Movies like Side Effect
If Side Effect's mix of robbery, rape and mushroom stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Side Effect's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Entity
1982 · Directed by Sidney J. Furie · 125 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: rape, supernatural · Also horror and thriller
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
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The Butterfly Effect
2004 · Directed by J. Mackye Gruber · 113 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: time travel, memory loss
A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history.
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Black Swan
2010 · Directed by Darren Aronofsky · 108 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: hallucination, fear · Also thriller and horror
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
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Oculus
2014 · Directed by Mike Flanagan · 104 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural, hallucination
A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
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Barbarian
2022 · Directed by Zach Cregger · 103 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: secret room · Also horror and thriller · From the same decade (2020s)
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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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Directed by Chuck Russell · 96 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural · Also horror and thriller
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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Altered States
1980 · Directed by Ken Russell · 103 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: psychedelic · 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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The Endless
2017 · Directed by Aaron Moorhead · 112 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural · Also horror and thriller
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
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Ghostland
2018 · Directed by Pascal Laugier · 91 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: hallucination
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives.
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Ginger Snaps
2000 · Directed by John Fawcett · 108 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: transformation
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature.
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Lights Out
2016 · Directed by David F. Sandberg · 81 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural
Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.
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Mirrors
2008 · Directed by Alexandre Aja · 111 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: hallucination
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.