Movies Like Night Has a Thousand Desires
If you liked Night Has a Thousand Desires (1984), a thriller and horror movie directed by Jesús Franco, 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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Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and horrorA tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…
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Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerA couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
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Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and horrorNothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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Mandy (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorThe Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and…
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Soulm8te (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also horror and thrillerAfter a ruthless tech giant acquires a small robotics company, a grieving engineer is tasked with testing their new AI companion. But when he attempts to reprogram her to be a truly sentient soulmate, she develops…
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Funny Games (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and horrorWhen Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to…
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Kill Me Again (1989)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerAfter Faye and her psychotic boyfriend, Vince, successfully rob a mob courier, Faye decides to abscond with the loot. She heads to Reno, where she hires feckless private investigator Jack Andrews to help fake her…
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Cheat (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horrorOn the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek…
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Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerSome of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled inhabitants.
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Basic Instinct (1992)
★ 7/10Also thrillerCatherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.
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Grindhouse (2007)
★ 7/10Also thriller and horrorGrindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…
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Hellraiser (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thrillerA hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
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I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and horrorA beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.
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Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerWhen an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
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The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerReclusive 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…
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Hobo with a Shotgun (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerA vigilante homeless man pulls into a new city and finds himself trapped in urban chaos, a city where crime rules and where the city's crime boss reigns. Seeing an urban landscape filled with armed robbers, corrupt…
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Infinity Pool (2023)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerWhile staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture…
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Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerCarlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.
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Fear (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerNicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who…
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Bloodline (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerEvan 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.