Movies Like Contraction
If you liked Contraction (2024), a horror and thriller movie directed by Andy Greene, 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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Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerSinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
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Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerWhen twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
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Succubus (2024)
★ 8.3/10Also horror and thrillerA 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…
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Oculus (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also horrorA woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
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Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thrillerA family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
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Bed Rest (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorAfter struggling to start a family, Julie Rivers becomes pregnant and moves into a new home with her husband. She's ordered to mandatory bed rest, and begins seeing ghostly happenings throughout the house.
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Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horrorA woman wakes up injured in a basement surrounded by corpses. To survive, she pretends to be dead while a grotesque ritual unfolds in the house above.
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Breaking In (2018)
★ 6/10Also thrillerShaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to…
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The Tall Man (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerWhen her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
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The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerEbony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services…
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The Invisible Man (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horrorWhen Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can…
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Mom (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerStruggling with postnatal depression and feeling misunderstood by her husband, Meredith begins to experience terrifying visions foreshadowing an ultimate tragedy.
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Strange but True (2019)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
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You'll Never Find Me (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and 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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Never Let Go (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAs an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
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The Other (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerUnable to conceive, a couple seeks to build a family with a young orphan, survivor of tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they realize the violence in their foster's past has returned to…
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Vivarium (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorA young woman and her fiancé are in search of the perfect starter home. After following a mysterious real estate agent to a new housing development, the couple finds themselves trapped in a maze of identical houses and…
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Dead of Winter (1987)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerA fledgling actress is lured to a remote mansion for a screen-test, soon discovering she is actually a prisoner in the middle of a blackmail plot.
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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.
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The Night Walker (1964)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and horrorA woman is haunted by recurring nightmares, which seem to be instigated by her late husband who supposedly was killed in a fire.