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Movies that feel like Perfect Blue (1998)

If you loved Perfect Blue, the closest films we have are Paprika (2006), Coherence (2014) and The Invitation (2016). All three share Perfect Blue's tense feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video and Peacock Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

πŸ… 85% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Satoshi Konwhimsicaltenseparanoidunsettling
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If Perfect Blue hit the spot, these will too

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Paprika
2006 Β· dir. Satoshi Kon
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.7animation Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Satoshi Kon working the same nerve twice

The difference: None of the paranoia that defines Perfect Blue

Dr. Atsuko Chiba is a research psychologist who uses a device called the DC Mini to enter her patients' dreams, wherein she adopts the alter-ego "Paprika". When the device is stolen, she must stop rogue elements from merging the dream and waking worlds.

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Coherence
2014 Β· dir. James Ward Byrkit
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2thriller Β· science fiction

Paranoia runs into psychological thriller in each of them

The difference: Not nearly as whimsical as Perfect Blue

Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.

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The Invitation
2016 Β· dir. Karyn Kusama
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.6thriller Β· horror

Paranoia is the engine of both

The difference: Plays it as horror more than Perfect Blue does

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

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Black Swan
2010 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 85%β˜… 8drama Β· thriller Β· horror

Both keep circling back to a woman at the center

The difference: Leans drama where Perfect Blue does not

A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."

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Split
2017 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.3horror Β· thriller

Both circle stalking and mental illness

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him β€” as well as everyone around him β€” as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

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Marathon Man
1976 Β· dir. John Schlesinger
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7.4thriller Β· crime Β· drama

The same preoccupation in both: psychological thriller

The difference: A 1970s film, from a different era of filmmaking

A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.

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The Parallax View
1974 Β· dir. Alan J. Pakula
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.1crime Β· drama Β· thriller

Both land tension and paranoia at once

An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corporation behind every event in the world's headlines.

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Rosemary's Baby
1968 Β· dir. Roman Polanski
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8drama Β· horror Β· thriller

Unsettling thriller, and it commits to that

A young couple, Rosemary and Guy, moves into an infamous New York apartment building, known by frightening legends and mysterious events, with the purpose of starting a family.

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The Conjuring
2013 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.5horror Β· thriller

Both trade on tension more than on being animation

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

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Misery
1990 Β· dir. Rob Reiner
πŸ… 86%β˜… 7.8drama Β· thriller

Thriller with a pulse of unease, in both cases

After an accident, acclaimed novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued by a nurse who claims to be his biggest fan. Her obsession takes a dark turn when she holds him captive in her remote Colorado home and forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.

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Angels & Demons
2009 Β· dir. Ron Howard
πŸ… 36%β˜… 6.7thriller Β· mystery

Paranoid animation in both cases

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati – a secret, underground organization – after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.

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Halloween
1978 Β· dir. John Carpenter
πŸ… 97%β˜… 7.7horror Β· thriller

Stalking sits at the heart of each

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

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