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Movies Like A Dark Place

If you liked A Dark Place (2018), a thriller and mystery movie directed by Simon Fellows, 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. 1In the Shadow of the Moon

    In the Shadow of the Moon (2019)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas "Locke" Lockhart, hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer whose crimes defy scientific explanation. When the killer mysteriously resurfaces nine years…

  2. 2The Sixth Sense

    The Sixth Sense (1999)

    ★ 8/10Also mystery and thriller

    Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

  3. 3Prisoners

    Prisoners (2013)

    ★ 8.1/10Also thriller

    After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search…

  4. 4Split

    Split (2017)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls…

  5. 5The Village

    The Village (2004)

    ★ 6.5/10Also mystery and thriller

    When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

  6. 6Striking Distance

    Striking Distance (1993)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.

  7. 7The Home

    The Home (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to…

  8. 8Like Minds

    Like Minds (2006)

    ★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery

    A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

  9. 9The Night Clerk

    The Night Clerk (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Hotel night clerk Bart Bromley is a highly intelligent young man on the Autism spectrum. When a woman is murdered during his shift, Bart becomes the prime suspect. As the police investigation closes in, Bart makes a…

  10. 10Sinister

    Sinister (2012)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mystery

    True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths…

  11. 11Standoff

    Standoff (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate…

  12. 12Witness

    Witness (1985)

    ★ 7.1/10Also thriller

    While protecting an Amish boy—the sole witness to a brutal murder—and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life comes under threat.

  13. 13The Boy

    The Boy (2015)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.

  14. 14Case 39

    Case 39 (2009)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery and thriller

    In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the…

  15. 15Last Man Down

    Last Man Down (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery

    After civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered, a special forces soldier abandons his duty and becomes a hermit in the Nordic wilderness. Years later, a wounded woman appears on his doorstep…

  16. 16Twelve Monkeys

    Twelve Monkeys (1995)

    ★ 7.6/10Also thriller and mystery

    In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground…

  17. 17The Hitcher

    The Hitcher (1986)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking…

  18. 18Trigger Point

    Trigger Point (2021)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery

    Nicolas Shaw is a retired U.S. special operative who becomes part of an elite 'invisible' team that quietly takes out the worst villains around the world.

  19. 19Blow Out

    Blow Out (1981)

    ★ 7.3/10Also mystery and thriller

    While recording sound effects for a slasher flick, Jack Terry stumbles upon a real-life horror: a car careening off a bridge and into a river. Jack jumps into the water and fishes out Sally from the car, but the other…

  20. 20A Good Woman Is Hard to Find

    A Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local…

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