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10 Best Movies Like Deserted

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

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#1
Gerry

Gerry

2002★ 6.1

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

Two friends named Gerry become lost in the desert after taking a wrong turn. Their attempts to find their way home only lead them into further trouble....

#2
Blindness

Blindness

2008★ 6.5

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

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine....

#3
The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix

1965★ 7.2

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

A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off t...

#4
Thinner

Thinner

1996★ 5.9

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

An obese lawyer finds himself growing "Thinner" when an old Romani man places a hex on him. Now the lawyer must call upon his friends in organized crime to help him persuade the ol...

#5
Cold Souls

Cold Souls

2009★ 6.0

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

Paul is agonising over his interpretation of 'Uncle Vanya' and, paralysed by anxiety, stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising to allev...

#6
The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

1983★ 7.0

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

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....

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