Movies like Heart of Fear (2006)
The best movies like Heart of Fear (2006) are Mindcage (2022), The Girl Who Got Away (2021) and Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025). If Heart of Fear hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedTwin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)7.2/10 from 294 votes
- Newest180 (2026)Released 2026
Mindcage (2022)
Detectives Jake Doyle and Mary Kelly seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist when a copycat killer strikes. While Mary searches for clues in The Artist's brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Girl Who Got Away (2021)
A female serial killer who killed four young girls is sent away to prison, but a fifth victim escaped with her life. Twenty years later, the killer escapes and begins hunting for the one who got away.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPsycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025)
A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by night.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDark Places (2015)
A woman who survived the brutal killing of her family as a child is forced to confront the events of that day.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisBoston Strangler (2023)
Reporters Loretta McLaughlin and Jean Cole bravely pursue the story of the Boston Strangler at great personal risk, putting their own lives on the line in their quest to uncover the truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecret in Their Eyes (2015)
A tight-knit team of FBI investigators, along with their District Attorney supervisor, is suddenly torn apart when they discover that one of their own teenage daughters has been brutally murdered.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Night Strangler (1973)
After being run out of Las Vegas, reporter Carl Kolchak heads for Seattle and another reporting job with the local paper. It's not long before he’s on the trail of another string of bizarre murders. It seems that every 21 years, for the past century, a killer murders a certain number of people, drains them of their blood, and then disappears into the night. Kolchak is on his trail, but can he stop him?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMindhunters (2004)
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTwin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014)
A feature-length compilation of deleted and alternate takes from Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, assembled by creator David Lynch to continue the story of the final week of Laura Palmer’s life.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Blue Gardenia (1953)
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Contract (2006)
Attempting to recover from a recent family trauma by escaping into the woods for a peaceful hiking trip, an ex-lawman and his young son stumble across a dangerous contract killer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisBloodline (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
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Good Woman Is Hard to Find (2019)
The recently widowed mother of two, Sarah, is desperate to know who murdered her husband in front of her young son, rendering him mute. Coerced into helping a low-life drug dealer stash narcotics stolen from the local Mr. Big, she's forced into taking drastic action to protect her children, evolving from downtrodden submissive to take-charge vigilante.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisM (1951)
In the city, someone is murdering children. The police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods decide to help find the murderer as quickly as possible.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBarron's Cove (2025)
When his young son is viciously murdered by a classmate, a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician -- the father of the kidnapped boy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBaby 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTaking Lives (2004)
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChild 44 (2015)
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlitz (2011)
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like this180 (2026)
When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Heart of Fear?
The closest matches to Heart of Fear are Mindcage (2022), The Girl Who Got Away (2021) and Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Heart of Fear?
Start with Mindcage (2022), the closest match to Heart of Fear.
What is the highest-rated movie like Heart of Fear?
Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014), rated 7.2/10 by 294 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Heart of Fear?
180 (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Heart of Fear?
Yes: Mindcage (2022), The Girl Who Got Away (2021) and Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer (2025).
How are movies similar to Heart of Fear chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Heart of Fear, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.