Movies Like Taste of Fear
If you liked Taste of Fear (1961), a thriller and mystery movie directed by Seth Holt, 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.
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Lake Mungo (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thrillerAfter 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and…
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The Ring (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and mysteryJournalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel…
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Absentia (2011)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and mysteryTricia's husband has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her as the pressure mounts to finally declare him 'dead in absentia'. Tricia is reluctant, always holding out hope, but…
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Old (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mysteryA group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
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Double Jeopardy (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and mysteryLibby Parsons, wrongly convicted of her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive. She survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that…
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The Woman in Cabin 10 (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerOn a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the truth.
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Sinister (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thrillerTrue-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths…
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The Night House (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mysteryReeling from the unexpected death of her husband, Beth is left alone in the lakeside home he built for her. She tries as best she can to keep it together — but then nightmares come. Disturbing visions of a presence in…
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Frantic (1988)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and thrillerThe wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows…
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The Invisible Man (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and horrorWhen Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can…
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And Soon the Darkness (1970)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mysteryTwo young English women go on a cycling tour of the French countryside. When one of them goes missing, the other begins to search for her. But who can she trust?
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Till Death (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thrillerAfter a romantic evening at their secluded lake house, a woman wakes up handcuffed to her dead husband. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers to escape her late spouse's twisted…
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The Cycle (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and thrillerA daughter unravels her father's dark past after his body, missing for 36 years, is found at a horrific crime scene.
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Inland Empire (2006)
★ 7/10Also horror and thrillerWhen actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.
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The Vanished (2020)
★ 6/10Also thriller and horrorA family vacation takes a terrifying turn when parents Paul and Wendy discover their young daughter has vanished without a trace. Stopping at nothing to find her, the search for the truth leads to a shocking revelation.
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Don't Move (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerA grieving woman in a secluded forest encounters a killer who injects her with a paralytic drug. As her body shuts down, her fight for survival begins.
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Influencers (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerIn the picturesque landscapes of Southern France, a young woman's chilling fascination with murder and identity theft sends her life into a whirlwind of chaos.
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Shattered (1991)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thrillerDan Merrick comes out from a shattering car accident with amnesia. He finds that he is married to Judith who is trying to help him start his life again. He keeps getting flashbacks about events and places that he can't…
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Us (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thrillerHusband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors…
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The Autopsy of Jane Doe (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mysteryFather and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying…