Movies like Yoroï
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Yoroï (2025)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
After a gruelling final tour, Aurélien decides to settle in Japan with his wife Nanako, who is pregnant with their first child. As the young couple move into a traditional house in the Japanese countryside, Aurélien discovers an ancient suit of armour in a well, which is about to awaken strange creatures known as Yokaïs.
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, tension, psychological horror, melancholic, art house, grim, intercultural, moody
Plot:
youkai, supernatural, macabre, folklore, samurai, ghost story, haunted house, superstition, creature feature, isolation, family drama, slow burn, survival, pregnancy, marriage, visceral, intimate, arthouse horror, language barrier, armor
Place:
japan
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Most similar movies to Yoroï
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out atmospheric, suspense, melancholic and tension films with plots about isolation, supernatural, slow burn, survival, haunting, investigation and macabre mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Comedy genres. Some movies like Yoroï: Litoral (2008), Mandira (2024), The Woman with Red Boots (1974), Perumani (2024), The Marsh (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Chile
Duration: 240 min.
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Story:
Litoral is a four-part 2008 Chilean film written and directed by Raúl Ruiz.
Style:
atmospheric, dark, mysterious, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
ghost ship, supernatural, haunting, macabre, folk horror, island, isolation, island life, moral ambiguity, slow burn, sister, storytelling ...
Place:
chile, south america
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a single women and her boy friend reach in a small town, she begins to discover her connection to a ghost and the secret legacy her grandfather left behind
Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, tension, suspense, melancholic ...
Plot:
ghost, small town, supernatural, haunted house, female protagonist, macabre, investigation, inheritance, intimate, supernatural romance, isolation, folklore ...
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An elderly millionaire manipulates an avant-garde writer and a happily married man.
Style:
surreal, sex comedy, avant garde, art house, dark ...
Plot:
chess, surrealism, manipulation, deception, seduction, femme fatale, memory, a vision, psychological manipulation, betrayal, obsession, symbolism ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When a mysterious stranger turns up at a remote village, superstitious locals begin to suspect he is a mythological figure. Meanwhile, rumours swirl about an unfaithful bride-to-be.
Style:
suspense, atmospheric, tension, melancholic
Plot:
superstition, myth, outsider, folklore, isolation
Similarity:
71%
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224
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two social outcasts in 19th century Eastern Europe, Alexandre and Ulysse, become friends and settle down to live alone on the edge of a marsh that is reputedly haunted by demons, monsters and goblins. These two men have been outcasts all their ...
Style:
sinister, bleak, suspense, tension, gothic ...
Plot:
demon, village, monster, swamp, friendship, prejudice, superstition, outsider, misfit, witch hunt, haunted, folklore ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: India
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Things go awry when a haunted mansion is opened as a tourist attraction by Aghathiyan leading to the unraveling of the dark history behind the mansion's previous occupant.
Style:
grim, suspenseful, gothic, psychological horror
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, dark past, revenge, investigation, slow burn, family tragedy, superstition, isolation, secrets, occult ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: South Korea
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brothers Jae-pil and Sang-gu move into their dream rustic-style house in the woods. When unwanted visitors arrive and awaken a sealed evil spirit in the basement, a dark aura begins to envelop the house.
Style:
creepy, suspense, tension, sinister, psychological horror ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, house, evil spirit, good versus evil, possession, basement, secrets, occult, slow burn, home invasion, survival ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The films revolves Around three main characters, out of which one character is a groovily ghost, with deathly emotions, wanting and waiting to bleed the victim, but the other characters are not aware. The soul is embalmed around the farm house and ...
Style:
psychological horror, suspense, tension, twist ending, atmospheric ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost story, haunting, ghost, farmhouse, death, isolation, revenge, danger, female ghost, secrets, victimization ...
Similarity:
57%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Argentina
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Lucia arrives to Buenos Aires with a mission, take care of a Hungarian filmmaker invited to present his film at the Buenos Aires Independent Film Festival. Lucia meets Pablo, who introduces himself as the angel of prestigious film director Béla ...
