Movies Like I Live in a Box

If you liked I Live in a Box (2017), a horror movie directed by Joshua Butler, 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
Play Dead (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
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.
2
Saw (2003)
★ 7/10Also horror
David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.
3
Captive (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.
4
The Tall Man (2012)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
5
The Boy Behind the Door (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
Bobby tries to save himself and his best friend when they are kidnapped on their way home from school.
6
The Final (2010)
★ 6/10Also horror
A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.
7
Tau (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.
8
Don't Breathe (2016)
★ 7/10Also horror
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
9
Death Game (1977)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
George Manning is a well-to-do businessman, husband, and father. While his family is away on his birthday, he invites a pair of rain-soaked young women into his house to wait out an evening thunderstorm. The two girls…
10
Ghostland (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also horror
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house…
11
Saint Catherine (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.
12
Cold Meat (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
David Petersen is passing through the Colorado Rockies. After saving a young diner waitress from her violent ex-husband during a break from driving, he hits the road again alone through a dangerous snow blizzard. One…
13
Whisper (2007)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
14
Mother's Day (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
Crazed members of a sadistic family return to their childhood home to terrorize the new owners.
15
House of Whipcord (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been held properly to account for their…
16
Vicious (2025)
★ 6/10Also horror
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
17
Get Out (2017)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial…
18
Someone's Watching Me! (1978)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.
19
Anything for Jackson (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
A bereaved Satanist couple kidnap a pregnant woman so they can use an ancient spellbook to put their dead grandson's spirit into her unborn child, but they end up summoning more than they bargained for.
20
Rest Stop: Don't Look Back (2008)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
One year after running away from home, Nicole and Jesse are still missing. When Jesse's brother, Tom, returns home from active duty, he sets out with his friends Marilyn and Jared to locate the lost couple. Their…