Movies Like The Boy Next Door
If you liked The Boy Next Door (2015), a thriller movie directed by Rob Cohen, 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.
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The Crush (1993)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerA precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
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Careful What You Wish For (2015)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerA guy gets more than he bargained for after entering into an affair with the wife of an investment banker. Soon, a suspicious death and substantial life insurance policy embroil him in a scandal.
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Watcher (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerAs a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
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Fear (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerNicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who…
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The Loft (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerFor five men, the opportunity to share a penthouse in the city -- in which to carry on extramarital affairs -- is a dream come true, until the dead body of an unknown woman turns up. Realizing that her killer must be…
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Blackwater Lane (2024)
★ 6/10Also thrillerAn American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to…
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Drop (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerViolet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry, is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as…
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Hider in the House (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerA deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
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Addicted (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerA gallerist risks her family and flourishing career when she enters into an affair with a talented painter and slowly loses control of her life.
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Unfaithful (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerA New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.
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Wicked Minds (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerHolden returns home from college and is surprised to find his overpowering competitive father married to a much younger woman Lana. Holden quickly falls for the beauty and charisma of his step mother. A passionate…
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Ma (2019)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerSue Ann is a loner who keeps to herself in her quiet Ohio town. One day, she is asked by Maggie, a new teenager in town, to buy some booze for her and her friends, and Sue Ann sees the chance to make some unsuspecting…
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Dream Lover (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerNot long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman…
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Sleuth (1972)
★ 7.7/10Also thrillerA man who loves games and theatre invites his wife's lover to meet, setting up a battle of wits with potentially deadly results.
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Fatal Attraction (1987)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerA married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
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Graphic Desires (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerWhen reclusive Franklin cheats on his partner with a mysterious girl he meets on a dating app, it becomes the start of a deadly obsession.
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Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
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Evil Nanny (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerA couple hires a live-in nanny to watch the offspring while they work. At first, everything goes perfectly, but when an unsafe incident means the parents no longer want the nanny around, they find out this nanny is…
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The Voices (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also thrillerA mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
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Deep Water (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerA well-to-do husband who allows his wife to have affairs in order to avoid a divorce becomes a prime suspect in the disappearance of her lovers.