Movies like They're Watching (2016)
The best movies like They're Watching (2016) are Children of Sorrow (2012), Curse of Aurore (2020) and Webcast (2018). If They're Watching hooked you with its thriller and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAfflicted (2014)6.4/10 from 670 votes
- Newest#MissingCouple (2024)Released 2024
Children of Sorrow (2012)
Simon Leach is a very, very sick man. Thriving on despair, pain, and panic, he unites a group of broken and desperate people in the middle of the desert. He showers them with the love and affection they’re so desperate for, but Simon has a much greater plan for his followers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Curse of Aurore (2020)
A “Dark Web” thumb drive reveals footage of three American filmmakers in rural Quebec researching a historic child murder case. After witnessing several disturbing paranormal occurrences, they attempt to communicate with the spirit of the child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Webcast (2018)
Stranded in the suburbs, student filmmaker Chloe begins to make a documentary about her family's troubled past. Whilst filming, she and best friend Ed, witness an hysterical girl appearing to escape from a neighbour's house, only to be quickly dragged back inside again. Is she a recovering drug addict like the neighbours say? Or is she really in danger from those who claim to be caring for her?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Found Footage 3D (2016)
A group of filmmakers sets out to make the first 3D found footage horror movie, but find themselves IN the first 3D found footage horror movie when the evil entity from their film escapes into their behind-the-scenes footage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Andy Baker Tape (2022)
In October of 2020 food blogger Jeff Blake and his half-brother Andy Baker hit the road on a food tour that had the potential to change their lives. They were never seen again. This is their footage…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & thriller
Undocumented (2010)
A documentary film crew runs afoul of sadistic radicals when they follow illegal immigrants sneaking over the U.S. border.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
#ChadGetsTheAxe (2022)
Four social media influencers livestream their trip to Devil's Manor, former home to a Satanic Cult. Things don't go well. And as the violence ramps up... so do the views.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Delivery: The Beast Within (2013)
Delivery tells the story of Kyle and Rachel Massy, a young couple who agree to document their first pregnancy for a family-oriented reality show. The production spirals out-of-control after the cameras capture a series of unexplained events, leading Rachel to believe that a malevolent spirit has possessed their unborn child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Hide the Monster (2016)
On July 4th, 2016 hackers raided government networks and stumbled across a litany of unsolved cases the county refuses to recognize. The hacked footage shows Thomas and Alex as they attempt to help a young boy struggling to fit in.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Home Movie (2008)
Reverend David Poe and his psychiatrist wife trade hectic New York life for an idyllic rural farmhouse; the perfect place for 10 year old twins Jack & Emily to run, play and imagine. Documenting this lifestyle change, David decides to film every holiday and special family event. To the Poe's horror their home movies reveal an increasing malice and evil within their children.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeath of a Vlogger (2019)
An ambitious vlogger experiences the dark side of the internet when his latest video, which features an alleged haunting, goes viral.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHollows Grove (2014)
A young filmmaker documents his ghost-hunting, reality show friends as their routine investigation of an abandoned orphanage turns into a nightmare from which they can't escape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHangman (2015)
Returning from vacation, the Miller family find their home has been broken into. After cleaning up the mess they continue with their lives, shaking off the feeling of being violated. But little do they know the nightmare has just begun.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisEvidence (2013)
Detectives use clues from various recording devices to piece together events surrounding a massacre involving bus passengers at an abandoned gas station.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAlways Watching: A Marble Hornets Story (2015)
A small town news team discovers a box of videotapes wherein a faceless figure, dressed in a dark suit, haunts and torments a family...slowly driving them insane. Soon after, they realize that the 'Operator' has begun to stalk them as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLeaving D.C. (2013)
After 20 years of living in Washington, D.C., Mark Klein seeks much-needed solace by moving to the remote wilds of West Virginia. To ease his loneliness, he sends regular video updates to members of his OCD-support group back in the city. But Mark gradually realizes that despite his new, isolated setting, he may not be alone. From the endless woods surrounding his home, something else is watching.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisExhibit A (2007)
