Movies Like Goodnight Moon

If you liked Goodnight Moon, a crime movie directed by Elgin James, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Boy Wonder (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also crime
A young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. Thus begins his life as a quiet, straight-A student by day and a self-appointed hero at night. But what is a…
2
Vigilante (1983)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
New York City factory worker Eddie Marino is a solid citizen and regular guy, until the day a sadistic street gang brutally assaults his wife and murders his child. When a corrupt judge sets the thugs free, he goes…
3
Breaking In (2018)
★ 6/10Also crime
Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to…
4
Baby Boy (2001)
★ 7.1/10Also crime
The story of Jody, a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a baby boy finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life. Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two…
5
Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
A family falls prey to the manipulative charms of a neighbor, who abducts their adolescent daughter. Twice.
6
No Good Deed (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also crime
Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him…
7
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
8
The Call (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a…
9
The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
A rich man's daughter is held captive in an abandoned apartment by two former convicts who abducted her and hold her ransom in exchange for her father's money.
10
Cape Fear (1991)
★ 7.3/10Also crime
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape…
11
South Central (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
During a 10-year sentence for murdering the leader of a rival South Central Los Angeles gang, Bobby Johnson finds religion and rehabilitation with the help of Muslim inmate Ali. Upon his release, Bobby returns home to…
12
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
The murderous, backwoods Firefly family take to the road to escape the vengeful Sheriff Wydell, who is not afraid of being as ruthless as his target.
13
Panic Room (2002)
★ 6.8/10Also crime
Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three…
14
Hounds of Love (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
When Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple, she soon observes the dynamic between her captors and quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
15
Trapped (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
Held hostage in different cities after their daughter is kidnapped by a master extortionist, a desperate couple must find a way to outsmart a seemingly foolproof plot.
16
Ms .45 (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
After being attacked and raped twice in one day, a timid, mute seamstress becomes a violent agent of revenge for wronged women.
17
Sudden Impact (1983)
★ 6.6/10Also crime
When a young rape victim takes justice into her own hands and becomes a serial killer, it's up to Dirty Harry Callahan, on suspension from the SFPD, to bring her to justice.
18
Death Wish (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also crime
A mild-mannered father is transformed into a killing machine after his family is torn apart by a violent act.
19
Standoff (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also crime
A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate…
20
Mother's Day (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also crime
Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.