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Movies that feel like They Look Like People (2016)

If you loved They Look Like People, the closest films we have are The Last Wave (1977), Midsommar (2019) and The Devil's Advocate (1997). All three share They Look Like People's contemplative and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max Amazon Channel, Criterion Channel and HBO Max and others, checked against today's data.

Suspecting that people are transforming into malevolent shape-shifters, Wyatt flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian.

πŸ… 92% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Perry Blackshearcontemplativedreadunsettlingtwistydreamlikeparanoid

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The Last Wave
1977 Β· dir. Peter Weir
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.9drama Β· mystery Β· horror

The same preoccupation in both: paranoia

The difference: 39 years apart, and the 1970s show

A Sydney lawyer defends five Aboriginal people in a ritualised taboo murder and in the process learns disturbing truths about himself and premonitions.

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Midsommar
2019 Β· dir. Ari Aster
πŸ… 83%β˜… 7.1horror Β· drama Β· mystery

Paranoia sits at the heart of each

The difference: Missing the dream logic of They Look Like People

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

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The Devil's Advocate
1997 Β· dir. Taylor Hackford
πŸ… 65%β˜… 7.5horror Β· drama Β· mystery

Hallucination is the engine of both

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

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Session 9
2001 Β· dir. Brad Anderson
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· drama

Both built around mental illness

The difference: None of the dream logic that defines They Look Like People

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

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Let's Scare Jessica to Death
1971 Β· dir. John D. Hancock
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.4horror Β· mystery Β· drama

Contemplative where it counts, dread-soaked underneath

Newly released from a mental ward, Jessica hopes to return to life the way it was before her nervous breakdown. But when Jessica moves to a country house with her husband and a close friend, she finds a mysterious girl living in there. Jessica's terror and paranoia resurface as evil forces surround her.

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Smile
2022 Β· dir. Parker Finn
πŸ… 79%β˜… 6.5horror Β· mystery

Both keep circling back to mental illness

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

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

Both circle insanity and fear

The difference: Plays it as thriller more than They Look Like People does

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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The Witch
2016 Β· dir. Robert Eggers
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7horror Β· drama Β· mystery

Both land unease and twists at once

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.

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Scream
2022 Β· dir. Tyler Gillett
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery

Both built around hallucination

Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

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mother!
2017 Β· dir. Darren Aronofsky
πŸ… 68%β˜… 6.6horror Β· drama

Drama with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

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In the Mouth of Madness
1995 Β· dir. John Carpenter
πŸ… 61%β˜… 7.1horror Β· mystery Β· drama

Both built around insanity

An insurance investigator visits a small town while looking into the strange disappearance of a popular horror novelist. He soon finds that the impact of the author’s books is far more than inspirational.

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Even the Wind Is Afraid
1968 Β· dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada
β˜… 7.2mystery Β· horror Β· drama

Horror built on stillness, twice over

A group of college students, led by Claudia, decide to investigate a local tower that has figured prominently in disturbing reoccurring dreams Claudia has been having. They are suspended from school for their antics, but Claudia learns from one of the female staff members that the person in the dream is a student who killed herself years before and that the headmistress has seen her ghost.

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