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Movies that feel like Trap (2024)

If you loved Trap, the closest films we have are Old (2021), The Visit (2015) and Knock at the Cabin (2023). All three share Trap's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they're at the center of a dark and sinister event.

πŸ… 57% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. M. Night Shyamalangrittydreadunsettlingtenseobsessive
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If Trap hit the spot, these will too

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Old
2021 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 50%β˜… 5.8thriller Β· mystery Β· horror

The same hand behind both of them: M. Night Shyamalan

The difference: Not nearly as gritty as Trap

A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

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The Visit
2015 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.3horror Β· thriller

M. Night Shyamalan directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Missing the grit of Trap

A brother and sister are sent to their grandparents' remote Pennsylvania farm for a week, where they discover that the elderly couple is involved in something deeply disturbing.

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Knock at the Cabin
2023 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 67%β˜… 6.1horror Β· mystery Β· thriller

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Trap does

While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.

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Split
2017 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.3horror Β· thriller

Common ground: philadelphia, pennsylvania

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him β€” as well as everyone around him β€” as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

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Green Room
2016 Β· dir. Jeremy Saulnier
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7horror Β· crime Β· thriller

One thread runs through both: escape

The difference: Reviewed even better

A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

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Obsession
2026 Β· dir. Curry Barker
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.9horror Β· thriller

Both land tension and obsession at once

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires come at a dark, sinister price.

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The Pool
2018 Β· dir. Ping Lumpraploeng
πŸ… 96%β˜… 5.3thriller Β· horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: escape

Left alone to clean up a 6-meter-deep deserted pool, Day falls asleep on an inflatable raft. When he wakes, the water level has sunk so low that he can't climb out on his own. Stuck in the pool, Day screams for help, but the only thing that hears him is a creature from a nearby crocodile farm.

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The Neon Demon
2016 Β· dir. Nicolas Winding Refn
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.1horror Β· thriller

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

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The House That Jack Built
2018 Β· dir. Lars von Trier
πŸ… 59%β˜… 6.8drama Β· horror Β· crime

Both are built on the same subject: serial killer

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

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The Girl Who Killed Her Parents
2021 Β· dir. MaurΓ­cio EΓ§a
β˜… 5.9crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both lean on grit more than on crime

Based on one of the most shocking and gruesome murder cases in Brazil, the film presents Daniel Cravinhos's point of view of the events that led to the death of MarΓ­sia and Manfred von Richthofen, his girlfriend’s parents.

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Halloween Kills
2021 Β· dir. David Gordon Green
πŸ… 38%β˜… 5.5horror Β· thriller

The same preoccupation in both: serial killer

Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last encounter, she inspires her daughter Karen, her granddaughter Allyson, and all of Haddonfield to rise up against the unstoppable monster.

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Kill List
2011 Β· dir. Ben Wheatley
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.4horror Β· thriller Β· crime

Gritty thriller in both cases

Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.

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