20 best movies like Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

List of the best movies like Phantom of the Paradise (1974): Crimson Peak, Horns, Heaven Can Wait, The Craft, Miss Meadows, Some Guy Who Kills People, Apostle, Tales from the Darkside: The Movie, The Good Night, Midnight Son.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:31

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration02:00

In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:52

Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is sure he deserves after living a life of profligacy. The devil, however, isn't so sure Henry meets Hell's standards. Convinced he is where he belongs, Henry recounts his life's deeds, both good and bad, including an act of indiscretion during his 25-year marriage to his wife, Martha, with the hope that "His Excellency" will arrive at the proper judgment.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

A Catholic school newcomer falls in with a clique of teen witches who wield their powers against all who dare to cross them -- be they teachers, rivals or meddlesome parents.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

Miss Meadows is a school teacher with impeccable manners and grace. However, underneath the candy-sweet exterior hides a ruthless gun-toting vigilante who takes it upon herself to right the wrongs in the world by whatever means necessary. For Miss Meadows, bad behavior is simply unforgivable.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

A former mental patient's repressed anger reaches the boiling point, leading him to embark on a mission of revenge against the thugs who once subjected him to severe physical and mental trauma.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:18

In 1905, a man travels to a remote island in search of his missing sister who has been kidnapped by a mysterious religious cult.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

The first segment features an animated mummy stalking selected student victims; the second tale tells the story of a "cat from hell" who cannot be killed and leaves a trail of victims behind it; the third story is about a man who witnesses a bizarre killing and promises never to tell what he saw and the "in-between" bit is the story of a woman preparing to cook her newspaper boy for supper.

Markimdb: 5.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
Duration01:33

Gary, a musician, is trapped in an unhappy relationship with his live-in lover, Dora. He becomes enthralled with a beautiful seductress who enters his dreams, and tries to control his dream-state so he can spend more and more time with her. When Gary sees his mystery woman's face on a bus billboard, he discovers she is real, and fate brings him an opportunity to meet her.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:28

MIDNIGHT SON is the story of Jacob, a young man confined to a life of isolation, due to a rare skin disorder that prevents him from being exposed to sunlight. His world opens up when he meets Mary, a local bartender, and falls in love. Tragically, Jacob’s actions become increasingly bizarre as he struggles to cope with the effects of his worsening condition. Forced by the disease to drink human blood for sustenance, he must control his increasingly violent tendencies as local law enforcement narrow their focus on him as a suspect in a series of grisly murders.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrethriller, comedy, drama, musical, music
CountryUSA

Deni Maroon, a musician and dock worker is determined to pull off a music festival against the interests of the local factory owner.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

    Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.

    Markimdb: 3.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration01:23

    After the events at Lake Victoria, the prehistoric school of blood-thirsty piranhas make their way into swimming pools, plumbing, and a newly opened water park.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    Beautiful vampire Djuna tries to resist the advances of the handsome, human screenwriter Paolo, but eventually gives in to their passion. When her seductive and highly volatile sister Mimi unexpectedly comes to visit, she threatens Djuna's new relationship, and the whole vampire community becomes endangered.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    Pit violinist Claudin hopelessly loves rising operatic soprano Christine Dubois (as do baritone Anatole and police inspector Raoul) and secretly aids her career. But Claudin loses both his touch and his job, murders a rascally music publisher in a fit of madness, and has his face etched with acid. Soon, mysterious crimes plague the Paris Opera House, blamed on a legendary "phantom".

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA, Australia, United Kingdom
    Duration01:53

    Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:50

    Posing for a portrait, Dorian Gray talks with Lord Henry Wotton, who says that men should pursue their sensual longings, but laments that only the young get to do so. Taken with the idea, Dorian imagines a scenario in which the painting will age as he stays youthful. His wish comes true, and his boyish looks aid him as he indulges his every whim. But when a stunning revelation forces him to see what he's become, Dorian faces some very dangerous questions.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
    CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
    Duration02:02

    Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA, Sweden
    Duration01:34

    40 years after the first haunting at Eel Marsh House, a group of children evacuated from WWII London arrive, awakening the house's darkest inhabitant.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:57

    Theresa, a haunted young woman spiraling in the wake of profound loss, is torn between her fractured emotional state and the reality-altering effects of a potent cannabinoid drug.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    Miranda Presley moves from New York to Nashville to become a songwriter. At an unsuccessful audition she meets James Wright, a promising newcomer. After only a few days they marry but start to quickly regret it.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    A guy's life is turned around by an email, which includes the names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex with. His situation gets worse when he encounters a femme fatale (Ryder) who targets men guilty of sex crime.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:51

      A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryCanada

      Lacey, a socially detached loner is cursed with immortality and a never-ending tedium of existence. In her attempts to keep her compulsions in check, she seeks out the darkest souls humanity has to offer. Lacey must now face her own inner demons while simultaneously finding her next meal.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:43

