Movies like The Hand that Rocks the Cradle include stories about people who infiltrate a family's life and disrupt everything. The original film was a 1992 release by director Curtis Hanson ( L.A. Confidential ), the story of a nanny (Rebecca De Mornay) working to tear a family apart and replace the mother she works for.
In 2025, The Hand that Rocks the Cradle was remade , with Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the mother, and minor changes were made to help the new Hulu release dominate its opening week . For fans of stories where someone tries to ruin a person's life, here are other movies like The Hand that Rocks the Cradle .
The Visit (2015)
The Visit Tyler inside the room and the grandparents outside
Released in 2015, M. Night Shyamalan began his comeback with the f

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