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Movies like Encarnação (1978)

The best movies like Encarnação (1978) are Maniac (1963), God Told Me To (1976) and Like Minds (2006). If Encarnação hooked you with its crime and mystery, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Maniac (1963)

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery

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  2. God Told Me To (1976)

    A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random citizens who claim that 'God told them to'.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & horror

  3. Like Minds (2006)

    A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror

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  4. All the Devils Are Here (2025)

    After a heist, four criminals lay low in a remote safehouse, waiting for orders. As paranoia builds, one thing becomes clear — the real threat may not be outside, but among them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery

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  5. The Seven-Ups (1973)

    A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery

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  6. The Limits of Control (2009)

    A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his own consciousness.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery

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  7. Nocebo (2022)

    A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror

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  8. Older Gods (2023)

    After the disappearance of his troubled friend, American Chris Rivers travels to the remote Welsh countryside to investigate what happened – leading him to a dark apocalyptic cult.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery

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  9. Frank and Penelope (2022)

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is now worth dying for.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & crime

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  10. The Hideout (2007)

    A mystery-thriller about an Italian woman who moves to Davenport to open a restaurant. After her husband commits suicide, she spends fifteen years recovering at a Minnesota mental hospital. When she builds herself up enough to begin another restaurant, she discovers that a murder took place there fifty years earlier. She decides to investigate and finds a secret plot.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery

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  11. Night Watch (1973)

    A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror

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  12. Awake (2007)

    While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery

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  13. Body Cam (2020)

    As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery

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  14. The Glass Key (1942)

    A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery

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  15. Cleaner (2007)

    Single father and former cop Tom Cutler has an unusual occupation: he cleans up death scenes. But when he's called in to sterilize a wealthy suburban residence after a brutal shooting, Cutler is shocked to learn he may have unknowingly erased crucial evidence, entangling himself in a dirty criminal cover-up.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery

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  16. Black Rainbow (1989)

    Martha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband, Tom. But Tom isn't dead... yet. And Martha not only knows he will die, she also knows who killed him. And the murderer knows she knows...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror

  17. The Jester (2016)

    The Jester is the titular main antagonist of the horror/thriller analogy short films of the same name. He is an enigmatic and malevolent being who enjoys inducing suffering to individuals he comes across who don't appreciate his own tricks or break the rules of Halloween.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both mystery & horror

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  18. The International (2009)

    An interpol agent and an attorney are determined to bring one of the world's most powerful banks to justice. Uncovering money laundering, arms trading, and conspiracy to destabilize world governments, their investigation takes them from Berlin, Milan, New York and Istanbul. Finding themselves in a chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery

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  19. Thirteen at Dinner (1985)

    Actress Jane Wilkinson wants a divorce, but her husband, Lord Edgware, refuses. She convinces Hercule Poirot to use his famed tact and logic to make her case. Lord Edgware turns up murdered, a well-placed knife wound at the base of his neck. It will take the precise Poirot to sort out the lies from the alibis - and find the criminal before another victim dies.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & mystery

  20. God Is a Bullet (2023)

    Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime & horror

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Encarnação?

The closest matches to Encarnação are Maniac (1963), God Told Me To (1976) and Like Minds (2006). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Encarnação?

Start with Maniac (1963), the closest match to Encarnação.

What is the highest-rated movie like Encarnação?

Awake (2007), rated 6.6/10 by 1,654 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Encarnação?

All the Devils Are Here (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to Encarnação chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Encarnação, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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