Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Distress

If you loved Distress, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Compulsion

Compulsion

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Distress for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Two women—Diana, a flamboyant and ruthless thief, and Evie, a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past—become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of ...

#2
Chief of Station

Chief of Station

2024★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Distress for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After learning that the death of his wife was not an accident, a former CIA Station Chief is forced back into the espionage underworld, teaming up with an adversary to unravel a co...

#3
Hider in the House

Hider in the House

1989★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Distress for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in....

#4
Black Widow

Black Widow

1987★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Distress for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a ma...

#5
Caged

Caged

2021★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Distress for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

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 ...

#6
Lazareth

Lazareth

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Distress for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Lee is an aunt whose life mission is to protect her orphaned nieces, Imogen and Maeve, from a self-destructing world, raising them in isolation until an outsider threatens their pe...

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