Movies Like Waking Fear

If you liked Waking Fear (2014), a mystery and thriller movie directed by Granger Coats, 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
Monster (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
2
Peeping Tom (1960)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He…
3
The Naked City (1948)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery and thriller
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
4
Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and 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.
5
The Blue Gardenia (1953)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while…
6
Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
7
Fallen Angel (1945)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…
8
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…
9
Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
10
The Jester (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery
The Jester is the titular main antagonist of the horror/thriller analogy short films of the same name. He is an enigmatic and malevolent being who enjoys inducing suffering to individuals he comes across who don't…
11
Spellbound (1945)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and thriller
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the…
12
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and thriller
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
13
Sleep, My Love (1948)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
14
Time Without Pity (1957)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and mystery
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a…
15
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
★ 7.5/10Also thriller
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
16
The Shed (2019)
★ 6/10Also thriller
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…
17
The Thinning: New World Order (2018)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller
Blake Redding is trapped in this dark room wanting to protect his love so the only thing he will do is escape like no failed student has done before.
18
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller and mystery
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
19
The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
★ 6.8/10Also thriller
Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no…
20
The Lady Vanishes (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery
Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.