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10 Best Movies Like Derren Brown: Messiah

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

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Derren Brown: Enigma

Derren Brown: Enigma

2011★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derren Brown: Messiah for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Derren Brown's 2009/10 stage tour, ending in London with a month at the Adelphi Theatre starting 15 June 2009....

#2
The Return of Swamp Thing

The Return of Swamp Thing

1989★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derren Brown: Messiah for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The Swamp Thing returns to battle the evil Dr. Arcane, who has a new science lab full of creatures transformed by genetic mutation, and chooses Heather Locklear as his new object o...

#3
Paradise and Back

Paradise and Back

1964★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derren Brown: Messiah for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tonnemann lives in one of the wooden sheds at the far end of Islands Brygge, close to Copenhagen's landfill site. But in 1928, he wants to leave this environment behind – to go whe...

#4
Return

Return

2020★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derren Brown: Messiah for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Owen, a young man is dissatisfied with his life. He heads into the forest to escape and learns a lot during his time there....

#5
The Way Back

The Way Back

2019★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derren Brown: Messiah for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Hüseyin Al Baldawi arrives in Brussels in August 2015. He has traveled thousands of kilometers until he got there from Iraq. A year after his arrival, he receives his residence per...

#6
The Green Years

The Green Years

1963★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Derren Brown: Messiah for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Nineteen-year-old Julio heads to Lisbon from the provinces and gets a job as a shoemaker for his uncle Raul. But when he meets Ilda, a confident young housemaid who becomes a regul...