Movies Like A Stranger Is Watching

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Friday the 13th

1980·1h 35m·★ 6.4·Sean S. Cunningham

2 shared crewDir. Sean S. CunninghamDP: Barry Abrams

The Candy Snatchers

1973·1h 35m·★ 6.4·Guerdon Trueblood

Themes: ransom, rape, kidnappingFans also liked

The Disappearance of Alice Creed

2009·1h 40m·★ 6.7·J Blakeson

Themes: ransom, kidnappingFans also likedDrama & Thriller

'R Xmas

2001·1h 25m·★ 5.7·Abel Ferrara

Themes: ransom, kidnappingFans also likedDrama & Thriller

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974·1h 45m·★ 7.6·Joseph Sargent

Themes: ransom, kidnappingFans also liked

Trapped

2002·1h 46m·★ 6.1·Luis Mandoki

Themes: ransom, kidnappingFans also liked

Midori

1992·55m·★ 6.2·Hiroshi Harada

Themes: little girl, rapeDrama & Horror

Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

TMDB recommendsDrama & Horror & Thriller

Fear of Rain

2021·1h 49m·★ 6.0·Castille Landon

TMDB recommendsThriller & Horror & Drama

Sliver

1993·1h 47m·★ 5.1·Phillip Noyce

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

2011·1h 31m·★ 3.8·Tom Six

Themes: rape, kidnappingDrama & Horror

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

2004·1h 48m·★ 8.3·Michel Gondry

TMDB recommends

Andrei Rublev

1966·3h 3m·★ 8.0·Andrei Tarkovsky

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Diabolique

1955·1h 58m·★ 8.1·Henri-Georges Clouzot

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Do the Right Thing

1989·2h·★ 7.9·Spike Lee

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Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

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King Kong

1933·1h 44m·★ 7.9·Merian C. Cooper

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Blue Velvet

1986·2h·★ 7.7·David Lynch

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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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Highway

2014·2h 13m·★ 7.6·Imtiaz Ali

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