20 best movies like Someone's Watching Me! (1978)

List of the best movies like Someone's Watching Me! (1978): The Perfect Guy, Tightrope, Cyberstalker, Secret Obsession, P2, Chasing Sleep, The Hand, Smiley, Coma, The Midnight Meat Train.

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Markimdb: 5.6
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:29

After a painful breakup, Leah seems to meet the perfect guy. But she soon discovers his violent side that disrupts her life.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:54

Wes Block is a detective who's put on the case of a serial killer. His victims are young and pretty women, which he rapes and murders. The murders are getting personal when the killer chooses victims who are acquaintances of Block. Even his daughters are threatened.

Markimdb: 4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada

After spending several years in seclusion, a woman encounters the stalker who murdered her parents over a decade ago, and fears she may be his latest victim when he starts to cyber-stalk her.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:55

Newlywed Jennifer is brutally attacked at a dark rest stop. While healing from her injuries, she can’t recall anything from her past, including the ordeal. Her husband, Russell , is just thankful she’s alive and eager to get her home. As he reintroduces her to their secluded mountain estate, Detective Page pursues Jennifer’s assailant — his own daughter went missing and was never found. The same fate now awaits Jennifer, unless someone realizes that her loving caretaker is actually her captor.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrehorror, thriller, crime
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:38

Angela, a corporate climber, gets stuck working late on Christmas Eve and finds herself the target of an unhinged security guard. With no help in sight, the woman must overcome physical and psychological challenges to survive.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, detective
CountryCanada, USA, France
Duration01:40

A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.

Markimdb: 5.5
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.

Markimdb: 3.4
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:35

    After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    A young woman doctor discovers something sinister going on in her hospital. Relatively healthy patients are having 'complications' during simple operations and ending up in comas. The patients are then shipped off to an institute that looks after them. The young doctor suspects there is more to this than meets the eye.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:34

    The photographer Leon lives with his girlfriend and waitress Maya waiting for a chance to get in the photo business. When Maya contacts their friend Jurgis, he schedules a meeting for Leon with the successful owner of arts gallery Susan Hoff; she analyzes Leon's work and asks him to improve the quality of his photos. During the night, the upset Leon decides to wander on the streets taking pictures with his camera, and he follows three punks down to the subway station; when the gang attacks a young woman, Leon defends her and the guys move on. On the next morning, Leon discovers that the woman is missing. He goes to the police station, but Detective Lynn Hadley does not give much attention to him and discredits his statement. Leon becomes obsessed to find what happened with the stranger and he watches the subway station. When he sees the elegant butcher Mahogany in the train, Leon believes he might be a murderer and stalks him everywhere, in the beginning of his journey to the darkness.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:26

    Charlie Cox should have stopped for gas in California. While he's on a cross-country trip with his teenage daughter, Joleen, his car hits empty in a creepy town in Nevada. With nary a drop of fuel to be found, Charlie and Joleen stop for the night at a dilapidated trailer park. There, Joleen catches the eye of two teenage boys, Jimmy and Pinky -- either of whom could be the serial killer currently terrorizing the town.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    While being interrogated by a police psychiatrist, the near-catatonic Tabitha tries to explain why she and two of her childhood friends are being hunted by a serial killer. The truth that's dying to come out weaves together three tragic secrets from their past. Two of the girls' boyfriends become unwitting targets in their deadly game.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Jill Parrish is trying to rebuild her life after surviving a terrifying kidnapping attempt. Though she is having a difficult time, she takes small steps toward normalcy by starting a new job and inviting her sister, Molly, to move in with her. Returning home from work one morning, Jill discovers that Molly has vanished, and she is certain that the same man who previously abducted her has returned for revenge.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA

    Based on a true story, shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE, a young woman returns to her old family home, the site of an infamous exorcism and discovers the devil never left. This film was shot in THE REAL EXORCIST HOUSE and during filming captured both audible and visible paranormal activity which has been left in the film giving those who dare to watch a unique look into one of the most infamous homes in America and possibly exposing them to the devil still lurking within.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:03

    An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA

    Joanna Mills has a successful career but feels her personal life is spinning out of control. She has few friends, an estranged father, and a crazy ex-boyfriend who is stalking her. Joanna begins having terrifying visions of a woman's murder, and it seems that she is the killer's next target. Determined to solve the mystery and escape her apparent fate, Joanna follows her visions to the victim's hometown and finds that some secrets just do not stay buried.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryJapan, USA
    Duration01:47

    After a break-in at their house, a couple gets help from one of the cops that answered their call. He helps them install the security system, and begins dropping by on short notice and unofficial patrol, and spends a lot of time discussing the couple's problems with the wife. The husband begins wondering if they're getting too much help.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:41

      After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.

      Markimdb: 2.8
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Russia
      Duration01:23

      A Russian Police Major is enlisted by the LAPD to help solve a series of gruesome murders perpetrated against young women by a sadistic sociopathic killer on the mean streets of Hollywood.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:24

      Samantha Holt had the perfect life with a handsome fiancée and a future that couldn’t look brighter. But an unexpected turn on a dark lonely road puts her on a collision course with Bruce Miller, a devoted family man who descends into madness when he loses everything he ever cared about. One year later, Bruce decides to give Samantha the punishment he believes she escaped. Samantha has struggled with her own demons since that fateful night, and Bruce will take her struggles to the edge when he implements a demented plan to teach her a twisted lesson that may cost her the ultimate price.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryCanada, New Zealand, United Kingdom
      Duration01:32

      Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, an older comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles. But when the riddles she solves lead to the deaths of those around her, she realizes the riddles are more than a simple game.....

