Movies Like Nightmare
If you liked Nightmare (2025), a drama and horror movie directed by Renaldo Samsara, 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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The Queen of Black Magic (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mysteryRevisiting the orphanage where they grew up, three men and their families discover a horrific supernatural presence lingering in their former home.
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The Surrender (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and horrorA fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.
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Mārama (2026)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and drama1859. When a young Māori woman is summoned from New Zealand to North Yorkshire, she uncovers her horrific colonial heritage and is compelled to confront and destroy the titled Englishman who devastated her family.
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Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also mystery and horrorA fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…
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Caged (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and dramaAn African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he's haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and pushed to the breaking point by an…
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The Inhabitant (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mysteryLike any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her…
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The Good Doctor (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and mysteryDr. Martin Blake, who has spent his life looking for respect, meets an 18-year-old patient named Diane, suffering from a kidney infection, and gets a much-needed boost of self-esteem. However, when her health starts…
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Triage (2009)
★ 6/10Also drama and mysteryThe wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
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Intruders (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and horrorAnna 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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Baby Blues (2008)
★ 6/10Also drama and horrorOn a secluded family farm, a mother suffers a psychotic break due to postpartum depression, forcing the eldest son to protect his sibling from the mother they have always known and loved.
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Black Rainbow (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and horrorMartha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her…
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Resurrection (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and horrorA woman's carefully constructed life is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past returns, forcing her to confront the monster she's evaded for two decades.
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The Dogs (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mysteryAfter fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
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Good Boy (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mysteryTommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the…
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Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and mysteryWhen 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 Haunted (2018)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mysteryIn a rambling, isolated house, Emily’s first night-shift as carer to an elderly dementia patient turns into a nightmare as she is tormented by a vengeful spirit and uncovers the house's dark secrets.
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The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and dramaUnable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
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The Entity (1982)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and mysteryA single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
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Home Sweet Home: Rebirth (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mysteryWhen a city is overrun with a demonically-possessed crowd, a cop must find the source of evil to save his family.
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Hold Your Breath (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and dramaIn 1930s Oklahoma amid the region's horrific dust storms, a woman is convinced that a sinister presence is threatening her family.