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Movies Like Sleep awake

If you liked Sleep awake (2012), a thriller movie directed by Andrei Stefanescu, 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. 1Frank and Penelope

    Frank and Penelope (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…

  2. 2Hider 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.

  3. 3Containment

    Containment (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

  4. 4Savaged

    Savaged (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller

    After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.

  5. 5Strange but True

    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.

  6. 6Cheat

    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…

  7. 7Zip Wire

    Zip Wire (2026)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    When her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial…

  8. 8The Hit List

    The Hit List (2011)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A disgruntled man creates a hit list with a stranger during a drunken night out and must then race to try to save those he marked for extermination as the bodies begin to pile up and all fingers point to him.

  9. 9Black Widow

    Black Widow (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…

  10. 10Bloodline Killer

    Bloodline Killer (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    Moira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.

  11. 11Eradication

    Eradication (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…

  12. 12Succubus

    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…

  13. 13Hello

    Hello (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    An emotionally unavailable flight attendant meets a potential love interest and later finds out that her "perfect guy" has ulterior motives. As the clock ticks down on New Year's Eve, she must fight to keep her…

  14. 14Dangerous

    Dangerous (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s…

  15. 15The Unhealer

    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…

  16. 16Shadow Dancer

    Shadow Dancer (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    In 1990s Belfast, a woman is forced to betray all she believes in for the sake of her son.

  17. 17Blackwood

    Blackwood (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    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…

  18. 18Hunting Grounds

    Hunting Grounds (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Desperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns…

  19. 19The Other

    The Other (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also 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…

  20. 20Prodigy

    Prodigy (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he…

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