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10 Best Movies Like Illumination

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

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#1
The Dead Zone

The Dead Zone

1983★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Illumination 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....

#2
Rememory

Rememory

2017★ 6.1

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

The widow of a wise professor stumbles upon one of his inventions that's able to record and play a person's memory....

#3
From Beyond

From Beyond

1986★ 6.5

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

The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to c...

#4
In Your Eyes

In Your Eyes

2014★ 7.1

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

Two seemingly unconnected souls from different corners of the United States make a telepathic bond that allows them to see, hear and feel the other's experiences, creating a bond t...

#5
Bedtime Stories

Bedtime Stories

2008★ 6.2

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

Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew. But his life is turned upside down when the fantastical stories he makes up ...

#6
The Philadelphia Experiment

The Philadelphia Experiment

1984★ 6.1

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

Based on an "actual event" that took place in 1943. About a US Navy Destroyer Escort that disappeared from the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, and sent two men 40 years into the futur...

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