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Movies Like The Dumb Waiter

If you liked The Dumb Waiter (1979), a thriller and horror movie directed by Robert Bierman, 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. 1Someone's Watching Me!

    Someone's Watching Me! (1978)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and horror

    A young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.

  2. 2Succubus

    Succubus (2024)

    ★ 8.3/10Also horror and 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…

  3. 3Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders

    Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller and horror

    A family reunion at a remote mansion takes a lethal turn when they are trapped inside and forced to play a deadly survival game where only one will make it out alive.

  4. 4Vicious

    Vicious (2025)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and thriller

    When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.

  5. 5Hider in the House

    Hider in the House (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

  6. 6Shades of Desire

    Shades of Desire (2023)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller

    After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.

  7. 7You'll Never Find Me

    You'll Never Find Me (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller

    Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the…

  8. 8Whisper

    Whisper (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller

    Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

  9. 9Blackwood

    Blackwood (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror

    Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home…

  10. 10The MacKintosh Man

    The MacKintosh Man (1973)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out…

  11. 11Bloodline

    Bloodline (2019)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller

    Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

  12. 12Curve

    Curve (2016)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and horror

    Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.

  13. 13The Town that Dreaded Sundown

    The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror

    A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

  14. 14Daddy's Little Girl

    Daddy's Little Girl (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller

    After the police find Derek’s daughter brutally murdered on the beach, he vows to make the culprit suffer for his actions, even if that person is ‘part of the family.’ With careful research into the history of torture…

  15. 15The Possessed

    The Possessed (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller

    A man with the ability to exorcise demons fights to protect his loved ones after a sudden surge in demonic possessions. After discovering his nephew's girlfriend has the same supernatural gift, they join forces for the…

  16. 16The Other

    The Other (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller

    Unable to conceive, a couple seeks to build a family with a young orphan, survivor of tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they realize the violence in their foster's past has returned to…

  17. 17Abandoned

    Abandoned (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller

    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.

  18. 18The Evil

    The Evil (1978)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and horror

    Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.

  19. 19In the Blood

    In the Blood (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

  20. 20Crush

    Crush (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A secret admirer's crush on a high school athlete takes a fatal turn.

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