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Movies Like Face in the Dark

If you liked Face in the Dark (1958), a thriller movie directed by Jūkichi Uno, 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. 1Succubus

    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…

  2. 2The 355

    The 355 (2022)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.

  3. 3Black Widow

    Black Widow (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple…

  4. 4Hider 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.

  5. 5Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also thriller

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  6. 6Shades of Desire

    Shades of Desire (2023)

    ★ 6.5/10Also thriller

    After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.

  7. 7Whisper

    Whisper (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

  8. 8Off 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…

  9. 9Point Blank

    Point Blank (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also thriller

    A nurse is forced to spring a wounded murder suspect from the hospital when the man’s brother kidnaps his pregnant wife and wants to make a trade.

  10. 10King of Killers

    King of Killers (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Garan is a part of a group of international hitmen who are contracted to take out the most dangerous killer in the world, only to find out that they're the ones being hunted.

  11. 11Hunting Grounds

    Hunting Grounds (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller

    Desperate to find refuge for her children, Chloe Marvino runs away from her Mafia tied husband, and finds shelter in a cabin with a recluse drifter named Jake. But as her husband's henchmen draw closer to her, it turns…

  12. 12Suburbicon

    Suburbicon (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…

  13. 13Hunting Season

    Hunting Season (2025)

    ★ 7.4/10Also thriller

    When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.

  14. 146 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…

  15. 15Frank and Penelope

    Frank and Penelope (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also thriller

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…

  16. 16The Town that Dreaded Sundown

    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.

  17. 17Rogue Agent

    Rogue Agent (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller

    Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

  18. 18Wardriver

    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.

  19. 19180

    180 (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller

    When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.

  20. 20Eradication

    Eradication (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller

    When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…

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