Movies like TheM (2021)
The best movies like TheM (2021) are The Mandela Effect (2019), Spectral (2016) and Land of the Dead (2005). If TheM hooked you with its science fiction and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSpectral (2016)6.6/10 from 2,158 votes
- NewestKamen Rider ZEZTZ: Farewell Mission (2026)Released 2026
The Mandela Effect (2019)
A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to question reality itself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpectral (2016)
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLand of the Dead (2005)
The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Signal (2007)
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisZoe (2018)
Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDie Alone (2024)
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Mae, a hardened and eccentric survivor. Together, Ethan and Mae face threats both human and otherwise before a fateful encounter with Kai unravels a secret that lies just beyond Ethan's fractured memory.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like this2073 (2024)
Inspired by Chris Marker's iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée; the year is 2073—a not-so-distant dystopian future—and the setting is New San Francisco, the scorched-earth tech-dominant police state where democracy and personal freedom have been well and truly obliterated.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExtinction (2015)
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMargaux (2022)
As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a dystopian nightmare as they realize Margaux's plans to eliminate her tenants one way or another. Time begins to run out as the group desperately tries to survive and outsmart the smart home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisBabylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight (2002)
After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secret archaeological site, the oldest city on record and a clue to a dangerous ancient race.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRogue Agent (2022)
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Congress (2013)
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCode 8 Part II (2024)
In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpring (2014)
A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good Neighbor (2022)
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 guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShades of Desire (2023)
After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNot Without Hope (2025)
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDaylight's End (2016)
Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisBad Sister (2015)
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 the "good' nun is an imposter with a fatal attraction to Zoe's brother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOmni Loop (2024)
Diagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days of her life, a 55-year-old wife and mother from Miami, Florida decides to solve time travel in order to go back and be the person she always intended to be.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Know Everything (2022)
An unexpected text message interrupts Samer's unusual dream. The message says "I KNOW EVERYTHING". Helplessly, Samer tries to track down the number of the unknown sender throughout the night Is he scared of revealing something he did? Don't we all have something to hide.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Time (2025)
A loose interpretation of the poem of the same name by Dutch poet M. Vasalis, "Time" follows a grieving man who is plagued by a strange and prophetic dream.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Empty Archetypes (2026)
Three figures, supposedly representing human forms seen through light levels far below the visible light spectrum, have a series of conversations in a waiting room.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
LUCERNA (2026)
Trapped in recurring dreams of her own death, a young woman must confront the buried memory of her father’s suicide in order to finally wake up.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
The Man of My Dreams (2026)
Claudia, a friendly and cheerful young woman, is chatting on the phone with her sister as her wedding day approaches. However, one detail is worrying her family: no one has met her fiancé yet. Claudia reassures her sister by saying that he is, without a doubt, the man of her dreams.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Demain me tue (2026)
A disillusioned young man enjoys the beauty of the last minutes before Tomorrow.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF (2026)
The complex relationship between parent and child from childhood to adulthood has affected Florence's life in unthinkable ways. She must now navigate whether to sever ties for good...or whether to give her father another chance.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Kamen Rider ZEZTZ: Farewell Mission (2026)
Baku Yorozu/Kamen Rider ZEZTZ is accused of terrorism by the National Public Safety Commission. Convinced of his innocence, Kensei Odaka/Kamen Rider NOX pursues the true culprit, and finally tracks down the mastermind behind it all, National Public Safety Commission Chairman, Shuma Kumon/Kamen Rider Mugen.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
Nightmare Detective (2007)
When a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is called to investigate.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSOMNONAUTA (2026)
Changing channels in front of the television turns us into motionless travelers. Something similar happens when we dream, as we transform into travelers while our bodies remain still. In a world where it were possible to watch other people's dreams or nightmares like TV channels, what would happen if something interrupts the signal and everything fades away? In 2007, an entity watches the dreams of a young man named Jose, but something imminent occurs when the boundary between watching and waking up begins to collapse.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like TheM?
The closest matches to TheM are The Mandela Effect (2019), Spectral (2016) and Land of the Dead (2005). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after TheM?
Start with The Mandela Effect (2019), the closest match to TheM.
What is the highest-rated movie like TheM?
Spectral (2016), rated 6.6/10 by 2,158 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like TheM?
Kamen Rider ZEZTZ: Farewell Mission (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like TheM?
Yes: The Mandela Effect (2019), Spectral (2016) and Land of the Dead (2005).
How are movies similar to TheM chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside TheM, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.