Movies Like Very Frightening

If you liked Very Frightening (2021), a movie directed by Liu Zetian, 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
Get Fast (2024)
★ 6/10
When The Thief’s partner is kidnapped after stealing millions in cash from a merciless drug lord named Nushi, he reluctantly teams up with an angst-ridden orphan to rescue him. Nushi enlists her most trusted hitman…
2
Collateral (2004)
★ 7.2/10
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
3
High Rollers (2025)
★ 6.5/10
A master thief must pull off a dangerous casino heist when his nemesis kidnaps his lover. Caught between rival criminals and FBI pursuit, he risks all to save her and score big.
4
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
★ 6.5/10
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as…
5
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)
★ 6.6/10
Big Nick is back on the hunt in Europe and closing in on Donnie, who is embroiled in the treacherous and unpredictable world of diamond thieves and the infamous Panther mafia, as they plot a massive heist of the…
6
Suicide Kings (1997)
★ 6.6/10
Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo plays mind games, however, his captors splinter -- each wondering…
7
Unknown (2011)
★ 6.7/10
A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.
8
Family Plot (1976)
★ 6.8/10
Spiritualist Blanche Tyler and her cab-driving boyfriend encounter a pair of serial kidnappers while trailing a missing heir in California.
9
Dragged Across Concrete (2019)
★ 6.6/10
Two policemen, one an old-timer, the other his volatile younger partner, find themselves suspended when a video of their strong-arm tactics becomes the media's cause du jour. Low on cash and with no other options…
10
Now You See Me 2 (2016)
★ 6.8/10
One year after outwitting the FBI and winning the public’s adulation with their mind-bending spectacles, the Four Horsemen resurface only to find themselves face to face with a new enemy who enlists them to pull off…
11
Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
★ 7.2/10
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
12
Sexy Beast (2001)
★ 7/10
Ex-safecracker Gal Dove has served his time behind bars and is blissfully retired to a Spanish villa paradise with a wife he adores. The idyll is shattered by the arrival of his nemesis Don Logan, intent on persuading…
13
The Art of the Steal (2013)
★ 6.2/10
Crunch Calhoun, a third-rate motorcycle daredevil and part-time art thief, teams up with his snaky brother to steal one of the most valuable books in the world. But it's not just about the book for Crunch — he's keen…
14
Fargo (1996)
★ 7.8/10
Jerry Lundegaard is a small-town Minnesota car salesman deeply in debt and willing to do almost anything to get out. Police chief Marge Gunderson discovers a string of violent crimes as Jerry's schemes spiral out of…
15
The Driver (1978)
★ 7.2/10
The Driver specializes in driving getaway cars for robberies. His exceptional talent has prevented him from being caught yet. After another successful flight from the police a self-assured detective makes it his…
16
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
★ 7/10
A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.
17
'R Xmas (2001)
★ 6.2/10
A New York drug dealer is kidnapped, and his wife must try to come up with the money and drugs to free him from his abductors before Christmas.
18
Excess Baggage (1997)
★ 6.1/10
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
19
Trapped (2002)
★ 6.2/10
Held hostage in different cities after their daughter is kidnapped by a master extortionist, a desperate couple must find a way to outsmart a seemingly foolproof plot.
20
The Protector (1985)
★ 5.9/10
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is…