Movies Like Stranger in the Dunes

If you liked Stranger in the Dunes (2016), a thriller and science fiction movie directed by Nicholas Bushman, 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
Old (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A 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.
2
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
For their honeymoon, newlyweds Cliff and Cydney head to the tropical islands of Hawaii. While journeying through the paradisaical countryside the couple encounters Kale and Cleo, two disgruntled hitchhikers and Nick…
3
What Keeps You Alive (2018)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a married couple attempting to celebrate their first anniversary.
4
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…
5
Blackwater Lane (2024)
★ 6/10Also thriller
An American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to…
6
mother! (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.
7
Abandoned (2022)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller
After a young couple moves into a remote farmhouse with their infant son, the woman's struggles with postpartum psychosis begin to intensify... as the house reveals secrets of its own.
8
Dust Devil (1992)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.
9
Come to Daddy (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
After receiving a cryptic letter from his estranged father, Norval travels to his dad’s oceanfront home for what he hopes will be a positive experience. If only he’d known the dark truth about his old man beforehand.
10
Burnt Offerings (1976)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
11
Don't Worry Darling (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction and thriller
Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their…
12
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller and science fiction
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?
13
What Lies Beneath (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Norman and Claire Spencer are a seemingly happily married couple who uncover a terrible secret… a secret so disturbing it threatens to destroy them.
14
Us (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
Husband 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…
15
Out of Time (2003)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force…
16
Watcher (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
17
Elizabeth Harvest (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thriller
The newly married Elizabeth arrives with her new husband, the scientist Henry, at a magnificent house. He tells her that she can do there anything she pleases, except to enter a certain closed room.
18
Margaux (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a…
19
Fear in the Night (1972)
★ 5.8/10Also 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
Down in the Valley (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
On a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch hand. The pair feel an instant attraction and begin a relationship…