Movies like Backstroke (2017)
The best movies like Backstroke (2017) are Bad Match (2017), Downrange (2018) and Stalked by My Doctor: The Return (2016). If Backstroke hooked you with its thriller and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedWhisper (2007)6.3/10 from 333 votes
- NewestCheat (2023)Released 2023
Bad Match (2017)
An internet-dating playboy's life spirals out of control after meeting a woman online.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDownrange (2018)
Stranded at the side of the road after a tire blowout, a group of friends become targets for an enigmatic sniper.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisStalked by My Doctor: The Return (2016)
Dr. Beck, who has changed his name, saves a young teenage girl drowning in Mexico, whom he falls in love with. As always, there are some complications in his way, but he has plans to possibly get past them and get the girl of his dreams.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOther Side of the Box (2018)
A couple receives a mysterious package from an old friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCaptive (2020)
A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat Keeps You Alive (2018)
Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a married couple attempting to celebrate their first anniversary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPet (2016)
A man bumps into an old crush and becomes obsessed. After several failed attempts at winning her over, he kidnaps her and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Reef: Stalked (2022)
After her sister's murder, Nic, her younger sister and two friends seek solace through a Pacific island kayaking adventure. Hours into the trip the women are stalked by a shark and must band together, face their fears and save each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisYou're Not Alone (2020)
After the premature death of her estranged husband, Emma (Winter) regains custody of their young daughter Isla (Jones) and hopes to rebuild their relationship after many years apart. But when an evil entity begins to torment them, mother and daughter are forced to face the inexplicable presence that inhabits the walls of their new home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDon't Hang Up (2016)
An evening of drunken prank calls becomes a nightmare for a pair of teenagers when a mysterious stranger turns their own game against them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCurve (2016)
Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Predator's Obsession (2020)
On an idyllic day at the beach, Alison and her younger brother, Kevin, are saved from a vicious shark attack by the brooding and mysterious Daniel. Welcomed into their home, Alison soon discovers that her mysterious savior and protector has a dark and disturbing past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Zombie at 17 (2018)
With the exception of losing her older sister in a hit-and-run, 17-year-old Tia Scott has had a pretty normal life. That is until she starts exhibiting strange symptoms and realizes she's caught a virus that's slowly turning her into a zombie. Desperate to find a cure, the only person she trusts is a loner at school, Flynn, a self-proclaimed expert in all things paranormal. But Tia's life gets even worse when a friend of her boyfriend, Connor, is murdered. Tia knows that Connor's friend Jason is involved but going to the cops makes her a target and with the clock ticking until Tia's too far gone to recover, she enlists the help of her mother Kate and a reclusive doctor in hopes they'll stop the disease before Jason finds out she's the snitch.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Rebirth (2016)
A man's life is turned inside out after a visit from his college friend leads him into the unexpected.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both 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 thisGet My Gun (2017)
After an assault leaves Amanda pregnant and out of a job, she finds herself on the verge of motherhood and the target of a psychotic stalker who will stop at nothing to get their hands on the unborn child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Girl Followed (2017)
A resentful 14-year-old girl is drawn into a seemingly innocent friendship with an older man, but the relationship turns sinister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Happy Hunting (2017)
An alcoholic drifter must battle withdrawal and psychotic rednecks after he becomes the target of a deranged sporting event.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisReversion (2015)
The daughter of a billionaire tech mogul questions her own memories about her mothers death after being kidnapped by a stranger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Intruders (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 thisTilt (2017)
All seems normal with Joseph and Joanne. Joanne is pregnant with their first child. Life in their little urban house is cozy and familiar. But something is off about Joseph. He doesn’t seem excited about the baby. Work on his documentary is becoming increasingly untethered. As Joseph struggles to maintain the routines of his domestic life, his mask begins to slip. Late at night, while Joanne thinks he is working, Joseph prowls the streets of Los Angeles, deliberately courting danger. Joanne is growing worried about Joseph’s odd behavior. But not as worried as she should be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Centigrade (2020)
A young American couple travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and ice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Wrong Crush (2017)
A high school girl must try to keep her past life of killing her best friend a secret from a guy who likes her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Happy Birthday (2016)
When two friends embark on a journey to Mexicali for a Birthday celebration, they soon realize their psychedelic shenanigans have taken a turn for the worse.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisFrank and Penelope (2022)
A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhisper (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 thisThe 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCheat (2023)
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)
A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Backstroke?
The closest matches to Backstroke are Bad Match (2017), Downrange (2018) and Stalked by My Doctor: The Return (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Backstroke?
People who watched Backstroke most often go on to Bad Match (2017), Downrange (2018) and Stalked by My Doctor: The Return (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Backstroke?
Whisper (2007), rated 6.3/10 by 333 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Backstroke?
Cheat (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Backstroke?
Yes: Bad Match (2017), Downrange (2018) and Stalked by My Doctor: The Return (2016).
How are movies similar to Backstroke chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Backstroke, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.