Movies Like File Box

If you liked File Box (2013), a horror and mystery movie directed by Timothy Fielding and Paul Fielding, 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
The Crazies (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and horror
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
2
Planet Terror (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller
Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry Darling, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors…
3
The Infernal Machine (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller and mystery
Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his…
4
The Lie (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
A father and daughter are on their way to dance camp when they spot the girl's best friend on the side of the road. When they stop to offer the friend a ride, their good intentions soon result in terrible consequences.
5
Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and mystery
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful…
6
Last Man Down (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery
After civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered, a special forces soldier abandons his duty and becomes a hermit in the Nordic wilderness. Years later, a wounded woman appears on his doorstep…
7
Black Rainbow (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller
Martha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her…
8
Cleaner (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and mystery
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…
9
The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and thriller
Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.
10
Hypnotic (2023)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and thriller
A detective becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program while investigating a string of reality-bending crimes.
11
Creep (2014)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: "$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated." Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it. He drives to a cabin in a remote…
12
Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
13
Grave Encounters (2011)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and horror
A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
14
Curse of the Blair Witch (1999)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and mystery
A mockumentary exploring the legend of the Blair Witch and the case of the three missing student filmmakers.
15
The Home (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also horror and mystery
A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to…
16
The Presidio (1988)
★ 5.8/10Also mystery and thriller
Jay Austin is now a civilian police detective. Colonel Caldwell was his commanding officer years before when he left the military police over a disagreement over the handling of a drunk driver. Now a series of murders…
17
Barbarian (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and mystery
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she…
18
Strange Harvest (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and mystery
Detectives are thrust into a chilling hunt for a sadistic serial killer from the past whose return marks the beginning of a new wave of grotesque, otherworldly crimes tied to a cosmic force.
19
Backrooms (2026)
★ 7/10Also horror and mystery
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
20
The X-Files (1998)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and thriller
Mulder and Scully, now taken off the FBI's X Files cases, must find a way to fight the shadowy elements of the government to find out the truth about a conspiracy that might mean the alien colonization of Earth.