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryCzech Republic, United Kingdom, USA, Russia
      Duration02:21

      Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      No one is safe when a killer, wielding the deadly contents of his toolbox, methodically stalks his prey.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, short, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:08

      Chloe Keane is an stressed American fashion model living in London who is about to have the worst weekend of her life. She and her boyfriend are invited to attend a party at the house of a former rock-star named Stan and his weird family who live in the countryside. Chloe awakes the next morning only to find her boyfriend has abandoned her at Stan's house and she has been drugged and handcuffed to the bed.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

        Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrethriller, melodrama, detective
        CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
        Duration01:35

        A woman who has psychic visions returns to her hometown to exorcise her demons. Once there she finds both danger and love.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA

        Kelly Sherwood is terrorized by a man with an asthmatic voice who plans to use her to steal $100,000 from the bank where she works. He threatens to kill her teenage sister Toby, if she tells the police. However she manages to contact F.B.I. agent Ripley.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:37

        FBI agent Joel Campbell, burnt-out and shell-shocked after years spent chasing serial killers, flees L.A. to begin a new life for himself in Chicago. But five months later, Joel's best laid plans are abruptly cut short when his new hometown becomes the setting for some particularly gruesome murders--murders that could only have been committed by one man: David Allen Griffin. One of Joel's most elusive and cunning nemeses, Griffin has followed his former pursuer to Chicago in order to play a sadistic game of cat and mouse. Taunting Joel with photographs of his intended victims and leaving his crime scenes meticulously free of clues in order to keep the police at bay, Griffin derives as much pleasure out of watching Joel react to every movement as watching his victims die. But when Griffin moves into Joel's inner circle, Joel must quickly find some way to stop him before someone close to him becomes the next one to die.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrethriller, detective
        CountryNetherlands, France, West Germany
        Duration01:47

        Rex and Saskia are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disappears.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop, and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted to water-way duty Tom, along with new partner Jo Christman, navigate the three rivers looking for clues and discovering bodies. This time the victims are women Tom knows, he must find the killer to prove his innocence.

        Markimdb: 8
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:20

        Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:23

        A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:03

        Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration01:48

        A seasoned police detective and his partner have just uncovered a string of unusual murders that lead them to a serial killer, who believes that he is the descendant of Judas.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountrySpain, USA
        Duration01:39

        A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:27

        Based on a novella from Stephen King, A famous mystery writer sets out for revenge after a brutal attack.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:29

        A masked killer, wearing World War II U.S. Army fatigues, stalks a small New Jersey town bent on reliving a 35-year-old double murder by focusing on a group of college kids holding an annual Spring Dance.

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryPoland
        Duration01:47

        The Photographer is an elusive serial killer operating in modern-day Moscow. He leaves numbered tiles at the scenes of his crimes, similar to those placed at crime scenes by forensic teams. The investigation points to the old Red Army barracks in Legnica, and to events dating back to the 1970s. One of the people involved in the investigation is Natasha - the only person to have survived an encounter with The Photographer.

        Markimdb: 3.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

        A teenage boy discovers the perpetrators of several brutal kidnappings in his home town.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:50

        Kit Preston begins to unravel when she receives threatening telephone calls informing her she's soon to be murdered.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        The sins of the past are not forgotten in this chilling suspense thriller. When the first body was discovered, it seemed a coincidence. But now homicide detective Jack Verdon has cause to worry: the victims of a series of brutal sex murders are all his former girlfriends. Suspected by the FBI agent who’s taken over the case and suspended by his captain, Jack must work outside the law if he’s to find the killer, save his future and protect what’s left of his past.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountrySouth Korea
        Duration01:51

        A blind witness and a runaway help the police find the suspect in a Hit and Run until the culprit realizes that they are close on his trail. The killer tracks her down and Soo-ah realizes that in order to save Gi-sub she would have to risk her life.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
        Duration02:07

        Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out.

        Markimdb: 4.2
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA

        Brought together at their childhood home over their dying mother, an estranged family is thrust into a deadly fight for their own survival.

        Markimdb: 3.3
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:24

        When remorseless killer James Bennett escapes from lockdown in a mental hospital, an FBI agent and a U.S. Marshal track the madman to his hometown, where he plans to slay a group of graduate students studying his case. But to catch their prey, the officers must plumb the mysteries of psychology, Greek mythology and more.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

        Counselors are being killed off at summer camp, and Sam (Fran Kranz) is stuck in the middle of it. Instead of contacting the cops, he calls his friend and slasher-film expert (Alyson Hannigan) to discuss his options.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:31

        Battling insomnia and undiagnosed PTSD, a war veteran works nights as a projectionist at a decrepit theater. While struggling to adapt to civilian life, he soon finds himself tangled in an inescapable web of seduction, addiction, and violence.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:58

        Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryRepublic of Ireland, France, Denmark
        Duration02:11

        Mike Regan is a successful, self-made man who has it all: a gorgeous wife, a beautiful teenage daughter and a sleek, state-of-the-art “smart home”. But he soon finds himself in a deadly, high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse when his I.T. consultant, Ed, starts using his skills to stalk Mike’s daughter and endanger his family, his business, and his life. In a world where there is no privacy, and personal secrets can go viral by the click of a mouse, Mike needs to rely on his old connections to defeat a new kind of nemesis.




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