Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Downtime

If you loved Downtime, 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 Downtime 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
Hider in the House

Hider in the House

1989★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Downtime 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....

#3
Lazareth

Lazareth

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Downtime 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...

#4
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

2022★ 7.3

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

A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly...

#5
Squealer

Squealer

2023★ 5.9

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

When young women begin to disappear across a small town, a police officer and a street-smart social worker follow clues to a remote pig farm and discover the local butcher has been...

#6
Caged

Caged

2021★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Downtime 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 ...

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