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10 Best Movies Like The Thing

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

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#1
12

12

2017★ 5.9

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

Anton and Erika started out as friends for five years and got into a romantic relationship for seven years. Anton is a commercial director while Erika is a former band member and b...

#2
New

New

2024★ 8.2

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

Outskirts of Moscow. A girl comes to an unfamiliar apartment to look after a dog. After a while, she realizes that the owner of the apartment has disappeared. She finds herself int...

#3
2048: Nowhere to Run

2048: Nowhere to Run

2017★ 6.8

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

“2048: Nowhere to Run” takes place one year before the events of Blade Runner 2049. The short film focuses on Sapper, a man who is trying to make it through life day-by-day without...

#4
If There Be Thorns

If There Be Thorns

2015★ 5.8

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

Christopher and Cathy Dollanganger live together as man and wife with Cathy's two sons who are unaware of the incestuous nature of their parents' relationship. But when a mysteriou...

#5
Fun

Fun

1994★ 5.5

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

Hillary and Bonnie meet one morning by the side of the road. They become fast friends, share their secrets, and, on a rising wave of frenzy, later that afternoon, murder an old wom...

#6
Lord

Lord

2011★ 7.5

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

Although he hates dogs, Toni is engaged in finding lost animals and then sentimentally blackmails the masters in order to obtain beautiful large amounts of money. Because of an old...