Summary
- Obsessed is a chilling psychological thriller that keeps audiences on their toes with its twists and turns.
- Similar movies like He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not and Fatal Attraction offer eerie storylines and shocking endings.
- Movies like Unsane and One Hour Photo explore the unsettling effects of obsession and the dangers of it.
For those who enjoy psychological thrillers like Beyoncé's Obsessed, there are a number of similar movies that match the film's tone. While Beyoncé is most known for her game-changing music career, she also has experience in acting. Beyoncé starred alongside Idris Elba in a creepy psychological thriller called Obsessed, which followed the story of a man named Derek who becomes the victim of stalking by a female co-worker. Her obsession with him threatens to take away everything Derek holds near and dear, including his marriage to his wife (played by Beyoncé) and his life.
Horrifying at times, Obsessed keeps audiences on their toes from beginning to end. With lots of twists and turns, Obsessed has become one of the most popular films of its genre, and it is one of the most famous movies starring Beyoncé. From classics of the genre to lesser-known projects, here are 10 movies that are similar to Beyoncé's Obsessed.
10 He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not
He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not is a French thriller/romance that follows the story of an art student named Angélique, who finds herself head over heels for a married man named Dr.Loïc Le Garrec. Angélique desperately hopes that he will leave his wife and when he doesn't, she completely spirals and commits dangerous acts to win him over. Obsessed is best known for its chilling depiction of a woman losing her sensibility and stopping at nothing, even criminal activity, to be with the man she loves. He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not provides a similar eerie storyline that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.
9 Fatal Attraction
1987's Fatal Attraction is a popular American psychological thriller film about a man named Dan Gallagher, a New York attorney on the rise. He and his wife, Beth, are as happy as can be, with a loving marriage and a sweet daughter. All of that changes, though, when Dan starts up an affair with a woman named Alex, who eventually becomes unstable and turns into an aggressive stalker, committed to getting Alex all to herself. One of the most memorable parts of Obsessed is its startling ending, and, similarly, Fatal Attraction's ending was shocking and is still talked about to this day. For viewers who enjoyed Obsessed's storyline, Fatal Attraction delivers something similar.
8 Unsane
Unsane is a psychological thriller that tells the tale of a woman named Sawyer Valentini, who is on the run from a man who has been stalking her for two years. Sawyer ends up voluntarily checking herself into a behavioral hospital but her 24-hour stay is quickly extended by staff as she starts to accuse one of the staff of being her stalker. Just like Obsessed, the movie isn't an award winner, but it presents a captivating and suspenseful story filled with memorable moments. Both movies also provide a startling take on how a person's intuition can deceive them into doing unspeakable things.
7 One Hour Photo
Starring the late Robin Williams, One Hour Photo is a chilling story about a seemingly sweet man named Sy Parrish who runs a one-hour photo-developing lab. Through his work, he was able to see a family grow and change through the photos they developed. He uncovers the patriarch of the family being unfaithful, and it sends him over the edge and causes him to develop a twisted obsession with the family. Obsessed is made interesting by the fact that someone completely unrelated to the main couple takes a strange and creepy interest in them, which is the same for One Hour Photo.
6 The Roommate
Gossip Girl's Blair (Leighton Meester) always had a bit of a scary side. Meester plays into that in The Roommate, where she plays Rebecca. Rebecca takes a young design student under her wing and what started off as a normal friendship quickly turned into alarming jealousy and stopping at nothing, even violence, to keep the relationship alive. Just like Obsessed, The Roommate is made more interesting by the well-known face on screen. Seeing Beyoncé outside of her musical element and Leighton Meester outside the Upper East Side and playing someone so sinister is captivating and scary, as is seeing someone's genuine kindness be mistaken for something more.
5 Misery
Misery is a chilling story about iration gone wrong. It follows a novelist named Paul Sheldon who is rescued by a former nurse named Annie after a car crash. Annie claims to be his biggest fan and brings him over to her remote cabin to help him make a full recovery. After she learns that Sheldon will be eliminating her favorite character from his novels, Annie's obsession and scary behavior reaches new heights. Similarly to Obsession, the movie starts off with an unsuspecting man at the peak of his career that is quickly taken down by an obsession unlike any other.
4 Fatale
Just like Obsessed, 2020's Fatale chronicles how attraction can sometimes be fatal. The movie follows a successful sports agent who finds himself enthralled by a mysterious woman he has a one-night stand with. She ends up being a police officer, and he becomes completely entangled in his fascination for her and also in her most recent investigation. As the two get closer, he gets caught deeper and deeper into her trap and risks losing everything, even his life. Both Obsessed and Fatale pose the question: "How far would you go and how much would you sacrifice to be with the person you love?"
3 Ingrid Goes West
Ingrid Goes West is one of the scariest tech horror movies of recent years. When Ingrid's mother dies, she moves to Los Angeles with the goal of becoming friends with an Instagram celebrity she is obsessed with named Taylor. She is eventually able to befriend the socialite, but things eventually go south, leading to some seriously disturbing behavior. Ingrid Goes West follows a similar structure to Obsessed, with everyone's intentions seeming innocent at first but a more sinister truth is later revealed. Although the two movies are similar, audiences might appreciate how Ingrid Goes West is a more modern take on the classic stalker tale.
2 The Boy Next Door
Just like Obsessed, The Boy Next Door stars a well-known singer who is also an actor in a chilling psychological thriller. The Boy Next Door is about a teenager named Noah who moves in next door to a recently single high-school teacher named Claire, played by Jennifer Lopez. One day, she gives into Noah's attempts to seduce her and when she tries to cut the relationship off, Noah becomes violent. Both Obsessed and The Boy Next Door explore situations of unrequited love, and how this dynamic can become incredibly dangerous very quickly.
1 Closer
Closer is a spooky film starring, Natalie Portman. She portrays Alice, an American stripper who has recently moved to London and meets Dan (Jude Law). She is hit by a taxi, and Dan takes her to the hospital. However, his infatuation with her fades, and he begins falling for a photographer named Anna (Julia Roberts). His initial flirtations turn strange as he begins to pose as her in a chat room. One of the best things about Obsessed is the star-studded cast, and Closer delivers the same. It's interesting for audiences to see such familiar faces take on characters that are so unlike themselves and are just downright creepy, which Closer achieves.
