# Movies like The Thing

> Films most similar to The Thing (1982) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-thing-1982/>

## 9 films in this list

- **[The Fly](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-fly-1986/)** (1986) — ★ 7.4 · 4,944 votes · body-horror, dread, gut-punch
- **[Lifeforce](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/lifeforce-1985/)** (1985) — ★ 6.2 · 713 votes · body-horror, neon-soaked, raw
- **[The Thing](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-thing-2011/)** (2011) — ★ 6.2 · 3,187 votes · body-horror, dread, paranoid
- **[Body Bags](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/body-bags-1993/)** (1993) — ★ 6.1 · 375 votes · 3am-cult, pitch-black, playful
- **[Pandorum](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/pandorum-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 6.6 · 2,638 votes · dread, mindfuck, paranoid
- **[Someone's Watching Me!](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/someone-s-watching-me-1978/)** (1978) — ★ 6.2 · 159 votes · paranoid
- **[Communion](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/communion-1989/)** (1989) — ★ 5.3 · 186 votes · dread, paranoid, surreal
- **[Without Warning](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/without-warning-1980/)** (1980) — ★ 5.3 · 138 votes
- **[The Faculty](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-faculty-1998/)** (1998) — ★ 6.6 · 2,229 votes · 3am-cult, body-horror, paranoid

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