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Movies Like Don't Let Them Out

If you liked Don't Let Them Out (2026), a horror and thriller movie directed by Lila McLaughlin, 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. 1The Night Stalker

    The Night Stalker (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and horror

    Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…

  2. 2Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and horror

    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.

  3. 3I Bury the Living

    I Bury the Living (1958)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and horror

    The new manager of a small-town cemetery becomes convinced that he triggered the untimely deaths of several plot owners by tampering with a certain map. When nobody believes him, he risks his sanity to play God once…

  4. 4The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.

  5. 5The Hound of the Baskervilles

    The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)

    ★ 6.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

  6. 6Race 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.

  7. 7Circle

    Circle (2015)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and mystery

    In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two…

  8. 8The Watcher in the Woods

    The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller

    After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar…

  9. 9Invasion of the Body Snatchers

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

    ★ 7.5/10Also horror and thriller

    A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

  10. 10The Night Strangler

    The Night Strangler (1973)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror and mystery

    After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every…

  11. 11Shadow of a Doubt

    Shadow of a Doubt (1943)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller and mystery

    In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…

  12. 12The Invitation

    The Invitation (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and horror

    Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that…

  13. 13Night of the Demon

    Night of the Demon (1957)

    ★ 7/10Also horror and mystery

    American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the…

  14. 14The Mirror Crack'd

    The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

    ★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller

    Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

  15. 15Bunny Lake Is Missing

    Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

    ★ 7.3/10Also mystery and thriller

    A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.

  16. 16Peeping Tom

    Peeping Tom (1960)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller and horror

    Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He…

  17. 17Nightmare

    Nightmare (1964)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller and horror

    A young woman is plagued by nightmares of her asylum-patient mother. Upon returning to her family home, the nightmares become real when she sees a strange woman pacing the halls.

  18. 18Sorry, Wrong Number

    Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)

    ★ 6.8/10Also thriller and mystery

    Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.

  19. 19The Shed

    The Shed (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and thriller

    The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…

  20. 20The Glass Key

    The Glass Key (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

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