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10 Best Movies Like Side Effects

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

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#1
House of Games

House of Games

1987★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Side Effects for fans of Thriller & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A psychiatrist comes to the aid of a compulsive gambler and is led by a smooth-talking grifter into the shadowy but compelling world of stings, scams, and con men....

#2
Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum

2014★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Side Effects 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...

#3
Asylum

Asylum

2005★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Side Effects for fans of Thriller & Drama. 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....

#4
Shrink

Shrink

2009★ 6.2

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

Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his p...

#5
Man on a Ledge

Man on a Ledge

2012★ 6.4

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

An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the pol...

#6
Analyze This

Analyze This

1999★ 6.5

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

Countless wiseguy films are spoofed in this film that centers on the neuroses and angst of a powerful Mafia racketeer who suffers from panic attacks. When Paul Vitti needs help dea...

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