Movies like Effects
If Effects's mix of cocaine, snuff and drug use stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Effects's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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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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A Scanner Darkly
2006 · Directed by Richard Linklater · 100 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: cocaine
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
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Body Double
1984 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 114 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: voyeurism
After losing an acting role and his girlfriend, Jake Scully finally catches a break: he gets offered a gig house-sitting in the Hollywood Hills.
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8MM
1999 · Directed by Joel Schumacher · 123 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: snuff
A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path.