Movies like Banshee Chapter
If Banshee Chapter's mix of journalist, government and new mexico stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Banshee Chapter's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Grave Encounters
2011 · Directed by Stuart Ortiz · 93 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: found footage, faux documentary · Also thriller and horror · From the same decade (2010s)
A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy
2026 · Directed by Lee Cronin · 133 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: journalist, missing person
The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living…
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The Ring
2002 · Directed by Gore Verbinski · 115 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: journalist, videotape
Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it.
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Phoenix Forgotten
2017 · Directed by Justin Barber · 87 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: found footage, faux documentary · From the same decade (2010s)
Twenty years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful…
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Spotlight
2015 · Directed by Tom McCarthy · 129 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: journalist, conspiracy · From the same decade (2010s)
The true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.
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Altered States
1980 · Directed by Ken Russell · 103 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: drug use · Also horror and thriller
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and…
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District 9
2009 · Directed by Neill Blomkamp · 112 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: government, found footage
Thirty years ago, aliens arrive on Earth. Not to conquer or give aid, but to find refuge from their dying planet. Separated from humans in a South African area called District 9, the aliens are managed by…
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Creep
2014 · Directed by Patrick Brice · 82 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: found footage · Also horror and thriller · From the same decade (2010s)
Looking for work, Aaron comes across a cryptic online ad: “$1,000 for the day. Filming service. Discretion is appreciated.” Low on cash and full of naiveté, he decides to go for it.
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Sicario
2015 · Directed by Denis Villeneuve · 122 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: desert · From the same decade (2010s)
An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
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Limitless
2011 · Directed by Neil Burger · 106 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: writer · From the same decade (2010s)
The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself.
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Kalifornia
1993 · Directed by Dominic Sena · 118 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: journalist
A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.