Movies like They Look Like People (2016)
The best movies like They Look Like People (2016) are Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021), Resolution (2013) and Offseason (2022). If They Look Like People hooked you with its drama and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedHereditary (2018)7.3/10 from 9,098 votes
- NewestI Saw the TV Glow (2024)Released 2024
Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021)
In the late 90s, a video archivist unearths a series of sinister pirate broadcasts and becomes obsessed with uncovering the dark conspiracy behind them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisResolution (2013)
A man imprisons his estranged junkie friend in an isolated cabin in the boonies of San Diego to force him through a week of sobriety, but the events of that week are being mysteriously manipulated.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOffseason (2022)
Upon receiving a mysterious letter that her mother's grave has been vandalized, Marie travels to the desolate island town where she's buried. Just as she arrives, the island closes for the season, leaving Marie trapped in a nightmare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)
Dwight and his sister Jessie reach a crossroads over what to do about their little brother Thomas, a sickly child with a mysterious affliction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Dead Center (2019)
When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly uncover dark and sinister secrets about the man that reveal a more horrifying truth than they could have ever imagined.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Swerve (2018)
The dark secrets of Holly's seemingly perfect life are exposed when an unwanted intruder spins her life out of control forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSun Choke (2015)
Janie’s just trying to get well. As she recovers from a violent psychotic break, she’s subjected each day to a bizarre holistic health and wellness regimen designed, and enforced, by her lifelong nanny and caretaker. But when she develops an obsession with a stranger, Janie's buried demons begin to surface.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Dark Song (2016)
A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYou Are Not My Mother (2022)
In a North Dublin housing estate, teenage Char's mother mysteriously goes missing. When she returns without explanation, Char resolves to uncover the truth behind her disappearance and shed light on her family's dark secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHandling the Undead (2024)
On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisI Saw the TV Glow (2024)
In late-'90s suburbia, lonely teenager Owen meets Maddy, who introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world pulsing beneath their own. As time goes on, questions begin to arise about why the show sometimes seems more real than their own lives, as their view of reality begins to crack.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPod (2015)
A family intervention goes horrifically awry within the snowy confines of an isolated lake house.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisI Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
In a small Midwestern town, a troubled teen with homicidal tendencies must hunt down and destroy a supernatural killer while keeping his own inner demons at bay.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisUnseen (2023)
Sam receives a call from Emily, a near blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Can she survive using Sam as her eyes via video call?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSam Was Here (2016)
California, Mojave Desert, 1998. A strange glow appears in the sky. Sam, a forty-something door-to-door salesman, travels through the few inhabited zones of the Californian desert in search of clients.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisSweet, Sweet Lonely Girl (2016)
Soon after moving in with her aging aunt Dora, Adele meets Beth, seductive and mysterious, who tests the limits of Adele's moral ground and sends her spiraling down a psychologically unstable and phantasmagoric path.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDarling (2015)
A young woman slowly goes crazy after taking a job as the caretaker for an ancient New York home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDaniel Isn't Real (2019)
A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSon (2021)
When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat Josiah Saw (2021)
A family with buried secrets reunite at a farmhouse after two decades to pay for their past sins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Eyes of My Mother (2016)
A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Trapped the Devil (2019)
A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisHereditary (2018)
When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about her ancestry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLifechanger (2018)
A murderous shapeshifter sets out on a blood-soaked mission to make things right with the woman he loves.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Righteous (2021)
A burdened man feels the wrath of a vengeful God after he and his wife are visited by a mysterious stranger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
The Living and the Dead (2006)
Lord Donald and Lady Nancy reside in the magnificent but run-down Longleigh House with James, their mentally disabled adult son. Nancy has fallen seriously ill and Donald is preparing to sell the house to raise enough money to pay for an operation. He arranges for the family nurse, Mary, to take care of Nancy while he leaves to tend to the sale. However, James wants to prove to his father that he can look after his mother on his own and decides to lock Mary out of the house. It isn't long before James starts mixing his mother's pills and forgetting to take his own medication, and as the stress of looking after his mother increases, so too does the severity of his own condition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmulet (2020)
Tomaz, an ex-soldier now homeless in London, is offered a place to stay at a decaying house, inhabited by a young woman and her dying mother. As he starts to fall for Magda, Tomaz cannot ignore his suspicion that something insidious might also be living alongside them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisAfter Midnight (2019)
Dealing with a girlfriend suddenly leaving is tough enough. But for Hank, heartbreak couldn’t have come at a worse time. There’s also a monster trying to break through his front door every night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisTilt (2017)
All seems normal with Joseph and Joanne. Joanne is pregnant with their first child. Life in their little urban house is cozy and familiar. But something is off about Joseph. He doesn’t seem excited about the baby. Work on his documentary is becoming increasingly untethered. As Joseph struggles to maintain the routines of his domestic life, his mask begins to slip. Late at night, while Joanne thinks he is working, Joseph prowls the streets of Los Angeles, deliberately courting danger. Joanne is growing worried about Joseph’s odd behavior. But not as worried as she should be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Corbin Nash (2018)
A rogue police detective in search of his parents' killer is murdered and reborn the ultimate killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like They Look Like People?
The closest matches to They Look Like People are Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021), Resolution (2013) and Offseason (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after They Look Like People?
People who watched They Look Like People most often go on to Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021), Resolution (2013) and Offseason (2022).
What is the highest-rated movie like They Look Like People?
Hereditary (2018), rated 7.3/10 by 9,098 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like They Look Like People?
I Saw the TV Glow (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like They Look Like People?
Yes: Broadcast Signal Intrusion (2021), Resolution (2013) and Offseason (2022).
How are movies similar to They Look Like People chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside They Look Like People, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.