
Movies that feel like Peeping Tom (1960)
If you loved Peeping Tom, the closest films we have are Wait Until Dark (1967), Possession (1981) and Trap (2024). All three share Peeping Tom's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 5 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.
If Peeping Tom hit the spot, these will too

Both land dread and unease at once
The difference: Not nearly as obsessive as Peeping Tom

Common ground: obsession
The difference: 21 years apart, and the 1980s show

One thread runs through both: serial killer
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both lean on tension more than on horror
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Peeping Tom does

Thriller built on grit, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to action than Peeping Tom does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: photography

Both are built on the same subject: childhood trauma
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft


Unsettling horror, and it commits to that

The same preoccupation in both: obsession

Both keep coming back to the same thing: serial killer

Thriller with a pulse of dread, in both cases
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