Movies Like A Land Imagined (2019)

A Land Imagined is a 2019 drama, mystery film from Yeo Siew Hua with a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Girl on the Train and A Working Man.

Drama Mystery

The Girl on the Train

2016

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

6.4

MagicScore

A Working Man

2025

Levon Cade left behind a decorated military career in the black ops to live a simple life working construction. But when his boss's daughter, who is like family to him, is taken by human traffickers, his search to bring her home uncovers a world of corruption far greater than he ever could have imagined.

6.7

MagicScore

Compulsion

2013

A strange and destructive relationship develops between a chef and her neighbor, a former child actress.

4.4

MagicScore

Tension

1949

Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.

6.8

MagicScore

Talaash

2012

A cop, investigating the mysterious death of a filmstar, meets a sex-worker, while he faces some personal problems psychologically. The mystery connects these people in a way, that ultimately changes their lives.

6.8

MagicScore

Misericordia

2024

Jérémie returns to his hometown for the funeral of his former boss, the village baker. He decides to stay for a few days with Martine, the man's widow. A mysterious disappearance, a threatening neighbor and a priest with strange intentions make Jérémie's short stay in the village take an unexpected turn.

6.3

MagicScore

Shutter Island

2010

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

8.2

MagicScore

Too Late

2016

Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.

6.9

MagicScore

The Missing Person

2009

John Rosow drinks to forget. He is a former New York City cop turned Chicago-based private investigator. At the last minute, he is hired by someone he's never met to follow a middle-aged male subject on the soon-departing California Zephyr train to Los Angeles.

5.8

MagicScore

#10

Deliver Us from Evil

2014

When a frightening wave of violence sweeps through New York City, troubled cop Sarchie fails to find a rational explanation for the bizarre crimes. However, his eyes are opened to a frightening alternate reality when renegade Jesuit priest Mendoza convinces him that demonic possession may be to blame for the gruesome murders. Together, they wage a valiant supernatural struggle to rid the city of an otherworldly evil.

6.2

MagicScore

#11

Picture Claire

2001

Quebec native Claire Beaucage has a one-night stand with a photographer of some renown. Despite the language barrier between them, he invites her to visit him in Toronto. She shows up on his doorstep after an arson attack leaves her homeless, but soon finds herself caught up in a case of murder and mistaken identity.

5.4

MagicScore

#12

Devil in a Blue Dress

1995

In late 1940s Los Angeles, Easy Rawlins is an unemployed black World War II veteran with few job prospects. At a bar, Easy meets DeWitt Albright, a mysterious white man looking for someone to investigate the disappearance of a missing white woman named Daphne Monet, who he suspects is hiding out in one of the city's black jazz clubs. Strapped for money and facing house payments, Easy takes the job, but soon finds himself in over his head.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Mute

2018

A mute man with a violent past is forced to take on the teeming underworld of a near-future Berlin as he searches for his missing girlfriend.

5.6

MagicScore

#14

Pokémon Detective Pikachu

2019

In a world where people collect pocket-size monsters (Pokémon) to do battle, a boy comes across an intelligent monster who seeks to be a detective.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

Goldstone

2016

Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple investigation unearths an intricate web of crime, corruption, human trafficking, and coordinated exploitation of indigenous people’s land. Jay must bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.

5.9

MagicScore

#16

C.H.U.D.

1984

A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photojournalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.

5.7

MagicScore

#17

The Thin Man

1934

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.

7.5

MagicScore

#18

Radius

2017

Liam wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. Liam's first assessment is that a virus is present in the air, but he soon discovers the horrible truth: anyone who comes within a 50-foot radius of him dies instantly.

6.5

MagicScore

#19

Chasing Sleep

2001

A college professor wakes up to find his wife has not returned home, then struggles to understand her disappearance.

6.0

MagicScore

#20

Noctem

2017

Adrian and Esteban have been missing for a year. The police are at a standstill, despite having found their personal belongings in Cozumel, an island 12 miles away from the Riviera Maya. Alex friend of both, manages to get their cell phones, with which he will start his own parallel research. And he will discover that the truth is much more terrifying than you could imagine.

5.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like A Land Imagined?

The top films similar to A Land Imagined by MovieMagicScore are The Girl on the Train (6.4), A Working Man (6.7), Compulsion (4.4). Each shares drama/mystery themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is A Land Imagined worth watching?

A Land Imagined holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.0/10 from 57 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is A Land Imagined?

A Land Imagined (2019) is a drama, mystery film directed by Yeo Siew Hua, starring Peter Yu, Liu Xiaoyi, Guo Yue.

Where can I find more recommendations like A Land Imagined?

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About movies like A Land Imagined

This ranked list pairs A Land Imagined (2019), a drama and mystery film from Yeo Siew Hua, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Peter Yu 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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