Movies Like Fear Itself
If you liked Fear Itself, a thriller movie, 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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Kimi (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA tech worker with agoraphobia discovers recorded evidence of a violent crime but is met with resistance when she tries to report it. Seeking justice, she must do the thing she fears the most: leave her apartment.
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Intruders (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerAnna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.
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Songbird (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerDuring a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara.
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Hidden (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerA family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
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Eradication (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerWhen an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…
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Doomsday (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerThe lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three decades later, the virus resurfaces in a…
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Blackwood (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerHaving recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home…
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The Experiment (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
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Cargo (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerAfter being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
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The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerConfined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.
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Carriers (2009)
★ 6/10Also thrillerA deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. Four friends race through the back roads of the American West on their way to a secluded utopian beach in…
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Rogue Agent (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerConman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
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Leave the World Behind (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerA family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
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Beast (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.
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The Good Neighbor (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerA nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and…
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Hider in the House (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
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Not Without Hope (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerA group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
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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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Motherly (2022)
★ 6/10Also thrillerKate and her daughter Beth live alone in an isolated farmhouse in the woods, but when Kate slowly begins to suspect that something sinister is happening, her motherly instincts are put to the test.
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Off the Grid (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerAfter a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their…