Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Mimic

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

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#1
Throw Momma from the Train

Throw Momma from the Train

1987★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mimic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Larry Donner, an author with a cruel ex-wife, teaches a writing workshop in which one of his students, Owen, is fed up with his domineering mother. When Owen watches a Hitchcock cl...

#2
High Strung

High Strung

1992★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mimic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Thane Furrows, an extremely cynical but unintentionally hilarious children's book writer, wakes up one morning, and, since pretty much everyone and everything annoys him, begins an...

#3
Deathtrap

Deathtrap

1982★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mimic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script....

#4
Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

Psycho Therapy: The Shallow Tale of a Writer Who Decided to Write About a Serial Killer

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mimic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A struggling writer in the midst of a divorce befriends a retired serial killer who incidentally becomes his marriage counselor by day, and killing counselor for his next book by n...

#5
Blithe Spirit

Blithe Spirit

1945★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mimic for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While holding a séance for skeptical novelist Charles Condomine, self-proclaimed 'spiritualist medium' Madame Arcati inadvertently summons the spirit of his deceased first wife Elv...

#6
Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear

1952★ 7.3

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

Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New Yor...

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