Movies Like The Dark Area

If you liked The Dark Area (2000), a horror and mystery movie directed by Oliver Hummell, 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
Strange Harvest (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mystery
Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.
2
Cult Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller
A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
3
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
4
Creep (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote…
5
I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
After an accident on a winding road, four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim's body into the sea. Exactly one year later, the deadly secret resurfaces as they're stalked by a hook-handed figure.
6
Sennentuntschi: Curse of the Alps (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and horror
1975, Swiss Alps: In a remote mountain village, a beautiful and mysterious woman shows up. Only the village policeman takes care of the strange woman and tries to find out who she is. There are hints that she came from…
7
The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mystery
What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening…
8
Don't Let Go (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mystery
A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work together to try and stop the crime before it occurs.
9
Hunted (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
10
Striking Distance (1993)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller
Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.
11
Malignant (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mystery
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.
12
I See You (2019)
★ 7/10Also horror and thriller
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.
13
Abandoned (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and mystery
After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify... as the house reveals secrets of its own.
14
Pitfall (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
After a young man is separated from his friends in the woods, he falls into a ten-foot deep pit of spikes, impaling him through his leg and leaving him trapped. He quickly learns that his fall was not an accident.
15
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…
16
The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thriller
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
17
Lady in White (1988)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and horror
Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago.
18
Body Cam (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
19
Doctor X (1932)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
A wisecracking reporter investigates the cannibalistic 'Moon Killer' murders tied to a medical academy, culminating in a chilling reenactment experiment.
20
The Cycle (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and thriller
A daughter unravels her father's dark past after his body, missing for 36 years, is found at a horrific crime scene.