Movies Like The Emeryville Experiments (2016)

The Emeryville Experiments is a 2016 horror, thriller film from Pritesh Chheda with a MovieMagicScore of 3.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Elixir and KKN: Curse of the Dancing Village.

Horror Thriller

The Elixir

2025

An elixir unleashes the undead in a village. A family at odds with one another must unite and fight to survive as their hometown collapses.

6.0

MagicScore

KKN: Curse of the Dancing Village

2022

Six students were terrorized by a mysterious dancer while running a community service program in a remote village. Apparently, one of them violates the most fatal rule in the village.

5.7

MagicScore

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

2019

A teacher, in search of inspiration, travels to the most remote school in the world, where he ends up realizing how important his job is and appreciating the value of yak dung.

7.4

MagicScore

Went the Day Well?

1942

The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.

7.2

MagicScore

Hot Fuzz

2007

Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series of grisly accidents rocks Sandford, Angel smells something rotten in the idyllic village.

7.6

MagicScore

Mouchette

1967

A young girl living in the French countryside suffers constant indignities at the hand of alcoholism and her fellow man.

7.4

MagicScore

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

2001

In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.

7.3

MagicScore

His

2020

Shun and Nagisa first meet and fall in love during their first year of high school. While Shun is graduating from university, Nagisa tells him that he doesn't see a future for them. Despite Shun's strong feelings, they go their separate ways. Years later, Shun is now a store owner, living alone in a rural area. Out of the blue, Nagisa arrives with his six-year-old daughter, Sora. Spending time together, Shun realizes he still harbors feelings for Nagisa. Can Nagisa reconcile with his feelings for Shun, which have been there all along?

7.1

MagicScore

The Titfield Thunderbolt

1953

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.

7.0

MagicScore

#10

The Notebook

2013

In a village on the Hungarian border, two young brothers grow up during war time with their cruel grandmother and must learn every trick of evil to survive in the absurd world of adults.

6.5

MagicScore

#11

Tamara Drewe

2010

A young newspaper writer returns to her hometown in the English countryside, where her childhood home is being prepped for sale.

5.9

MagicScore

#12

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

#13

Sleep Tight

2011

César, an unhappy concierge, maintains a peculiar relationship with the very diverse inhabitants of the upper-class apartment building where he works in Barcelona.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

Burnt Offerings

1976

A couple and their twelve-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer where things aren’t quite what they seem. Every time someone gets hurt on the grounds, the beat-up house seems to repair itself…

6.5

MagicScore

#15

The Home

2025

A troubled man starts working at a retirement home and realizes its residents and caretakers harbor sinister secrets. As he investigates the building and its forbidden fourth floor, he starts to uncover connections to his own past and upbringing as a foster child.

6.4

MagicScore

#16

The Suffering

2016

A man fights for his sanity when he finds himself trapped on a rural farm inhabited by sinister beings overseen by a mysterious caretaker.

4.8

MagicScore

#17

Two Women

1960

A young widow flees from Rome during WWII and takes her lonely twelve-year-old-daughter to her rural hometown but the horrors of war soon catch up with them.

7.8

MagicScore

#18

Hope

2026

In the remote South Korean village of Hope Harbor, police chief Bum-seok and officer Sung-ae are called to investigate a mysterious creature wreaking havoc on the community. But all is not as it seems, and perceptions can be misleading. What begins as ignorance plants the seed of disaster, escalating through human conflict into a tragedy of cosmic proportions.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Down

2001

After the elevators at a New York City skyscraper begin inexplicably malfunctioning, putting its passengers at risk, mechanic Mark Newman and reporter Jennifer Evans begin separate investigations. Newman gets resistance from superiors at his company, which manufactured the elevator, while additional elevator incidents cause several gruesome deaths. The police get involved and suspect that terrorists are responsible, but a far stranger explanation looms.

5.0

MagicScore

#20

The Village of No Return

2017

In a remote village, a con man disguised as a Taoist priest introduces a memory-erasing device to residents — but a dangerous plot looms.

6.6

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Emeryville Experiments?

The top films similar to The Emeryville Experiments by MovieMagicScore are The Elixir (6.0), KKN: Curse of the Dancing Village (5.7), Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (7.4). Each shares horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Emeryville Experiments worth watching?

The Emeryville Experiments holds a MovieMagicScore of 3.2/10 from 27 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Emeryville Experiments?

The Emeryville Experiments (2016) is a horror, thriller film directed by Pritesh Chheda, starring Rebecca Chulew, Don Daro, Tess Cline.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Emeryville Experiments?

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About movies like The Emeryville Experiments

This ranked list pairs The Emeryville Experiments (2016), a horror and thriller film from Pritesh Chheda, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Rebecca Chulew 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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