Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Leave

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

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#1
The Infernal Machine

The Infernal Machine

2022★ 6.2

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

Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account...

#2
Awake

Awake

2007★ 6.5

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

While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles pr...

#3
The Inhabitant

The Inhabitant

2022★ 5.9

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

Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings...

#4
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

2022★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Leave 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
The Drowning Pool

The Drowning Pool

1975★ 6.3

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

Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself ca...

#6
Cleaner

Cleaner

2007★ 6.1

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

Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shoot...

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