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Movies Like In the Darkness

If you liked In the Darkness (2021), a horror and thriller movie directed by Meko Winbush, 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. 1Don't Move

    Don't Move (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller

    A grieving woman in a secluded forest encounters a killer who injects her with a paralytic drug. As her body shuts down, her fight for survival begins.

  2. 2Saw

    Saw (2003)

    ★ 7/10Also horror and thriller

    David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.

  3. 3Doodlebug

    Doodlebug (1997)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller

    There's something in his apartment. A man looking for an insect-like thing devolves into a bout of insanity as his subconscious mind begins to strangle his waking one.

  4. 4Succubus

    Succubus (2024)

    ★ 8.3/10Also horror and thriller

    A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he…

  5. 5Curve

    Curve (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and horror

    Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.

  6. 6Whisper

    Whisper (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller

    Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

  7. 7Terrifier

    Terrifier (2011)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    After witnessing a brutal murder on Halloween night, a young woman becomes the next target of a maniacal entity.

  8. 8The Jester

    The Jester (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller

    A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat this evil entity.

  9. 9Monster

    Monster (2005)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller

    A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

  10. 10The Last Rite

    The Last Rite (2021)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller

    Based on True Events: Suffering from sleep paralysis, a medical student falls prey to a demonic force that wants to rip her apart from within. Torn between sanity and the unknown, she's left with no alternative but to…

  11. 11Dust Bunny

    Dust Bunny (2025)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror

    Ten-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.

  12. 12Eradication

    Eradication (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller

    When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…

  13. 13Superhost

    Superhost (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller

    Two travel vloggers check into a vacation rental with a host that will do anything for a good review.

  14. 14Race with the Devil

    Race with the Devil (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller

    Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

  15. 15The Boogeyman

    The Boogeyman (2023)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before…

  16. 16Shades of Desire

    Shades of Desire (2023)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller

    After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.

  17. 17Hungry

    Hungry (2026)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller

    A group of holidaymakers must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo on the loose after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.

  18. 18A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge

    A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge (1985)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror

    A teenage boy is haunted in his dreams by deceased child murderer Freddy Krueger, who is out to possess him in order to continue his reign of terror in the real world.

  19. 19Bloodline

    Bloodline (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller

    Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

  20. 20Dark Harvest

    Dark Harvest (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller

    In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.

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