
Movies that feel likeMisery (1990)
If you loved Misery, the closest films we have are Crumb (1995), Basic Instinct (1992) and Nymphomaniac: Vol. I (2013). All three share Misery's obsessive feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Compliance (2012).
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If Misery hit the spot, these will too

Contemplative where it counts, obsessive underneath
The difference: Trades the tension of Misery for an angle of its own

Common ground: psychopath
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Both lean on stillness more than on drama
The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2010s show

Thriller built on tension, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to mystery than Misery does

Tense drama in both cases
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

Obsessive thriller, and it commits to that

Both keep coming back to the same thing: psychological thriller

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases


One thread runs through both: psychological thriller


The same preoccupation in both: psychopath
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