Movies like Bug
If Bug's mix of friendship, drug abuse and isolation stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Bug's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Shining
1980 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 144 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: isolation · Also horror and thriller
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter.
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Bad Times at the El Royale
2018 · Directed by Drew Goddard · 141 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: motel room · Also thriller and drama
Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
2010 · Directed by David Yates · 146 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, isolation
Harry, Ron and Hermione walk away from their last year at Hogwarts to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes, putting an end to Voldemort's bid for immortality.
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Burnt Offerings
1976 · Directed by Dan Curtis · 116 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: psychosis · Also horror and thriller
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
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The Number 23
2007 · Directed by Joel Schumacher · 97 min6.4
Why you'll like itWith Lynn Collins · Also thriller and drama · From the same decade (2000s)
Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.
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Resolution
2013 · Directed by Justin Benson · 93 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: friendship · Also horror and thriller
A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.