Exhibit A tells the timely story of a normal family disintegrating under financial pressure. All is not as it seems as the King family go about their day-to-day lives oblivious of the horror to come. Dad Andy (Bradley Cole) is nursing a secret that ultimately leads to terrible consequences for them all. We witness these chilling events unfold through daughter Judith's video camera, which subsequently becomes Exhibit A.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisFrogman (2024)
An amateur filmmaker, struggling to turn his passion into a career, returns with friends to Loveland, Ohio, the location of his first, notorious sighting of the Frogman, determined to obtain irrefutable proof that the cryptid legend exists.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Houses October Built (2014)
Beneath the fake blood and cheap masks of countless haunted house attractions across the country, there are whispers of truly terrifying alternatives. Looking to find an authentic, blood-curdling good fright for Halloween, five friends set off on a road trip in an RV to track down these underground Haunts. Just when their search seems to reach a dead end, strange and disturbing things start happening and it becomes clear that the Haunt has come to them…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSavageland (2015)
When a small town near the Arizona-Mexico border is wiped out overnight, suspicion falls on the lone survivor. But a roll of photos the survivor took that night tells a different story.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGhoul (2015)
A small group of Americans travel to Ukraine to film a documentary about the cannibalism epidemic that swept through the country during the famine of 1932. After being lured deep into the Ukrainian forest for an interview with one of the last known survivors, they quickly find themselves trapped in a supernatural hunting ground.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like this#MissingCouple (2024)
A real #vanlife couple were on an adventure to renovate an abandoned farm in middle-of-nowhere Mississippi. Cameras blazing, they chronicled their project on social media. But the farm was full of disturbing surprises, especially at night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Sickhouse (2016)
A group of teenagers film a live documentary on the Sickhouse legend to millions around the world. Stealth launched on Snapchat and experienced by millions, Sickhouse is a "made for mobile" horror thriller.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
I Blame Society (2020)
A struggling filmmaker senses her peers are losing faith in her ability to succeed, so she decides to prove herself by finishing her last abandoned film and committing the perfect murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Capture Kill Release (2016)
A couple plots to murder a random stranger just for the thrill of it, but things turn ugly when one of them decides not to go through with it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGags the Clown (2019)
It's been eight days since the clown first showed up in Green Bay, WI. Now, over the course of one night, four different groups of people cross paths with the clown everyone calls "Gags" and his true intentions are finally revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAfflicted (2014)
Two friends' tour of Europe takes a dark turn when one of them contracts a mysterious illness. They race to find out what it is and how to cure it before the sickness consumes him completely.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisButterfly Kisses (2018)
A filmmaker discovers a box of video tapes depicting two students' disturbing film project featuring a local horror legend, The Peeping Tom. As he sets out to prove this story is real and release it as a work of his own, he loses himself and the film crew following him into his project.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDescent Into Darkness: My European Nightmare (2013)
A journalist from an Eastern European country arrives in Paris to start a tour of European capitals. His intention is to make a documentary about the European dream. Between fascination and difficulty of adaptation, Sorgoï struggles to complete his project and his expedition drives him to a devastating state of madness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisV/H/S/99 (2022)
A thirsty teenager's home video leads to a series of horrifying revelations, harkening back to the final punk rock analog days of VHS, while taking one giant leap forward into the hellish new millennium.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like They're Watching?
The closest matches to They're Watching are Children of Sorrow (2012), Curse of Aurore (2020) and Webcast (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after They're Watching?
People who watched They're Watching most often go on to Children of Sorrow (2012), Curse of Aurore (2020) and Webcast (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like They're Watching?
Afflicted (2014), rated 6.4/10 by 670 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like They're Watching?
#MissingCouple (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like They're Watching?
Yes: Children of Sorrow (2012), Curse of Aurore (2020) and Webcast (2018).
How are movies similar to They're Watching chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside They're Watching, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.