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One Missed Call (2003)
 6.2
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One Missed Call (2003)
Original name: 着信アリ
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story: People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot thickens as the surviving characters persue the answers to this mystery which could save their live
Style: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, suspense, dark fantasy, creepy, frightening, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: macabre, telephone call, hospital, urban legend, death, supernatural, child abuse, spirit, good versus evil, mysterious death, vengeance, haunted by the past, missing child, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, torture, murder, destiny, police detective, illness, technology, ghost, elevator, photograph, fear ...
Time: 2000s, year 2003, future, 80s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: japan, asia
Keyword: retrospective, candy

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Most similar movies to One Missed Call

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspense, psychological and suspenseful films with plots about ghost, supernatural, danger, deadly, supernatural horror, murder and supernatural power mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like One Missed Call: The Ring (2002), Oculus (2013), Scream 2 (1997), Hell House LLC (2015), Ring (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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One Missed Call (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan, Germany, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, creepy, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, hospital, investigation, uncover truth, cowardice, friendship, delusion, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability, spirit ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 373K
The Ring (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: It sounded like just another urban legend: A videotape filled with nightmarish images, leading to a phone call foretelling the viewer's death in exactly seven days. As a newspaper reporter, Rachel Keller was naturally skeptical of the story, ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, gloomy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, ghost, race against time, investigation, life is a bitch, death, supernatural horror, twists and turns, curse, macabre, journalist, female protagonist ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: seattle, astoria oregon, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.5
 139K
Oculus (2013)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, frightening, suspense ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, mirror, supernatural horror, danger, siblings relations, paranormal activity, ghost, insanity, brother sister relationship, demon, hallucination ...
Time: year 2013, year 2000, 2010s, year 2002, 2000s ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
 208K
Scream 2 (1997)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Two years after the terrifying events that occurred in Woodsboro, Sidney is now attending Windsor College in Cincinnati, and Gale Weathers' best selling book on Sidney's life has now been made into a major motion picture. When two college ...
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: serial killer, killer, college, serial murder, mystery killer, villain, strong female lead, blood, murder, psychopath, masked killer, whodunit ...
Time: 90s, year 1997, 20th century
Place: usa, ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
 6.4
 24K
Hell House LLC (2015)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.
Style: dark, spooky, disturbing, scary, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: found footage, haunted house, halloween, dark secret, supernatural, house, hanging, basement, mysterious death, group of friends, abandoned hotel, investigation ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 77K
Ring (1998)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, splatter, creepy ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: ghost, supernatural, investigation, macabre, curse, supernatural horror, urban legend, journalist, woman in danger, telephone call, danger, haunting ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, 20th century, 1950s
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large in the small town of Mill Valley for generations. It's in a mansion that young Sarah Bellows turns her tortured life and horrible secrets into a series of scary stories. These terrifying tales ...
Style: scary, enigmatic, spooky, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: halloween, urban legend, teenager, small town, monster, haunted house, murder, supernatural, ghost, scarecrow, fear, old dark house ...
Time: year 1968, 2010s, year 2019, 60s, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 89K
Audition (1999)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 115 min.
Story: Seven years after the death of his wife, company executive Aoyama is invited to sit in on auditions for an actress. Leafing through the resumés in advance, his eye is caught by Yamazaki Asami, a striking young woman with ballet training.
Style: psychological thriller, scary, disturbing, tense, dark ...
Plot: torture, femme fatale, psychopath, murder, sadism, macabre, revenge, serial killer, twists and turns, unsettling, violence, obsession ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Ju-on: The Curse (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 70 min.
Story: A teacher visits the house of one of his students after the boy goes missing, only to have a horrifying excuse for his absence from school.
Style: scary, disturbing, psychological, suspense, dark ...
Plot: curse, haunted house, supernatural, murder, afterlife, fear, brutality, grudge, investigation, danger, missing child, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 113K
Mirrors (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Romania, Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
Style: scary, demonic, suspenseful, psychological thriller, rough ...
Plot: supernatural, ghost, evil, demon, supernatural horror, mirror, twists and turns, investigation, possession, death, uncover truth, female nudity ...
Time: year 2008, 20th century, 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
One Missed Call 2 (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story: In Japan, the daycare teacher Kyoko Okudera is convinced by her colleague and friend Madoka to visit her boyfriend Naoto Sakurai in the restaurant where he works instead of studying as planned. When the owner Mr. Wang answers his daughter's ...
Style: psychological, scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, afterlife, curse, investigation, vengeance, journalism, danger, supernatural, teenage life, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, cell phone ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, taiwan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 5.3
 41K
The Messengers (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When the Solomons trade in the craziness of big-city life for the quiet of a North Dakota farm, little do they expect the nightmare that follows. Soon after arriving, teenage Jess (Kristen Stewart) and her younger brother see terrifying apparitions ...
Style: psychological, scary, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, date night, adult
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, murder, ghost, haunted, death threat, uncover truth, family in danger, haunted by the past, family problems, psychopath, family life ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: north dakota, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
One Missed Call 3: Final (2006)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan, South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Emiri, a timid high school girl, is bullied mercilessly by her classmates, but when her friend, Asuka, stands up for her, Asuka becomes the target of the bullying instead. Emiri, not wanting to be bullied again, avoids Asuka. Worn down, Asuka ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, woman in danger, teenage life, danger, high school, supernatural ability, bullying, supernatural horror, mobile phone, fright ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, busan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 7.4
 163K
The Orphanage (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage, intent on reopening it. Before long, her son starts to communicate with a new invisible friend.
Style: scary, twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, gothic horror ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, macabre, fear, missing child, death, afterlife, haunted by the past, tragic event, life is a bitch, orphan ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
Style: scary, psychological, disturbing, creepy, cult classic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: ghost, supernatural, haunted house, afterlife, social worker, panic, haunted by the past, family problems, woman in danger, investigation, haunted, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: year 2002, year 2000, 21st century
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
 5.9
 150K
The Grudge (2004)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: American nurse, Karen Davis moves to Tokyo and encounters a vengeful supernatural spirit known as The Grudge that often possesses its victims. When a series of horrifying and mysterious deaths occur – with the spirit passing its curse onto each ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, psychological, creepy, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: ghost, haunted house, supernatural, curse, gory, murder, imaginary, paranormal activity, medical, suicide, haunted, vengeance ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Reincarnation (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
Style: psychological, rough, suspenseful, scary, spooky ...
Audience: kids
Plot: supernatural, serial killer, ghost, mental institution, reincarnation, small town, haunted by the past, danger, vengeance, gory, grudge, twists and turns ...
Time: year 1970
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 5.4
 101K
The Ring Two (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Rachel Keller must prevent evil Samara from taking possession of her son's soul.
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, creepy, stylized ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, macabre, ghost, supernatural horror, evil child, nightmare, investigation, mental institution, family problems, supernatural ability, small town, scared ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: astoria oregon, oregon, usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Movie in collections
 7.0
 49K
Shutter (2004)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young photographer and his girlfriend discover mysterious shadows in their photographs after a tragic accident. They soon learn that you can not escape your past.
Style: scary, twist ending, dark, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: ghost, revenge, supernatural, nightmare, photograph, photographer, car accident, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, suicide, spirit, macabre, secret lover ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Ring 0: Birthday (2000)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Taking place thirty years before the events of Ringu, Ringu 0 provides the shocking background story of how the girl on the video became a deadly, vengeful spirit.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, split personality, ghost, curse, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, danger, mental illness, twists and turns, curses spells and rituals, a vision, gory ...
Time: 50s, 1920s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After a young, middle class couple moves into a suburban 'starter' tract house, they become increasingly disturbed by a presence that may or may not be somehow demonic but is certainly most active in the middle of the night. Especially ...
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, dark, demonic ...
Plot: haunted house, supernatural, paranormal activity, fear, ghost, macabre, panic, videotaping, demon, found footage, demonic possession, evil force ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: america, san diego california, usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 5.0
 51K
The Grudge 2 (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In Tokyo, a young woman is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister. The supernatural force, which fills a person with rage before spreading to its next victim, brings together a group of previously unrelated people who attempt ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural horror, supernatural, haunted house, curse, murder, good versus evil, demon, serial killer, investigation, danger, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: chicago, japan, asia, usa, pasadena california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.7
 35K
Dark Water (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
Style: psychological, splatter, suspenseful, disturbing, scary ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, haunted house, haunted, nightmare, haunted by the past, danger, losing-it hero, custody, parents and children, family problems, single parent ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Movie in collections
 4.6
 20K
The Grudge 3 (2009)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Jake, the sole survivor of The Grudge 2 massacre, is tortured by chilling visions of Kayako and Toshio that have led to his hospitalization. Jake's caretaker, Dr. Sullivan is determined to investigate his horrifying tales. She explores his ...
Style: slasher, suspense, suspenseful, intense, stylized ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, curse, demonic possession, haunted house, murder, runaway, serial killer, investigation, profanity, curses spells and rituals, haunted by the past ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan, chicago, asia, usa, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.9
 15K
The Ring 2 (1999)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: While investigating the horrifying death of her boyfriend, Mai Takano (Miki Nakatani) learns about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a disturbing girl named Sadako, which kills anyone who watches it exactly one week later. When her boyfriend’s ...
Style: scary, surprise ending, splatter, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: curse, ghost, supernatural power, psychic, evil child, revenge, supernatural, vengeance, good versus evil, extreme, videotaping, myth ...
Time: 90s
Place: japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.8
 278K
Sinister (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, investigation, evil force, paranormal activity, writer's life ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 60s, year 1966 ...
Place: pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.1
 101K
Dead Silence (2007)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Jamie returns to his hometown in search of answers to his wife's murder, which occurred after receiving a weird package containing a ventriloquist dummy named Billy, which may be linked to the legend of ventriloquist Mary Shaw. Destined to find ...
Style: scary, twist ending, gothic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: ghost, doll, supernatural, macabre, murder, ventriloquist, small town, clown, investigation, urban legend, danger, uncover truth ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.9
 15K
Noroi (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba."
Style: scary, disturbing, tense, serious, spooky ...
Audience: date night
Plot: found footage, curse, investigation, disappearance, demon, fear, slow burn, journalist, danger, supernatural, uncover truth, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 2000s, 70s, 21st century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo, kyoto japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.1
 5K
Phone (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Soon after Ji-won gets a new cell phone, her friend's young daughter, Yeong-ju, puts it to her ear and immediately begins screaming in terror. When other strange things start happening in connection with the phone, Ji-Won does some ...
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, journalism, phone terror, telephone call, evil spirit, haunted by the past, obsession, investigation, teenage life, danger, vengeance ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.1
 4K
Three (2002)
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand
Duration: 140 min.
Story: Memories: A woman wakes up on a street without memory. A husband cannot remember why his wife left him. The woman wanders the streets trying to contact the only phone number she has on her. The husband see's her ghost in his apartment and ...
Style: anthology, psychological, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: doll, uncover truth, supernatural, missing person, haunted by the past, life is a bitch, danger, ghost, losing-it hero, curses spells and rituals, memory loss, husband wife relationship ...
Place: japan, china, asia, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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