Style:
independent film, art house, atmospheric, melancholic, poetic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, male protagonist, obsession, intimate, film history, urban, friendship, nostalgia, road trip, language barrier, odd couple, list ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
An art-house comedy about an ordinary family running the unusual business of elf tourism and spiritual sessions. Their house is built around an elf stone, which is sacred to the wife Lara, who is blessed with a sixth sense. When they get an offer to ...
Style:
art house, surreal, reflective, absurd, dark comedy ...
Plot:
elf, folklore, family drama, spiritualism, ethical dilemma, tourism, supernatural, temptation, intimate, bittersweet, satire, small town ...
Place:
iceland
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Iceland
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A hapless guy from the city visits an isolated Icelandic seaside settlement. He gradually realizes that the seals are not what they seem, and that two of the inhabitants are magicians, vieing for the favour of a mysterious woman. Liberated from a ...
Style:
surreal, art house, existential, atmospheric, absurd ...
Plot:
glacier, magic realism, isolation, secrets, metaphysics, folklore, macabre, supernatural, loneliness, haunting, pastor, winter ...
Time:
80s
Place:
iceland, scandinavia
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Trapped in a time loop, a museum curator relives the day everything goes wrong and must navigate beyond her perfect life to break free.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, atmospheric, psychological horror, existential ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time loop, locked in, female protagonist, museum, haunting, survival, isolation, nightmare, self discovery, introspection, claustrophobia, puzzle ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
An archeologist noticed that the texture of the relics discovered during the excavation of a glacier closely resembled a jade pendant seen in one of his dreams. He and his team then embark on an expedition into the depths of the glacier.
Style:
serious, tense, suspense, sinister, tension ...
Plot:
glacier, discovery, relic, expedition, archaeology, dream, ice, exploration, legend, haunting, survival, supernatural ...
Similarity:
50%
414
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
In a medieval Dutch village, a young woman is caught between her faith, fanatic townsfolk and the dark forces lurking in the woods.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, mysterious, atmospheric, grim ...
Plot:
folk horror, religious fanaticism, medieval, superstition, mistrust, macabre, unsettling, oppression, witchcraft, supernatural, persecution, female protagonist ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After the death of there child a couple go to stay in an island home. The woman starts to hear the noise of a baby crying and is followed by an old blind women who warns her to get out of of the house before it is too late.
Style:
psychological horror, suspense, sinister, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
grief, family tragedy, island, haunting, mourning, loss, supernatural, isolation, guilt, ghost, female protagonist, paranormal activity ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Iraq
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Hayat, a 12-year-old strong-willed girl, lives in a poor fishing village governed by dark tradition, in which every family must give away a daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters near by. In turn, the sea creatures are hunted by the ...
Style:
allegory, melancholic, grim, atmospheric, art house ...
Plot:
ritual sacrifice, folk horror, female protagonist, sea, symbolism, oppression, dystopia, patriarchy, survival, isolation, escape, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The Trinethri idol, created and commissioned during the 15th century to be a beautiful goddess, turned out to be a people destroying evil. Its indestructible nature continues its journey to the present day, affecting numerous lives.
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, mythical ...
Plot:
idol, curse, artifact, supernatural, folklore, superstition, temple, fear, possession, destiny, investigation, obsession ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
43%
163
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Sara, a young archaeology student, organizes an expedition to La Mora Cave. Guided by Yabey, Sara and her four friends, discover a hidden Taíno tribe, believed to be extinguished 500 years ago.
Style:
suspense, tension, atmospheric, independent film
Audience:
adult
Plot:
archaeology, inheritance, danger, exploration, survival, culture clash, conflict, nature, isolation, fear, extinction, native american ...
