20 best movies like The Tenant (1976)

List of the best movies like The Tenant (1976): Doctor Sleep, Behind the Walls, Gozu, Borgman, 404: Error Not Found, Enemy, Trauma, Dorothy Mills, Swimming Pool, Kafka.

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA, United Kingdom

A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off of people like them in order to remain immortal. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". Doctor Sleep is set several decades after the events of the first "Shining".

Markimdb: 4.3
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryFrance
Duration01:30

In 1922, a young novelist goes to the countryside to write her latest book and falls victim to terrifying hallucinations and nightmares.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryJapan

Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
CountryNetherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Duration01:53

Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence unleashes a crowing gallery of distortion around the careful façade constructed by an arrogant, comfortable couple, their three children and nanny.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryIndia

A brilliant student starts hallucinating after moving into a room that was occupied by another who committed suicide.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada, Spain
Duration01:28

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

Markimdb: 4.7
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:30

Awaking from a coma to discover his wife has been killed in a car accident, Ben's world may as well have come to an end. A few weeks later, Ben's out of hospital and, attempting to start a new life, he moves home and is befriended by a beautiful young neighbour Charlotte. His life may be turning around but all is not what it seems and, haunted by visions of his dead wife, Ben starts to lose his grip on reality.

Markimdb: 6
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryRepublic of Ireland, France
Duration01:42

When a gloomy, God-fearing island community is rocked by the murder of a young child, a psychologist is called in to examine Dorothy Mills, the teenager accused of the crime. Despite the villagers' resistance, the therapist soon suspects that Dorothy suffers from multiple personality disorder...

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryFrance, United Kingdom
Duration01:42

In the middle of this amusing thriller is a relationship between two different types of females, one is a well know British author and the other is a sex-crazed French teen. The two get into some relationship trouble while living together in this film of psychological imagery and an erotic exploration of the female body.

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: 5
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryCanada, United Kingdom, Australia, USA
Duration01:49

A reclusive surveillance expert is hired to spy on a mysterious blackmailer, who just may be a serial killer.

Markimdb: 6
Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryGermany, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:50

Rachel Carson, a best-selling crime novelist, is devastated and filled with guilt over the accidental death of her son. Hoping that a change of scenery will help alleviate her suffering, she leaves her home in the city and moves into a vacant country house owned by a friend and begins a relationship with charming local Angus. But, just as her life is taking a turn for the better, Rachel realizes she's being romanced by a ghost, leading her to doubt her own sanity.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryNetherlands
Duration01:42

An alcoholic writer begins having visions apparently warning him of impending danger. After he delivers a lecture, he begins an affair with a woman from the audience. The visions intensify, however, and begin to threaten his relationship with the woman, since it may be her the visions are warning against.

Markimdb: 4.8
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
CountryFrance
Duration01:29

Since her childhood, Jessica has been haunted by recurrent nightmares whose meaning escapes her. This peculiarity has led her to study the psychophysiology of dreams and to follow a therapy with Sean, her mentor and boyfriend, to try and understand the origin of her nightmares. Following the death of her maternal grandmother she hardly knew, Jessica reluctantly returns to the family home. Jessica then begins to wander in a nightmarish world inhabited by twisted versions of her family members. She gradually improves her skills as a lucid dreamer and investigates to solve the mystery that gnaws her and haunts the family home...

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

Following a terrible car crash, a woman (Christina Ricci) awakes to find an enigmatic mortician (Liam Neeson) preparing her for burial.

Markimdb: 5.6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom

A homicide detective goes undercover as a patient to investigate a psychotherapist he believes is linked to a strange double murder. As his therapy sessions continue the line between fantasy and reality begins to blur.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

A psychological thriller from the writer of the original "Twilight Zone!" In a showdown of man vs. machine, Martin plunges into a chaotic nightmare trying to save his mind from the megalomaniacal corporation!

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Germany, USA
Duration01:40

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.

Markimdb: 3.8
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountrySpain, United Kingdom

Studying under a disciple of Aleister Crowley, the leader of an upper class group invokes a supernatural force that slowly devours the village of Marienbad and its inhabitants, threatening to spread beyond its geographical limits. The mayor from the town nearby commissions the building of a dam which would flood the valley and therefore submerge the village forever sealing the evil force under water after leader and his followers were incapacitated to be kept from escaping. However, fate ensured the leader's freedom as he remained in the depths when the waters covered Marienbad. Now 40 years later an array of disappearances and deaths in mysterious circumstances are threatening the town next to the reservoir that now covers Marienbad.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrehorror, thriller, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy
Duration01:50

Laura and John, grieved by a terrible loss, meet in Venice, where John is in charge of the restoration of a church, two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:36

The e-cop Tom Beckwith has just quit his police job in order to study psychology. But his professor, Lauren Porter, is more interested in his criminology abilities than in his progress in psychology. Because of traumatic circumstances during her childhood she is suffering from schizophrenia, and it looks like her other ego has just killed somebody. So Tom Beckwith tries to help her by observing her, combining his professional abilities as an ex-cop and his recently gained knowledge of psychology.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryFrance, Italy
Duration01:59

A US Army colonel in France tries to track down an escaped sex maniac.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, France
Duration01:31

    Kat Connors is 17 years old when her perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother's departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it...

