Movies like The Silencing (2020)
The best movies like The Silencing (2020) are The Devil All the Time (2020), Cult Killer (2024) and Rust Creek (2019). If The Silencing hooked you with its thriller and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedPrisoners (2013)8.1/10 from 13,750 votes
- NewestCult Killer (2024)Released 2024
The Devil All the Time (2020)
In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCult Killer (2024)
A private investigator is forced into a dangerous alliance with a killer in order to uncover a quiet town’s grisly criminal underbelly and clear the name of her mentor, who is implicated in the crimes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRust Creek (2019)
When an overachieving college senior makes a wrong turn, her road trip becomes a life-changing fight for survival in rural Kentucky.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStandoff (2016)
A troubled veteran gets a chance at redemption by protecting a girl from an assassin after she witnesses a murder. Holding a shotgun with a single shell, he engages in physical and psychological warfare in a desperate fight for the girl's life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Vanished (2020)
A family vacation takes a terrifying turn when parents Paul and Wendy discover their young daughter has vanished without a trace. Stopping at nothing to find her, the search for the truth leads to a shocking revelation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWind River (2017)
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTraffik (2018)
A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves against the gang, who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRun Hide Fight (2021)
A 17-year-old girl uses her wits, survival skills, and compassion to fight for her life, and those of her fellow classmates, against a group of live-streaming school shooters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAva (2020)
A black ops assassin is forced to fight for her own survival after a job goes dangerously wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisPrisoners (2013)
After his six-year-old daughter is abducted, a desperate father takes justice into his own hands when he loses faith in the detective leading the investigation, setting both men on a collision course as the search descends into obsession and moral compromise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisBreaking In (2018)
Shaun Russell takes her son and daughter on a weekend getaway to her late father's secluded, high-tech vacation home in the countryside. The family soon gets an unwelcome surprise when four men break into the house to find hidden money. After managing to escape, Shaun must now figure out a way to turn the tables on the desperate thieves and save her captive children.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGirl (2020)
A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she'd imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOne Day as a Lion (2023)
Jackie Powers will stop at nothing to prevent his son from following him into a life of crime. With his mob employer in pursuit, a chance encounter at a roadside diner charts a new path.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisAmerican Siege (2022)
An ex-NYPD officer-turned-sheriff of a small rural Georgia town has to contend with a gang of thieves who have taken a wealthy doctor hostage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDue Justice (2023)
An attorney with a military past hunts down the gang who killed his wife and took his daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisCop Car (2015)
Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Frozen Ground (2013)
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNowhere to Be Found (2019)
A mother's worst nightmare comes true when her teenage daughter goes missing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Worth the HypeMovies 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 thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisActs of Violence (2018)
When his fiancee is kidnapped by human traffickers, Roman and his ex-military brothers set out to track her down and save her before it is too late. Along the way, Roman teams up with Avery, a cop investigating human trafficking and fighting the corrupt bureaucracy that has harmful intentions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight Hunter (2019)
A Minnesota police officer crosses paths with a committed and tireless vigilante as he follows the trail of a ruthless predator responsible for several abductions and murders.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGod Is a Bullet (2023)
Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBelow Zero (2021)
When a prisoner transfer van is attacked, the cop in charge must fight those inside and outside while dealing with a silent foe: the icy temperatures.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThose Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSmall Town Crime (2018)
Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turns private eye to track down her killers, taking one last shot at redemption.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLast Seen Alive (2022)
After Will Spann's wife suddenly vanishes at a gas station, his desperate search to find her leads him down a dark path that forces him to run from authorities and take the law into his own hands.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Came By (2022)
A rebellious young graffiti artist, who targets the homes of the wealthy elite, discovers a shocking secret that leads him on a journey endangering himself and those closest to him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Quarry (2020)
A man on the run from his own sins, finds himself in a small border town in Texas, impersonating a reverend. The town are quickly drawn to the man's unorthodox sermons, but so is a police chief who has his suspicions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisHunting Ava Bravo (2022)
Billionaire sportsman Buddy King unwinds by hunting human captives on his remote mountain estate. But his latest victim, Ava Bravo, is no easy target.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Silencing?
The closest matches to The Silencing are The Devil All the Time (2020), Cult Killer (2024) and Rust Creek (2019). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Silencing?
People who watched The Silencing most often go on to The Devil All the Time (2020), Cult Killer (2024) and Rust Creek (2019).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Silencing?
Prisoners (2013), rated 8.1/10 by 13,750 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Silencing?
Cult Killer (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Silencing?
Yes: The Devil All the Time (2020), Cult Killer (2024) and Rust Creek (2019).
How are movies similar to The Silencing chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Silencing, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.