Best movies like The Power
Last updated March 2024
Looking for movies like The Power? Leverage your knowledge to steer others toward movies and tv shows you've viewed previously that they might like too. Help broaden the cohort of people suggesting videos to each other. We appreciate your engagement!
Plot Summary:
One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is on to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, retro, suspense, slasher, tech noir, serious, suspenseful, independent film
Best tv shows and movies like The Power (1968):
Similar in 87%
The Speed of Thought (2011)
Plot Summary:
Joshua Lazarus (Nick Stahl) is a telepath who has been raised in a NSA foster home. Lazarus helps the government by using his abilities. He is told by the agency that the telepathy is a side effect of Widmann's Disease, and that he will become insane in time and eventually die from the illness. However, Lazarus meets a woman with similar powers (Taryn Manning) who does not have any sign of the disease, launching Lazarus to confront the lies he has been told.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, realistic, thought provoking, cerebral
Similar in 75%
The Doll (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Chris and Andy order a model from an escort service, they find that something is unnaturally wrong with Natasha, something deadly wrong.
IMDB Rating: 2.3
IMDB Votes: 662
Genere: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 81%
Prodigy (2017)
Plot Summary:
Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he begins to understand the extent of her capabilities and the fate that has been planned for her, he struggles to overcome her defenses before it is too late for them both.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspense, thought provoking, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, intellectual, mystical, psychological thriller, psychological, bizarre
Similar in 90%
The Source (2001)
Plot Summary:
Four outcast teenagers acquire mystical powers that allow them to become gods on campus, with deadly consequences.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 765
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, suspense, independent film, serious, teen horror
Similar in 75%
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Plot Summary:
The story concerns Dr James Xavier, ably portrayed by Ray Milland. He has invented a serum for improving human vision. When his funding is cut he proceeds to experiment on himself -- with horrifying results. From the director who gave you Swamp Women, The Wasp Woman, and The Beast with a Million Eyes!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychedelic, tense, harsh, disturbing, grindhouse, talky
Similar in 90%
Naked Souls (1996)
Plot Summary:
Edward is busy trying to unlock the secrets of reading and recording people's thoughts. He is very involved with his work leaving little room for girlfriend Britt. Longstreet comes along and offers Edward a place to do his research and have unlimited funding. There are, however, ulterior motives as Edward is also somehow unlocking the secrets of eternal life.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: erotic, bleak, serious, tense, suspense, sexy, independent film, suspenseful, slasher, hot
Similar in 85%
Project X (1968)
Plot Summary:
A spy is brought back from cryogenic suspension after being almost killed in a plane crash returning from a mission to learn about a deadly new weapon being developed in the East. But the vital memories are being suppressed, so the authorities use ultra-advanced technologies to try to uncover the secret.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 595
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: psychological, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychotronic
Similar in 87%
Guardian (2001)
Plot Summary:
With a spate of violence that rocks the inner city, L.A.P.D. and ex-Marine John Kross investigates its cause: a new drug called Chaos. With help from his partner Carpenter, they delve into the mystery, only to discover a link between the drug and a terrifying supernatural power unleashed during the gulf war, witnessed by Kross twelve years ago. Now, Kross must race against time to stop the destruction, battle his own demons and come to grips with his destiny as he discovers that his reality has been mapped by a power much greater than himself.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 581
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, enigmatic, suspense
Similar in 85%
The Cell 2 (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Cusp is a serial killer who kills his victims and then brings them back to life; over and over again; until they beg to die! Maya is a psychic investigator who gained her powers after a 1 year coma after she was the Cusp's first victim! Now the Cusp Killer is back and Maya has little time to do what she has never done before: go into the mind of a killer unprotected and save his latest victim.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, rough, slasher, suspenseful, exciting, serious, tech noir, sexual, cyber
Similar in 84%
Sole Survivor (2000)
Plot Summary:
A reporter loses his wife and daughter to a plane crash, but when the sole survivor appears, the reporter realizes that it wasn't a mere accident, but a conspiracy involving children with mysterious.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, mind bending, psychotronic
Similar in 89%
Fatal Call (2012)
Plot Summary:
Leaving his small-town roots to start a new life, Mitch meets the beautiful and seductive Amy at a happy hour and begins a tantalizing romance. Before long, Mitch learns that nothing is as it appears and, unable to trust anyone, finds himself on a nightmarish roller coaster ride, accused of murder and running from the law and a mysterious stranger out to kill him. Surviving by quick thinking and his wits, Mitch must confront both his past and present and find a solution before time runs out!.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 575
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, realistic
Similar in 89%
Games (1967)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious woman (Simone Signoret) in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers (James Caan, Katharine Ross) and helps one trick the other.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, mind bending, serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychotronic
Similar in 84%
Amityville Island (2020)
Plot Summary:
A cursed survivor of killings at the Amityville House brings evil to a small island where bizarre genetic experiments are carried out on humans and animals.
IMDB Rating: 1.9
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, independent film, action adventure
Similar in 78%
Hunter Prey (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Prometheus has dropped out of orbit. Communications and life support systems are down. Situation Critical: Status of Crew and Prisoner unknown. With orders to catch their Alien Prisoner alive the surviving crew of the spaceship Prometheus pursue a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with their escaped prisoner on a deserted and barren planet. But, who is the hunter and who is its prey?.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, independent film
Similar in 80%
The Whisperer in Darkness (2011)
Plot Summary:
Written in 1931, H.P. Lovecraft's iconic genre-bending tale of suspense and alien terrors is brought to life in the style of the classic horror films of the 1930s like Frankenstein, Dracula and King Kong. Using its Mythoscope™ process — a mix of vintage and modern techniques — the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society expands on Lovecraft's original tale while still bringing you unparalleled authenticity. Horror and science fiction collide in the adventure of Albert Wilmarth, a folklore professor at Miskatonic University, as he investigates legends of strange creatures rumored to dwell in the most remote mountains of Vermont. Wilmarth’s investigation leads him to a discovery of horrors quite beyond anything he ever imagined, and ends in a desperate attempt to escape the remote New England hills with his life and sanity intact.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: lovecraft, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, black and white, retro, suspense, creepy, serious, neo noir
Similar in 76%
The Echo Game (2009)
Plot Summary:
A young mother must protect her daughter from a rogue scientist on a murderous rampage to steal the girl's psychic powers for herself.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 199
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: scary, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, suspense, queer horror, independent film, psychotronic
Similar in 88%
Favor (2013)
Plot Summary:
Kip's perfect life is put in jeopardy when the waitress with whom he's having a casual fling is accidentally killed in their motel room. Desperate, he turns to childhood friend and loser, Marvin, to help get rid of the body. Marvin agrees which begins the unraveling of their friendship and ultimately leads both to murderous acts they never thought themselves capable of.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense, captivating, twisted, realistic, independent film
Similar in 75%
Firestarter (1984)
Plot Summary:
As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife, Vicky (Heather Locklear), participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple's daughter, Charlie (Drew Barrymore), begins to exhibit the ability of setting fires solely with her mind. This volatile talent makes the youngster extremely dangerous and soon she becomes a target for the enigmatic agency known as "The Shop.".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 36000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: scary, psychological, rough, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, cult classic, retro, mind bending
Similar in 78%
Medusa (2015)
Plot Summary:
A dedicated mythology professor finds an evil witch doctor who summons the spirit of the gorgon Medusa.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 480
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
Similar in 75%
Night of the Lepus (1972)
Plot Summary:
Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the southwest!!.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, natural horror, scary, suspense, absurd, horror comedy, psychotronic, funny, retro
Similar in 75%
The Sender (1982)
Plot Summary:
A disturbed telepathic man is able to transmit his dreams and visions into the minds of the people around him.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: psychological, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, surreal, clever, psychedelic, cult classic
Similar in 78%
The Fury (1978)
Plot Summary:
A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harness his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, stylized, exciting, serious, cult classic, neo noir
Similar in 82%
The Dead Zone (2002)
Plot Summary:
A young man awakens from a six-year coma with the ability to see into peoples futures. This is the first two episodes of the television series.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, psychotronic
Similar in 77%
Dawn of the Crescent Moon (2014)
Plot Summary:
A group of college students travel to a small Texas town to research the Legend of Blood Lake, an obscure folktale forged by events surrounding the horrible massacre of a Comanche village.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 58
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: tense, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, supernatural thriller
Similar in 76%
Biohazard: Patient Zero (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two young scientists are swept up in a government plot to suppress the truth about a biological disaster at a genetic research facility.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 782
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, exciting, rough, serious, suspense, psychological, bleak, disturbing, psychotronic
Similar in 85%
Village of the Damned (1995)
Plot Summary:
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful, stylized, psychological, splatter, grindhouse
Similar in 75%
They Are Among Us (2004)
Plot Summary:
The film concerns a sleepy town that is populated mostly by aliens who have been pretending to be humans for a lengthy period of time in order to eventually strip the planet of resources they need to live.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 558
Genere: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Similar in 87%
Push (2009)
Plot Summary:
After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue psychics dedicated to destroying Division. Together with Cassie, a teenage clairvoyant, Nick goes in search of a missing girl and a stolen suitcase that could be the key to accomplishing their mutual goal.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 115000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, intense, suspenseful, serious, action packed, apocalyptic, sweet, epic, action thriller
Similar in 75%
Scanners (1981)
Plot Summary:
Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: disturbing, intense, cerebral, scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, grindhouse, bloody, creepy
Similar in 75%
The Kindred (1987)
Plot Summary:
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mothers biggest fan. Together with some of John's friends they go to Amanda's house, but none are prepared for what they find there.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, dark, suspenseful, intense, exciting, retro, lovecraft, funny, psychotronic