Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Brainwave

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

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#1
Latency

Latency

2024★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainwave for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When professional gamer Hana, who suffers from acute agoraphobia, receives new equipment that enhances her game, she begins to wonder if it is reading her mind – or controlling it....

#2
Haunters

Haunters

2010★ 6.4

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

Cho-in has special powers that allow him to control everyone he can see, that is until he meets Kyu-nam, the only person he can't control. A series of events begins a confrontation...

#3
Containment

Containment

2015★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainwave for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight ...

#4
Spectral

Spectral

2016★ 6.5

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

A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city....

#5
Vanishing

Vanishing

2022★ 6.5

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

When a series of gruesome murders hit Seoul, the Korean investigation police has no choice but to ask help from world-renowned French doctor Alice Launey who developed a revolution...

#6
2073

2073

2024★ 6.6

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

Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominan...

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