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Exit 8 (2025)
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Original name: ８番出口
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A man gets lost in an underground passage. He follows the "guide" through the passage, but one after another, strange things happen to him. Is this space real? Or an illusion? Will the man be able to escape the passage?
Style:
psychological, psychological horror, tense, dark, suspenseful, mind bending, surreal, sinister, intense, existential ...
Plot:
claustrophobia, paranoia, survival, puzzle, minimalism, alienation, single, pursuit, slow burn, obsession, memory loss, moral ambiguity, urban decay, escape, subway, underground, surrealism, walking, pregnancy, flood, telephone call, blood, cell phone, little boy, locker ...
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Most similar movies to Exit 8
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, psychological thriller, dark and psychological horror films with plots about isolation, claustrophobia, slow burn, paranoia, obsession, moral ambiguity and survival mostly in Thriller, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like Exit 8: Mirages (2010), Bark (2023), Sleepwalker (2000), The Chinese Room (1968), 200 Degrees (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Morocco, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Five people with contrasting profiles compete for a position within Matsuika, a multinational corporation recently set up in Morocco. Following an interview with the C.E.O., they are advised to undertake a mysterious test in a secret location. It ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, surreal, existential ...
Plot:
survival, desert, fear, hallucination, paranoia, isolation, claustrophobia, character study, competition, slow burn, social experiment, identity ...
Place:
morocco
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Charismatic Nolan Bentley wakes up in the middle of a remote forest, tied to a tree with no recollection of how he got there. With his time relentlessly running out, a mysterious stranger appears and he must finally reckon with the demons of his ...
Style:
suspense, mysterious, psychological thriller, tense, dark ...
Plot:
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74%
Genre: Mystery, Horror, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Norway
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ulrik Hansson is 45 years old and lives a secure life in a Swedish residential district together with his wife Monika and their two children. He's got a well-paid job as an architect and builds a new detached house which the family will move ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, rough, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
murder, memory loss, on the run, family problems, grief, paranoia, obsession, isolation, family drama, midlife crisis, alienation, claustrophobia ...
Time:
90s
Place:
eastern europe
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62%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
It was based on a novel by Vivien Connell.
Style:
art house, psychological, psychedelic, surreal, enigmatic ...
Plot:
drug addiction, hallucination, character study, intimate, obsession, paranoia, isolation, moral ambiguity, claustrophobia, room, voyeur, doctor ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mexico
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60%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Ryan Hinds awakes inside a sealed industrial kiln. He is set challenges by a voice with no face, pushed to the limits of human endurance as the temperature within the kiln begins to rise.
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological thriller, intense, captivating ...
Plot:
locked in, isolation, survival, claustrophobia, race against time, trap, murderer, homicidal maniac, death threat, psycho killer, stock broker, burned alive ...
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57%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Bella sees her parents killed during a home invasion. Afterwards, she keeps waking up in a strange white room and the past keeps playing over and over. Bella must solve the mystery of the White Room and move on, but to where?
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, psychological horror, twist ending, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, room, life & death, confronting the past, tragic past, troubled past, mental disorder, murder witness, murder, life is a bitch, problem, moral dilemma ...
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57%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After a near-fatal car accident, Sam wakes to discover he is trapped in an abandoned hospital by mysterious and sinister forces that have no intention of letting him leave…
Style:
suspenseful, medical horror, tense, intense, psychological horror ...
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal, hospital, isolation, threat, mysticism, trapped, paranormal phenomena, trap, deathtrap, supernatural horror, claustrophobia ...
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55%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A musician with hyper-sensitive hearing goes in search of an ominous sound that plagues him, but is inaudible to everyone else.
Style:
stylized, serious, tense, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
obsession, paranoia, musician, conspiracy, isolation, mental breakdown, obsessive quest, slow burn, investigation, claustrophobia, mind control, urban ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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54%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Shy, introverted Karian Edwards looks forward to a weekend at her aunt's house in the desert with her best friend, Cloudy, and their friend, Jessica. Things take a turn for the worse when Cloudy invites along a childhood friend, Sasha Mills, a ...
Style:
psychological horror, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
nightmare, drug, nightmare comes true, recurring nightmare, women, sleeping, hallucination, drug trip, mental breakdown, paranoia, desert, isolation ...
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53%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Luke Anthony comes to a village in search of his wife Sophia, who got lost in a nearby forest while traveling through the countryside. But, as the search operation progresses, doubts crop up on whether the woman has actually gone missing or even ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling ...
Plot:
revenge, epic battle, destruction, missing person, battles, secret, fight, vengeance, dark past, secret past, investigation, obsession ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The story is set in an ambiance of a dark utopian future, a city of mentally dead zombies under the firm grip of military dictatorship. Boldly, like a man on a mission, the Tailor will walk the Kafkaesque and macabre streets of a city where terror ...
Style:
sinister, existential, surreal, bleak, art house ...
Plot:
city, totalitarian regime, dystopia, dark future, military dictatorship, isolation, urban decay, macabre, most dangerous game, moral ambiguity, anti hero, mystery woman ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
52%
104
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
After a woman survives a bizarre attack at an abandoned well, her mental state deteriorates as she tries to prove to others what really happened.
Style:
psychological thriller, mysterious, tense, psychological horror, dread ...
