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Movies like Memento Mori (2021)

The best movies like Memento Mori (2021) are Unit 234 (2024), Cheat (2023) and Blackwood (2014). If Memento Mori hooked you with its thriller, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Unit 234 (2024)

    While working the night shift alone, Laurie Saltair discovers a comatose man, Clayton, in Unit 234 of her family’s storage facility. What transpires is a thrill ride of a cat-and-mouse game for Laurie and Clayton to survive the night.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  2. Cheat (2023)

    On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  3. Blackwood (2014)

    Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home to move into; things finally look to be going Ben's way. Until, that is, he starts to feel that something isn't quite right in the house. Finding himself plagued by spectral visions, Ben becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth behind a local mystery that appears to be putting the lives of his family in danger

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

  4. You'll Never Find Me (2024)

    Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the weather. The longer the night wears on and the more the young woman discovers about Patrick, the more difficult she finds it to leave. Soon she begins to question Patrick’s intentions, while Patrick begins to question his own grip on reality...

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  5. The Shed (2019)

    The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  6. A Patch of Fog (2015)

    A university teacher gets caught shoplifting by a security guard, who won’t let him go. He becomes his new best friend and says ‘I won’t call the cops if you come and have a pint with me’. From there a twisted romance of sorts unfolds.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  7. Strange but True (2019)

    A woman surprises the family of her deceased boyfriend by telling them she's pregnant with his child.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  8. Succubus (2024)

    A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he could have ever imagined.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  9. Sightless (2020)

    After an attack renders her blind, Ellen withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  10. The Evil (1978)

    Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

  11. 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

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  12. The Town that Dreaded Sundown (2014)

    A masked maniac terrorizes the same small community where a murderer known as the Phantom Killer struck decades earlier.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

  13. The Lady Vanishes (2013)

    Young socialite Iris Carr befriends an older woman while traveling solo by train. When Iris wakes from a nap, the woman is gone and other passengers claim she never existed.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  14. Ripper's Revenge (2023)

    One year on from the notorious Ripper murders, London is terrorised once again by a series of brutal killings. When gruesome letters from the Ripper begin landing on his desk, an innocent reporter finds himself drawn into a deadly mystery, threatening the lives of everyone around him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  15. Lazareth (2024)

    Lee is an aunt whose life mission is to protect her orphaned nieces, Imogen and Maeve, from a self-destructing world, raising them in isolation until an outsider threatens their peaceful existence.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  16. The Unsaid (2001)

    A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  17. Curve (2016)

    Clinging to a smooth, curved surface high above a sentient abyss, a woman tries to cover the few feet back to safety without losing purchase and falling to her death.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  18. Hider in the House (1989)

    A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  19. Fear the Invisible Man (2023)

    A young British widow shelters an old medical school colleague, a man who has somehow turned himself invisible. As his isolation grows and his sanity frays, he schemes to create a reign of wanton murder and terror across the city.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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  20. The Deliverance (2024)

    Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Memento Mori?

The closest matches to Memento Mori are Unit 234 (2024), Cheat (2023) and Blackwood (2014). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Memento Mori?

Start with Unit 234 (2024), the closest match to Memento Mori.

What is the highest-rated movie like Memento Mori?

Succubus (2024), rated 8.3/10 by 279 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Memento Mori?

Succubus (2024) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Memento Mori?

Yes: Unit 234 (2024), Cheat (2023) and Blackwood (2014).

How are movies similar to Memento Mori chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Memento Mori, 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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