Movies like Friend Request (2016)
The best movies like Friend Request (2016) are Truth or Dare (2018), Bedeviled (2017) and Unfriended (2014). If Friend Request hooked you with its horror and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDisconnect (2013)7.1/10 from 1,271 votes
- NewestAppofeniacs (2026)Released 2026
Truth or Dare (2018)
A harmless game of "Truth or Dare" among friends turns deadly when someone—or something—begins to punish those who tell a lie—or refuse the dare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBedeviled (2017)
When a group of teenagers receive an invite to download the latest smartphone app, an intelligent personal assistant, they expect a harmless way to get directions and restaurant recommendations. But the sinister nature of the app soon reveals itself, tormenting the friends by tapping into their darkest fears.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisUnfriended (2014)
While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. At first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, they realize they are dealing with something out of this world, something that wants them dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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 horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPledge (2019)
Three friends pledge a fraternity that's deadly serious about its secret rituals, turning their rush into a race for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCountdown (2019)
A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & 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 horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies 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 horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFollow Me (2020)
A social media personality travels with his friends to Moscow to capture new content for his successful vlog. Always pushing the limits and catering to a growing audience, they enter a cold world of mystery, excess, and danger. When the lines between real life and social media are blurred, the group must fight to escape, and survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRatter (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 horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDo Not Reply (2019)
Chelsea, a high school introvert, is abducted through a social media app and is forced to look like other girls Brad holds captive. Chelsea desperately attempts to persuade them to escape before they all become victims in his virtual reality filmed murders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies 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 horror & thriller
Host (2020)
Six friends hire a medium to hold a séance via Zoom during lockdown — but they get far more than they bargained for as things quickly go wrong. When an evil spirit starts invading their homes, they begin to realise they might not survive the night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPolaroid (2019)
High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the mysterious Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end. Bird and her friends must survive one more night as they race to solve the mystery of the haunted Polaroid before it kills them all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNerve (2016)
Industrious high school senior Vee Delmonico has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds herself caught up in the thrill of the adrenaline-fueled competition partnered with a mysterious stranger, the game begins to take a sinister turn with increasingly dangerous acts, leading her into a high stakes finale that will determine her entire future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thisAll Fun and Games (2023)
A group of Salem teens discover a cursed knife that unleashes a demon that forces them to play gruesome, deadly versions of childhood games where there can be no winners, only survivors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisUnfriended: 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 · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTruth or Dare (2012)
A group of friends are lured to an isolated cabin by a promise of heavy partying, only to find themselves in a nightmarish game of truth or dare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCam (2018)
A young camgirl discovers that she’s inexplicably been replaced on her site with an exact replica of herself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like this#Blue_Whale (2024)
Rebellious schoolgirl Dana grieves for her younger sister, a once-happy kid who suddenly stepped in front of a train. Desperate to learn what happened, she explores her sister's online history, discovering a sinister social-media game.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this14 Cameras (2018)
When a family of four rent a beautiful house for their summer vacation, the price seems too good to be true. Unbeknownst to them, the lascivious owner has set up a series of spy cams throughout the house, documenting their most intimate moments and live streaming them to the dark web.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisLike.Share.Follow. (2017)
Garrett is a rising YouTube star. Shell is a deeply emotional fan. When they begin a romantic relationship, he's forced to question whether opening your life to strangers online is an invitation to community and rescue... or to stalking, obsession and madness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisInfluencer (2023)
While struggling on a solo backpacking trip in Thailand, social media influencer Madison meets CW, who travels with ease and shows her a more uninhibited way of living. But CW's interest in her takes a darker turn.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisProfile (2018)
Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, a journalist creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.
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 this47 Hours to Live (2019)
Two socially awkward teenage girls, are bored one night and turn to the internet for scary stories. They find a game on a creepy website that claims you can use your phone to summon the supernatural...and if you lose the game...you lose your life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAppofeniacs (2026)
When Duke goes on a frenzy of reckless deepfake creations, his callous disregard of consequences shows how, with a few clicks of an app on a phone, anyone can create a deceiving video of an unsuspecting victim and ruin their life… or end it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Beneath Us (2020)
The American Dream becomes a nightmare for a group of undocumented day laborers hired by a wealthy couple. What they expect to be their biggest payday turns into a terrifying fight for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisTruth or Dare (2017)
Eight college friends head to a "Haunted Rental" in a remote town for Halloween weekend. There, they play the game rumored to have caused the deaths of seven teenagers decades earlier, Truth or Dare. What starts out as vodka-fueled fun quickly turns serious when the dares become sickeningly dangerous and the truths threaten to tear the group apart. When players attempt to refuse the increasingly challenging tasks, they're met with deadly consequences, quickly discovering: you must do the dare, or the dare does you. As the death toll mounts, the remaining players must race against the clock to outrun, outsmart and outlast the simple game of Truth or Dare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Friend Request?
The closest matches to Friend Request are Truth or Dare (2018), Bedeviled (2017) and Unfriended (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Friend Request?
People who watched Friend Request most often go on to Truth or Dare (2018), Bedeviled (2017) and Unfriended (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Friend Request?
Disconnect (2013), rated 7.1/10 by 1,271 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Friend Request?
Appofeniacs (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Friend Request?
Yes: Truth or Dare (2018), Bedeviled (2017) and Unfriended (2014).
How are movies similar to Friend Request chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Friend Request, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.