Movies like Phenomena
If Phenomena's mix of daughter, insect and boarding school stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Phenomena's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Halloween
1978 · Directed by John Carpenter · 91 min7.6
Why you'll like itWith Donald Pleasence · Shares: serial killer, maniac · Also horror and thriller
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
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Se7en
1995 · Directed by David Fincher · 127 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath, detective, serial killer
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Directed by Chuck Russell · 96 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath, sleepwalking · Also horror and thriller · From the same decade (1980s)
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
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Malignant
2021 · Directed by James Wan · 111 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: detective, serial killer
Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.
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Fear
1996 · Directed by James Foley · 97 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath, teenage girl
Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world.
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The Silence of the Lambs
1991 · Directed by Jonathan Demme · 119 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath, serial killer
Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for…
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Directed by Chris Columbus · 152 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: boarding school, school
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and…
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Barbarian
2022 · Directed by Zach Cregger · 103 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: serial killer · Also horror and thriller
In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there.
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Strange Darling
2024 · Directed by JT Mollner · 97 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: serial killer · Also thriller and horror
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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Sherlock Holmes
2009 · Directed by Guy Ritchie · 129 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: detective, serial killer
Eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson battle to bring down a new nemesis and unravel a deadly plot that could destroy England.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · Directed by Wes Craven · 91 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: psychopath · From the same decade (1980s)
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive…
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Friday the 13th
1980 · Directed by Sean S. Cunningham · 95 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: serial killer · From the same decade (1980s)
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.