Movies Like Paper Monsters

If you liked Paper Monsters, a thriller movie directed by Kait Sookdeo, 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
Slapface (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
A boy deals with the loss of his mother by creating a relationship with a dangerous monster.
2
Cheat (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
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…
3
The Entity (1982)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
4
Castle Freak (1996)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.
5
You're Not Alone (2020)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
After the premature death of her estranged husband, Emma (Winter) regains custody of their young daughter Isla (Jones) and hopes to rebuild their relationship after many years apart. But when an evil entity begins to…
6
Succubus (2024)
★ 8.3/10Also thriller
A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he…
7
Mothers' Instinct (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly…
8
Rebecca (1940)
★ 7.9/10Also thriller
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips…
9
mother! (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
10
The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
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…
11
Hereditary (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
12
The Ritual Killer (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders according to a brutal tribal ritual: Muti. The only person who can help Boyd is Professor Mackles, an…
13
Shirley (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
14
Verity (2026)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
Lowen Ashleigh, hired to ghostwrite for best-selling author Verity Crawford, uncovers Verity's autobiographical notes, and becomes involved in what may prove to be a lethal conspiracy.
15
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.
16
The Unhealer (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…
17
Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
18
Nocebo (2022)
★ 6/10Also 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…
19
Baby Blues (2008)
★ 6/10Also thriller
On a secluded family farm, a mother suffers a psychotic break due to postpartum depression, forcing the eldest son to protect his sibling from the mother they have always known and loved.
20
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
Raimund Gregorius, having saved a beautiful Portuguese woman from leaping to her death, stumbles upon a mesmerizing book by a Portuguese author, which compels him to suddenly abandon the boring life he has led for…