      A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:59

      The sordid lives of an addict, an ex-con, and a luchador collide when an organ harvesting caper goes very, very wrong.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      Opting to sleep in the allegedly-haunted guest house while spending a weekend in the Hamptons with friends, Ruth, a lonely young woman in her mid-twenties who's had too much to drink, strikes up a conversation that leads to a sexual encounter with Michael, a burlap-draped ghost that casually appears before her. Through this inter-paranormal relation, Ruth contracts an STD with alarming effects.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      Lucy Chadman (Shelley Long) chokes to death and is resurrected by her loopy sister Zelda (Judith Ivey) on the one year anniversary of her death. Lucy, of course, does not believe she has actually been dead and thinks it is an elaborate hoax until she goes to her apartment and discovers her husband (Corbin Bernsen) married to her gold digging best friend, Kim (Sela Ward).

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:28

      Zach is devastated by the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth. When she mysteriously returns, he gets a second chance at love. Soon his whole world turns upside down...

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      Upon first sight of a beautiful instructor, a bored and overworked estate lawyer signs up for ballroom dancing lessons.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryJapan
      Duration01:34

      Kitano plays Murakawa, a Tokyo yakuza tiring of gangster life. Along with a few of his henchmen, he is sent by his boss to Okinawa to help end a gang war, supposedly to mediate between two warring clans. He finds that the dispute between the clans is insignificant and whilst wondering why he was sent to Okinawa at all, Murakawa's headquarters are bombed and he and his gang are ambushed in a bar.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens sisters give themselves a crash course in hard magic. With policeman Gary Hallet growing suspicious, the girls struggle to resurrect Angelov -- and unwittingly inject his corpse with an evil spirit that threatens to end their family line.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrehorror, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

        Recently fired and facing eviction, a new dad has his life turned upside down when he meets a wealthy couple who offer a path to financial security... but at a price.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:29

        After a painful breakup, Leah seems to meet the perfect guy. But she soon discovers his violent side that disrupts her life.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Mexico

        Based on the book by Julia Alvarez. Three sisters become activists during the Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime when members of their family are killed by the government's troops.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        Suffering from her mother's recent suicide, a delusional young girl falls for an alluring Goth, against the objections of a life-size talking muslin doll. The Melancholy Fantastic is a psychological thriller set during the holidays.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

        When a couple discovers that a brass teapot makes them money whenever they hurt themselves, they must come to terms with how far they are willing to go.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, sport
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:47

        Antoine and Kenny Tyler are NCAA college basketball players, and Antoine is the star. Suddenly Antoine dies of heart attack and Kenny has to fill his shoes as leader of team. Some time later, Antoine returns as a ghost and helps Kenny in game and in life, but Kenny changes in the process and doesn't quite like it.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:27

        A washed up Vegas lounge singer, Jack Satin (Hamilton von Watts), has no money, no job, and delusional aspirations of fame. When Jack is forced to leave Vegas, he packs up his old Cadillac and hits the road for Atlantic City. But his car dies in the desert and Jack is left stranded in the small town of Lost Springs. There, Jack meets jazz legend turned mechanic, Doc Bishop (Robert Guillaume), who helps him with his car trouble. Although Jack is far from the stage, he begins to find himself feeling at home in the small town. When he meets local bar owner, Lauren Wells (Melissa Joan Hart), Jack starts to see there is more to life than chasing fame and fortune. Doc encourages Jack to explore his true love of music, while Lauren provides the audience he has always wanted. But as Jack realizes this town has more to offer him than the bright lights of the big city, his Vegas past catches up with him -- what unfolds is comedy at the crossroads of life.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryGermany, USA
        Duration01:36

        After her mother's death, mediocre chef Amanda Shelton is having trouble attracting customers to her family's restaurant. While shopping for ingredients, she is given a magical crab by mysterious Gene O'Reilly. Afterward, Amanda's dishes suddenly become excellent, inducing strong emotional reactions in everyone who eats them. Tom Bartlett, who is preparing to open his own eatery, tries her cooking and falls in love.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration01:30

        While on a dangerous mission to recover the historic Judas Chalice, Flynn is saved by Simone. But when double-crossed by a respected professor and ambushed by a ruthless gang, Flynn realizes Simone's secret, his true mission and a shocking discovery are all lying within a decaying New Orleans crypt.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:29

        A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated entirely by monsters.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
        CountryUnited Kingdom
        Duration01:43

        Stanley is infatuated with Margaret, the statuesque waitress who works with him. He meets George Spiggott AKA the devil and sells his soul for 7 wishes, which Stanley uses to try and make Margaret his own first as an intellectual, then as a rock star, then as a wealthy industrialist. As each fails, he becomes more aware of how empty his life had been and how much more he has to live for.




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