
Movies that feel like The Gift (2015)
If you loved The Gift, the closest films we have are Leave the World Behind (2023), The Housemaid (2025) and Rojo (2018). All three share The Gift's tense and twisty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Paramount Plus Premium and Starz and others, checked against today's data.
If The Gift hit the spot, these will too

Tense and twisty in the same breath

One thread runs through both: psychological thriller
The difference: None of the stillness The Gift is built on

Both keep coming back to the same thing: husband wife relationship

Common ground: psychological thriller

The same mix in both: stillness, then unease
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Thriller built on tension, twice over

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

Unsettling thriller in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to horror than The Gift does

Drama with a pulse of tension, in both cases

The same preoccupation in both: chicago, illinois

Mystery built on twists, twice over
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