Movies Like To Let in a Wolf

If you liked To Let in a Wolf (2026), a drama and thriller movie directed by Brynjar Flaten, 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
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to…
2
Die My Love (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace…
3
The Ledge (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and thriller
A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist who shares an apartment with a gay friend escalates into a lethal battle of wills.
4
Fortress (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
In the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside…
5
Shirley (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
6
The Road (2009)
★ 7/10Also drama
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their…
7
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thriller
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
8
Greenland 2: Migration (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
9
Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thriller
A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
10
Adulterers (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and drama
On a steamy New Orleans afternoon, Sam Deuprey decides to surprise his beautiful wife, Ashley, for their anniversary and comes home early. But Ashley is not alone in the bedroom. She and her lover, Damien are about to…
11
One & Two (2015)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and drama
In an isolated farmhouse, located in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by a mysterious wooden wall, Zac and Eva, two siblings gifted with extraordinary abilities, endure every day the wrath of their strict father…
12
Intrusion (2021)
★ 6/10Also drama and thriller
When a husband and wife move to a small town, a home invasion leaves the wife traumatized and suspicious that those around her might not be who they seem.
13
Nowhere to Run (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thriller
Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
14
The Book of Eli (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
15
Straw Dogs (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller
A young couple moves to a quaint southern town. Soon their perfect getaway turns out to become a living hell when dark secrets and lethal passions spiral out of control.
16
Hungry Hearts (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
17
Not Without My Daughter (1991)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and thriller
An American woman, trapped in Islamic Iran by her brutish husband, must find a way to escape with her daughter as well.
18
Derailed (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and thriller
When two married business executives having an affair are blackmailed by a violent criminal, they are forced to turn the tables on him to save their families.
19
Light of My Life (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
Years after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.
20
Higher Ground (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and thriller
Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, a tight-knit spiritual community is thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith, love, and trust - in human relationships as…