Movies like High Life: 20 to watch next
If you loved High Life (2018) — a science fiction, drama and mystery film directed by Claire Denis — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of High Life most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like baby, space travel and black hole. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Survivalist 2015★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lost Highway 1997★ 7.6
Shares: Drama, Mystery
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Stream in India on MUBI
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Watchmen 2009★ 7.4
Shares: Mystery, Science Fiction
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Proximity 2020★ 6.8
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
A young NASA JPL scientist is abducted by extraterrestrials but when no one believes his story he becomes obsessed with finding proof which leads him on a journey of discovery.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, VI movies and tv, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Return 1980★ 5.9
Shares: Mystery, Science Fiction
Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. 25 years later the children are reunited as adults in the same town which is now beset by strange cattle mutilations. Matters become worse when the cattle mutilations are joined by human murders and mutilations.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nymphomaniac: Vol. II 2013★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Mystery
The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Luckiest Girl Alive 2022★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Mystery
A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Boys from Brazil 1978★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot, masterminded by Dr. Josef Mengele, to rekindle the Third Reich.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Too Late 2016★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Mystery
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Tenant 1976★ 7.6
Shares: Mystery, Drama
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Eyes Wide Shut 1999★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Mystery
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Mississippi Burning 1988★ 7.7
Shares: Drama, Mystery
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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The Salton Sea 2002★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Mystery
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dolores Claiborne 1995★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Mystery
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Farewell, My Lovely 1975★ 6.7
Shares: Mystery, Drama
Private eye Philip Marlowe is hired by ex-con Moose Malloy to find his girlfriend, a former lounge dancer. While also investigating the murder of a client and the theft of a jade necklace, Marlowe becomes entangled with seductress Helen Grayle and discovers a web of dark secrets that are better left hidden.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wonderland 2003★ 6.1
Shares: Mystery, Drama
On the afternoon of July 1, 1981, Los Angeles police responded to a distress call on Wonderland Avenue and discovered a grisly quadruple homicide. The police investigation that followed uncovered two versions of the events leading up to the brutal murders - both involving legendary porn actor John Holmes.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Cop 1988★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Mystery
An obsessive, insubordinate homicide cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Profile 2018★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Mystery
Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, a journalist creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Lucky Number Slevin 2006★ 7.5
Shares: Drama, Mystery
Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 2009★ 6.6
Shares: Mystery, Drama
Yorkshire, 1974. Fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police investigation into a series of child abductions. When young Clare Kemplay goes missing, Eddie and his colleague, Barry, persuade their editor to let them investigate links with two similar abductions that draw them into a deadly world of secrecy, intimidation, shocking revelations and police brutality.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now