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Movies like I Swallow Your Secrets

The best movies like I Swallow Your Secrets are Signs (2002), The Egg and I (1947) and Captive (2020). If I Swallow Your Secrets hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Signs (2002)

    A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. The Egg and I (1947)

    World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Captive (2020)

    A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. 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

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  5. In Cold Blood (1967)

    After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. At Close Range (1986)

    Brad Whitewood Jr. lives in rural Pennsylvania and has few prospects. Against his mother's wishes, he seeks out his estranged father, the head of a gang of thieves in a nearby town. Though his new girlfriend supports his criminal ambitions, Brad Jr. soon learns that his father is a dangerous man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Baby Blues (2008)

    On a secluded family farm, a mother suffers a psychotic break due to postpartum depression, forcing the eldest son to protect his sibling from the mother they have always known and loved.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Die My Love (2025)

    After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace struggles with loneliness, creative frustration, and unresolved emotional wounds. What begins as an attempt at renewal gradually turns into an intense psychological descent, placing strain on their relationship and exposing the fragile balance between love, identity, and motherhood.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. 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

  10. One & Two (2015)

    In an isolated farmhouse, located in the middle of nowhere and surrounded by a mysterious wooden wall, Zac and Eva, two siblings gifted with extraordinary abilities, endure every day the wrath of their strict father while witnessing how a cruel sickness lurks their beloved mother.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  11. Safe Haven (2013)

    A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. 1922 (2017)

    A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  13. Unhinged (2020)

    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 words, she soon realizes that the mysterious man is following her and her young son in his truck. A case of road rage quickly escalates, at horrifyingly psychotic proportions, into full-blown terror as Rachel discovers the psychopath's sinister plan for revenge. He is single-mindedly determined to teach her a deadly lesson.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. The Glass Castle (2017)

    A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Good Boy (2026)

    Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to find himself imprisoned in the basement of a remote Yorkshire house, inhabited by a very strange family. But what unfolds is not what he could possibly expect.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. The Cottage (2008)

    In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks loose.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. The Watcher in the Woods (1980)

    After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  18. Little Boy Blue (1998)

    Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who look a lot like their brother. The dad harbors a secret, and he goes to murderous lengths to keep it hidden. The young man, Jimmy, who has suspicions, but little comes out until a Yankee woman comes to town.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Swallow (2020)

    Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. The Dark and the Wicked (2020)

    On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like I Swallow Your Secrets?

The closest matches to I Swallow Your Secrets are Signs (2002), The Egg and I (1947) and Captive (2020). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after I Swallow Your Secrets?

Start with Signs (2002), the closest match to I Swallow Your Secrets.

What is the highest-rated movie like I Swallow Your Secrets?

In Cold Blood (1967), rated 7.5/10 by 463 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like I Swallow Your Secrets?

Good Boy (2026) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like I Swallow Your Secrets?

Yes: Signs (2002), The Egg and I (1947) and Captive (2020).

How are movies similar to I Swallow Your Secrets chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside I Swallow Your Secrets, 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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