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrethriller, detective
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration02:14

    A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgangers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

    Markimdb: 8.8
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration02:28

      Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
      Duration01:34

      Film archivist David and his wife are perfectly happy or so he believes. When a looming secret shatters their marriage at the same time as a turn-of-the-century film reel he is studying reveals their house to be the site of a 1902 multiple-murder, David begins to unravel, and the house’s eerie history threatens to repeat itself. Dripping with tension and chilling to the core, this visceral Irish ghost story is a visually arresting and genuinely shocking journey into the darkness within.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective, music
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      The corrupt Lord Ambrose D'Arcy steals the life's work of the poor musical Professor Petry. In an attempt to stop the printing of music with D'Arcy's name on it, Petry breaks into the printing office and accidentally starts a fire, leaving him severely disfigured. Years later, Petry returns to terrorize a London opera house that is about to perform one of his stolen operas.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada, Germany
      Duration01:27

      Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      A single mother is swept into a dark underworld, while her teenage son discovers a road that leads him to a secret underwater town.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

        A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryFrance, Poland, United Kingdom
        Duration01:25

        An American writer moves to Paris to be closer to his daughter and finds himself falling immediately on hard times.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
        CountryCanada, France
        Duration01:37

        A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA

        Kate Bowman (Jocelin Donahue) is an average social worker who, after the sudden death of her twin sister, is investigating the mysterious deaths of other people who died in their sleep. Shortly before their deaths, the victims all reported a supernatural force that appeared to them while they were suffering from sleep paralysis. When Kate investigates further into the case, she opens herself up to the creature's wrath and soon finds herself and her family suffering from an ancient evil.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, military
        CountryFrance, Italy

        Paris, France, 1942, during the Nazi occupation. Robert Klein, a successful art dealer who benefits from the misfortunes of those who are ruthlessly persecuted, discovers by chance that there is another Robert Klein, apparently a Jewish man; someone with whom he could be mistakenly identified, something dangerous in such harsh times.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:01

          Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:51

          Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.

          Markimdb: 6.5
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:21

          Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

          Markimdb: 7
          Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
          CountryAustralia
          Duration01:46

          Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the Aboriginal people and their prophecies.

          Markimdb: 3.4
          Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Canada

          A woman who is tormented by the ghost of her abusive, alcoholic husband. She must come to terms with the past if she is to find peace and love...

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrethriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryFrance, Belgium
          Duration02:02

          Follows the journey of sisters who are believed to possess the supernatural ability to connect with ghosts. They cross paths with a visionary French producer while performing in Paris.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Germany, Canada

          A psychological thriller about a senior at one of America's most prestigious universities. Under enormous pressure to complete her thesis and earn a top job at one of the world's most competitive consulting firms, Katie is still coping with the sudden unexplained disappearance of her first love two years prior. As the investigation continues, Katie is forced to choose between past passions and new possibilities, even as new facts are uncovered.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, detective, film noir
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:29

          Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.

          Markimdb: 6
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryGermany, USA
          Duration01:37

          David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named 'Charlie', but it isn't long before 'Charlie' develops a sinister and violent side, and as David struggles with his daughter's growing emotional problems, he comes to the frightening realisation that 'Charlie' isn't just a figment of Emily's imagination.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryGermany
          Duration01:42

          During their childhood, Hanna and Clarissa were best friends. They spent every vacation together in an old summer house on a small island. Shortly after Hanna’s 9th birthday, they suddenly lost touch and only meet again unexpectedly 25 years later. Hanna is now married, has a seven-year-old daughter and is the chief resident physician at the hospital where she reunites with Clarissa. Her old friend has been brought to the hospital ER for overdosing on sleeping pills. The two women pick up their friendship where they left off and spontaneously decide to spend a few days on the island, just like in the old days. When Hanna learns that Maria, a playmate of hers from the island’s village, disappeared as a child and was never seen or heard from again, she begins to search in the past. Something horrible must have happened on the island and they must have been involved.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, Sweden, South Africa
          Duration01:42

          After an attack leaves him in limbo -- invisible to the living and also near death -- a teenager discovers the only person who might be able help him is his attacker.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrehorror, thriller, western, detective
          CountrySouth Africa, United Kingdom
          Duration01:27

          A woman on the run from her abusive husband encounters a mysterious hitch-hiker.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryFrance, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium
          Duration01:51

          Panic attacks and memory loss signal the plight of a writer whose body is inexplicably being taken over by another woman.

          Markimdb: 4.1
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA

          A young journalist goes deep undercover within a mountain commune and becomes manipulated by a duplicitous cult leader.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:32

          The government cover-up of the causes behind a massive explosion in a futuristic UK metropolis spur photo journalist Jennifer Preston on to search for the truth and in the process blow open a paranormal phenomenon haunting the city.




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