
Movies that feel likeVideodrome (1983)
If you loved Videodrome, the closest films we have are Scanners (1981), The Fly (1986) and Next of Kin (1982). All three share Videodrome's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Last Wave (1977).
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If Videodrome hit the spot, these will too

The same hand behind both of them: David Cronenberg
The difference: Takes it somewhere less twisty than Videodrome does

David Cronenberg directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Both land dread and unease at once

Both keep coming back to the same thing: surrealism

Common ground: surreal
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Videodrome does

The same two preoccupations: paranoia, and hallucination
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Videodrome does

Both are built on the same subject: insanity
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

The same mix in both: twists, then dream logic

Horror built on dread, twice over
The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

The same preoccupation in both: insanity

One thread runs through both: paranoia

Two things both keep coming back to: virtual reality and dystopia
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