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Movies Like The Horrified Dream

If you liked The Horrified Dream (1999), a thriller and comedy movie directed by Lau Ching-Wah, 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. 1Awake

    Awake (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make…

  2. 2Gotcha!

    Gotcha! (1985)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and thriller

    A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

  3. 3The Killer

    The Killer (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Zee is a feared contract killer known as "the Queen of the Dead," but when she refuses to murder a young blind woman, she finds herself hunted both by criminal colleagues and a determined police detective.

  4. 4Hostile Takeover

    Hostile Takeover (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and thriller

    Follows Pete, a professional hitman, as he faces a group of assassins after the boss of a crime syndicate suspects disloyalty due to his attendance at Workaholics Anonymous meetings.

  5. 5The Dream Team

    The Dream Team (1989)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and thriller

    Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish…

  6. 6Hard to Die

    Hard to Die (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and thriller

    While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series…

  7. 7Beau Is Afraid

    Beau Is Afraid (2023)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.

  8. 8Stretch

    Stretch (2014)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and thriller

    A hard-luck limo driver struggling to go straight and pay off a debt to his bookie takes on a job with a crazed passenger whose sought-after ledger implicates some seriously dangerous criminals.

  9. 9Zip Wire

    Zip Wire (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller

    When her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial…

  10. 10Enter the Phoenix

    Enter the Phoenix (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and comedy

    Georgie Hung is handsome, stylish and charming but he hides a secret that his old-fashion father, Hung who is a Triad leader, can never forgive. He has been sent to Thailand since he was a child and never returned…

  11. 11Ca$h

    Ca$h (2010)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and comedy

    A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a…

  12. 12The Infernal Machine

    The Infernal Machine (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…

  13. 13All the Devils Are Here

    All the Devils Are Here (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.

  14. 14The 355

    The 355 (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.

  15. 15The Virtuoso

    The Virtuoso (2021)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Danger, deception and murder descend upon a sleepy town when a professional assassin accepts a new assignment from his enigmatic boss.

  16. 16Shade

    Shade (2003)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Tiffany, Charlie and Vernon are con artists looking to up the ante from their typical scams. They figure a good way of doing this is taking down Dean "The Dean" Stevens, a well-known cardsharp, in a rigged game…

  17. 17Wardriver

    Wardriver (2026)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    He’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.

  18. 18Revenge: A Love Story

    Revenge: A Love Story (2010)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    A serial murderer has brutally killed several policemen and their pregnant wives. After a quick investigation, the murderer is revealed to be Kit, whom the case's detective-in-charge knows from a previous case. Once…

  19. 19Hunting Grounds

    Hunting Grounds (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Desperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns…

  20. 20In Cold Light

    In Cold Light (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Fresh 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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