Movies Like The Stranger Inside
If you liked The Stranger Inside (2016), a thriller and tv movie movie directed by Danny J. Boyle, 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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Last Seen Alive (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also thrillerAfter Will Spann's wife suddenly vanishes at a gas station, his desperate search to find her leads him down a dark path that forces him to run from authorities and take the law into his own hands.
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Cleveland Abduction (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also tv movieA single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
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John Q (2002)
★ 7.2/10Also thrillerJohn Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a…
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Evil Nanny (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and tv movieA couple hires a live-in nanny to watch the offspring while they work. At first, everything goes perfectly, but when an unsafe incident means the parents no longer want the nanny around, they find out this nanny is…
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
★ 7/10Also thrillerDr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who…
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Dragonfly (2002)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerA grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patient's near death experiences.
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Blackwater Lane (2024)
★ 6/10Also thrillerAn American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to…
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Butterfly on a Wheel (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also thrillerA sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.
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The Captive (2014)
★ 5.8/10Also thrillerEight years after their daughter Cassandra's abduction tore them apart, an estranged couple discover disturbing clues that indicate that she is still alive.
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Trapped (2002)
★ 6.2/10Also thrillerHeld hostage in different cities after their daughter is kidnapped by a master extortionist, a desperate couple must find a way to outsmart a seemingly foolproof plot.
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Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerLeona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
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One Hour Photo (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerSy Parrish has lovingly developed photographs for the Yorkin family since their son was a baby. But as the Yorkins' lives become fuller, Sy's only seems lonelier, until he eventually convinces himself he's part of…
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Ken Park (2003)
★ 6/10Also thrillerTeen skater Ken Park (nicknamed Krap Nek; his name spelled and pronounced backward) kills himself at a Visalia skate park; his death bookends the lives of four other young people who knew him: Shawn, the most…
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Extortion (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerA doctor desperately tries to save his wife and their 5 year old son after their vacation in the Bahamas takes an unexpected turn.
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Stolen Baby: The Murder of Heidi Broussard (2023)
★ 8.4/10Also thriller and tv movieBased on a true story of best friends Magen and Heidi who have known each other for a decade. Pretending to be pregnant at the same time as her friend, Magen makes the journey from Houston to Austin to be by Heidi’s…
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The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and tv movieBased on a true story. 15-year-old Kara Robinson was kidnapped, assaulted and held captive for 18 hours. With her survival instincts kicking in, she plots a daring escape from the serial killer and leads police to his…
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Prisoners (2013)
★ 8.1/10Also thrillerAfter 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…
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Someone's Watching Me! (1978)
★ 6.2/10Also tv movie and thrillerA young woman moves to a high-rise apartment building and soon begins to be tormented by an unknown stalker who seems to know her every move.
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Bad Sister (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and tv movieAs 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…
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The Neighbor in the Window (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and tv movieA suburban wife finds herself and the security of her family threatened by another seemingly friendly neighborhood mom.