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Ranked by tone match
Movies like Michael Jackson's Thriller (1983)
10 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.
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1The Hand (1981)
Fit 55%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 52%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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3Roadgames (1981)
Fit 47%Shares Thriller and Horror with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.
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4Targets (1968)
Fit 47%Shares Thriller and Horror with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
An aging horror-movie icon's fate intersects with that of a seemingly ordinary young man on a psychotic shooting spree around Los Angeles.
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5The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
Fit 47%Shares Horror and Music with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
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6The Blob (1988)
Fit 46%Shares Horror and Thriller with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
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7The Phantom of the Opera (1962)
Fit 45%Shares Horror and Music with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnapped, a producer tracks down the Phantom who is intent on seeking his revenge.
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8The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
Fit 44%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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9Eradication (2022)
Fit 43%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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10Red Riding Hood (2011)
Fit 42%Shares Horror and Thriller with Michael Jackson's Thriller.
Valerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry another man. Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter plan to run away together when Valerie's older sister is killed by a werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. Panic grips the town as Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect ... and bait.
