🎬 Movies Like Memento

Loved Memento (2000)? Memento chronicles two separate stories of Leonard, an ex-insurance investigator who can no longer build new memories, as he attempts to find the murderer of his wife, which is the last thing he remembers. Here are 25 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore Memento itself.

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   Insomnia2002

   7.2 IMDb92% RT critics77% RT audience70% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling92·77

   Shared talent: director Christopher Nolan; Shared themes: phone call, flashback, neo-noir

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   The Dark Knight2008

   9.1 IMDb94% RT critics85% Metacritic94% RT audience85% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim94·94

   Shared talent: director Christopher Nolan, writer Jonathan Nolan; Shared themes: bold, neo-noir, set in united states

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   The Prestige2006

   8.5 IMDb77% RT critics66% Metacritic92% RT audience82% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser77·92

   Shared talent: director Christopher Nolan, writer Jonathan Nolan; Both are mystery films

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   Blue Velvet1986

   7.7 IMDb91% RT critics88% RT audience76% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim91·88

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: drug dealer, neo-noir, murder

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   Psycho1960

   8.5 IMDb97% RT critics95% RT audience84% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim97·95

   Often recommended together; Both are mystery films

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   The Bourne Ultimatum2007

   8.0 IMDb92% RT critics91% RT audience74% TMDB

   Both are mystery/thriller films; Matching tense, intense tone

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   Saw2004

   7.6 IMDb50% RT critics84% RT audience74% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser50·84

   Both are mystery/thriller films; Matching dark, tense tone

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   Sleeping Dogs2024

   6.2 IMDb44% RT critics80% RT audience70% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser44·80

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: memory loss, psychological thriller

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   Identity2003

   7.3 IMDb63% RT critics75% RT audience72% TMDB

   Shared themes: motel, whodunit, psychological thriller; Both are mystery/thriller films

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    12 Monkeys1995

    8.0 IMDb88% RT critics88% RT audience76% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim88·88

    Both are mystery/thriller films; Matching tense, cerebral tone

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    The Game1997

    7.7 IMDb77% RT critics84% RT audience76% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim77·84

    Shared themes: bewildered, manipulation, set in united states; Both are mystery/thriller films

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    The Sixth Sense1999

    8.2 IMDb86% RT critics90% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim86·90

    Shared themes: somber, psychological thriller, set in united states; Both are mystery/thriller films

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    Oldboy2003

    8.3 IMDb82% RT critics94% RT audience82% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim82·94

    Both are mystery films; Matching dark, intense tone

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    Lost Highway1997

    7.6 IMDb70% RT critics87% RT audience75% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser70·87

    Shared themes: motel, psychological thriller, los angeles, california; Both are mystery/thriller films

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    The Machinist2004

    7.6 IMDb77% RT critics83% RT audience75% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim77·83

    Both are thriller films; Matching tense, emotional tone

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    Unknown2006

    6.4 IMDb38% RT critics54% RT audience62% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are mystery films

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    Shutter Island2010

    8.2 IMDb69% RT critics63% Metacritic77% RT audience82% TMDB

    Shared themes: suspense mystery, psychological thriller, neo-noir; Both are mystery/thriller films

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    Dark City1998

    7.5 IMDb78% RT critics85% RT audience73% TMDB

    Shared themes: memory, manipulation, amnesia; Shared plot themes: memories, last, wife, which

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    Trance2013

    6.9 IMDb68% RT critics62% RT audience66% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are mystery films

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    The Ninth Gate1999

    6.7 IMDb44% RT critics58% RT audience65% TMDB

    Both are mystery/thriller films; Matching tense, cerebral tone

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    Dressed to Kill1980

    7.0 IMDb83% RT critics74% RT audience70% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: manipulation, disturbed, whodunit

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    Crooked House2017

    6.3 IMDb57% RT critics54% RT audience64% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: whodunit, murder

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    Reminiscence2021

    5.9 IMDb37% RT critics54% RT audience65% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: memory, flashback, neo-noir

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    Flashback2020

    5.4 IMDb52% RT critics61% RT audience60% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are mystery/thriller films

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    Message from the King2016

    6.4 IMDb50% RT critics50% RT audience62% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: tattoo, flashback, los angeles, california