20 best movies like The OA (2016)

List of the best movies like The OA (2016): Cruella, Oxygen, Circle, The Girl with All the Gifts, Recalled, The Signal, Interstellar, Lost Girls, Inheritance, The Rhythm Section.

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime, detective
CountryUSA

In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estella’s flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
CountryFrance, USA

A woman wakes in a cryogenic chamber with no recollection of how she got there, and must find a way out before running out of air.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:10

Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:13

    In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, crime, detective
    CountrySouth Korea

    Soo Jin, a woman suffering from post-traumatic memory loss, returns to her daily life with her husband after an accident. But her recovery takes an unexpected turn when she starts experiencing eerie visions: One day, she sees a vision of a child living in the same building being hit by a car. Shortly after almost risking her life to save the child, she has yet another chilling vision about a girl living on the 7th floor being harassed by a man, and does what she can to help the girl. She runs into her former boss at an art school, and learns that learns that her husband may not be telling the truth about everything. Meanwhile, detective Ki-sang finds Soo Jin’s husband on the surveillance footage of a crime scene and starts to investigate him. Soo Jin’s suspicion grows as she sees a vision of her husband killing a neighbor. While searching for the truth about her husband, she stumbles upon a wedding photo of her with a strange man other than her husband…

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    Three college students on a road trip across the Southwest experience a detour – the tracking of a computer genius who has already hacked into MIT and exposed security faults. When the trio find themselves drawn to an eerily isolated area, suddenly everything goes dark. When one of the students regains consciousness, he finds himself in a waking nightmare.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
    Duration02:49

      Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA

      When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      The patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, Republic of Ireland, USA

      After the death of her family in an airplane crash on a flight that she was meant to be on, Stephanie Patrick discovers the crash was not an accident. She then seeks to uncover the truth by adapting the identity of an assassin to track down those responsible.

      Markimdb: 8.3
      Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      Peter Parker is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genredrama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Malta, United Kingdom

      Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada

      Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada, Australia

      When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrefantastic, drama, detective
      CountryPoland, USA

      After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic
      CountryUSA

      What’s controlling the town on Block Island? There’s a force lurking off the coast and the wildlife and people are all behaving strangely.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:41

      The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genrefantastic, fantasy, melodrama, drama
      CountryBelgium, Germany, Canada, France, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, USA
      Duration02:18

        Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA

        After losing her waitressing job, Katie Franklin takes a job as a caretaker to a wealthy elderly man in his sprawling, empty Chicago estate. The two grow close, but when he unexpectedly passes away and names Katie as his sole heir, she and her husband Adam are pulled into a complex web of lies, deception, and murder. If she's going to survive, Katie will have to question everyone's motives — even the people she loves.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:36

        20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

        Markimdb: 6.2
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUnited Kingdom, China, USA
        Duration01:59

          Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure, detective
          CountryUSA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore
          Duration02:52

          A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution in the distant future. Based on the award winning novel by David Mitchell. Directed by Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrethriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA

          When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, drama, detective
          CountryAustralia, USA, China

          When Edna—the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family—goes missing, her daughter and granddaughter travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna.

          Markimdb: 6.8
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryFrance, USA
          Duration01:38

          Kafka, an insurance worker gets embroiled in an underground group after a co-worker is murdered. The underground group is responsible for bombings all over town, attempting to thwart a secret organization that controls the major events in society. He eventually penetrates the secret organization and must confront them.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Czech Republic
          Duration01:50

          With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crowned prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrethriller, drama, detective, biography
          CountryUSA

          A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

          Markimdb: 5.3
          Genrehorror, thriller, detective
          CountryUSA

          Cops involved with covering up a murder by getting rid of their body cam video footage find themselves haunted by an evil spirit.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, detective, biography
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:45

          A group of men who were clearing brush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens. Nobody believes them, and despite a lack of motive and no evidence of foul play, their friends' disappearance is treated as murder.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

          An overlooked pencil-pusher catches her husband in bed with another woman, the shock of which causes him to die of a heart attack. So she buries his body and takes advantage of the growing celebrity status that comes from having a missing husband. But she quickly finds herself in over her head, dodging cops and criminals, all while trying to keep the truth from her sister, a local news anchor who’s desperate for a story.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryCanada, USA
          Duration01:23

          Johnny Smith discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genremelodrama, drama
          CountryUSA

          A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryCanada
          Duration01:35

          A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Japan

          A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryRussia

          At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet spacecraft crash lands after a mission gone awry, leaving the commander as its only survivor. After a renowned Russian psychologist is brought in to evaluate the commander’s mental state, it becomes clear that something dangerous may have come back to Earth with him…

          Markimdb: 4.3
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA

          At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:44

          A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death experiences.

          Markimdb: 4.4
          Genrethriller, crime, detective
          CountryUSA

          FBI Agent Karl Helter and his partner Rebecca Lombardo are very close to busting a sex-trafficking ring. When they realize their investigation has crossed the path of a brutal serial killer, they team up with a Texas Ranger to put an end to the infamous 'Truck Stop Killer'.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Germany
          Duration01:52

          An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA

          A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to question reality itself.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genreaction, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA

          A teenager's weekend at a lake house with her father takes a turn for the worse when a group of convicts wreaks havoc on their lives.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration01:29

            On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrethriller, crime, detective
            CountryUSA

            An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryAustralia
            Duration01:30

            Anna Macy left Kettering when she was just 14, shortly after her best friend, Gillian Baxter mysteriously disappeared. The two girls had been playing in the forbidden forests outside Kettering when they saw strange lights in the sky. Eight hours later, Anna was found alone, terrified and covered in blood. 15 years on, Anna returns to find the town struggling to survive. The forests have been marked for logging and the community is being torn apart by passionate but violent clashes between environmentalists and the local loggers.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:09

            A college student, who sees a UFO, uses his exceptional math skills to investigate the sighting with his friends while the FBI follows closely behind.

            Markimdb: 7.4
            Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:48

            I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.

            Markimdb: 5.5
            Genrefantasy, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:40

            No one seemed to care about Jamie Marks until after his death. Hoping to find the love and friendship he never had in life, Jamie’s ghost visits former classmate Adam McCormick, drawing him into the bleak world between the living and the dead.

            Markimdb: 6.8
            Genrefantasy, drama, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:09

            Holden wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy.

            Markimdb: 6
            Genreadventure, crime, detective
            CountryAustralia

            After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective friend, begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless emeralds, an ancient curse and the disappearance of the girl's mother and massacre of her tribe.




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