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10 Best Movies Like Downtime

If you loved Downtime, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Compulsion

Compulsion

2024★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Downtime for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Two women—Diana, a flamboyant and ruthless thief, and Evie, a seemingly innocent young woman with a troubled past—become embroiled in a series of horrific murders on the island of ...

#2
Lazareth

Lazareth

2024★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Downtime for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Lee is an aunt whose life mission is to protect her orphaned nieces, Imogen and Maeve, from a self-destructing world, raising them in isolation until an outsider threatens their pe...

#3
Frank and Penelope

Frank and Penelope

2022★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Downtime for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly...

#4
Squealer

Squealer

2023★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Downtime for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When young women begin to disappear across a small town, a police officer and a street-smart social worker follow clues to a remote pig farm and discover the local butcher has been...

#5
Cleaner

Cleaner

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Downtime for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages, an ex-soldier turned window cleaner suspended 50 storeys up on the outside of the...

#6
Blackwood

Blackwood

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Downtime for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a ...

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