Movies Like Enemy (2014)

Enemy is a 2014 mystery, thriller film from Denis Villeneuve with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Lost Highway and Bugonia.

Mystery Thriller

Lost Highway

1997

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

7.5

MagicScore

Bugonia

2025

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

7.4

MagicScore

Images

1972

While holidaying in Ireland, a pregnant children's author finds her mental state becoming increasingly unstable, resulting in paranoia, hallucinations, and visions of a doppelgänger.

6.8

MagicScore

Black Swan

2010

The story of a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life is completely consumed with dance. Nina lives with her retired ballerina mother who zealously supports her daughter's professional ambition. When the artistic director decides to replace the prima ballerina for the opening production of their new season, Nina is his first choice.

7.7

MagicScore

Werckmeister Harmonies

2001

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.

7.9

MagicScore

A Beautiful Mind

2001

From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on the brink of international acclaim. But as the handsome and arrogant Nash accepts secret work in cryptography, he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. His life takes a nightmarish turn and he soon finds himself on a painful and harrowing journey of self-discovery.

7.9

MagicScore

The Shining

1980

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

8.2

MagicScore

Despair

1978

Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.

6.4

MagicScore

The Double

2014

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.

6.5

MagicScore

#10

The Serpent and the Rainbow

1988

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses. Based on the true life experiences of Wade Davis and filmed on location in Haiti, it's a frightening excursion into black magic and the supernatural.

6.4

MagicScore

#11

Goodnight Mommy

2015

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

The Trial

1962

Arrested for an unnamed crime, Josef K. is trapped in a surreal bureaucratic maze where justice is unknowable and guilt is assumed.

7.4

MagicScore

#13

Pi

1998

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987

A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Requiem

2006

Michaela, an epileptic, enrolls in college to study education. She goes off her medication and soon begins hearing voices and seeing apparitions that tell her to avoid religious objects, although she is devoutly Roman Catholic. One priest scoffs at the idea that Michaela could be possessed by demons, but a younger pastor arranges an exorcism for the young woman.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

Die My Love

2025

After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace struggles with loneliness, creative frustration, and unresolved emotional wounds. What begins as an attempt at renewal gradually turns into an intense psychological descent, placing strain on their relationship and exposing the fragile balance between love, identity, and motherhood.

6.1

MagicScore

#17

Videodrome

1983

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 hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.

7.3

MagicScore

#18

Mulholland Drive

2001

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 runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

7.8

MagicScore

#19

Madeline's Madeline

2018

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. The resulting battle between imagination and appropriation rips out of the rehearsal space and through all three women's lives.

5.8

MagicScore

#20

Regression

2015

Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John unexpectedly and without recollection admits guilt, renowned psychologist Dr. Raines is brought in to help him relive his memories and what they discover unmasks a horrifying nationwide mystery.

5.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Enemy?

The top films similar to Enemy by MovieMagicScore are Lost Highway (7.5), Bugonia (7.4), Images (6.8). Each shares mystery/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Enemy worth watching?

Enemy holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 6,187 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Enemy?

Enemy (2014) is a mystery, thriller film directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon.

Where can I find more recommendations like Enemy?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more mystery recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Enemy

This ranked list pairs Enemy (2014), a mystery and thriller film from Denis Villeneuve, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jake Gyllenhaal take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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