Movies Like Birds at Night

If you liked Birds at Night (2024), a thriller movie directed by Mike Ellwood, 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
Black Widow (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…
2
The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
3
Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
4
Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
5
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
6
The Brotherhood of Justice (1986)
★ 6/10Also thriller
High-school students start a vigilante group in their neighbourhood but, as their power increases, they become more abusive and dangerous.
7
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
8
Oscar Shaw (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the…
9
Space/Time (2025)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
10
While the City Sleeps (1956)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
Newspaper men compete against each other to find a serial killer dubbed "The Lipstick Killer".
11
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
12
The 'Burbs (1989)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their paranoia get the best of them as they start to suspect the newcomers of evildoings and commence an investigation. But…
13
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
14
The Mechanic (1972)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
Arthur Bishop is a veteran hit man who, owing to his penchant for making his targets' deaths seem like accidents, thinks himself an artist. It's made him very rich, but as he hits middle age, he's so depressed and…
15
Ballistic (2026)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
When a soldier's mother discovers the bullet that killed her son in Afghanistan was made at the factory where she works, she sets out on a path of revenge against those responsible.
16
The Time Machine (1960)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
17
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as…
18
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.
19
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.
20
The Dark Mirror (1946)
★ 7/10Also thriller
A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.