Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Nightmare

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

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#1
The Naked City

The Naked City

1948★ 7.2

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

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder....

#2
The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942★ 6.6

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

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign....

#3
The Mirror Crack'd

The Mirror Crack'd

1980★ 6.1

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

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim....

#4
Insomnia

Insomnia

2002★ 7.0

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

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen....

#5
Conflict

Conflict

1945★ 6.7

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

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister....

#6
We Go On

We Go On

2016★ 5.8

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

Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom takes out an advert offering $30,000 in reward money to the first person who can show him evidence of an angel, a demon, or prove that...

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