15 Movies Like Wait Until Dark
Loved Wait Until Dark? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
#1
Disclosure Day
A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove there's life beyond our understanding.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#2
Obsession
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.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#3
Backrooms
A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#4
The Devil's Mouth
A group of college friends' Thailand adventure turns deadly when they become trapped in submerged caves with a dangerous predator. As oxygen runs low, past conflicts emerge in their desperate fight for survival.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#5
Leviticus
Two teenage boys must escape a violent entity that takes the form of the person they desire most — each other.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#6
Deep Water
A group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their differences if they hope to escape their sinking plane and the frenzy of sharks drawn to the wreckage.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#7
72 HOURS
To save his career, a 40-year-old ad exec joins a crew of twentysomethings for a wild Miami bachelor party after they mistakenly add him to a group chat.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#8
The Bay
Best friends Emma and Lani, attending a destination wedding in Thailand, find themselves trapped on a sinking tour boat in the heart of a tiger shark sanctuary.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#9
Her Private Hell
When a mysterious mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis, unleashing a deadly and elusive entity, a troubled young woman searches for her father. Her quest collides with an American GI on a harrowing odyssey to rescue his daughter from Hell.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#10
Hungry
A group of holidaymakers must fight for their lives against a rampaging hippo on the loose after becoming lost in the Louisiana swamplands.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#11
Lee Cronin's The Mummy
The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#12
The Shawshank Redemption
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#13
The Punisher: One Last Kill
As Frank Castle searches for meaning beyond revenge, an unexpected force pulls him back into the fight.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
#14
War of the Worlds
Will Radford is a top analyst for Homeland Security who tracks potential threats through a mass surveillance program, until one day an attack by an unknown entity leads him to question whether the government is hiding something from him... and from the rest of the world.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Wait Until Dark.
