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10 Best Movies Like Escapism

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

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#1
Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum

2014★ 6.9

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

An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying sta...

#2
Brief Encounter

Brief Encounter

1945★ 7.7

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

Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their c...

#3
The Unsaid

The Unsaid

2001★ 6.6

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

A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man....

#4
The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree

1959★ 6.7

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

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes across a mining camp with a hanging tree and rescues a man named Rune from the noose. W...

#5
The Door in the Floor

The Door in the Floor

2004★ 6.1

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

The lives of Ted and Marion Cole are thrown into disarray when their two adolescent sons die in a car wreck. Marion withdraws from Ted and Ruth, the couple's daughter. Ted, a well-...

#6
Set It Up

Set It Up

2018★ 6.9

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

Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other....

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