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10 Best Movies Like The Machinist

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

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#1
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1960★ 7.0

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

A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married....

#2
Maniac

Maniac

2012★ 6.0

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

As he helps a young artist with her upcoming exhibition, the owner of a mannequin shop's deadly, suppressed desires come to the surface....

#3
Intruders

Intruders

2015★ 5.9

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

Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agorap...

#4
The Good Neighbor

The Good Neighbor

2022★ 6.5

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

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of g...

#5
The Double

The Double

2014★ 6.5

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

An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires....

#6
Caged

Caged

2021★ 6.3

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

An African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he's haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and ...

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