Movies Like My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020)

My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To is a 2020 drama, horror film from Jonathan Cuartas with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Inland Empire and Vampire Hookers.

Drama Horror

Inland Empire

2006

When actress Nikki Grace gets the lead role in a cursed film, her world becomes more and more surreal, blending realities and ideas of infidelity, reincarnation, and supernatural forces.

7.0

MagicScore

Vampire Hookers

1978

A sinister vampire sends out a horde of undead beauties to bring back victims for his dinner.

3.6

MagicScore

Hosts

2020

On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they terrorise a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways.

5.0

MagicScore

Edge of Sanity

1989

When his experiments into a powerful new anesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr. Jekyll transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As his wife Elisabeth passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating the district's fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds.

5.3

MagicScore

Double Exposure

1982

A photographer for a men's magazine is haunted by disturbing dreams, in which he slaughters his models. When he learns that these models are dying in real life as they did in his dreams, he begins to go insane.

4.2

MagicScore

Vampire's Kiss

1989

A publishing executive is visited and bitten by a vampire and starts exhibiting erratic behavior. He pushes his secretary to extremes as he tries to come to terms with his affliction.

5.9

MagicScore

Grave of the Vampire

1972

Vampire Caleb Croft has awakened from his unholy slumber -- with an insatiable lust for blood and the pleasures of the flesh.

5.6

MagicScore

The Lost Boys

1987

When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.

7.1

MagicScore

Unrest

2006

A young pathology med student suspects that the spirit of a dead cadaver in the hospital morgue where she works is killing off all those who handle or desecrate the body.

5.7

MagicScore

#10

Accomplices

2009

Two police detectives investigate the murder of a high-end male prostitute, and his relationship with his girlfriend.

5.6

MagicScore

#11

Rufus

2012

Rufus is a shy and lonely boy determined to make a new start. Sure he has some quirks. So what if he likes the taste of blood? It's not like he's addicted. When a cunning vampire hunter slips into town searching for the fountain of youth, Rufus fears his darkest secret is about to be revealed.

5.4

MagicScore

#12

Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person

2023

Sasha is a young vampire with a serious problem: she's too sensitive to kill. When her exasperated parents cut off her blood supply, Sasha's life is in jeopardy. Luckily, she meets Paul, a lonely teenager with suicidal tendencies who is willing to give his life to save hers. But their friendly agreement soon becomes a nocturnal quest to fulfill Paul's last wishes before day breaks.

7.4

MagicScore

#13

Nosferatu

2024

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Vampires

1998

The church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.

6.3

MagicScore

#15

The Invitation

2022

After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history.

6.0

MagicScore

#16

Verotika

2019

An anthology in which the erotic and horrific combine to create multiple ghoulish tales of bloodlust, murder, the occult and the forbidden.

3.4

MagicScore

#17

A Star Is Born

2018

Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

7.5

MagicScore

#18

Don't Answer the Phone!

1980

A Vietnam veteran that spends his days photographing pretty girls, and his nights strangling them, sets sights on the patients of a radio psychiatrist.

4.5

MagicScore

#19

Leila's Brothers

2022

At the age of 40, Leila has spent her entire life caring for her parents and four brothers. A family that is constantly arguing and under pressure from various debts in the face of sanctions against Iran. While her brothers are struggling to make ends meet, Leila makes a plan.

7.6

MagicScore

#20

Léolo

1992

The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.

7.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To?

The top films similar to My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To by MovieMagicScore are Inland Empire (7.0), Vampire Hookers (3.6), Hosts (5.0). Each shares drama/horror themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To worth watching?

My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 77 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To?

My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020) is a drama, horror film directed by Jonathan Cuartas, starring Patrick Fugit, Ingrid Sophie Schram, Owen Campbell.

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This ranked list pairs My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To (2020), a drama and horror film from Jonathan Cuartas, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Patrick Fugit 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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