20 best movies like They Look Like People (2016)

List of the best movies like They Look Like People (2016): Coherence, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Number 23, The Canal, The Dead Zone, I Trapped the Devil, Stonehearst Asylum, In the Mouth of Madness, Jacob's Ladder, The Believers.

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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: 7
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:23

    A teenager's attempts to bring a brilliant surgeon into his dysfunctional family take an unexpected turn.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now he's worried that a fictional murder might materialize.

    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: 7.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:43

    Johnny Smith is a schoolteacher with his whole life ahead of him but, after leaving his fiancee's home one night, is involved in a car crash which leaves him in a coma for 5 years. When he wakes, he discovers he has an ability to see into the past, present and future life of anyone with whom he comes into physical contact.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer's books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

    Markimdb: 3.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    After losing his brother in combat, Jacob Singer returns home from Afghanistan -- only to be pulled into a mind-twisting state of paranoia. Singer soon realizes that his sibling is alive but life is not what it seems.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada

    Mourning the accidental death of his wife and having just moved to New York with his young son, laconic police psychologist Cal Jamison is reluctantly drawn into a series of grisly, ritualistic murders involving the immolation of two youths.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:59

    Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Clearwater’s dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:56

    A disgraced children’s puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.

    Markimdb: 3
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    Inspired by actual events, a group of 12 year old girls face a night of horror when the compulsive addiction of an online social media game turns a moment of cyber bullying into a night of insanity.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Australia, China
    Duration02:34

    A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.

    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: 6.5
    Genrethriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

      Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountrySpain, USA
      Duration02:00

      A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration02:09

      Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying secrets.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, drama, detective
      CountryUSA

      Sixteen year old Jude discovers each and every one of his fears is true.

      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.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrehorror, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:00

      When Ellen, the matriarch of the Graham family, passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France, Sweden
      Duration01:32

      A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryCanada, France
      Duration01:46

      When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.

      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: 5.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, western, detective
      CountryUSA

      A supernatural thriller set in the Western frontier of the late 1800s, The Wind stars Caitlin Gerard as a plains-woman driven mad by the harshness and isolation of the untamed land.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:27

      A rookie cop's world is turned upside down when she comes face to face with Paymon - King Of Hell. Officer Jessica Loren has the last shift at a transitioning police station, assigned to wait for a crew picking up bio-hazard waste from the armoury. But unbeknownst to her, cult leader John Michael Paymon has haunted the department ever since he committed suicide in custody. Jessica is about to find out just how dangerous he still is, all alone on the graveyard shift.............

      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: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.

      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: 6.5
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:44

        A hospice nurse working at a spooky New Orleans plantation home finds herself entangled in a mystery involving the house's dark past.

        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: 6.9
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryChina
        Duration01:44

        The famous psychologist Xu Ruining has a raising career, when he met the troublesome patient Ren Xiaoyan. The meeting is not easy as feeble-looking Ren is point by point against him.

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, China
        Duration02:22

        When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while keeping The Bye Bye Man's existence a secret to save others from the same deadly fate.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, Italy
        Duration01:56

        A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time some gets hurt on the grounds the beat-up house seems to repair itself.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:03

        After moving to a vineyard with her family, a pregnant woman experiences horrifying visions.

        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: 4.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUSA

        17-year old Eli moves with his family to the isolated farm of reclusive Waylon, a man whose dark past threatens to overtake him. Eli’s family works to restore the desolate fields, while he becomes fascinated with the forests. While on the farm, Eli meets the mysterious Amanda when she gives him an apple. The next day she extracts a promise from him to avoid the deep woods. Reeling from a violent encounter with his father, one night he breaks this promise and finds her body hanging from a tree.

        Markimdb: 6.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

        Chilling and eerie, this supernatural tale of good versus evil coils around twin brothers living with their grandmother in a sleepy rural area during the summer of 1935. After his grandmother encourages Niles to develop what seem to be psychic gifts, Niles starts to suspect that his twin may be involved in recent fatal accidents.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        Michael is committed to getting his best friend Chris to sober up and get his life back on track. With the best of intentions, Michael implements a plan to convince Chris to go to rehab before his drug addiction leads to an early death. But what begins as an attempt to save his friend's life quickly takes an unexpected turn as the two friends confront personal demons, the consequences of past actions, and forces beyond their control.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryDenmark, France
        Duration01:24

        The young woman, Marie, is an outsider in the small coastal community where she has grown up. The townspeople live in fear of her and not least her mother, who is wheelchair bound, suffering from a mysterious illness. When Marie discovers her body changing – long hair growing on her chest and back – she begins searching for answers concerning her family’s hidden past. Something that will have great consequences for herself and her family – and the choices she has to make.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:41

          A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.

          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: 6
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Hungary, Italy
          Duration01:54

          Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.

          Markimdb: 5.4
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:32

          Violinist Sydney Wells was accidentally blinded by her sister Helen when she was five years old. She submits to a cornea transplantation, and while recovering from the operation, she realizes that she is seeing dead people.

          Markimdb: 5
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:20

          JIM TAHANA doesn't leave much of an impression when he passes you by. But look closer and you'll sense his hunger - the deep hunger of an insatiable American soul - always scanning to devour something - anything that might fill the searing, unexplained void within him. Jim obsesses over the hobby that has been part of his DNA since he was a young boy: grief tourism - the act of traveling with the intent to visit places of tragedy or disaster. Every year his week-long vacations from work are spent going to grief tourist locations in the lives of different serial killers he is fascinated with. This years obsession is Carl Marznap, a mass murder from New Orleans, Louisiana. But this trip is no ordinary vacation as Jim's rancid sexual impulses and weakening grip on reality deteriorate into a violent despair that will ultimately unlock an unspeakable secret festering within him, bringing The Grief Tourist to it's brutal and shocking finale...

          Markimdb: 8.5
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:05

            A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

            Markimdb: 6.3
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountryAustralia, USA
            Duration01:37

            A woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrehorror, drama, detective
            CountryItaly

            On a trip home to visit her father, Jenny is thrown into a world of mystery, horror and legend when she is called upon by 3000 year old spirits of the Neverlake to help return their lost artifacts and save the lives of missing children.

            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.




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