Movies Like Scream for Help

If you liked Scream for Help (1984), a horror and mystery movie directed by Michael Winner, 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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Unhinged (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and horror
Rachel is a divorced single mother whose bad day gets even worse. She's running late to drop her son off at school when she honks her horn impatiently at a fellow driver during rush-hour traffic. After an exchange of…
2
The Window (1949)
★ 7/10Also thriller and crime
An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw…
3
The Call (2013)
★ 6.8/10Also crime and thriller
Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a…
4
Sinister (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thriller
True-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…
5
825 Forest Road (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
After a family tragedy, Chuck Wilson hopes to start a new life in Ashland Falls with his wife Maria and little sister Elizabeth, but he quickly discovers that the town has a dark history of being haunted by a ghostly…
6
Breaking In (2018)
★ 6/10Also crime and thriller
Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to…
7
The Boy (2016)
★ 6/10Also horror and mystery
A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.
8
Funny Games (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and horror
When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to…
9
Sisters (1973)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and horror
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and…
10
I See You (2019)
★ 7/10Also horror and thriller
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.
11
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
★ 7.3/10Also horror and mystery
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
12
Watcher (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
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.
13
Black Phone 2 (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thriller
Four years after defeating The Grabber, Finney Blake is struggling with life after captivity. When his younger sister Gwen begins receiving calls in her dreams from the Black Phone and seeing disturbing visions of…
14
Like Minds (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and mystery
A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
15
Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and mystery
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…
16
The Black Phone (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also horror and thriller
Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney…
17
Haunt (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller
On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an extreme haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realisation that some nightmares are real.
18
Sympathy for the Devil (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.
19
Jeepers Creepers (2001)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and mystery
On a desolate country highway, two homeward-bound teens are nearly run off the road by a maniac in a beat-up truck, and later spot him shoving what appears to be a body down a sewer pipe.
20
The Wolf of Snow Hollow (2020)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
Terror grips a small mountain town as bodies are discovered after each full moon. Losing sleep, raising a teenage daughter, and caring for his ailing father, officer Marshall struggles to remind himself there's no such…