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10 Best Movies Like They Never Come Back

If you loved They Never Come Back, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Opus

Opus

2025★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to They Never Come Back for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young writer is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star's cult of sycophants and intoxicated ...

#2
Vera and the Pleasure of Others

Vera and the Pleasure of Others

2024★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to They Never Come Back for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Seventeen-year-old Vera earns money by secretly renting out an apartment to teenagers seeking privacy, all while eavesdropping from behind a closed door. As she listens, her own de...

#3
Re-Births

Re-Births

2017★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to They Never Come Back for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A documentary film depicting five intimate portraits of migrants who fled their country of origin to seek refuge in France and find a space of freedom where they can fully experien...

#4
Free Hands

Free Hands

2010★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to They Never Come Back for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Barbara is a filmmaker who has been working in the prison environment for a few years now. She is preparing a film written and directed by long-term inmates in a prison in the proj...

#5
A

A

1998★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to They Never Come Back for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Roughly chronological, from 3/96 to 11/96, with a coda in spring of 1997: inside compounds of Aum Shinrikyo, a Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara. (Members confessed to a murderous...

#6
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to They Never Come Back for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ethan Hunt and team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity — which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe — with the world's governments ...