Movies like Don't Leave the Kids Alone (2026)

Name: Don't Leave the Kids Alone
Released: 2026

10 films to watch after Don't Leave the Kids Alone, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

A mother moves into a new house with her two children. One night she must leave the siblings home alone. What begins as a blast of carefree play soon turns into a claustrophobic horror story.

1

The Orphanage (2007)

Fit 71%

Shares Horror, Drama and Thriller with Don't Leave the Kids Alone.

A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
2

Baby Blues (2008)

Fit 70%

Shares Drama, Horror and Thriller with Don't Leave the Kids Alone.

On a secluded family farm, a mother suffers a psychotic break due to postpartum depression, forcing the eldest son to protect his sibling from the mother they have always known and loved.
3

Intruders (2015)

Fit 58%

Shares Drama, Thriller and Horror with Don't Leave the Kids Alone.

Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.
4

The Surrender (2025)

Fit 56%

Shares Drama and Horror with Don't Leave the Kids Alone.

A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.
5

The Entity (1982)

Fit 50%

Shares Horror and Thriller with Don't Leave the Kids Alone.

A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
6

The Last Thing Mary Saw (2021)

Fit 50%

Shares Horror, Drama and Thriller with Don't Leave the Kids Alone.

Winter, 1843. A young woman is under investigation following the mysterious death of her family's matriarch. Her recollection of the events sheds new light on the ageless forces behind the tragedy.
7

Watcher (2022)

Fit 47%

Shares Horror and Thriller with Don't Leave the Kids Alone.

As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.
8

No One Gets Out Alive (2021)

Fit 43%

Shares Horror and Thriller with Don't Leave the Kids Alone.

An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.
9

Nocebo (2022)

Fit 41%

Shares Thriller and Horror with Don't Leave the Kids Alone.

A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
10

Dark Light (2019)

Fit 40%

Shares Horror and Thriller with Don't Leave the Kids Alone.

A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.