Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Firestarter

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

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#1
Firestarter

Firestarter

1984★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Firestarter for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the threatening government agency...

#2
Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

2022★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Firestarter for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young woman with psychokinetic powers breaks out of a Louisiana asylum and makes her way to New Orleans, where she falls into the city’s netherworld of misfits and miscreants....

#3
The Fury

The Fury

1978★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Firestarter for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When a devious plot separates CIA agent Peter Sandza from his son, Robin, the distraught father manages to see through the ruse. Taken because of his psychic abilities, Robin is be...

#4
Containment

Containment

2015★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Firestarter for fans of Horror & Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight ...

#5
Scanners

Scanners

1981★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Firestarter for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After a man with extraordinary, and frighteningly destructive, telepathic abilities is nabbed by agents from a mysterious rogue corporation, he discovers he is far from the only po...

#6
Freaks

Freaks

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Firestarter for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Kept locked inside the house by her father, 7-year-old Chloe lives in fear and fascination of the outside world, where Abnormals create a constant threat—or so she believes. When a...

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