Movies Like The Dark, Dark Hours

If you liked The Dark, Dark Hours (1954), a movie directed by Don Medford, 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
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
★ 6.7/10
A husband and wife struggle to keep their marriage alive until they realize they are both secretly working as assassins. Now, their respective assignments require them to kill each other.
2
Saw IV (2007)
★ 6.2/10
Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit.
3
Ballistic (2026)
★ 5.8/10
When a soldier's mother discovers the bullet that killed her son in Afghanistan was made at the factory where she works, she sets out on a path of revenge against those responsible.
4
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
★ 7/10
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who…
5
Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10
A 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.
6
The Hanging Tree (1959)
★ 6.7/10
Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. With Rune as his servant, Frail decides…
7
Curve (2016)
★ 6.9/10
Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.
8
Point Blank (2019)
★ 6/10
A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.
9
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
★ 7.4/10
A renowned ophthalmologist is desperate to cut off an adulterous relationship…which ends up in murder; and a frustrated documentary filmmaker woos an attractive television producer while making a film about her…
10
Saw (2003)
★ 7/10
David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.
11
Turbulence (2025)
★ 6.4/10
Young married couple Zach and Emmy decide to take a hot air balloon trip across the Italian Dolomites to rekindle their relationship. When they and pilot Harry are joined by a third passenger, Julia, events unfold in…
12
A Hologram for the King (2016)
★ 5.8/10
Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious…
13
Saw III (2006)
★ 6.4/10
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While…
14
Hunted (2021)
★ 6.2/10
A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
15
American Mary (2013)
★ 6.3/10
A young medical student struggling to pay tuition is drawn into the shady world of underground body-modification.
16
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
★ 6.9/10
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
17
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10
Neighbors 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?
18
Awake (2007)
★ 6.6/10
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…
19
Code 3 (2025)
★ 7.1/10
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
20
Reality (2023)
★ 6.4/10
Augusta, Georgia, United States, June 3, 2017. After running some errands, Reality Winner returns home, where she is approached by two men.