Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Dread

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

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#1
Repulsion

Repulsion

1965★ 7.4

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

Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on a...

#2
Ghostland

Ghostland

2018★ 7.4

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

A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years late...

#3
The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dread for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings...

#4
Jacob's Ladder

Jacob's Ladder

1990★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dread for fans of Horror & Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After returning home from the Vietnam War, veteran Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world ...

#5
Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines

1988★ 6.3

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

A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who ...

#6
House of 1000 Corpses

House of 1000 Corpses

2003★ 6.2

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

Two teenage couples traveling across the backwoods of Texas searching for urban legends of serial killers end up as prisoners of a bizarre and sadistic backwater family of serial k...

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