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Movies Like Not the Wound but the Scar

If you liked Not the Wound but the Scar (2025), a thriller and horror movie directed by Dorota Jedinakova, 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. 1The Night Stalker

    The Night Stalker (1972)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and horror

    Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…

  2. 2Older Gods

    Older Gods (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery

    After the disappearance of his troubled friend, American Chris Rivers travels to the remote Welsh countryside to investigate what happened – leading him to a dark apocalyptic cult.

  3. 3The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.

  4. 4Race with the Devil

    Race with the Devil (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller

    Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

  5. 5The Infernal Machine

    The Infernal Machine (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery

    Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…

  6. 6Frank and Penelope

    Frank and Penelope (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller and horror

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…

  7. 7Cleaner

    Cleaner (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery

    Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…

  8. 8Night Watch

    Night Watch (1973)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery and thriller

    A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.

  9. 9Night Teeth

    Night Teeth (2021)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller

    A college student moonlighting as a chauffeur picks up two mysterious women for a night of party-hopping across LA. But when he uncovers their bloodthirsty intentions—and their dangerous, shadowy underworld—he must…

  10. 10Nocebo

    Nocebo (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller

    A 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…

  11. 11Night of the Hunted

    Night of the Hunted (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery

    When 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…

  12. 12All the Devils Are Here

    All the Devils Are Here (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.

  13. 13Awake

    Awake (2007)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller and mystery

    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…

  14. 14God Is a Bullet

    God Is a Bullet (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horror

    Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…

  15. 15Overdrive

    Overdrive (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery

    Master car thieves square off against French gangsters in the South of France with money, women and lives all on the line.

  16. 16Cheat

    Cheat (2023)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horror

    On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek…

  17. 17Grindhouse

    Grindhouse (2007)

    ★ 7/10Also thriller and horror

    Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, an action thriller about a murderous stuntman who…

  18. 18Southbound

    Southbound (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror

    On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family…

  19. 19The Glass Key

    The Glass Key (1942)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thriller

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

  20. 20Containment

    Containment (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror

    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?

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