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Eleanor Crane goes to visit her uncle Peter in a remote Eastern European village, and receives an unexpectedly cold welcome from the villagers, who are plagued by a deadly curse - and from her uncle, who hides a deadly secret of ...
Style:
atmospheric, sinister, grim, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
werewolf, curse, supernatural, superstition, family secret, transformation, family drama, folk horror, survival, blood, teen angst, coming of age ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two ghosts, separated by time, who have roamed the grounds of a historic English mansion, searching for each other are brought together by Ally (LAURA PENNEYCARD), a photography student who is experiencing dreams she can't explain and Emmett ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, emotional, gothic, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunting, lost love, paranormal, spirit, macabre, english countryside, supernatural romance, nightmare, dream, memory ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A paranormal investigator based in Helsinki ventures to Kerala to probe a series of mysterious deaths during a reality TV show shoot and confronts an unspeakable entity from a Dravidian cult practice, lurking on a mysterious island.
Style:
psychological horror, intercultural, atmospheric, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
paranormal investigator, supernatural, island, folk horror, occult, investigation, isolation, macabre, slow burn, superstition, remote village, family secret ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The film is set in a flooded region in Kerala where a woman and her daughter-in-law attempt to bury a loved one. However, due to heavy floods, the burial is postponed. This delay brings long-buried secrets and lies to the surface, threatening the ...
Style:
tension, intense, melancholic, suspense, grim
Plot:
lie, family drama, family secret, loss, grief, betrayal, guilt, moral dilemma, confrontation, tradition, isolation, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Switzerland, Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
An esteemed piano tuner and repairer, Jacobo leads an apparently happy life with his wife, Helena. His serene existence is thrown into a state of confusion when insomnia creeps in, and pianos that previously repaired miraculously overnight remain ...
Style:
psychological thriller, atmospheric, art house, tense, tragicomedy ...
Plot:
hallucination, paranoia, madness, surrealism, domestic drama, insomnia, alternate reality, isolation, character study, betrayal, existentialism, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When an old card game comes to life, a family jumps back in time to a medieval village where they must unmask werewolves to secure their return home.
Style:
semi serious, captivating, suspense, period piece, tension ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
werewolf, medieval, travel, whodunit, magical creature, countryside, creature, village, supernatural, children, teamwork, siblings ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Currently in post-production. Plot unknown. Unknown plot.
Style:
existential, emotional, independent film, melancholic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family drama, father son relationship, single father, intimacy, wildlife, isolation, slow burn, chaos, animal attack, identity, survival, haunting ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The ghost of a samurai's wife takes revenge on her husband.
Style:
creepy, classic horror, atmospheric, psychological horror, jidai geki ...
Plot:
samurai, vengeance, ghost, revenge, haunting, supernatural, murder, guilt, tragedy, feudal japan, blood, obsession ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Three children force a classmate to a test of courage to get into their group. During the test, which consists in finding a skull in an abandoned church, the child is swallowed by a chasm that opens on the church floor. The other kids, who had ...
Style:
suspenseful, tension, grim, fun
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, exploration, underground, darkness, danger, survival, skull, macabre, abandoned church, claustrophobia, isolation, haunting ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Siblings Elsa and Franck used to be close, but everything changed when Franck’s space mission went awry. Three years have passed since his mysterious disappearance, and 23-year-old Elsa is having trouble moving on with her life. One day, an ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, atmospheric, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
sibling relationship, female protagonist, disappearance, alien contact, space mission, moral dilemma, family drama, identity, trauma, isolation, bittersweet, intimate ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
35%
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:
34%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
Story:
Firefly Marsh is a fog-enshrouded corner of the world, steeped in mystery. Stories of what lurks in the dark waters date back to Indian lore. But could Firefly Marsh really hide a prehistoric creature like the one in Loch Ness? Twelve year-old ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, mysterious, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
monster, legend, lake monster, nostalgia, coming of age, creature feature, small town, fog, folklore, swamp, haunting, investigation ...
Similarity:
34%
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