Movies Like Afflict

If you liked Afflict (2015), a thriller movie directed by Sharry Flaherty and Joe Lujan, 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
Mindcage (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and…
2
The Calling (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a…
3
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
4
Dressed to Kill (1980)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing…
5
Cleaner (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
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…
6
52 Pick-Up (1986)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and…
7
The Whisper Man (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
When his young son vanishes, a widower enlists help from his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case.
8
Verity (2026)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Lowen Ashleigh, hired to ghostwrite for best-selling author Verity Crawford, uncovers Verity's autobiographical notes, and becomes involved in what may prove to be a lethal conspiracy.
9
Conflict (1945)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
10
The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
11
The Pelican Brief (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
12
Layer Cake (2004)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn up the heat, not only to outwit the old regime and come out on top, but to save his own skin...
13
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.
14
F Marry Kill (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
When true-crime junkie Eva Vaugh is shoved into the dating app world by her besties on her 30th birthday, she suddenly finds herself at the center of a real-life murder case. As new details about the murders are…
15
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics…
16
The Prowler (1981)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
Thirty years after a murder on the night of Avalon Bay's graduation dance, the sleepy town's teens meet grisly ends at the hands of a prowler once thought to be a jilted soldier home from war.
17
Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
18
Palmetto (1998)
★ 6/10Also thriller
After being released from prison on a bum charge, Harry Barber is out for payback to regain his lost two years. He's hired by Mrs. Malroux to fake the kidnapping of her stepdaughter (the daughter of a dying…
19
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Private investigator Matthew Scudder is hired by a drug kingpin to find out who kidnapped and murdered his wife.
20
Taking Lives (2004)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again…