. Looking for help, Morgan stumbles across a barn inhabited by an enormous killer chicken. After doing some exploring, they discover the entire island is crawling with animals that have somehow grown to giant size. The most dangerous of all of these, however, are the rats, who are mobilizing to do battle with the human intruders.

4.9

MagicScore

#19

Until Dawn

2025

One year after her sister Melanie mysteriously disappeared, Clover and her friends head into the remote valley where she vanished in search of answers. Exploring an abandoned visitor center, they find themselves stalked by a masked killer and horrifically murdered one by one...only to wake up and find themselves back at the beginning of the same evening.

6.4

MagicScore

#20

The Night House

2021

Reeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. Soon she begins to uncover her recently deceased husband's disturbing secrets.

6.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Wendigo?

The top films similar to Wendigo by MovieMagicScore are Blood and Money (5.4), Ghostkeeper (5.1), Ravenous (6.8). Each shares drama/horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Wendigo worth watching?

Wendigo holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.7/10 from 91 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Wendigo?

Wendigo (2002) is a drama, horror, thriller film directed by Larry Fessenden, starring Patricia Clarkson, Erik Per Sullivan, Jake Weber.

Where can I find more recommendations like Wendigo?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Wendigo

This ranked list pairs Wendigo (2002), a drama and horror and thriller film from Larry Fessenden, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Patricia Clarkson take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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