Movies Like Behind the Fear

If you liked Behind the Fear (2016), a movie directed by Nicole Zwiren, 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 Astronaut (2025)
★ 6.1/10
After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA’s care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening…
2
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
★ 7.1/10
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent…
3
The Invitation (2016)
★ 6.4/10
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…
4
The Invasion (2007)
★ 6.1/10
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a…
5
The Secret Life of Bees (2008)
★ 7.5/10
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with…
6
Reign Over Me (2007)
★ 7.2/10
A man who lost his family in the September 11 attack on New York City runs into his old college roommate. Rekindling the friendship is the one thing that appears able to help the man recover from his grief.
7
The Conversation (1974)
★ 7.5/10
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
8
undertone (2026)
★ 6/10
The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.
9
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
★ 6.2/10
Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease, and nobody will let them off the train.
10
Mad City (1997)
★ 6.2/10
A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.
11
Contagion (2011)
★ 6.7/10
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
12
Cameraperson (2016)
★ 6.7/10
As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What…
13
And the Band Played On (1993)
★ 6.4/10
The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
14
HyperNormalisation (2016)
★ 7.5/10
We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth…
15
Richard Jewell (2019)
★ 7.4/10
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime…
16
The Shack (2017)
★ 7.5/10
A grieving man receives a mysterious, personal invitation to meet with God at a place called 'The Shack'.
17
Conspiracy Theory (1997)
★ 6.6/10
A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
18
Charlie Wilson's War (2007)
★ 6.5/10
A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid Afghan mujahideen rebels fighting the Soviets.
19
God Bless the Broken Road (2018)
★ 7.2/10
The story of a young mother who loses her husband in Afghanistan and struggles to raise their young daughter in his absence.
20
Posthumous (2014)
★ 5.9/10
After false reports of his demise put him and his work on the map, an artist decides to continue the charade by posing as his own brother. Soon, a reporter enters his life and has a profound effect on him.