“Don't Move” is the latest Netflix thriller to debut at No. 1 following its debut last week (Oct. 25). In the film, a grieving woman is pursued by a vicious killer in the jungle, and she is injected with a paralyzing drug that forces her to escape her assailant while her entire body shuts down and she is unable to move.

Combining cat-and-mouse tactics with harrowing tension, “Don't Move” is an enjoyable thriller (even if its internal logic is a bit contrived), but with its short 85-minute running time, the streaming flick will not keep you entertained for very long. So, if you're looking for a similar thriller that's perfectly enjoyable after you've seen it, here are five movies like “Don't Move” that you can watch right now.

The hook of “Don't Move” is that the protagonist is trying to escape a killer with a rather severe handicap, which is also the case in “Hush.” In “Hush,” the protagonist Maddie (Kate Siegel) is not slowly becoming immobile, but deaf and mute She is deaf and mute. In other words, she cannot rely on her sense of sound to detect the presence of a killer, nor can she scream for help. This is what makes “Hush” so tense.

Directed by Mike Flanagan, “Hush” is a simple slasher that focuses on building tension. The isolated setting of a house in the woods in the middle of nowhere also adds to the atmosphere. And while Maddie is sadistically played by her masked assailant, she is not portrayed as a helpless victim, which gives “Hush” an empowering element. Additionally, “Hush” has been out of distribution for over a year, but recently returned to streaming platforms, so now is a great time to see it.

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Like “Don't Move,” “Alone” is a cat-and-mouse game set in a vast wilderness. This rural setting adds to the horror factor. Jessica (Jules Wilcox), recently widowed, takes to the open road to escape her traumatic past, but when she encounters a creepy figure at a rest stop, the nightmarish ordeal of being hunted in the lush forests of the Pacific Northwest begins.

The similarities to “Don't Move” are fairly obvious, and Jessica is lucky to escape her pursuers, but nothing beats the dramatic life-and-death stakes. Lead actor Wilcox is terrific, and “Alone” has been described as “minimalist,” which is no bad thing. What's more, the film has an impressive 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, a testament to its overall quality.

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Earlier this year, Fede Alvarez reinvigorated the “Alien” franchise with “Alien: Romulus,” but before he could work in my favorite sci-fi universe, the director put one of the best twists in film history on the dwelling invasion horror ” He directed “Don't Breathe. If you thought “Don't Move” was tense, “Don't Breathe” will make your palms sweat. In fact, in the most tense scenes, you may find yourself holding your breath.

“Don't Breathe” features three thieves, Rocky (Jane Levy), Alix (Dylan Minnette), and Money (Daniel Zovatto), who break into a blind veteran's home. Instead, they discover that this supposedly helpless victim is not, and are trapped in his home in a desperate search for a way to escape. Don't Breathe is an exciting thriller that will have you wondering who the real victim is by the end.”

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Just when you thought Iris was handicapped by her inability to move her arms and legs in “Don't Move,” in “See For Me” our hero must escape from all three criminals without being able to see them. Sophie (Skylar Davenport) is a visually impaired teen house-sitting in a luxurious but isolated mansion; when a trio of burglars break in, she must rely on an app that remotely connects her with veterans living across the country to survive the ordeal.

Like “Hush” (and to some extent “Don't Move”), “See for Me” plays with our sense of helplessness. You might think that Sophie is a helpless victim, unable to do anything against the power of three criminals, but the script is flipped and the two fight back with the help of Kelly (Jessica Parker Kennedy). But while Sophie is portrayed as competent, she is certainly not invincible, so there is still tension in “See for Me.”

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In “Don't Move,” the antagonist (played by Finn Wittrock) is family-friendly on the surface but harbors a dark secret; M. Night Shyamalan's film is about a doting father (Josh Hartnett) who takes his young daughter to her idol's pop concert of her idol. Things look pretty normal until it is shown that this seemingly ordinary father is actually a sadistic serial killer known as the Butcher, who keeps his next victim locked up in his basement.

Adding to the intrigue, Cooper, played by Hartnett, learns that the concert is a police sting. Cooper must evade arrest while hiding his true identity from his daughter. While “The Trap” has a rather large flaw in its second half, its premise is novel and has enough thrills to keep you entertained to the end. Plus, Hartnett is wonderfully wicked in the lead role.

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