Movies like Hide in the Light (2018)
The best movies like Hide in the Light (2018) are Prey (2019), Take Down (2016) and The Darkness (2016). If Hide in the Light 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 ratedHereditary (2018)7.3/10 from 9,093 votes
- NewestSeeds (2024)Released 2024
Prey (2019)
After being put on a supposedly uninhabited island as a form of behavioral rehabilitation, a high school senior finds that he's not alone on the island, and that getting discovered could be deadly.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisTake Down (2016)
Sons and daughters of international billionaires are sent to an boot camp where they are taught basic survival skills in hopes it will teach them responsibility. When they are taken hostage and taken for ransom by kidnappers, they will need to utilize every skill they learned to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Darkness (2016)
A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPreservation (2014)
Three family members head deep into the woods for a hunting trip that doubles as a distraction from their troubles at home. When all of their gear is stolen, they turn on each other, but soon realize there are much more treacherous forces at work.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSubmerged (2016)
A limo ride turns hellish as several kidnappers set their sights on the young people inside.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBehind You (2020)
Two young sisters find that all the mirrors in their estranged aunt's house are covered or hidden. When one of them happens upon a mirror in the basement, she unknowingly releases a malicious demon.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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 thisMalicious (2018)
A young college professor and his pregnant wife unwittingly release a malevolent entity with murderous intentions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn Isolation (2022)
During a small get-together with her close friends for her birthday, Jane finds a seriously injured stranger on her doorstep begging for help. She decides to help him and in doing so, lure the two killers after him to her country home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Incarnate (2016)
An exorcist comes up against an evil from his past when he uses his skills to enter the mind of a nine year old boy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Vigil (2020)
A man providing overnight watch to a deceased member of his former Orthodox Jewish community finds himself opposite a malevolent entity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisStephanie (2017)
After a mysterious global crisis, a young girl is left alone to hide from a malevolent power that stalks her home. Her parents eventually return and the struggle begins to save their daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHe's Out There (2018)
On vacation at a remote lake house, a mother and her two young daughters must fight for survival after falling into a terrifying and bizarre nightmare conceived by a psychopath.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Silence (2019)
With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHereditary (2018)
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Harvest (2015)
After becoming orphaned, a lonely girl moves in with her grandparents and tries to befriend a sick, bed-ridden boy next door, despite his mother’s strong objections. Her persistence leads to a friendship, but during secret visits, she uncovers dark secrets in the boy's home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead Birds (2005)
Towards the end of the Civil War, a group of Confederate soldiers hole up on an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Suffering (2016)
A man fights for his sanity when he finds himself trapped on a rural farm inhabited by sinister beings overseen by a mysterious caretaker.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Held (2020)
A couple's ailing marriage is put to the test when they are held hostage in an isolated vacation rental by an unseen Voice that commands their every move and threatens harm if they don’t obey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisKilling Ground (2017)
A couple's camping trip turns into a frightening ordeal when they stumble across the scene of a horrific crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSecret Santa (2018)
An unknown assailant spikes a family's Christmas punch with a military-grade drug, leaving them fighting to survive the night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
The Shrine (2010)
A group of young journalists investigate a cult said to practice human sacrifice, but their ambitious ways may lead them to becoming the cult's next victims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHunter Hunter (2020)
A fur trapper leaves his wife and daughter behind to kill a rogue wolf in the remote wilderness, but they soon become increasingly worried when their peaceful existence is disrupted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSeeds (2024)
A Mohawk woman is hired as a social media influencer but gets caught in a deadly cat-and-mouse game, as she's forced to go to war to preserve her people's heritage from corporate interests.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
The Ritual (2017)
A group of university friends reunite for a hiking trip in Sweden, but are stalked by a menacing presence when they're diverted through the woods.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBornless Ones (2016)
With the help of her friends, Emily moves to a remote home to take better care of her brother, Zack who is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. But what they don't know is that the house is keeping a terrifying secret that will haunt them one by one.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies 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 thisAbandoned Mine (2013)
Five school friends seek adventure on Halloween night in an abandoned, haunted mine, only to find to their horror that the ghostly rumors may be true as they fight for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
The Sonata (2018)
After a gifted musician inherits a mansion after her long lost father dies under mysterious circumstances, she discovers his last musical masterpiece riddled with cryptic symbols that unravels an evil secret, triggering dark forces that reach beyond her imagination.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHideout (2021)
Evading police at a remote farmhouse after fumbling a robbery, four criminals discover that the family living there is not who they appear to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hide in the Light?
The closest matches to Hide in the Light are Prey (2019), Take Down (2016) and The Darkness (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hide in the Light?
People who watched Hide in the Light most often go on to Prey (2019), Take Down (2016) and The Darkness (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Hide in the Light?
Hereditary (2018), rated 7.3/10 by 9,093 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hide in the Light?
Seeds (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Hide in the Light?
Yes: Prey (2019), Take Down (2016) and The Darkness (2016).
How are movies similar to Hide in the Light chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hide in the Light, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.