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The Witch (2025)
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Original name: 마녀
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
The story of a woman who is kicked out of her village and called a "witch" when the men that she likes get hurt or die, and a man who risks his life to try to save her from the law of death.
Style:
suspense, melancholic, detective
Plot:
loneliness, supernatural, witchcraft, outcast, sacrifice, female protagonist, forbidden love, tragedy, isolation, secrets, fatal attraction, fatalism, misogyny, rescue mission, suspicion, moral ambiguity, misunderstanding, small village, redemption, guilt, character study, social commentary, witch, ambiguity, translator ...
Time:
contemporary
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Most similar movies to The Witch
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, captivating, tense and psychological films and TV series with plots about moral ambiguity, female protagonist, revenge, investigation, redemption, betrayal and slow burn mostly in Romance, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like The Witch: Reverse (2017), Blanco's Widow (2006), Medium Detective Hisui Jozuka (2022), Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2013), Testimony of N (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
Kazuhisa Fukase graduated from a prestigious university, but he leads a boring life. His only strength is making delicious coffee. Whenever he makes coffee, he is reminded of his friend Yoshiki Hirosawa. He was friends with Yoshiki Hirosawa back in ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
japan
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Genre: Mystery, Romance
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 46 min.
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Story:
A mysterious woman arrives in the town of Trinidad looking for her past. After years of imprisonment for a crime she did not commit, the beautiful widow Alicia Guardiola returns to claim her twin boys, who are being raised by their grandmother, the ...
Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
latin america
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Hisui Jozuka can “see” the culprits with her clairvoyance, but this won’t hold up as evidence. Just how will she solve complex cases? “I have the ability to know the truth, but why am I so useless?” Hisui, with her green eyes, is in ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Romance
Country: China
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
What sacrifices will a woman make to recapture the heart of the man she loves? Set during the Tang Dynasty, a beautiful princess becomes disfigured after an accident. Princess Li Jing (Ying Er) then agrees to exchange her human heart with that of ...
Style:
exciting, touching, serious, entertaining, sentimental ...
Plot:
supernatural, love triangle, sacrifice, female protagonist, couples, love, male female relationship, relationships, love affair, couple relations, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fight ...
Place:
ancient china
Similarity:
89%
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Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Story:
University student Sugishita Nozomi, Naruse Shinji, Ando Nozomi and Nishizaki Masato end up coming upon the scene of the murder of the Noguchi couple, because of a plan they had devised. Nishizaki is arrested at the scene and is given a 10-year ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama, intense, psychological thriller, tense ...
Plot:
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Place:
japan
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 127 min.
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Story:
Gangster Kyung Tae goes down to Kanggu with a plan to develop an area of land. It's true he has come on business, however, he plans to go to see Moon Suk, the older sister of his deceased close friend, and her son, Kang Gu. Moon Suk is living ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, emotional, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Filmmaker Zhou Pin-yu interviews a serial killer in prison — an encounter that triggers a string of mysterious events tied to a buried past.
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, intense, psychological horror, atmospheric ...
Plot:
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130
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark drama, twisted ...
Plot:
girlfriend girlfriend relationship, self discovery, life is a bitch, girlfriend, family problems, female protagonist, women, problem, group of friends, introspection, friends, murder ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
84%
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
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Story:
When I was 17-years-old, Maria was a college student and worked as a private tutor. Her student was me. She left a last message to me, "when you graduate from college and become an adult, can you become my lover?," and then she ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
suspicion, problem, relationships, male female relationship, love affair, serial killer, suspect, murder mystery, murder suspect, tragic love, unrequited love, murderer ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
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Story:
Han Tae-Sang is a former gangster, but now a successful business man. He has a cold-blooded decisiveness and incredible drive. This helped him to attain his current status, as he started with nothing. He then meets a younger woman named Seo Mi-Do. ...
Style:
romantic drama, entertaining, light, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
seoul, korea
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
200-year-old Min Se Yeon has managed to conceal her immortality, up until she meets Lee Jung Hoon, a social worker she saves from a traffic accident. Despite her wizened age, Se Yeon is fresh, beautiful and forever in her prime, but with immortality ...
Style:
sentimental, disturbing, suspenseful, touching, romantic drama ...
Plot:
supernatural, interspecies romance, social worker, older woman younger man relationship, immortal, immortality, relationships, love affair, male female relationship, love and romance, couple relations, romantic relationship ...
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Mystery, Romance
Country: China
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Story:
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Style:
historical drama, costume drama, thrilling, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
china
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
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Story:
Mo Seok-hee is an only child and her father runs the large company MC Group. She is beautiful, smart and rich. Mo Seok-hee appears like she is arrogant, but she struggles over her mother’s death. Her mother was killed 15 years ago. Meanwhile, Heo ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, sincere, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, murder, corruption, heir, heiress, family drama, corporate corruption, family secret, murder mystery, cover up, investigation, power struggle ...
Place:
seoul
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
65%
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Country: USA
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Style:
psychological thriller, dark, tense, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
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Place:
dublin ireland
Similarity:
65%
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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seoul
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630
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
63%
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Story:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
63%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
62%
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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248
Genre: Romance
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
middle east
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
romantic drama, emotional, psychological, romantic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Place:
korea
Similarity:
53%
409
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
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Story:
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Style:
xianxia, emotional, melancholic, spectacular, suspense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A lawyer loses everything and moves into a low-budget apartment. Forming a supernatural connection with a mysterious woman was not part of the rental agreement.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
butterfly effect, time paradox, time warp, parallel world, lifestyle, undercover, mysterious girl, district attorney, doppelganger, secret, prosecutor, mysterious character ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Five beautiful but mysterious women move in with unsuccessful novelist Shin, who manages their odd household in exchange for a tidy monthly sum.
Style:
disturbing, captivating, psychological, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
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Story:
In a world of folklore and mysticism, a vengeful spirit and a devoted shaman cross paths, sparking a journey of love and redemption
Style:
historical drama, dark fantasy, suspense, grim
Plot:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Romance
Country: South Korea
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
korea
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Mystery
Country: USA, Iceland
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Story:
A dedicated investigator, she is being forced into early retirement and takes on a final cold case centered on a young Russian asylum seeker who died mysteriously one year prior.
Style:
suspense, tense
Plot:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A major newspaper has informally decided to employ a female university student. However, shock ripples within the newspaper because of a weekly magazine’s scoop that she is the daughter of the criminal in a serious case. This was the kidnapping of ...
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Plot:
kidnapping, investigation, newspaper, investigative reporter, child abduction, journalist, missing child, journalism, murder investigation, crime investigation, undercover, secret ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, History, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
historical drama, period piece, costume drama, suspenseful, emotional ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
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