Movies Like The Shadow Within

If you liked The Shadow Within (2007), a thriller and horror movie directed by Silvana Zancolo, 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
Bring Her Back (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also horror
Following the death of their father, a brother and sister are sent to live with a foster mother, only to learn that she is hiding a terrifying secret.
2
Cheat (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horror
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
Daddy's Head (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A boy and his stepmother fear for their safety after an eerie creature resembling the boy's recently deceased father visits them.
4
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
5
Dagon (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is…
6
Malignant (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.
7
Southbound (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror
The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister…
8
The Resurrected (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
9
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and thriller
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
10
Hellraiser (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thriller
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
11
The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the…
12
The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
13
Bodycam (2026)
★ 6/10Also horror
A call to a quiet suburban home unleashes unthinkable carnage when two officers mistakenly shoot a man and his infant child, spiraling the tragedy into a fierce, unrelenting fall into the unknown.
14
Dust Devil (1992)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
15
You Shall Not Sleep Tonight (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A boy is haunted by terrifying nightmares where a monster lurks inside the closet. To his relief, his father appears in the middle of the night helping him to face his fears. But the boy will begin to question the true…
16
The Possession of Michael King (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
Michael King asks occultists to summon all evil spirits to prove his point that they do not exist. But something goes wrong and he becomes a danger to everyone.
17
Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and horror
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…
18
The Dogs (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
After fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
19
Absentia (2011)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
Tricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but…
20
A Field in England (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a…