Movies like Nightmare Code

Circle (2015)

In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two minutes, one of them must die…executed by a strange device in the center of the room.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

Maniac (1963)

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

The Night Stalker (1972)

Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Race with the Devil (1975)

Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

What's the Matter with Helen? (1971)

Two middle-aged women move to Hollywood after their sons are convicted of a notorious murder and open a dance school for children eager to tap their way to stardom.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

Space/Time (2025)

After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller

Z (2019)

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

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

The Dark Mirror (1946)

A sister and her disturbed twin are implicated in a murder and a police detective must figure out which one's the killer.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

The Time Shifters (1999)

Tom Merrick gets caught up in a time-traveling conspiracy and must set the timeline right before it is irrevocably altered.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller

Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)

A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller

Futureworld (1976)

Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to review the park. Just prior to arriving, however, Browning is given a clue by a dying man that something is amiss.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller

The Invisible Man (1933)

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

The Shed (2019)

The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

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 & horror

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

When an alien race and factions within Starfleet attempt to take over a planet that has "regenerative" properties, it falls upon Captain Picard and the crew of the Enterprise to defend the planet's people as well as the very ideals upon which the Federation itself was founded.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller

Unseen (2023)

Sam receives a call from Emily, a near blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Can she survive using Sam as her eyes via video call?

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

Silent Zone (2025)

In a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

The Lady Vanishes (2013)

Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)

A crack test pilot lands to find the planet has been devastated by unknown forces. There are a few survivors, so he organizes them in a plan to ward off control by a group of killer robots.

Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

Nightlight (2015)

Five friends play a game in a "mysterious" forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

Howdy, Neighbor! (2023)

Benjamin is a young queer millennial actor living in West Hollywood who was once a famous child actor. When a new neighbor Chase moves across the hall and reveals himself as a fan, Benjamin begins investigating the oddly familiar man with his best friend Harley.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & horror

No dejes de grabar (2021)

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

John Doe: Video Diary of a Serial Killer (2017)

An experimental psychological thriller that puts the viewer firmly in the mind of a serial killer. Creating with exacting authenticity the feeling of a tourist's videotape, 'John Doe' follows John, an amiable young man in his 20's as he films his visit to Los Angeles over the course of a few days.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller & horror

Embedded (2013)

A seasoned news correspondent and cameraman embed themselves with a posse that set off into the rugged wilderness of the Rocky Mountains to find a missing child who may become the next victim of what is believed to be a rogue grizzly...

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & thriller

Black Box (2009)

After Emiliano dies from poisoning, a vault in Zürich opens to reveal a video tape of edited fragments from surveillance cameras that captured the most important day in Emiliano's life. That day he learned that what matters most in life are not beginnings or endings, what matters most is one defining moment: his peculiar encounter with Juan when he recruited him to assassinate a former presidencial candidate.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

Hunter Among Us (2026)

A group video call unhinges when one friend threatens suicide online. Next - hijacking their feed, a masked hacker turns the group’s desperate attempts to save their friend into a sadistic mind game.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

Naprata (2013)

Inspired by an infamous online video clip of a son beating his mother, a television crew from Belgrade comes to a remote Serbian village to shoot a report on violence against women. Inquiring with the locals about the protagonists of the video, they encounter a local expert on supernatural phenomena and learn about a ritual of summoning an ancient demon, naprata. Wanting to capture the first authentic footage of something otherworldly, they change their plans. Excited by the prospective success of the recording, they defy the old saying that "it's better to believe than to be convinced."

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror

Beyond the Neon (2022)

Based on true accounts, a Las Vegas escort is recognized by her sister in a viral social experiment video. Looking to reunite the sisters, and secretly motivated to capture the reunion on camera, Joey Salads and his apprehensive crew are thrown into the dangerous and corrupt world of escorting, documenting every step of their desperate effort to rescue the woman from human sex trafficking in Las Vegas.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller

Vampires Are Real (2020)

Stewart and Everritt have been best friends since high school, they've also been vampire hunters. In fact vampire hunting is what their entire friendship is built upon. Now adults, Everritt wants to move on with his life and do more than hunt Vampires but Stewart has problems moving on. Only a Vampire can save their friendship now.

Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror