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Movies Like A Bird In The Shadow

If you liked A Bird In The Shadow (2017), a thriller movie directed by D.M. Galloway, 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. 1The Unsaid

    The Unsaid (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.

  2. 2Chief of Station

    Chief of Station (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he…

  3. 3Hider in the House

    Hider in the House (1989)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

  4. 46 Below: Miracle on the Mountain

    6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    An adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…

  5. 5Off the Grid

    Off the Grid (2025)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    After a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their…

  6. 6Zip Wire

    Zip Wire (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10Also thriller

    When her ground-breaking pharmaceutical discovery is stolen and partner murdered, researcher Amy must face her fear of heights to escape nefarious attackers, with the only path to salvation being a treacherous aerial…

  7. 7You'll Never Find Me

    You'll Never Find Me (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the…

  8. 8Those Who Wish Me Dead

    Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.

  9. 9Succubus

    Succubus (2024)

    ★ 8.3/10Also thriller

    A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he…

  10. 10Wardriver

    Wardriver (2026)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    He’s a Wardriver: a hacker who steals from banks, not people—until he’s noticed. Now the money turns violent, and the woman caught in it could save him or kill them both.

  11. 11Strange but True

    Strange but True (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.

  12. 12The Unhealer

    The Unhealer (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…

  13. 13Bad Girl

    Bad Girl (2016)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    Bad girl Amy is given one last chance by her adoptive parents, who think her friendship with local girl Chloe is a step in the right direction. But when Amy discovers that Chloe harbors a dark secret, she finds herself…

  14. 14Section 8

    Section 8 (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    After avenging the murder of his family, a former soldier is sprung from prison and recruited by a shadowy government agency.

  15. 15Road to Paloma

    Road to Paloma (2014)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller

    While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is…

  16. 16The Infernal Machine

    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…

  17. 17Bad Sister

    Bad Sister (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10Also thriller

    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…

  18. 18Border Hunters

    Border Hunters (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    After his police officer brother is killed by a drug dealer who flees to the protection of his cartel-connected uncle in Mexico, an American man with a diverse law enforcement/military background goes south of the…

  19. 19Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

    Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.

  20. 20Seven Snipers

    Seven Snipers (2026)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    When a former elite sniper is hunted down by the ruthless warlord who once held her captive, she must fight to the death to protect the daughter she has raised in hiding, on a remote Australian farm.

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