Movies Like Marionette

If you liked Marionette (2020), a thriller movie directed by Elbert van Strien, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Stay (2005)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he…
2
The Boy (2016)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A young American woman takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, soon discovering that the family's eight-year-old son is a life-sized doll that comes with a list of strict rules.
3
The Discovery (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to…
4
Dagon (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
A boating accident off the coast of Spain sends Paul and his girlfriend Barbara to the decrepit fishing village of Imboca. As night falls, people start to disappear and things not quite human start to appear. Paul is…
5
In Darkness (2018)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London's gritty criminal underworld.
6
The Plague (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp, his anxiety spiraling into psychological turmoil over the summer.
7
The Awakening (2011)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
In post–War England, a writer and sometime-ghost hunter investigates a reported haunting at a boys boarding school.
8
The Unsaid (2001)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller
A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.
9
The Cell (2000)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A psychotherapist journeys inside the mind of a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim.
10
The Sixth Sense (1999)
★ 8/10Also thriller
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
11
The Double (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
An awkward office drone becomes increasingly unhinged after a charismatic and confident look-alike takes a job at his workplace and seduces the woman he desires.
12
Possum (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
A disgraced children's puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.
13
The Endless (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
14
Repulsion (1965)
★ 7.4/10Also thriller
Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married…
15
Anna (2013)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.
16
Sinister (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
True-crime writer Ellison Oswalt is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths…
17
The Devil's Candy (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
18
Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller
A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
19
Lake Mungo (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
After 16-year-old Alice Palmer drowns at a local dam, her family experiences a series of strange, inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of a psychic and…
20
Dorothy Mills (2008)
★ 6/10Also thriller
When a gloomy, God-fearing island community is rocked by the assault of an infant, a psychiatrist is called in to examine Dorothy Mills, the teenager accused of the crime. Despite the villagers' hostility to her…