Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Stray

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

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#1
Blood Punch

Blood Punch

2014★ 6.4

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

Milton, a college dropout, was only supposed to cook meth for one day. Broken out of rehab by a brash young woman and her trigger-happy ("ex") boyfriend and driven to a remote cabi...

#2
Cheat

Cheat

2023★ 7.0

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

On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small col...

#3
Hider in the House

Hider in the House

1989★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Stray 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....

#4
Compulsion

Compulsion

2024★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Stray for fans of Thriller & Horror. 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 ...

#5
The Infernal Machine

The Infernal Machine

2022★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Stray for fans of Thriller. 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...

#6
Sniper: Legacy

Sniper: Legacy

2014★ 6.0

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

A rogue gunman is assassinating high-ranking military officers one by one. When Gunnery Sgt. Brandon Beckett is informed his father, legendary shooter Thomas Beckett has been kille...

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