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10 Best Movies Like Control

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

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#1
The Experiment

The Experiment

2010★ 6.4

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

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

#2
Instinct

Instinct

1999★ 6.5

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

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for ...

#3
The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

2003★ 7.4

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

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row....

#4
Asylum

Asylum

2005★ 5.9

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

A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife....

#5
Rust Creek

Rust Creek

2019★ 6.3

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

When an overachieving college senior makes a wrong turn, her road trip becomes a life-changing fight for survival in rural Kentucky....

#6
Point of No Return

Point of No Return

1993★ 6.2

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

Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death...

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