8 Best Thrillers to Watch if You Liked 'The Housemaid', Ranked My IMDb

The Housemaid, starring Amanda Seyfried and Sydney Sweeney, captivated viewers with its claustrophobic atmosphere, cat-and-mouse game, and feeling of mistrust.

If you found yourself wanting more after the credits rolled – trapped in a luxurious mansion, unraveling other people's secrets, and shuddering at every sound – we've put together the perfect list.

8. 'The Woman in the Window', 2021

IMDb Score: 5.7/10

After her divorce, Anna lost custody of her daughter and became a shut-in. Due to agoraphobia, she had no contact with the outside world, only observing the life of the Russell family through a camera looking out the window across the street.

After an odd encounter with Ethan, a teenager, and his mother, Jane, Anna sees a horrific scene through the window: Alistair, the head of the Russell family, suddenly stabs his wife to death.

Anna called the police and, while she was giving her statement, the killer showed up at her house with Jane, who was alive and well, though her face looked different.

7. 'The Voyeurs', 2021

IMDb Score: 6.1/10

Pippa and Thomas move into an apartment with a view of their neighbors' turbulent sex life across the street. A photographer and his girlfriend live there, and their dramatic relationship immediately captures Pippa's attention.

With each passing day, she becomes increasingly immersed in her neighbors' lives. Peeping becomes a habit, then a necessity, ultimately pushing her to violate others' boundaries and gradually destroying her own relationships.

What Pippa doesn't realize is that she has become the naive victim of a carefully planned, ruthless game.

6. 'Sleeping with the Enemy', 1991

IMDb Score: 6.3/10

Outwardly, Laura's marriage to wealthy financier Martin seems flawless. However, no one knows the price of their superficial well-being or what's really going on behind closed doors.

Laura found herself trapped by her manipulative and sadistic husband. For four years, she endured humiliation and beatings while obeying his rules. One day, Laura finally snapped – she had secretly learned to swim and faked her death during a date on a yacht.

While Martin obsessively searches the ocean for his wife, Laura settles into life in the suburbs and opens her heart to a new love. However, ridding herself of her vengeful husband won't be so easy.

5. 'The Girl on the Train', 2016

IMDb Score: 6.5/10

After several unsuccessful attempts to conceive, Rachel fell into a depression and got divorced. Every day, she takes the train past her former home, which is now occupied by her ex-husband, his former lover turned wife, and their newborn child.

Next door, another seemingly perfect couple, Megan and Scott, has moved in, and they have everything Rachel lacks. One day, passing by again, Rachel spots Megan kissing another man on the balcony.

In a drunken stupor, Rachel approaches the strangers' house. The next morning, Rachel wakes up covered in blood on her bed, and Megan is found dead.

4. 'The Hand That Rocks the Cradle', 1992

IMDb Score: 6.7/10

Mrs. Mott's pregnancy is overshadowed by devastating news: several women have accused her husband, an obstetrician-gynecologist, of sexual harassment. Unable to bear the shame, he commits suicide.

Devastated by the tragedy, Mrs. Mott, now going by another name, takes a job as a nanny for Claire's children. Claire was the first to press charges. Through manipulation, Mrs. Mott turns the lives of the family that deprived her of her husband, child, and assets into a living hell.

She frames a kind gardener, turns the couple against each other, violates their children's boundaries, and soon resorts to murder.

3. 'A Simple Favor', 2018

IMDb Score: 6.7/10

The plot centers on Stephanie, a young mommy blogger who tries to uncover the reason behind her best friend Emily's sudden disappearance.

Stephanie's investigation is joined by Emily's husband, Sean, who pulls her into a spiral of incredible events full of secrets, betrayal, and deception.

2. 'The Invisible Man', 2020

IMDb Score: 7.1/10

Cecilia miraculously escapes her abusive scientist boyfriend, Adrian. She moves in with her best friend, James, who is a police officer. Soon, she learns that her ex-husband committed suicide and left her five million dollars.

Although it seems she can breathe a sigh of relief, Cecilia is certain the sociopath is alive. Otherwise, who is drugging her, invading her new home, and terrorizing her loved ones?

1. 'Gone Girl', 2014

IMDb Score: 8.1/10

Gone Girl is an adaptation of Gillian Flynn's thriller novel of the same name. The story follows the search for a missing woman, with her husband being the prime suspect.

When Nick returns home, he finds evidence of a struggle and blood in the living room. His wife, Amy, has disappeared, leaving behind diary entries that detail her humiliating marriage to a callous scoundrel.