Plot:
isolation, trauma, survival, paranoia, emotional breakdown, hallucination, female protagonist, obsession, claustrophobia, slow burn, obsessive quest, investigation ...
Place:
mulholland drive
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
The dark twisted tale of a man who's accused of murdering his girlfriend, told from his shadow's perspective.
Style:
dark, psychological thriller, crime drama, surreal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, alienation, obsession, mental breakdown, paranoia, isolation, claustrophobia, identity crisis, morality, slow burn, surveillance ...
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48%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Abstract artist James escapes to a private estate to work on his newest collection, but life soon imitates art, and his fantasies of love are interrupted by nightmarish delusions.
Style:
psychological, experimental, surreal, art house, atmospheric ...
Plot:
modern art, obsession, paranoia, isolation, symbolism, mental illness, haunting, creative block, self destructing, slow burn, mature, claustrophobia ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A pleasant road trip takes a nightmarish turn for gemologist Sunny George when he meets with an accident. As his life hangs in the balance on the edge of a cliff in the middle of nowhere, Sunny must not only contend with the great adversity he is ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Arthur Sydenham Sharp, a travelling spiritual medium, arrives in Finland for the final seance of his tour. Immersed in the oppressive atmosphere of an unwelcoming hotel, Arthur's sense of reality becomes increasingly distorted by eerie visions ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological horror, psychological thriller, dark, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
finland
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
ghost story, haunted house, supernatural, secret past, investigation, macabre, isolation, paranormal, fear, obsession, literary, slow burn ...
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45%
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of three short stories by horror mangaka Junji Ito: The Devil's Logic, The Long Hair in the Attic, and The Hanging Balloons.
Style:
anthology, psychological horror, dark, creepy, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Barbara adjusts to her new life behind bars, her crimes start to haunt her. Her new cellmate Evelyn is about to start an obsessive and ghostly friendship with her, one that Barbara cannot escape from.
Style:
dark, tense, psychological horror, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
confined space, claustrophobia, character study, obsession, female protagonist, guilt, supernatural, isolation, paranoia, manipulation, power struggle, slow burn ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nefeli (Nefeli Papaioannou) moves to her boyfriend's (Iraklis Savvopoulos) flat. After a while she discovers that strange hallucinations invade her life. Being afraid of her boyfriend's reaction to the bad news, she decides not to let him ...
Style:
psychological thriller, surreal, psychological horror, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hallucination, female protagonist, paranoia, mental breakdown, zombie, mental illness, uncertainty, isolation, supernatural, secrets, claustrophobia, obsession ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A pregnant realtor must survive a night of terror when a deranged client shows up at her open house.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
home invasion, confrontation, single, fear, survival, suspicion, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, siege, isolation, escape, panic ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Injured U.S. soldier Miles Willis awakens to discover he is trapped in a mysterious cube armed only with his combat gear. As Miles begins to question his sanity, he finds a lifeline – a voice on the other end of his satellite phone who claims to ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tension, intense, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival horror, confined space, survival, isolation, struggle for survival, deathtrap, escape, soldier, claustrophobia, locked room, race against time, trap ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist evaluating a self-confessed serial killer unravels a twisted web of trauma, deceit, and psychological manipulation—only to question if the killer is truly guilty or just another victim in a larger, darker game.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime thriller, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, trauma, serial killer, moral ambiguity, psychological manipulation, dark past, investigation, character study, obsession, mistrust, claustrophobia, psychoanalysis ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Ukraine, Czech Republic
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An ordinary funeral procession moves along its path from church to cemetery. Observing, you slip from reality into a place where time has lost its linearity, looping through the odd images thrown off by a distorted reality. Images of non-existence, ...
Style:
art house, psychedelic, non-linear, neo noir, surreal ...
Plot:
surrealism, murder, insanity, hanging, psychotic, identity crisis, mental illness, family drama, claustrophobia, metaphysics, obsession, isolation ...
Place:
ukraine
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Iran
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
I was suffocating, but I don't kill her. I love it.
Style:
psychological thriller, intense, dark, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Plot:
mental illness, character study, domestic drama, control, claustrophobia, obsession, neurosis, obsessive love, family tragedy, intimate, guilt, suffocation ...
Place:
iran, persia
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.
Style:
intense, mind bending, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
survival, claustrophobia, female protagonist, isolation, mature, violence, paranoia, supernatural, home invasion, body horror, slow burn, cat and mouse ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After witnessing his girlfriend's murder, a man risks everything - including reality itself - to discover the truth.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological thriller, dark, intense ...
Plot:
murder, male protagonist, grief, loss, obsession, investigation, trauma, identity crisis, isolation, moral ambiguity, paranoia, revenge ...
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38%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A young woman rents a cursed house, forcing her to solve the mystery to find a way out.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, tense, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A pregnant woman receives ultimatums from a supernatural entity to commit murders or face the death of her unborn child.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspense, dark, noir ...
Plot:
fear, moral ambiguity, coercion, pregnancy, psychological manipulation, murder, moral dilemma, motherhood, paranoia, blackmail, guilt, existential crisis ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, United Arab Emirates, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a doctor looking for her missing child awakens to find herself in an abandoned school, she must survive the supernatural terror and face her own demons if she is to find the truth about where her son is.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, dark, tense ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, coma, school, alternate reality, missing child, supernatural horror, abandoned building, parents and children, paranormal, survival, isolation ...
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35%
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