Movies like Pi
Pi (1998) is a mystery movie directed by Darren Aronofsky. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. The Imitation Game (2014)
★ 8.0 · 18,536 votes · History, Drama, Thriller
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
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2. Fermat's Room (2007)
★ 6.6 · 485 votes · Mystery, Thriller
Four mathematicians are imprisoned in a shrinking room; with the walls closing in, they must try anything to escape this fatal puzzle.
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3. Lost Highway (1997)
★ 7.6 · 3,082 votes · Drama, Thriller, 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.
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4. Enemy (2014)
★ 6.8 · 6,643 votes · Thriller, Mystery
A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.
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5. Proof (2005)
★ 6.3 · 768 votes · Drama, Mystery
Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father's mental illness along with his mathematical genius.
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6. Black Swan (2010)
★ 7.7 · 15,972 votes · Drama, Thriller, Horror
A committed dancer struggles to maintain her sanity after winning the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake."
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7. Event Horizon (1997)
★ 6.6 · 3,521 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery
In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.
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8. The Shining (1980)
★ 8.2 · 19,520 votes · Horror, Thriller
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
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9. Primer (2004)
★ 6.7 · 2,577 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.
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10. WarGames (1983)
★ 7.1 · 2,279 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his friend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
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11. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
★ 7.6 · 9,469 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
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12. Contact (1997)
★ 7.5 · 5,235 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery
A radio astronomer receives the first extraterrestrial radio signal ever picked up on Earth. As the world powers scramble to decipher the message and decide upon a course of action, she must make some difficult decisions between her beliefs, the truth, and reality.
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13. The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
★ 7.1 · 1,645 votes · Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
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14. The Conversation (1974)
★ 7.5 · 2,140 votes · Crime, Drama, Mystery
A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered.
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15. K-PAX (2001)
★ 7.2 · 2,896 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
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16. Three Days of the Condor (1975)
★ 7.3 · 1,431 votes · Thriller, Mystery
When bookish CIA researcher Joe Turner finds all his co-workers dead, he, together with a woman he has kidnapped, must work together to outwit those responsible until he determines who he can really trust.
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17. Eagle Eye (2008)
★ 6.5 · 3,263 votes · Mystery, Thriller, Action
Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers whose lives are suddenly thrown into turmoil by a mysterious woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, the unseen caller uses everyday technology to control their actions and push them into increasing danger. As events escalate, Jerry and Rachel become the country's most-wanted fugitives and must figure out what is happening to them.
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18. Super 8 (2011)
★ 6.8 · 7,338 votes · Thriller, Sci-Fi, Mystery
In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.
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19. Remember (2015)
★ 7.3 · 777 votes · Drama, Thriller, Mystery
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
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20. Mercy (2026)
★ 7.1 · 1,764 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Crime
In the near future, a detective stands on trial accused of murdering his wife. He has ninety minutes to prove his innocence to the advanced AI Judge he once championed, before it determines his fate.
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