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10 Best Movies Like The First Circle

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

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#1
The Experiment

The Experiment

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The First Circle for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control....

#2
Nowhere to Run

Nowhere to Run

1993★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The First Circle for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Escaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children....

#3
Lockdown

Lockdown

2000★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The First Circle for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casse...

#4
Kept Woman

Kept Woman

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The First Circle for fans of Thriller & TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Jessica and her fiancé Evan just moved from the city into their dream home on a quiet suburban street. Soon after, Jessica catches her seemingly friendly new neighbor, Simon, in a ...

#5
Bad Sister

Bad Sister

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The First Circle for fans of Thriller & TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed ...

#6
Girl in the Basement

Girl in the Basement

2021★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The First Circle for fans of Thriller & TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in t...

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