Movies like Bula (2022)

Frank and Penelope (2022)

A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

God Is a Bullet (2023)

Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

Night of the Hunted (2023)

When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Cheat (2023)

On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

Ninja III: The Domination (1984)

An aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Strange Darling (2024)

Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

Southbound (2015)

On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation — are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

Blood Punch (2014)

Milton, a college dropout, was only supposed to cook meth for one day. Broken out of rehab by a brash young woman and her trigger-happy ("ex") boyfriend and driven to a remote cabin the woods, Milton finds himself drawn into a dangerous love triangle gone haywire. The couple's deadpan half-truths spin around Milton like a song on repeat. They seem to read him like an open book, until a mysterious message opens his eyes to his cursed existence. With unlimited ammunition, any hunting tool they could desire, and an ever-growing body count, for what did Milton really sign up?

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Azrael (2024)

In a world where no one speaks, a devout female hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is due to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil deep within the surrounding wilderness.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Bloodline (2019)

Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

I Spit on Your Grave (2010)

A beautiful woman from the city, Jennifer Hills, rents an isolated cabin in the country to write her latest novel. Soon, a group of local lowlifes subject her to a nightmare of degradation, rape, and violence.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013)

Broke, and in desperate need to update her portfolio, New York City model Katie calls a number from a tear-off flyer offering free photos. But this innocent attempt quickly turns into an unthinkable kidnapping nightmare where she's ripped away from everyone and everything she knows.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

Dead Ringers (1988)

Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the meeker of the two, without the woman knowing the difference. Beverly falls hard for one of the patients, Claire, but when she inadvertently deceives him, he slips into a state of madness.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

Hider in the House (1989)

A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

The Infernal Machine (2022)

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 bestseller decades earlier. Cogburn's search for who is behind the manipulation and mental torment he encounters leads to an emotional roller-coaster ride full of fear and danger, where things are not always as clear as they seem to be, and where past deeds can have dire consequences.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

In the Blood (2014)

When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation, a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

Until Death (2007)

Anthony Stowe is a dirty cop who is hooked on heroin—and everyone hates him. After a serious accident, he is placed into an induced coma, but emerges from it a better person who wants to put things right.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

Basic Instinct (1992)

Catherine, a novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite, becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered -- a crime she had described in her latest story.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

Foxy Brown (1974)

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

Rise of the Footsoldier (2007)

Carlton Leach rises from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late '80s and early '90s.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

Blind Alley (2011)

A serial killer traps and taunts a young dancer inside a laundromat that located down an isolated alley.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

Mother Mary (2026)

Long-buried wounds rise to the surface when iconic pop star Mother Mary reunites with her estranged best friend and former costume designer Sam Anselm on the eve of her comeback performance.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & horror

Sister's Keeper (2007)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

Uzumaki (2000)

The inhabitants of a small Japanese town become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

An ambitious director sets out to revive a faded slasher franchise, but her meeting with the film’s reclusive original star spirals into a terrifying maze of obsession, fear, and blood-soaked delusion.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

ee (2026)

When a young girl attempts to shoplift an old blind box figure from a collectibles store, the shopkeeper’s seductive wife takes an interest in her.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

Perfectly Good Moment (2023)

Ruby and David have been on-and-off for 8 years. Six months after Ruby last ran out on him, she has returned. But Ruby has more in store than just a reunion.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

Ponyboi (2025)

Unfolding over the course of Valentine’s Day in New Jersey, a young intersex sex worker must run from the mob after a drug deal goes sideways, forcing him to confront his past.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

Exposure (TBA)

Plot TBA. Described as a psychosexual thriller with themes of voyeurism, set against a corporate backdrop.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

LOVE OR MADNESS (2026)

A young woman enters her mother’s room to see her one last time. Overwhelmed by grief, regret, and tenderness, she finds comfort in every gesture of affection. As their bond becomes increasingly intimate, something quietly shifts, and the boundaries between love, grief, and what feels natural begin to dissolve.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror