Movies Like A Father's Nightmare

If you liked A Father's Nightmare (2018), a thriller and tv movie movie directed by Vic Sarin, 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
The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story (2023)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and tv movie
Based 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…
2
Taken Back: Finding Haley (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also tv movie and thriller
Unable to get over the abduction of her daughter, a mother is convinced she has finally found her, but is she simply a mother obsessed?
3
The Invitation (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Will 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…
4
Flowers in the Attic (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and tv movie
After the sudden death of their father, four children face cruel treatment from their ruthless grandmother.
5
Girl in the Basement (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also thriller and tv movie
Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.
6
The Bad Seed (2018)
★ 7/10Also thriller and tv movie
A widower suspects that his seemingly perfect adolescent daughter is a heartless killer.
7
The Experiment (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
8
Abducted: The Mary Stauffer Story (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and tv movie
High school teacher Mary Stauffer and her eight-year old daughter, Beth are held captive for 53 days by an obsessed former student. Based on a true story.
9
You Don't Know Jack (2010)
★ 7/10Also tv movie
Controversy and legal problems follow Dr. Jack Kevorkian as he advocates assisted suicide.
10
The Bad Seed (1956)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller
Air Force Colonel Kenneth Penmark and his wife, Christine, adore their daughter Rhoda, despite her secret tendency for selfishness. Christine keeps her knowledge of her daughter's darker side to herself, but when a…
11
Fear (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who…
12
The Voices (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
13
The Crush (1993)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
14
The Client (1994)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the…
15
Gia (1998)
★ 7.1/10Also tv movie
Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.
16
Captive (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.
17
The Last House on the Left (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
When athletic teen Mari Collingwood opts to hang out with her friend Paige in town rather than spend an evening in with her parents vacationing at the family's remote lake house, it marks the beginning of a night no…
18
Dorothy Mills (2008)
★ 6/10Also thriller
When a gloomy, God-fearing island community is rocked by the assault of an infant, a psychiatrist is called in to examine Dorothy Mills, the teenager accused of the crime. Despite the villagers' hostility to her…
19
Last Scene Alive: An Aurora Teagarden Mystery (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also tv movie
There is excitement in the air when a Hollywood crew comes to Lawrenceton to film a movie about the town’s sleuthy librarian, Aurora Teagarden. However, when the film’s leading lady is found murdered in her dressing…
20
Locked (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
When Eddie breaks into a luxury SUV, he steps into a deadly trap set by William, a self-proclaimed vigilante delivering his own brand of twisted justice. With no means of escape, Eddie must fight to survive in a ride…