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Movies like Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
8 films to watch after Michael Jackson's Thriller, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.
A night at the movies turns terrifying when Michael and his date are attacked by zombies. Released at the height of Thriller’s success, the short film redefined the music video, broke racial barriers, and became the first inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.
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1The Hand (1981)
Fit 46%Shares Horror and Thriller with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
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2The Car (1977)
Fit 45%Shares Horror and Thriller with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
The Utah community of Santa Ynez is being terrorized by a mysterious black coupe that appears out of nowhere and begins running people down. After the car kills off the town sheriff, Captain Wade Parent is determined to stop the murderous driver.
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3The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
Fit 38%Shares Horror and Thriller with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
After an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar eclipse.
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4Peeping Tom (1960)
Fit 38%Shares Horror and Thriller with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which involves recording the reactions of victims as he murders them. He befriends Helen, the daughter of the family living in the apartment below his, and he tells her vaguely about the movie he is making.
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5Unseen (2023)
Fit 37%Shares Horror and Thriller with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
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?
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6Eradication (2022)
Fit 36%Shares Horror and Thriller with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.
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7Time Lapse (2014)
Fit 36%Shares Thriller and Horror with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.
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8Nightmare City (1980)
Fit 35%Shares Horror with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
A reporter and his doctor wife try to escape from the hordes of bloodthirsty, undead people exposed to nuclear radioactivity as military leaders fight a losing war of attrition against the relentless attacks.
