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Movies Like Asylum of Fear

If you liked Asylum of Fear (2018), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Craig Deering, 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. 1Nocebo

    Nocebo (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller

    A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying…

  2. 2Older Gods

    Older Gods (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery

    After the disappearance of his troubled friend, American Chris Rivers travels to the remote Welsh countryside to investigate what happened – leading him to a dark apocalyptic cult.

  3. 3Night Watch

    Night Watch (1973)

    ★ 6.3/10Also mystery and thriller

    A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.

  4. 4Cleaner

    Cleaner (2007)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery

    Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may…

  5. 5All the Devils Are Here

    All the Devils Are Here (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller

    After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.

  6. 6Body Cam

    Body Cam (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller

    As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.

  7. 7The Lady Vanishes

    The Lady Vanishes (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    Young 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.

  8. 8Grave Encounters

    Grave Encounters (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horror

    A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.

  9. 9Stonehearst Asylum

    Stonehearst Asylum (2014)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and mystery

    An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

  10. 10The Infernal Machine

    The Infernal Machine (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery

    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…

  11. 11Containment

    Containment (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror

    Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

  12. 12Stowaway

    Stowaway (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller

    A tenacious party girl fights to survive after three thieves commandeer her luxury yacht. Unable to escape and trapped on the yacht at high seas, the prey becomes the hunter as she turns the tables on the intruders and…

  13. 13Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

    Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.

  14. 14The Seven-Ups

    The Seven-Ups (1973)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

  15. 15Black Rainbow

    Black Rainbow (1989)

    ★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller

    Martha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her…

  16. 16The Girl Who Got Away

    The Girl Who Got Away (2021)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller

    A female serial killer who killed four young girls is sent away to prison, but a fifth victim escaped with her life. Twenty years later, the killer escapes and begins hunting for the one who got away.

  17. 17Eyes of Laura Mars

    Eyes of Laura Mars (1978)

    ★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    A famous fashion photographer develops a disturbing ability to see through the eyes of a serial killer.

  18. 18Night of the Hunted

    Night of the Hunted (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and mystery

    When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…

  19. 19Fear in the Night

    Fear in the Night (1972)

    ★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thriller

    It took Peggy Heller a long time to recover from the trauma of a brutal physical assault, suffered in her youth. When she married Robert, he provided her with the love and reassurance she craved for and the two settled…

  20. 20The Evil

    The Evil (1978)

    ★ 5.8/10Also thriller and horror

    Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.

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