Movies like Wait Until Dark

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Wait Until Dark (1967)
 7.7
 33K
Wait Until Dark (1967)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move -- and find his blind wife, Susy, alone in the apartment. Soon, a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.
Style: tense, psychological, clever, serious, atmospheric, talky, suspense, scary, light, suspenseful ...
Plot: blindness, murder, heroin, home invasion, disability, blind woman, surveillance, doll, danger, psychopath, blind character, drug dealing, panic, woman in jeopardy, strong female lead, revenge, twists and turns, neighbor, rivalry, dishonesty, domestic disturbance, love, fear, girl, female protagonist ...
Time: 20th century, year 1967, 60s, 1960s
Place: new york, america, usa, montreal, montreal quebec
Keyword: american, french

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, serious and realistic films with plots about danger, murder, home invasion, death, violence, psychopath and mind game mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like Wait Until Dark: Frenzy (1972), Cape Fear (1962), From the Inside (2010), Marathon Man (1976), Till Death (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Frenzy (1972)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, detective, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: serial killer, rape, strangulation, truck, murder, psychopath, police, mistaken identity, dark humor, sexual perversion, man kills a woman, murder of a nude woman ...
Time: year 1972, 20th century, 60s
Place: london, britain, england, europe, united kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 7.7
 32K
Cape Fear (1962)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Sam Bowden witnesses a rape committed by Max Cady and testifies against him. When released after 8 years in prison, Cady begins stalking Bowden and his family but is always clever enough not to violate the law.
Style: neo noir, tense, suspense, disturbing, black and white ...
Plot: psychopath, stalking, revenge, lawyer, danger, obsession, serial killer, family in danger, villain, justice, vigilante, psychology ...
Time: year 1962, 60s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
From the Inside (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Alone in their isolated home where no cars pass and no one lives nearby, Vincent and Tally suffer together in a loveless marriage. But what they don't know is that they are not as alone as they think -- a criminal and his psychotic brother are ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: murder, rivalry, murderous pair, danger, crime gone awry, dishonesty, cons and scams, kidnapping, graphic violence, violent content, nudity, female nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 70K
Marathon Man (1976)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: conspiracy, dentist, revenge, nazi, paranoia, espionage, kidnapping, violence, chase, brother brother relationship, murder, torture ...
Time: 20th century, year 1976, 70s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, persia, uruguay, paris france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 26K
Till Death (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After a romantic evening at their secluded lake house, a woman wakes up handcuffed to her dead husband. Trapped and isolated in the dead of winter, she must fight off hired killers to escape her late spouse's twisted plan.
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: trapped, snow, infidelity, hired killer, dead husband, lawyer, hitman, revenge plot, revenge, survival horror, trap, dead body ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Wolves at the Door (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Four friends gather at an elegant home during the Summer of Love, 1969. Unbeknownst to them, deadly visitors are waiting outside. What begins as a simple farewell party turns to a night of primal terror as the intruders stalk and torment the four, ...
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, bleak, captivating ...
Plot: home invasion, serial killer, killing spree, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, husband wife relationship, mercilessness, group of friends, murder, killer, police officer, danger, pursuit ...
Time: 60s, year 1969
Place: usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.6
 153K
Hush (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, scary, dark ...
Audience: date night
Plot: serial killer, trapped, home invasion, survival, deaf, female protagonist, deafness, violence, masked killer, brutality, murder, murderer ...
Time: 2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place: america
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.2
 726
Home Invasion (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After a woman kills a home invasion robber in self-defense, his vengeful girlfriend befriends her at a crime victim support group and sets about trying to destroy her life.
Style: tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, unusual plot structure
Plot: revenge, robbery, female protagonist, home invasion, violence, woman in danger, brutality, murder, psychopath, fear, disguise, pursuit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 6.8
 295K
Panic Room (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul ...
Style: suspense, tense, neo noir, suspense thriller, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night, adult
Plot: home invasion, trapped, hostage, claustrophobia, surveillance, cat and mouse, locked in a room, crime gone awry, disorder, confinement indoors, millionaire, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Pacific Heights (1990)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
Style: neo noir, psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: psychopath, harassment, sociopath, yuppie, neighbor, home invasion, lawyer, deception, anger, tenant, landlord, identity theft ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: san francisco, california, bay area, usa, beverly hills ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.7
 129K
The Call (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, psychological, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: kidnapping, serial killer, investigation, danger, woman in danger, 911, psycho, murder, youth, chase, child abduction, panic ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Nowhere in Sight (2001)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Thriller - Helen Slater, Christopher Heyerdahl, Andrew McCarthy
Style: psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, slasher ...
Audience: adult
Plot: captivity, home invasion, starting over, hostage, blind woman, criminal, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, intruder, woman in danger, kidnapping, kidnapped, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.1
 284K
Phone Booth (2002)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, psychological ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: hostage, psychopath, sniper, trapped, mind game, murder, dishonesty, hopes, sin, characters in danger, plot twist, claustrophobia ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Home Sweet Home (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: After going broke, Gwen Stevens is forced to return to her abandoned childhood home hoping to pick up the pieces of her life. Among the relics and memories of her past, she discovers someone is living in the house and they don't want to leave. ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot: psychopath, danger, isolation, confined, domestic disturbance, chase, murder, violence, intruder, struggle for survival, gory, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
When a Stranger Calls (1979)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A psychopathic killer terrorizes a babysitter, then returns seven years later to menace her again.
