Movies Similar to The Illusion of Control: The Beginning

Woods(2015)

A struggling writer believes a secret from his past has come back to haunt him. Paranoia and guilt take over as he tries to figure out who or what has been plaguing him with increasingly violent attacks.

Summer(2022)

A leather-clad biker and a pink-haired escort meet on the streets of downtown Guadalajara.

TRIPLE TIMe(2017)

A theoretical physicist discovers his life is in danger when he comes home to find two future versions of himself.

Miss Fortune(2022)

A young queer girl is entered into an eerie beauty pageant, of unknown stakes, that ultimately turns against her.

Desert Dog(2020)

An old gold digger is disturbed in his routine by a strange man forcing a disturbing interrogation on him.

Luciano(1965)

A sensationalist television show unravels the sordid story of Luciano Fernández and analyzes the possible motives that led him to murder a child. (Inspired by a real event that occurred in the forest of Verrières, Paris, on May 27th, 1964.)

Inside(2013)

Two doctors are observing a very "special patient" through the small window of her cell in the deep, dark corners of a mental asylum. Each morning, at exactly the same time, she performs the exact same extraordinary routine.

Don't be late, Myra(2024)

Ten-year old Myra is forced to walk home alone, dodging men harassing her on the streets of Lahore. Soon things escalate in this thriller where a sinister turn quietly awaits her.

10(2019)

Bernardo owns a furniture industry. In his sixties, he lives alone. After his father's death, he has to count to ten everynight to fall asleep. Time goes by, and it seems like he just can't fall asleep.

The Kingdom of Doug(2013)

A devoted cult gathers in an ice-skating rink to mass suicide. All are complicit but one. At the eleventh hour a young woman called Josie begins to doubt her faith in Doug, her charismatic cult leader.

Je ne veux pas être sage(1998)

An insane face-off between two smart serial killers. This thriller supsense is 100% intense: sensitive souls beware!

Dear Father(2001)

Lover, victim, or torturer? You love me.

The Ranger

The year is 2092, the world has fallen into another state of War. World War III has begun. A hidden device known as PA5305 can put an end to the disastrous War as we know it. Leaks on its location have spread, every side now hunts it down. Some to use it to end the War, others to destroy it for that very reason. A ranger has been sent on a solo mission across the battlefields to retrieve PA5305 from its leaked location. The enemy side has sent a hunter to track down the ranger and stop him in his path. Whoever retrieves the device will decide the fate of World War III.

The Killer

A man exits a bar and walks home, led unconsciously by mysterious inscriptions The Killer indicating the direction he must follow. As he walks on, he hears suspicious noises. His curiosity takes over his fear and he continues in the direction indicated until he reaches a dead end where he must face his destiny.

Mother(2017)

An everyday conversation between Marta and her mother turns into a tragic race against the clock when Marta receives a phone call from Iván, her six-year-old son, who is on holiday in France with his father.

La señora de la casa(2020)

The Black Virgin(2018)

Belisario's wife is very sick, a healer comes to meet her and gives him the mission to climb the Andes mountains to bring back an object buried in the snow to try to save her.

The Line(2013)

On an ordinary day, Yoon-jin(26) finds Ji-hoon(14) crouching down on a stair in the hallway in front of her house.

Boiling Point(2019)

During the busy run-up to Christmas, a single-take snapshot of the immense stress and skills of a talented head chef reveals that things are about to burst behind the restaurant's flash façade.

Anesthetist(2014)

A nurse who needs money is offered a simple anesthetic part-time job, who soon finds herself caught up in a dangerous insurance scam and tries to escape. However, the nurse is left to the end.