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10 Best Movies Like Altered States

If you loved Altered States, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Good Night

The Good Night

2007★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Altered States for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 ...

#2
I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians

2018★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Altered States for fans of History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

"I do not care if we go down in history as barbarians." These words, spoken in the Council of Ministers of the summer of 1941, started the ethnic cleansing on the Eastern Front. Th...

#3
The Formula

The Formula

1980★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Altered States for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthetic alternative to gasoline du...

#4
Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

1981★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Altered States for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and...

#5
Antonio Gaudí

Antonio Gaudí

1984★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Altered States for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of...

#6
Prime Cut

Prime Cut

1972★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Altered States for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to keep....