Style: scary, suspense, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: urban legend, psychopath, obsession, stalking, stalker, home invasion, serial killer, babysitter, private detective, murder, threatening telephone call, police investigation ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.2
 107K
Vacancy (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and find hidden video cameras in their room. They realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Style: slasher, scary, psychological thriller, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, trapped, hotel, murder, hostage, survival horror, macabre, danger, estranged couple, masked killer, kidnapped, motel ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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26%
 6.4
 1K
Games (1967)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A mysterious woman (Simone Signoret) in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers (James Caan, Katharine Ross) and helps one trick the other.
Style: suspense, mind bending, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot: mind game, woman in danger, hagsploitation, plot twist, virus, gambler, game, twists and turns, murder, cons and scams, infidelity, rivalry ...
Time: year 1967, 60s, 20th century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Penthouse North (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A reclusive photojournalist lives quietly in a New York penthouse, until a smooth but sadistic criminal looking for a hidden fortune enters her life.
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, psychological, realistic ...
Plot: blindness, home invasion, woman in danger, loss of eyesight, blind woman, danger, rivalry, penthouse, heroine, confrontation, villain, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, afghanistan
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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 4.4
 1K
The Employer (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five highly qualified applicants interview for a coveted job with the Carcharias Corporation, a powerful conglomerate whose business practices are shrouded in mystery. On the night before the last round of interviews, they are all kidnapped and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: trap, kidnapping, twists and turns, danger, rivalry, contests and competitions, mind game, struggle for survival, trapped, new job, rivals, secret identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.1
 12K
Brake (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A Secret Service Agent is held captive in the trunk of a car and endures high-speed mental and physical torture as terrorists attempt to extract needed information for their sinister plot.
Style: twist ending, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: secret agent, secret place, agent as target, kidnapping, terrorism, isolation, captivity, race against time, danger, twists and turns, survival, spy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.1
 142K
The Strangers (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After returning from a wedding reception, a couple staying in an isolated vacation house receive a knock on the door in the mid-hours of the night. What ensues is a violent invasion by three strangers, their faces hidden behind masks. The couple ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: home invasion, survival, serial killer, murder, hostage, masked killer, blood, fear, violence, masked villain, brutality, night ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, year 2005, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 7.3
 215K
Cape Fear (1991)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a ...
Style: psychological, suspenseful, neo noir, tense, suspense ...
Plot: rape, fear, lawyer, family in danger, psychology, violence, serial killer, dangerous attraction, revenge, prison, rapist, psychopath ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place: north carolina, georgia, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.3
 72K
The Collector (2009)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, torture, psychopath, home invasion, trap, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, homicidal maniac, mystery killer ...
Time: year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, tense, neo noir ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: obsession, domestic violence, stalking, violent husband, woman in danger, starting over, psychopath, dangerous attraction, haunted by the past, revenge, abusive relationship, obsessive love ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1990
Place: africa, iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
The Truth Is Always Complicated (2010)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: When a couple is taken hostage in their home by an intruder, a simple home invasion robbery turns into something much more complicated...
Style: suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, sexy ...
Plot: hostage, couples, heist, betrayal, confined, danger, vengeance, dishonesty, older man younger woman relationship, kidnapping, villain, kidnapped ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.3
 266K
Identity (2003)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
Style: twist ending, suspense, scary, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, twists and turns, murder mystery, mental disorder, investigation, psychology, murderer, mental illness, motel, split personality, psychopath, rainstorm ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: nevada, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.0
 168K
Hard Candy (2005)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A mature 14-year old girl meets a charming 32-year old photographer on the Internet. Suspecting that he is a pedophile, she goes to his home in an attempt to expose him.
Style: disturbing, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: vengeance, torture, manipulation, age difference, pedophilia, sexual abuse, revenge, kidnapping, psychopath, pedophile, child abuse, justice ...
Time: year 2005, y2k, year 2016, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.6
 109K
You're Next (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, disturbing ...
Plot: home invasion, survival, gory, masked killer, murder, massacre, deathtrap, twists and turns, parents and children, trap, blood, plot twist ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, 21st century
Place: missouri, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
When a Stranger Calls (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Far away from the site of a gruesome murder, a teenager named Jill Johnson arrives at a luxurious home for a baby-sitting job. With the children fast asleep, she settles in for what she expects to be an ordinary evening. Soon, the ringing of a phone ...
Style: suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, slasher, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, high school, babysitter, psychopath, stalking, murder, babysitting, husband wife relationship, maniac, danger, survival, high school student ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 6.3
 1K
Favor (2013)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Kip's perfect life is put in jeopardy when the waitress with whom he's having a casual fling is accidentally killed in their motel room. Desperate, he turns to childhood friend and loser, Marvin, to help get rid of the body. Marvin agrees ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: murder, friends, disposing of a dead body, life turned upside down, dishonesty, danger, death, twists and turns, violent content, disorder, buddies, deadly
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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