Movies like Hypochondriac (2024)
The best movies like Hypochondriac (2024) are Helen (2009), All Day and a Night (2020) and The Experiment (2010). If Hypochondriac hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedWhere Hope Grows (2014)7.9/10 from 232 votes
- NewestThe Atlas Field (2026)Released 2026
Helen (2009)
On the outside, Helen has it all – a loving family and a successful career – but when her suppressed mental illness resurfaces, the world crumbles around her. Crippled by depression, Helen finds solace through her friendship with Mathilda, a kindred spirit struggling with bipolar disorder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAll Day and a Night (2020)
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Experiment (2010)
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHardball (2001)
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHome (2021)
An ex-felon returns home from prison and must confront the demons of his past.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Truth About Emanuel (2013)
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEmbattled (2020)
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Young One (1960)
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCall Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Girl in the Book (2015)
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisHome Run (2013)
A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties for a misfit Little League team
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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 drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJonathan (2018)
Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisAlex of Venice (2015)
After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by herself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisTigertail (2020)
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGigi & Nate (2022)
A young man with a bright future suffers a near-fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal friend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWhere Hope Grows (2014)
Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life has thrown him. Today, he mindlessly sleepwalks through his days and the challenge of raising his teenager daughter. His life is in a slow downward spiral when it is suddenly awakened and invigorated by the most unlikely person – Produce, a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLorelei (2020)
A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStrange Weather (2016)
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSCHMOOPY (2026)
A once-beloved puppet star of the 90s faces obscurity and crippling debt to a ruthless drug dealer. After being fired from his TV network, he hatches a desperate plan to reclaim his fame and save his life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)
A musician plagued by insomnia is pulled into an odyssey with a stranger who begins to unravel the very core of his existence.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSakura (TBA)
The plot is currently kept under wraps.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
White Wasteland (2026)
On a snowy wasteland a body awakens with no memories. By following a trail of footprints in the snow he reaches a car, where he finds a diary and driver's license with a name: Eerik Traat. From the last diary entry, Eerik reads about eye drops that help visualize memories and memory-erasing tablets. In the hope of restoring his memories and identity, Eerik decides to recreate the memories by using the eye drops. At first, everything seems normal, but gradually inconsistencies and distortions begin to arise.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Avekṣā (TBA)
Over the course of a restless night, a man becomes trapped in an increasingly absurd confrontation with an unseen audience.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Death (2024)
This surreal arthouse drama depicts the last memories of Sabrina. Her friends (Wendy and Mazza) and lover (Romeo) are a part of her life. Things soon get a little unnerving.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
The Atlas Field (2026)
Afflicted by a terminal illness, Daniel convinces Henry to accompany him to the summit of a mountain they visited together during childhood. But their journey takes a dark turn as they enter the wilderness surrounding a mysterious project run by Sirevo, a secretive private corporation whose local operations have sparked intense scrutiny. As unexplained phenomena multiply throughout the forest, the brothers are forced into a confrontation with an environment that defies explanation — a place where the rules of time bend, and the past may never have truly disappeared.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Desire in You (2021)
Two young female friends are spending summer days together while one of them is going through personal changes. In the course of their everyday conversations, deeper layers of yearning are slowly revealed to us.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Handurawan (2025)
Trapped in a surreal realm woven from memory and regret, a broken man must confront his deepest past traumas—guided by his late brother—to face an unsettling truth about the wounds we inflict upon ourselves.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Hypochondriac?
The closest matches to Hypochondriac are Helen (2009), All Day and a Night (2020) and The Experiment (2010). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Hypochondriac?
Start with Helen (2009), the closest match to Hypochondriac.
What is the highest-rated movie like Hypochondriac?
Where Hope Grows (2014), rated 7.9/10 by 232 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Hypochondriac?
The Atlas Field (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Hypochondriac?
Yes: Helen (2009), All Day and a Night (2020) and The Experiment (2010).
How are movies similar to Hypochondriac chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Hypochondriac, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.