Movies Like A Cry in the Wilderness

If you liked A Cry in the Wilderness (1974), a thriller and tv movie movie directed by Gordon Hessler, 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
SpongeBob SquarePants: Kreepaway Kamp (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also tv movie
While at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one!
2
Hunting Season (2025)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
3
Open Season: Scared Silly (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movie
The humans and animals believe a werewolf is on the loose, and former hunter Shaw uses the opportunity to re-open the season. Boog, Elliot, and Mr. Weenie have to face their fears and find the werewolf to get the…
4
Infidelity in Suburbia (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and tv movie
With her husband away at work, and her son at school, Laura dreams of a home-renovation project to supplant her restless days. Elliott, her irresistibly hot private contractor, soon fulfills her more forbidden dreams.
5
Thieves Highway (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
After discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.
6
Open Season 2 (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movie
After falling head over hooves in love with Giselle, Elliot's road to the altar takes a slight detour when Mr. Weenie is kidnapped by a group of pampered pets determined to return him to his owners.
7
Meltdown: Days of Destruction (2006)
★ 6/10Also tv movie
Despite scientist Nathan's warnings, his boss continues an experiment meant as publicity for his satellite firm: exploding an asteroid. Instead it splits, and the major piece, the size of Iceland, changes course to…
8
180 (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
9
4 Horsemen: Apocalypse (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also tv movie
A small team of scientists must race against time to stop what seems to be a cascade of global disasters signaling the possible apocalypse and end of days.
10
The Neighbor in the Window (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and tv movie
A suburban wife finds herself and the security of her family threatened by another seemingly friendly neighborhood mom.
11
The Good Neighbor (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and…
12
Icefall (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
A young Indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen lake. When a group of criminals and…
13
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.
14
Cape Fear (1962)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
15
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…
16
The Last House on the Left (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no…
17
Take Back (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Zara and Brian are living the perfect small town life when a mysterious stranger from Zara's secret past kidnaps their daughter and now they must race to save her life.
18
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.
19
Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…
20
Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie
Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by…