Movies like Fear the Invisible Man (2023)
The best movies like Fear the Invisible Man (2023) are Hollow Man (2000), Sightless (2020) and The Invisible Man (2020). If Fear the Invisible Man hooked you with its thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedSuccubus (2024)8.3/10 from 280 votes
- NewestSuccubus (2024)Released 2024
Hollow Man (2000)
Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed and Caine seems doomed to future without flesh, he starts to turn increasingly dangerous.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSightless (2020)
After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Invisible Man (2020)
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Evil (1978)
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSee No Evil (1971)
In the English countryside, Sarah Rexton, recently blinded in a horse riding accident, moves in with her uncle's family and gallantly adjusts to her new condition, unaware that a killer stalks them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHider 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWerewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSeeking Justice (2011)
After his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Caller (1987)
One night, an unusual stranger in need asks a woman living alone in a house in the woods if he can use her phone. It soon becomes clear that they're playing a strange mind game and that there's something very wrong about the woods.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisRogue Agent (2022)
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpectral (2016)
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFranklyn (2008)
Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As these worlds collide, a single bullet determines the destiny of these four characters.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Calling (2014)
Detective Hazel Micallef hasn't had much to worry about in the sleepy town of Port Dundas until a string of gruesome murders in the surrounding countryside brings her face to face with a serial killer driven by a higher calling.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCheat (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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSuccubus (2024)
A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he could have ever imagined.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisAsylum (2005)
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Last Thing Mary Saw (2021)
Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family's matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCaged (2021)
An African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he's haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and pushed to the breaking point by an abusive female guard.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnit 234 (2024)
While working the night shift alone, Laurie Saltair discovers a comatose man, Clayton, in Unit 234 of her family’s storage facility. What transpires is a thrill ride of a cat-and-mouse game for Laurie and Clayton to survive the night.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBody Cam (2020)
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Invisible Dr. Mabuse (1962)
Strange things happen in a revue theatre. The dancer Maria seems to be hunted by an invisible admirer. When the body of a probable FBI agent is found in a trunk the police asks FBI man Joe Como for help. Como gets interested in the revue theatre and an ominous transport firm soon. When he is receiving mysterious threatening letters he is sure that Dr. Mabuse has risen again. But what is going on at "Enterprise X" so that both the goverment and the mad genius in crime are interested in it?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
To prevent a world war from breaking out, famous characters from Victorian literature band together to do battle against a cunning villain.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHollow Man II (2006)
After the mysterious death of scientist Dr. Devin Villiers, Det. Frank Turner and his partner are assigned to protect Villiers' colleague, who revealed that a veteran soldier was subjected to an experiment with the objective of creating the ultimate national security weapon... an undetectable soldier. The experiment failed – with disastrous side effects.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Invisible Man (2017)
A modern retelling of H.G. Wells classic novel, The Invisible Man. Motivated by the death of his son, Griffin, a brilliant but eccentric scientist discovers a method to invisibility.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Into Thin Air (1994)
A young man is brutally beaten and left for dead by three hoodlums. Horribly scarred, he is nursed back to health by a mysterious hooded individual who reveals a powerful scientific discovery - the secret of invisibility. Unable to face his friends and family, he ingests the formula to seek revenge on those responsible, spiraling him deeper into a world of deception, betrayal, and murder.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
The Cosmic Man (1959)
A strange sphere settles down in a California canyon, causing both the scientific and military communities to gather around to investigate.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
The Invisible Chronicles (2009)
Young scientist Griffin experiments on himself with an invisibility serum. The serum is successful, and Griffin wreaks murderous revenge on his enemies, but can't stop there.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Invisible Personality (2012)
A short film paying homage to the movie "The Invisible Man."
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
The Invisible Stalker (1999)
The Invisible Stalker stars Dean Paul in the dual role of two brothers, Jason and Eric. The former is a scientific genius and the latter a crazed psychotic. When Dr. Bonner (Tina Krause) hires Shiela (Dawn Murphy) to steal Jason’s invisibility formula, it leads to tragic consequences for all of them. Kassie Karr and Vanessa Carlton play two bar owners who seduce, and then murder Jason. Debbie D is the cop who tries to save Dr. Bonner two times but is only successful once. Crazed by his son’s death, Jason’s father (GW Lawrence) takes the formula and attacks the two girls to make them admit their guilt. But they’re rescued at the last minute only to later fall victim to the insane Eric. See Tina Krause forced to play strip Russian Roulette! See Kassie and Dawn electrocuted at the same time! And see what hideous fate awaits Tina as she’s stripped and left to be devoured by the creatures of a cave.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
Orloff and the Invisible Man (1970)
Young doctor Garondet is summoned by renowned Professor Orloff. At Orloff's castle, Garondet discovers that the mad scientist has created an invisible yet murderous apeman.
Why it matches: Similar story and style
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Fear the Invisible Man?
The closest matches to Fear the Invisible Man are Hollow Man (2000), Sightless (2020) and The Invisible Man (2020). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Fear the Invisible Man?
Start with Hollow Man (2000), the closest match to Fear the Invisible Man.
What is the highest-rated movie like Fear the Invisible Man?
Succubus (2024), rated 8.3/10 by 280 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Fear the Invisible Man?
Succubus (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Fear the Invisible Man?
Yes: Hollow Man (2000), Sightless (2020) and The Invisible Man (2020).
How are movies similar to Fear the Invisible Man chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Fear the Invisible Man, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.