Movies like Backbone
If Backbone's mix of suicide, pollution and skyscraper stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Backbone's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Smile
2022 · Directed by Parker Finn · 115 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: suicide, hospital, doctor
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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Saw
2004 · Directed by James Wan · 103 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: hospital, doctor
Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw.
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Dark Waters
2019 · Directed by Todd Haynes · 127 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: pollution
A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations.
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017 · Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos · 121 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: hospital
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who…
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Stonehearst Asylum
2014 · Directed by Brad Anderson · 112 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: doctor
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
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Caveat
2021 · Directed by Damian McCarthy · 88 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: suicide
A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
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Final Destination 2
2003 · Directed by David R. Ellis · 90 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: hospital
When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it…