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Hitcher in the Dark

Movies Like Hitcher in the Dark (1989)

Hitcher in the Dark is a 1989 crime, horror, thriller film from Umberto Lenzi with a MovieMagicScore of 4.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Breakdown and Bound to Vengeance.

Crime Horror Thriller

Breakdown poster

Breakdown

1997

On their cross-country drive, a married couple, Jeff and Amy Taylor, experience car trouble after their SUV breaks down. Stranded in the New Mexico desert, the two catch a break when a passing truck driver offers Amy a ride to a nearby café to call for help. Meanwhile, Jeff is able to fix the car and make his way to the café, but Amy isn't there. He tracks down the trucker ― who tells the police he's never seen Jeff or his wife before. Jeff then begins a desperate, frenzied search for Amy.

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Bound to Vengeance

2015

A young woman, Eve, fights back and manages to escape a malicious abductor. However, after discovering she may not be the only victim, Eve unravels a darker truth and decides to turn the tables on her captor.

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) poster

The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence)

2011

Inspired by the fictional Dr. Heiter, disturbed loner Martin dreams of creating a 12-person centipede and sets out to realize his sick fantasy.

Kalifornia poster

Kalifornia

1993

A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

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Death Occurred Last Night

1970

A chief police inspector investigates the disappearance of a 25-year-old woman, the daughter of a lonely widower. After she turns up dead, the cops race to find the killers before the grieving father does

Paranoid poster

Paranoid

2000

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.

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10 Cloverfield Lane

2016

After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.

Captive poster

Captive

2020

A teenage runaway who’s trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.

Room poster

Room

2015

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

Bad Samaritan poster

Bad Samaritan

2018

A thief makes a disturbing discovery in the house where he breaks in. Later, when he returns to the same house with his partner in crime, things are no longer how he expected.

The Neighbor poster

The Neighbor

2016

In the town of Cutter, most people keep to themselves. But when John comes home to find his girlfriend missing, he sneaks into his neighbor's house, finding his girlfriend and several other kidnapped people tied up in the basement. When the neighbor come home, John is forced to get out of the house alive and lead the group to safety.

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Sweet Sixteen

2002

Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.

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Nightalk

2022

A female cop goes undercover on a phone-sex app to solve a murder investigation as she risks becoming the killer's next victim.

Monstrous poster

Monstrous

2020

A young woman goes searching for answers after her friend mysteriously vanishes in Whitehall, NY, an Adirondack town known for its Bigfoot sightings. She quickly learns that hiding in the woods is an evil more sinister than she could ever imagine.

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The Jewel of the Nile

1985

Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.

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Monster

2003

An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.

Wildling poster

Wildling

2018

A young woman held in captivity discovers the realities of truth and lies in the outside world.

Mrs. Serial Killer poster

Mrs. Serial Killer

2020

When her husband is framed and imprisoned for serial murders, a doting wife must perform a copycat murder, to prove her husband's innocence.

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers poster

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

1988

Angela Baker escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a sex-obsessed girl to the boys who are peeping Toms -- are murdered by the impostor in various gruesome ways. As more campers go missing, intrepid counselor Molly begins to piece together the truth.

When the Screaming Starts poster

When the Screaming Starts

2021

When Norman Graysmith is invited into the home of an aspiring serial killer, Aidan Mendle, he believes he has the subject for the documentary that will make his career.

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Hitcher in the Dark?

The top films similar to Hitcher in the Dark by MovieMagicScore are Breakdown (6.9), Bound to Vengeance (5.7), The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (4.8). Each shares crime/horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Hitcher in the Dark worth watching?

Hitcher in the Dark holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.5/10 from 22 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Hitcher in the Dark?

Hitcher in the Dark (1989) is a crime, horror, thriller film directed by Umberto Lenzi, starring Joe Balogh, Josie Bissett, Jason Saucier.

Where can I find more recommendations like Hitcher in the Dark?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more crime recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Hitcher in the Dark

This ranked list pairs Hitcher in the Dark (1989), a crime and horror and thriller film from Umberto Lenzi, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Joe Balogh take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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