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Movies like I’ll Be Watching (2023)

The best movies like I’ll Be Watching (2023) are Hostile (2018), Dark Light (2019) and Containment (2015). If I’ll Be Watching hooked you with its horror and science fiction, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Hostile (2018)

    Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange disturbing creatures that only come out at nighttime.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror

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  2. Dark Light (2019)

    A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  3. Containment (2015)

    Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

  4. Abduction (2019)

    A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  5. The Devil Conspiracy (2023)

    A powerful biotech company has breakthrough technology allowing them to clone history’s most influential people with just a few fragments of DNA. Behind this company is a cabal of Satanists that steals the shroud of Christ, putting them in possession of Jesus’ DNA. The clone will serve as the ultimate offering to the devil. The Archangel Michael comes to earth and will stop at nothing to end the devil’s conspiracy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  6. Death Machine (1995)

    Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliable and has killed a number of innocent people. The genius behind this project is Jack who lives in a world of models, toys and magazines. When he is fired by Cale for killing a few corporate officers, he unleashes the ultimate killing machine called the 'Warbeast' against Cale and those who would help her.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

  7. Southbound (2015)

    On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation — are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

  8. Spring (2014)

    A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & romance

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  9. Caged (2021)

    An African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he's haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and pushed to the breaking point by an abusive female guard.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

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  10. Slash/Back (2022)

    In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller

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  11. Books of Blood (2020)

    A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  12. No One Will Save You (2023)

    A lonely woman battles extraterrestrials who threaten her future while forcing her to face her past.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  13. The Return (2020)

    After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction

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  14. The Evil (1978)

    Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

  15. Prodigy (2017)

    Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he begins to understand the extent of her capabilities and the fate that has been planned for her, he struggles to overcome her defenses before it is too late for them both.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & science fiction

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  16. Play Dead (2022)

    Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is using the corpses for his sick and twisted business, and when he realises that Chloe still has a pulse, a terrifying game of cat and mouse ensues.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

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  17. The Unhealer (2021)

    A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

  18. Nocebo (2022)

    A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & horror

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  19. Eradication (2022)

    When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller

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  20. Blood and Snow (2023)

    When researchers rescue a fellow scientist who survived a meteorite strike in the Arctic, they discover she may not be who they think she is. Is she some-how changed?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like I’ll Be Watching?

The closest matches to I’ll Be Watching are Hostile (2018), Dark Light (2019) and Containment (2015). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after I’ll Be Watching?

Start with Hostile (2018), the closest match to I’ll Be Watching.

What is the highest-rated movie like I’ll Be Watching?

No One Will Save You (2023), rated 6.7/10 by 1,660 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like I’ll Be Watching?

Blood and Snow (2023) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like I’ll Be Watching?

Yes: Hostile (2018), Dark Light (2019) and Containment (2015).

How are movies similar to I’ll Be Watching chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside I’ll Be Watching, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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