Movies like The Watcher (2016)
The best movies like The Watcher (2016) are Within (2016), The Intruders (2015) and House at the End of the Street (2012). If The Watcher 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 ratedSightless (2020)6.7/10 from 432 votes
- NewestImposters (2026)Released 2026
Within (2016)
A widower, his daughter, and his new wife move into a peaceful neighborhood. At first it appears to be a perfect neighborhood but the family quickly realize that something is not right about their new home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Intruders (2015)
After the traumatic loss of her mother, a teenaged girl tries to uncover the dark secrets behind her new home, in spite of her father's disbelief.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHouse at the End of the Street (2012)
A mother and daughter move to a new town and find themselves living next door to a house where a young girl murdered her parents. When the daughter befriends the surviving son, she learns the story is far from over.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Stepfather (2009)
Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Disappointments Room (2016)
A mother and her young son release unimaginable horrors from the attic of their rural dream home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisLovely Molly (2011)
A supernatural presence menaces a newlywed couple after they move into the wife's long-abandoned childhood home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Room to Die For (2017)
When a broke young couple rent a room in an elderly couples London house it becomes apparent no one is what they really seem.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Conjurer (2008)
After moving to the country to start life anew after their child's death, photographer Shawn Burnett and his wife, Helen, begin to suspect that a ramshackle cabin on their property is haunted by the malevolent spirit of a long-dead witch who once lived there.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Neighbor (2020)
A middle-aged man in a stagnant marriage, finds his life upended when an attractive young woman and her seemingly abusive husband move in next door.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like this13 Cameras (2016)
Newlyweds Claire and Ryan have just moved into a new house. Both are hoping Claire’s pregnancy will be the cement needed to hold their already fraying relationship together. Little do they know their marital issues are the least of their problems. For unbeknownst to them, their scruffy, sleazy and lascivious landlord has installed numerous miniature cameras all over their home and has been spying on them from Day One. Then Ryan begins an office affair, and the landlord kits out the secret basement with chains and soundproofing. Something is going to give in this suburban shocker packed with nasty surprises.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Caller (2011)
Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and looks for revenge in a unique and terrifying way...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this15 Cameras (2023)
A couple buys a house from The Slumlord Tapes, infamous for hidden cameras and a psycho landlord. It's not as safe as they tell themselves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Landlord (2017)
Alyssa moves into a luxury apartment complex but is unaware she is being watched by her disturbed landlord, Robert, via hidden cameras. Robert will do anything to fill the void left by his estranged daughter–even if that means replacing her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Out of the Shadows (2017)
A newly married detective and his pregnant wife move into their dream home unaware of its dark history. When his wife claims their baby is being tormented by a supernatural force and seeks the help of a renegade demonologist, he must investigate the past to save his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Sightless (2020)
After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Neighbor (2016)
In the town of Cutter, most people keep to themselves. But when John comes home to find his girlfriend missing, he sneaks into his neighbor's house, finding his girlfriend and several other kidnapped people tied up in the basement. When the neighbor come home, John is forced to get out of the house alive and lead the group to safety.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisWalled In (2009)
Having finally secured her first assignment from her family's demolition business, Sam Walczak is sent to supervise the destruction of an apartment house, only to discover a group of tenants still living in the condemned building. One such tenant, Jimmy, tells Sam an urban legend about a serial murderer who used to live in the building and entomb his victims in the walls. What's worse, the dead are believed to still harass the residents to this day.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHush (2016)
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
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 this388 Arletta Avenue (2011)
A young couple find themselves in an unnerving situation with a mysterious stalker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Boy (2016)
A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIntruders (2015)
Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Wrong Neighbor (2017)
A recently separated father and his teenage daughter become the deadly obsession of their neighbor -- a beguiling, deranged young woman willing to do whatever's necessary to take her rightful place as their wife and mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013)
A young family moves into a historic home in Georgia, only to learn they are not the house's only inhabitants. Soon they find themselves in the presence of a secret rising from underground and threatening to bring down anyone in its path.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Haunting in Connecticut (2009)
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAftermath (2021)
Desperate to save their marriage, a young couple takes a deal to move into their dream home, but disturbing events reveal the house's troubled history.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vault (2017)
Two estranged sisters are forced to rob a bank in order to save their brother. But this is no ordinary bank.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisImposters (2026)
After a couple's baby is taken, the desperate mother learns of a way to "get their baby back." However, the husband begins to suspect that what she brought back isn't their son.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Whisper (2007)
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShades of Desire (2023)
After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Watcher?
The closest matches to The Watcher are Within (2016), The Intruders (2015) and House at the End of the Street (2012). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Watcher?
People who watched The Watcher most often go on to Within (2016), The Intruders (2015) and House at the End of the Street (2012).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Watcher?
Sightless (2020), rated 6.7/10 by 432 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Watcher?
Imposters (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Watcher?
Yes: Within (2016), The Intruders (2015) and House at the End of the Street (2012).
How are movies similar to The Watcher chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Watcher, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.