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Movies Like The Strangers

If you liked The Strangers (1980), a movie, 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. 1Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel (1945)

    ★ 6.6/10

    An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…

  2. 2In Secret

    In Secret (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10

    In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…

  3. 3Below Her Mouth

    Below Her Mouth (2017)

    ★ 6.8/10

    An unexpected affair quickly escalates into a heart-stopping reality for two women whose passionate connection changes their lives forever.

  4. 4They Live by Night

    They Live by Night (1949)

    ★ 6.8/10

    An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.

  5. 5Tatami

    Tatami (2024)

    ★ 7.7/10

    Iranian female judokas Leila and her coach Maryam, travel to the Judo World Championship, intent on bringing home Iran’s first gold medal. Midway through the Judo World Championships, they receive an ultimatum from the…

  6. 6Septembers of Shiraz

    Septembers of Shiraz (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10

    In this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, a secular Jewish family is caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

  7. 7Bad Sister

    Bad Sister (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10

    As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…

  8. 8Sleep, My Love

    Sleep, My Love (1948)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

  9. 9Teen Spirit

    Teen Spirit (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

  10. 10The World to Come

    The World to Come (2021)

    ★ 7/10

    In 1856, two women forge a close connection despite their isolation on the American frontier.

  11. 11Mater and the Ghostlight

    Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Mater, the rusty but trusty tow truck from Cars, spends a day in Radiator Springs playing scary pranks on his fellow townsfolk. That night at Flo's V8 Café, the Sheriff tells the story of the legend of the Ghostlight…

  12. 12Caught

    Caught (1949)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life…

  13. 13Coffy

    Coffy (1973)

    ★ 6.6/10

    After her younger sister gets involved in drugs and is severely injured by contaminated heroin, a nurse sets out on a mission of vengeance and vigilante justice, killing drug dealers, pimps, and mobsters who cross her…

  14. 14Endless Love

    Endless Love (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.

  15. 15I Can't Think Straight

    I Can't Think Straight (2008)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla…

  16. 16Gabriel's Inferno: Part III

    Gabriel's Inferno: Part III (2020)

    ★ 8.3/10

    The final part of the film adaption of the erotic romance novel Gabriel's Inferno written by an anonymous Canadian author under the pen name Sylvain Reynard.

  17. 17Let's Make Love

    Let's Make Love (1960)

    ★ 6.4/10

    When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

  18. 18The Rewrite

    The Rewrite (2014)

    ★ 6/10

    An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there.

  19. 19Kid's Story

    Kid's Story (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10

    A high school student is haunted by thoughts of "The Matrix" and a person named "Neo".

  20. 20No Time for Nuts

    No Time for Nuts (2006)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Scrat comes across a time machine and is transported to various times all in pursuit of his beloved acorn.

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