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Movies like Vacuum Prayer (2024)

The best movies like Vacuum Prayer (2024) are Wifelike (2022), Anon (2018) and Breathless (2012). If Vacuum Prayer hooked you with its science fiction and mystery, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Wifelike (2022)

    A grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the programming of the artificial human assigned as his companion to behave like his late wife. She begins to question her reality as memories of a past life begin to surface in a world where nothing is as it seems.

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

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  2. Anon (2018)

    Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as 'The Girl', Sal must find her before he becomes the next victim.

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

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  3. Breathless (2012)

    Lorna is a strong-willed Texas woman who’s had enough of her untrustworthy husband Dale’s criminal acts and lack of husbandry. Fed up, she enlists the help of her old friend, Tiny, to help her figure out what to do with Dale after his latest double-cross involving the theft of $100,000 from a bank.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & thriller

  4. They Cloned Tyrone (2023)

    A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & science fiction

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  5. Ca$h (2010)

    A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & comedy

  6. Relax, I'm from the Future (2023)

    Casper is a time traveller who arrives in the 2020s in an attempt to prevent a major future catastrophe. He meets Holly, a queer black woman he befriends and draws into his plan by giving her his knowledge of the future so that she can make quick money. However, they unwittingly alter the future themselves with their actions, until Doris, another time traveller, arrives to stop them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & science fiction

  7. Prodigy (2017)

    Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he begins to understand the extent of her capabilities and the fate that has been planned for her, he struggles to overcome her defenses before it is too late for them both.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & science fiction

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  8. Spectral (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

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  9. 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 thriller & mystery

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  10. 57 Seconds (2023)

    When a tech blogger lands an interview with a tech guru and stops an attack on him, he finds a mysterious ring that takes him back 57 seconds into the past.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & science fiction

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  11. 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 mystery & thriller

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  12. River Wild (2023)

    Follows a pair of siblings who love but distrust each other as they embark on a white-water rafting trip with a small group. One of their friends from childhood turns out to be more dangerous than he appears.

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

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  13. The Dream Team (1989)

    Four mental patients on a field trip in New York City must save their caring chaperone, who ends up being taken to a hospital in a coma after accidentally witnessing a murder, before the killers can find him and finish the job.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & thriller

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  14. The Commuter (2018)

    A businessman, on his daily commute home, gets unwittingly caught up in a criminal conspiracy that threatens not only his life but the lives of those around him.

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

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  15. The Signal (2014)

    On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness – only to find himself in a waking nightmare.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & science fiction

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  16. Afterburn (2025)

    Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & comedy

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  17. Last Man Down (2021)

    After civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered, a special forces soldier abandons his duty and becomes a hermit in the Nordic wilderness. Years later, a wounded woman appears on his doorstep. She's escaped from a lab and her pursuers believe her blood is the key to a worldwide cure. He's hesitant to get involved, but all doubts are cast aside when he discovers her pursuer is none other than Commander Stone, the man that murdered his wife some years ago.

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

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  18. The Infernal Machine (2022)

    Reclusive and controversial author Bruce Cogburn is drawn out of hiding by an obsessive fan, forcing the novelist to confront a past that he thought he could escape, and to account for events set in motion by his bestseller decades earlier. Cogburn's search for who is behind the manipulation and mental torment he encounters leads to an emotional roller-coaster ride full of fear and danger, where things are not always as clear as they seem to be, and where past deeds can have dire consequences.

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

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  19. The Bed Sitting Room (1969)

    In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & science fiction

  20. The Time Shifters (1999)

    Tom Merrick gets caught up in a time-traveling conspiracy and must set the timeline right before it is irrevocably altered.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & thriller

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Vacuum Prayer?

The closest matches to Vacuum Prayer are Wifelike (2022), Anon (2018) and Breathless (2012). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Vacuum Prayer?

Start with Wifelike (2022), the closest match to Vacuum Prayer.

What is the highest-rated movie like Vacuum Prayer?

They Cloned Tyrone (2023), rated 6.6/10 by 836 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Vacuum Prayer?

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

Are there English movies like Vacuum Prayer?

Yes: Wifelike (2022), Anon (2018) and Breathless (2012).

How are movies similar to Vacuum Prayer chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Vacuum Prayer, 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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