Movies like App (2013)
The best movies like App (2013) are The Renovation (2012), Who Am I (2014) and Megan Is Missing (2011). If App hooked you with its thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSuccubus (2024)8.3/10 from 279 votes
- NewestiHostage (2025)Released 2025
The Renovation (2012)
Tessa opens her luxurious clinic with a big party. She is smart, beautiful, savvy, and happily married with an intelligent adolescent son. But appearances are deceptive. In reality, her marriage is falling apart, her house renovation is a disaster and the finances of her clinic are a mess. Desperate, she accepts the helping hand of a friend from the past who has turned up suddenly, but in doing so, opens herself up to an ordeal of terror and blackmail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Who Am I (2014)
Benjamin, a young German computer whiz, is invited to join a subversive hacker group that wants to be noticed on the world's stage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMegan Is Missing (2011)
Fourteen-year–old Megan and her best friend Amy spend a lot of time on the internet, posting videos of themselves and chatting with guys online. One night Megan chats with a guy named Josh who convinces her to meet him for a date. The next day, Megan is missing—forever. Based on actual cases of child abduction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChatroom (2010)
When strangers Jim, Eva, Emily and Mo meet William online in his new 'Chelsea Teens!' chatroom, they're completely seduced by his fast-talking, charismatic character. But beneath the surface lies a much darker truth. William is a dangerous loner, channeling all his energies into cyberspace. He's become an analyser, a calculating manipulator who finds it almost impossible to interact normally with others in the real world, instead turning his hand to manipulating people online.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisOpen Windows (2014)
Nick is excited to discover he's won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard. But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, he receives an offer he can't refuse: the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Den (2013)
A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTakedown (2000)
Kevin Mitnick is quite possibly the best hacker in the world. Hunting for more and more information, seeking more and more cyber-trophies every day, he constantly looks for bigger challenges. When he breaks into the computer of a security expert and an ex-hacker, he finds one - and much more than that...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLoft (2010)
Five best friends, all married, decide to share a loft apartment. In this loft they meet their mistresses and conquests. Everything seems perfect, until one morning the body of an unknown young woman is found in the loft. The group of friends begin to suspect each other and it soon becomes clear that they know far less about each other than they had initially thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ex (2021)
Several years ago, a teenager posted a compromising photo of his girlfriend in a group chat. Now an adult with a happy life and a fiancée, Katya, he is forced to remember his past when Katya starts receiving mysterious messages from the girl in the photo — and her life turns into a nightmare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCreep Nation (2019)
A young woman is stalked by a dark web network after booking a weekend rental unit online. Her every move is captured online, and when her brother begins to uncover what's happening, he must find a way to rescue her from the eyes of her predators.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Ratter (2015)
Emma is a young and beautiful graduate student just starting a new life in New York City. Like most people her age, she is always connected - her phone and laptop are constant companions, documenting her most intimate moments. What she doesn't realize is that she's sharing her life with an uninvited and dangerous guest. A hacker is following Emma’s every move. When the voyeuristic thrill of watching her digitally isn't enough, the situation escalates to a dangerous and terrifying level.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDisconnect (2013)
A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSilk Road (2017)
A psychological thriller inspired by the life of Michael S., a small-town boy from Holland, who becomes the world's most wanted cybercriminal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Hacker (2018)
A hacker is targeted by a nefarious ex-NSA head who wants to be able to monitor and control activities of citizens.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
iHostage (2025)
When a gunman enters an Apple Store in the heart of Amsterdam, the police face a delicate challenge to resolve the standoff.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisLow Life (2022)
Benny, a small time YouTube star who catches predators online, experiences a night from hell when he lets one of them into his own home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
I.T. (2016)
Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a sleek, state-of-the-art “smart home”. But he soon finds himself in a deadly, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse when his I.T. consultant, Ed, starts using his skills to stalk Mike’s daughter and endanger his family, his business, and his life. In a world where there is no privacy, and personal secrets can go viral by the click of a mouse, Mike needs to rely on his old connections to defeat a new kind of nemesis.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGrace (2016)
Jealous over an internet idol who rises to viral fame, a faded star and her obsessed fan hatch a devious plan that yields unexpected results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Hard Candy (2006)
Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClaustrofobia (2011)
When Eva opens her eyes a young girl finds herself chained terrified for being abused. Her fears become reality in a way no one could ever imagine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web. They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to unimaginable lengths to protect the dark web.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFriend Request (2016)
Enjoying college life as a popular student, Laura shares everything with her more than 800 friends on Facebook. But one day, after accepting a friend request from a social outcast named Marina, Laura’s life is cursed...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy Baby Is Gone! (2017)
Emily, who is seven months pregnant, quickly becomes friends with her new neighbour, Kelly, who is also pregnant. They seem to have a lot in common and both look forward to the arrival of their new babies. Little does Emily know that Kelly has been faking her pregnancy in order to get close to Emily so she can steal her baby!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Cyberbully (2015)
A chilling real-time thriller featuring a teenager, Casey, battling with an anonymous cyber-stalker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSearching (2018)
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Crash (2017)
In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Columnist (2019)
An opinion columnist and author, subjected to constant misogynistic abuse on social media, snaps and goes on a killing spree against her online abusers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisThe Experiment (2010)
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
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
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like App?
The closest matches to App are The Renovation (2012), Who Am I (2014) and Megan Is Missing (2011). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after App?
People who watched App most often go on to The Renovation (2012), Who Am I (2014) and Megan Is Missing (2011).
What is the highest-rated movie like App?
Succubus (2024), rated 8.3/10 by 279 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like App?
iHostage (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to App chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside App, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.