Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Merciless

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

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#1
Hider in the House

Hider in the House

1989★ 5.8

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

#2
Chief of Station

Chief of Station

2024★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Merciless 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
Black Widow

Black Widow

1987★ 6.2

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

#4
The Amateur

The Amateur

2025★ 6.9

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

After his life is turned upside down when his wife is killed in a London terrorist attack, a brilliant but introverted CIA decoder takes matters into his own hands when his supervi...

#5
Canary Black

Canary Black

2024★ 6.2

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

Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld conta...

#6
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

2022★ 7.3

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

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