Movies that feel likeThe Housemaid (2025)
If you loved The Housemaid, the closest films we have are The Gift (2015), The Ghost Writer (2010) and Exam (2009). All three share The Housemaid's twisty and tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Rojo (2018).
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If The Housemaid hit the spot, these will too
A polished life unraveled by someone who knows where the secrets sit
The difference: Slower and more grounded — a grudge, not a household of games
Twisty and tense in the same breath
The difference: Takes it somewhere less unsettling than The Housemaid does
Mystery with a pulse of twists, in both cases
Marriage as performance concealing calculation
The difference: Media-circus satire, Fincher chill
Both lean on tension more than on thriller
Twisty mystery, and it commits to that
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still
A grand house whose locked rooms hide the story that explains everything
The difference: Gothic and ghost-adjacent — siblings in peril, not seductive power play
Professionals hired into a rich family's business who find rot underneath
The difference: Full supernatural horror — shamans and graves, not bedroom politics
Ordinary people held inside an escalating nightmare with impossible rules
The difference: Apocalyptic stakes and moral dilemma — no slow-burn seduction
A twisting investigation where every reveal rearranges your suspicions
The difference: A detective procedural — cold-case logic, not domestic captivity
Nothing in this house is what it's presented as
The difference: Gothic psychological storm
Tense thriller in both cases
The difference: Sits closer to drama than The Housemaid does
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