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Movies that feel like Wait Until Dark (1967)

If you loved Wait Until Dark, the closest films we have are Red Dragon (2002), Green Room (2016) and Don't Breathe (2016). All three share Wait Until Dark's tense and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Darkroom and others, checked against today's data.

After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move -- and find his blind wife, Susy, alone in the apartment. Soon, a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.

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Red Dragon
2002 Β· dir. Brett Ratner
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2crime Β· thriller Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: murder

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

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

Both keep circling back to heroin

The difference: A 2010s film, from a different era of filmmaking

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

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Don't Breathe
2016 · dir. Fede Álvarez
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.1horror Β· thriller Β· crime

Both land tension and grit at once

A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.

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Saw III
2006 Β· dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6.2horror Β· thriller Β· crime

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.

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

Thriller with a pulse of tension, 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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Saw IV
2007 Β· dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
πŸ… 19%β˜… 5.9horror Β· thriller Β· crime

Gritty crime in both cases

Despite Jigsaw's death, and in order to save the lives of two of his colleagues, Lieutenant Rigg is forced to take part in a new game, which promises to test him to the limit.

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The Birds
1963 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.6horror Β· thriller

Both trade on dread more than on being horror

The difference: Missing the grit of Wait Until Dark

Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.

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Halloween
1978 Β· dir. John Carpenter
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7horror Β· thriller

Both built around police

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

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Saw V
2008 Β· dir. David Hackl
πŸ… 13%β˜… 5.8horror Β· thriller Β· crime

Unsettling thriller, and it commits to that

Following Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome tests.

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

Horror built on tension, twice over

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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The Conjuring
2013 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.5horror Β· thriller

Dread-soaked crime in both cases

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

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Halloween
2018 Β· dir. David Gordon Green
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.5horror Β· thriller

Murder is the engine of both

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

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