Movies Like A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

If you liked A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), a horror and thriller movie directed by Chuck Russell, 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
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
2
Dagon (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and horror
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is…
3
Haunt (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
4
Ginger Snaps (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and fantasy
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously…
5
Barbarian (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thriller
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she…
6
The Children (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A relaxing Christmas vacation turns into a terrifying fight for survival as the children begin to turn on their parents.
7
Halloween (1978)
★ 7.6/10Also horror and thriller
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
8
The Cell (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
A psychotherapist journeys inside the mind of a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
9
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and fantasy
Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her…
10
Jigsaw (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.
11
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A boy is haunted by terrifying nightmares where a monster lurks inside the closet. To his relief, his father appears in the middle of the night helping him to face his fears. But the boy will begin to question the true…
12
Kill List (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
13
The Believers (1987)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the…
14
Cheat (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horror
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek…
15
Trick (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
16
Saw III (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While…
17
Halloween II (1981)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thriller
After failing to kill stubborn survivor Laurie and taking a bullet or six from former psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis, Michael Myers has followed Laurie to the Haddonfield Memorial Hospital, where she's been admitted for…
18
Mandy (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy and horror
The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and…
19
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
Ten years after his original massacre, the invalid Michael Myers awakens on Halloween Eve and returns to Haddonfield to kill his seven-year-old niece.
20
The Final (2010)
★ 6/10Also thriller and horror
A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.