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Movies like Within The Walls

The best movies like Within The Walls are Hider in the House (1989), Fear the Invisible Man (2023) and The Evil (1978). If Within The Walls hooked you with its thriller, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. 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

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  2. Fear the Invisible Man (2023)

    A young British widow shelters an old medical school colleague, a man who has somehow turned himself invisible. As his isolation grows and his sanity frays, he schemes to create a reign of wanton murder and terror across the city.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  3. The 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

  4. Unit 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

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  5. Black Widow (1987)

    Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  6. Succubus (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

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  7. You'll Never Find Me (2024)

    Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick’s intentions, while Patrick begins to question his own grip on reality...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  8. Sightless (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

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  9. Whisper (2007)

    Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  10. Blackwood (2014)

    Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben's way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn't quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by spectral visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

  11. Play Dead (2022)

    Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is using the corpses for his sick and twisted business, and when he realises that Chloe still has a pulse, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  12. The Other (2025)

    Unable to conceive, a couple seeks to build a family with a young orphan, survivor of tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they realize the violence in their foster's past has returned to destroy the new family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  13. Night Watch (1973)

    A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  14. 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

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  15. The 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

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  16. Lazareth (2024)

    Lee is an aunt whose life mission is to protect her orphaned nieces, Imogen and Maeve, from a self-destructing world, raising them in isolation until an outsider threatens their peaceful existence.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  17. Z (2019)

    A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  18. Chief of Station (2024)

    After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a conspiracy that challenges everything he thought he knew.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  19. See 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

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  20. The Invitation (2016)

    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 their charming host David is up to something.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Within The Walls?

The closest matches to Within The Walls are Hider in the House (1989), Fear the Invisible Man (2023) and The Evil (1978). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Within The Walls?

Start with Hider in the House (1989), the closest match to Within The Walls.

What is the highest-rated movie like Within The Walls?

Succubus (2024), rated 8.3/10 by 279 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Within The Walls?

The Other (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Within The Walls?

Yes: Hider in the House (1989), Fear the Invisible Man (2023) and The Evil (1978).

How are movies similar to Within The Walls chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Within The Walls, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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