Movies Like The Invention of Life

If you liked The Invention of Life (2015), a mystery movie directed by Norberto Morrone, 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
Videodrome (1983)
★ 7.2/10Also mystery
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential…
2
Dark City (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
3
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence…
4
The Inhabitant (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery
Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her…
5
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants.
6
Mr. K (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
Mr. K, a traveling magician, finds himself in a Kafkaesque nightmare when he can’t find the exit of his hotel. His attempts to get out only pull him deeper, entangling him further with the hotel and its curious…
7
La Casa (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery
Responding to an urgent call for help, a police officer becomes trapped by the evil spirits of a cursed house.
8
It Follows (2015)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
9
The Prize (1963)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery
A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is…
10
Under the Silver Lake (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery
Young and disenchanted Sam meets a mysterious and beautiful woman who's swimming in his building's pool one night. When she suddenly vanishes the next morning, Sam embarks on a surreal quest across Los Angeles to…
11
Society (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery
Bill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns…
12
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also mystery
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
13
The Jester (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery
The Jester is the titular main antagonist of the horror/thriller analogy short films of the same name. He is an enigmatic and malevolent being who enjoys inducing suffering to individuals he comes across who don't…
14
The Limits of Control (2009)
★ 6/10Also mystery
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him…
15
Mulholland Drive (2001)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher…
16
Amelia’s Children (2024)
★ 6/10Also mystery
When Edward’s search for his biological family leads him and his girlfriend Ryley to a magnificent villa high in the mountains of Northern Portugal, he is full of excitement at meeting his long-lost mother and twin…
17
The Dogs (2025)
★ 6.4/10Also mystery
After fleeing his psychotic father, a young teen and his mom seek refuge in a remote farmhouse, only to face a pack of ferocious dogs and the sinister spirits that haunt the property.
18
Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
19
Blue Velvet (1986)
★ 7.6/10Also mystery
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminals who have kidnapped her child.
20
Dressed to Kill (1980)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing…