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10 Best Movies Like Control

If you loved Control, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Neverwas

Neverwas

2005★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Control for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time o...

#2
Shirley

Shirley

2020★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Control for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple....

#3
Faces

Faces

1968★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Control for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her fr...

#4
Dream Lover

Dream Lover

1994★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Control for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to real...

#5
Side Effects

Side Effects

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Control for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison....

#6
A Perfect Murder

A Perfect Murder

1998★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Control for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Millionaire industrialist Steven Taylor is a man who has everything but what he craves most: the love and fidelity of his wife. A hugely successful player in the New York financial...

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