Movies Like Elephants in the Fog

If you liked Elephants in the Fog (2026), a thriller movie directed by Abinash Bikram Shah, 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
Nell (1994)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
2
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed…
3
Labor Day (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
Two strangers are drawn together under incredible circumstances. What starts as an unforeseen encounter over a long holiday weekend soon becomes a second chance love story.
4
The Car (1977)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined…
5
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
In sleepy Santa Rosa, restless young Charlie’s world brightens when her sophisticated Uncle Charlie arrives for a long visit. But as his behavior grows increasingly strange, she begins to suspect that her beloved uncle…
6
Nowhere to Be Found (2019)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
A mother's worst nightmare comes true when her teenage daughter goes missing.
7
Far North (2008)
★ 6/10Also thriller
In the arctic, as Saiva is being born, a shaman declares that she is evil and will bring harm to all who become involved with her. Saiva is cast out of her tribe of herders and grows up to live a nomadic existence with…
8
Red Riding Hood (2011)
★ 6/10Also thriller
Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when Valerie's older sister is…
9
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…
10
Pyewacket (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.
11
Fast Color (2019)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A woman goes on the run after her superhuman abilities are exposed and, with nowhere left to hide, returns to the family she abandoned years earlier.
12
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
13
6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…
14
Frequency (2000)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise…
15
Dragonfly (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.
16
Strange but True (2019)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.
17
The Impossible (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying…
18
Dot the I (2003)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A fiery Spanish woman is about to marry a kind British man when she meets a Brazilian actor who ignites in her a flame of lust she can't ignore.
19
Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
20
Instinct (1999)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually…