Movies like Soul 2019
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Soul (2019)
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Original name: Roh
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Cut off from civilisation, a single mother puts her children on high alert when they bring home a young girl caked in clay. She tells of spirits and spirit hunters, but these are not mere superstitions. As more strangers show up on her doorstep, she quickly finds another reason to fear the forest.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, sinister, tension, creepy, psychological, psychedelic, dark fantasy
Plot:
folk horror, haunting, supernatural, macabre, isolation, creepy child, single mother, female protagonist, possession, protective parent, slow burn, occult, claustrophobia, family drama, mourning, moral ambiguity, ghost, family relations, girl, terror
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Most similar movies to Soul
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, atmospheric, tense and creepy films with plots about supernatural, isolation, haunting, slow burn, occult, ghost and possession mostly in Horror, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Soul: The Accursed (2021), Debi (2018), The Moor (2023), Starve Acre (2023), Inferno (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Hana spends twenty years suppressing a maleficent curse that was placed upon her bloodline, only to have a family member knowingly release it forcing her to kill or to be killed.
Style:
suspense, tense, mystical, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
curse, family curse, supernatural, female protagonist, cursed, witchcraft, murder, family relations, supernatural horror, mysticism, betrayal, paranormal ...
Place:
balkan
Similarity:
95%
5K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Bangladesh
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A girl with extraordinary powers goes to a psychiatrist for a solution. Debi: Misir Ali Prothombar or simply Debi is a 2018 Bangladeshi supernatural thriller film based on Humayun Ahmed's novel of the same name. It is directed by Anam Biswas, ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, suspense, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
paranormal, supernatural, female protagonist, investigation, trauma, psychiatry, adaptation, macabre, character study, ghost, occult, haunting ...
Place:
bangladesh
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Claire is approached by the father of her murdered childhood friend to help investigate the haunted moor he believes is his son's final resting place.
Style:
atmospheric, dark, psychological horror, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
folk horror, supernatural, isolation, grieving father, macabre, fog, loneliness, revelation, childhood trauma, paranormal, investigation, ghost ...
Place:
yorkshire
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.
Style:
psychological horror, captivating, tense, suspenseful, thrilling ...
Plot:
folk horror, supernatural, countryside, family drama, demonic possession, dysfunctional family, obsession, possessed human, life is a bitch, possessed, family relations, occult ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Satomi is a research student who travels to northern Japan seeking reported olden Christian relics. On the island of Hokkaido and in a village, odd deeds are occurring. As such, she bands together with another researcher and locals to uncover the ...
Style:
atmospheric, dark, psychological, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, paranormal, occult, unsettling, folk horror, macabre, isolation, investigation, haunting, island, possession, slow burn ...
Place:
hokkaido
Similarity:
81%
49
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
An evil supernatural presence terrorizes the locals of a small town.
Style:
creepy, sinister, dark, demonic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, small town, found footage, paranormal, unsettling, haunting, isolation, possession, ghost, occult, nightmare, confrontation ...
Similarity:
81%
3K
Genre: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A family acquires a villa at a discounted rate, unaware of its dark history. Strange occurrences unveil a sinister connection to their past. Bravely facing the malevolent forces, they fight to break the curse.
Style:
sinister, dark, creepy, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, curse, supernatural, haunted house, villa, old mansion, haunting, struggle for survival, family drama, investigation, isolation, bravery ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Hunting Souls is the story of an American couple who are dealing with the hardships of caring for their sick child. They discover that they are being hunted by a demon.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspenseful, captivating, mystical ...
Plot:
demon, sick child, supernatural, child, parents, ghost, haunting, child in peril, mysticism, supernatural horror, family in danger, family drama ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two disparate young women working for a company that conducts euthanasia are dispatched to a remote estate to perform a custom assisted-suicide ritual, but unwittingly summon the wraiths of a Death Cult that once inhabited the property.
Style:
suspense, bleak, dark, rough, scary ...
Plot:
ritual, haunting, missing person, death, ghost, supernatural, suicide, isolation, occult, macabre, claustrophobia, moral dilemma ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Upon the death of her grandfather, a woman and her husband return to her birthplace in Germany's Black Forest, only to find a terrifying secret awaits them.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family secret, ritual, cabin in the woods, inheritance, confronting the past, dark secret, folk horror, demi god, supernatural, macabre, folklore, mythology ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
74%
300
Genre: Horror
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A ghost horror about single mother and nurse Natalie who falls mysteriously ill and struggles to stop her family from being destroyed.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, mystical ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, single mother, paranormal activity, paranormal, possession, paranormal phenomena, female protagonist, mysticism, supernatural horror, secret, single parent ...
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Sweden
Story:
Tore Forsman is an old man, most people would call strange or even mad. He lives in an old house in the countryside. All his life he has kept something locked and sealed under his house.
Style:
lovecraft, suspense, psychological, creepy, tension ...
Plot:
secrets, isolation, macabre, haunting, ghost, supernatural, loneliness, revelation, old man, slow burn, journey, countryside ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, Nigeria
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ashionye, a reluctant Nigerian Shaman living in the south of England, who has been hired by an old family friend, Isioma Williams, to investigate and expel a malevolent spirit that has been tormenting her family after the death of her estranged ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological horror, suspense, intercultural, grim ...
Plot:
supernatural, folk horror, family secret, female protagonist, ghost, trauma, exorcism, spirituality, demonic possession, haunting, african diaspora, cultural conflict ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Horror
Country: Turkey
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Due to financial problems, Yilmaz family moves in their grandmother Saadet's house. But Saadet is not living alone as known. Saadet's old house, which is also a tomb of her deceased husband, is inhabited by beings from another dimension. ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense, mystical ...
Plot:
supernatural, possession, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, haunted house, paranormal phenomena, dysfunctional family, mysticism, paranormal, family problems, financial problem, macabre ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
When a girl was brutally kicked out of her village by throwing stones at her head, she died and turned into a ghost that imposed vengeance on subsequent generations.
Style:
sinister, creepy, dark, intense, suspense ...
Plot:
revenge, ghost, supernatural, folk horror, haunting, macabre, female protagonist, superstition, isolation, social injustice, female antagonist, witch hunt ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A recently widowed writer rents a haunted house in which to write his latest novel and is soon beset by the various ghosts in the house bent on claiming him as their next victim.
Style:
suspense, tension, dark, supernatural thriller, creepy ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, macabre, supernatural, haunting, fear, old mansion, paranormal, terror, spirit, alone, isolation ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
From horror master Chuck Russell, a cursed Witchboard awakens dark forces, dragging a young couple into a deadly game of possession, deception, and supernatural terror in New Orleans.
Style:
suspense, creepy, demonic, tension, southern gothic ...
Plot:
witchcraft, occult, supernatural, haunted, paranormal, fear, possession, cursed object, ouija, voodoo, seance, deception ...
Time:
17th century
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
58%
2K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young woman tries to find her origins after having been abandoned as an infant at a cemetery wrapped in a cloth with satanic symbols, but as she gets closer to answers a malevolent spirit is telling her to leave.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, female protagonist, supernatural horror, abandoned baby, abandoned, supernatural, satanist, secret, undercover, obsessive quest, identity, occult ...
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A family move into an abandoned orphanage and they soon learn that their new home has a disturbing history and that they aren't alone…
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, captivating, scary, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, paranormal, family relations, orphanage, supernatural, children's home, abandoned house, apparition, curses spells and rituals, house, haunting ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The story of Adèle, a youg woman who’s literally haunted by the death of her husband, killed in a trench during World War One. Desperate and unable to face this tragic loss, Adèle turns to black magic in the hope to bring her lover back. The ...
Style:
suspenseful, creepy, psychological horror, thrilling, captivating ...
Plot:
black magic, grief, death, mourning, supernatural, tragic love, psychological torment, occult ritual, loss of family member, bereavement, loss of husband, loss of spouse ...
Time:
1910s
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Horror
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four young people start investigating urban legends in Jakarta. Not satisfied with their findings, they head for a more challenging phenomenon situated at Angkerbatu, West Java. One of them brings a ouija board-type toy called "Jelangkung" ...
Style:
creepy, dark, atmospheric, tension, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, paranormal investigation, macabre, possession, urban legend, occult, investigation, superstition, folk horror, ouija, ritual ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.
Style:
psychological horror, supernatural thriller, suspense, sinister, tension ...
Plot:
ritual, mother daughter relationship, supernatural, loss, grief, resurrection, desperation, occult, trauma, mourning, family drama, mysterious stranger ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Three teenagers learn of their true "changeling" nature and their uncertain, intertwined destinies after attending a secret summer rave in the woods.
Style:
dark fantasy, atmospheric, creepy, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
supernatural, good versus evil, paranormal, fae, macabre, folklore, rescue mission, mythology, heroes, urban, haunting, possession ...
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Spain, Argentina, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Andrea, in search of her biological family, feels stalked by an invisible threat. Other women before them have suffered the same fate. Twenty years earlier, on the other side of the world, Camille, fascinated by Marie, tries to warn her of a threat ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, sinister, suspense, ambiguous ending ...
Plot:
male pubic hair, male nudity, supernatural horror, stalking, supernatural, slow burn, haunting, family drama, moral ambiguity, possession, obsession, investigation ...
Time:
2020s, 90s
Place:
madrid, brussels belgium
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A ghost walking tour group visits an abandoned radio station, inadvertently awakening a vengeful spirit.
Style:
suspense, tense, atmospheric, intense, psychological ...
Plot:
ghost, haunted, supernatural, paranormal, abandoned building, fear, darkness, urban legend, terror, claustrophobia, isolation, panic ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A psychologist's 10-year-old patient claims she's being menaced by unseen forces after her parents were killed in a car accident. What's more bizarre? The psychologist has seen these symptoms before, in a former patient who ...
Style:
serious, psychological, bleak, suspenseful, psychological horror ...
Plot:
able to see the dead, supernatural, ghost, missing person, child in peril, death in the family, orphan, dealing with death, paranormal phenomena, missing girl, trauma, psychologist ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a man living alone in the woods saves the life of a young woman, they are forced to coexist. Chaos ensues when the woman makes a terrifying discovery in the woods behind the man's home and unleashes something truly haunting.
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural horror, vengeful ghost, secret, forest, problem, undercover, isolation, haunting, woods, paranormal, secrets ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Horror
Country: Turkey
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Yasemin, who lives with her sister Ayşe, has a beautiful relationship with her fiancé Ufuk. However, their happy life is shattered after Ayşe's nightmares come true. A spell cast by a sorcerer using infidel jinn causes certain entities from ...
Style:
tense, creepy, suspense, dark, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
djinn, black magic, supernatural, haunting, possession, curse, fear, occult, nightmare, paranoia, superstition, claustrophobia ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Da-kyung, a horror YouTuber desperate for views, uploads a video about the eerie urban legends surrounding Gwanglim Station—the site of the highest number of missing person cases in the country. The video goes viral overnight. Despite ...
Style:
creepy, tension, suspense, psychological horror, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
subway, urban legend, ghost, train station, supernatural, haunting, secret, investigation, urban, social media, revelation, obsession ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A Supernatural thriller that weaves a tale of darkness and suspense. The past will never stay hidden.
Style:
suspense, supernatural thriller, dark, terrifying, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, countryside, haunted house, paranormal, haunting, secrets, inheritance, ghost, isolation, family secret, desperation, revenge ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
47%
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