Movies Like The Haunting
If you liked The Haunting (2023), a history and thriller movie directed by Tanveer Bookwala, 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.
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Sightless (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerAfter an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.
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Play Dead (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerCriminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is…
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The Secrets We Keep (2020)
★ 6/10Also thriller and historyIn post-World War II America, a woman, rebuilding her life in the suburbs with her husband, kidnaps her neighbor and seeks vengeance for the heinous war crimes she believes he committed against her.
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Caged (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerAn African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he's haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and pushed to the breaking point by an…
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Dangerous (2021)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…
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You'll Never Find Me (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerPatrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the…
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Body Cam (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerAs a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
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Blackwood (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerHaving recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home…
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Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerSinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
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Savaged (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerAfter thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.
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Bloodline Killer (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerMoira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.
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Plan A (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and historyGermany 1945, Max, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, meets a radical group of Jewish resistance fighters, who, like him, lost all hope for their future after they were robbed of their existence and their entire families…
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Tyler Perry's Duplicity (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerHigh-powered attorney Marley faces her most personal case yet when she is tasked with uncovering the truth behind the murder of her best friend Fela’s husband. With the help of her boyfriend – a former cop turned…
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Ripper's Revenge (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and historyOne year on from the notorious Ripper murders, London is terrorised once again by a series of brutal killings. When gruesome letters from the Ripper begin landing on his desk, an innocent reporter finds himself drawn…
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Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10Also thrillerWhen Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
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Civic Duty (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerAn American accountant bombarded with cable news and the media's obsession with terrorist plots in the post 9-11 world, receives a jolt when an unattached Islamic graduate student moves in next door.
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In Cold Light (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerFresh out of prison, Ava's attempt to reclaim her drug operation collapses when she witnesses a brutal crime, forcing her to flee into a nightmarish underworld where allies are scarce and enemies multiply by the minute.
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Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerNeighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
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Hunting Season (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also thrillerWhen a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
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Suburbicon (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerIn the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…