Movies Like Bayam Oru Payanam
If you liked Bayam Oru Payanam (2016), a horror and thriller movie directed by Mani Sharma, 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 Shed (2019)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerThe story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…
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Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thrillerA family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
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Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerTwo couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
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Black Widow (1987)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerFederal 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…
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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The Lady Vanishes (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horrorYoung socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.
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Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorWhen an Iraq War veteran receives a calling from a higher power, he embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to take over the world.
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Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)
★ 6/10Also horrorAn intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.
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Nightbooks (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horrorAlex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way…
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The Invitation (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and horrorWill and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that…
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The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerAfter an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar…
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Maanagaram (2017)
★ 7.4/10Also thrillerUpon moving to Chennai, four lives get intertwined as they strive to achieve success in the city. However, when a vicious gangster threatens them, the group must work together to defeat him.
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Peeping Tom (1960)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller and horrorLoner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He…
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Pyewacket (2017)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerA frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.
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No Name on the Bullet (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerWhen hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
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The Wailer (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorOn their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.
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Maanaadu (2021)
★ 7/10Also thrillerA Muslim man, who is stuck in a time loop, has to stop a political rally from taking place in order to save the state's chief minister and prevent religious violence.
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Unseen (2023)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thrillerSam receives a call from Emily, a near blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Can she survive using Sam as her eyes via video call?
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Pickup on South Street (1953)
★ 7.4/10Also thrillerIn New York City, an insolent pickpocket, Skip McCoy, inadvertently sets off a chain of events when he targets ex-prostitute Candy and steals her wallet. Unaware that she has been making deliveries of highly classified…
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The Dark Mirror (1946)
★ 7/10Also thriller and horrorA sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.