Movies like Gozu
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Gozu (2003)
12K
Original name: 極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 GOZU
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, enigmatic, psychedelic, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, splatter, mind blowing ...
Plot:
yakuza, gangsters, surrealism, obsession, murder, nightmare, hitman, mission of murder, mental illness, twists and turns, psychology, cult, violent, hotel, suspense, mafia, body horror, demon, dark humor, death, male nudity, paranoia, exploitation, catastrophe, cyberpunk ...
Time:
contemporary
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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Most similar movies to Gozu
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out weird, enigmatic, suspenseful and disturbing films with plots about insanity, storytelling, macabre, suspense, visceral, violence and obsession mostly in Thriller, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like Gozu: The Cure (1997), Ichi the Killer (2001), Dead or Alive (1999), Suicide Club (2001), Audition (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, scary, tense, enigmatic ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, investigation, amnesia, hallucination, hypnosis, interrogation, murder mystery, mind control, stranger, psychosis, police detective ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, okinawa japan
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
Style:
disturbing, rough, controversial, bloody, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
yakuza, violence, organized crime, massacre, torture, rage, insanity, gangsters, psychopath, gang, sadism, murderer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
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50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Ryūichi and his small gang of Triad vie for control of the Japanese underworld in a crime-ridden Shinjuku quarter while Detective Jojima tries to bring it down. Jojima attempts to start a gang war between the Triad and yakuza. Ryūichi and Jojima ...
Style:
disturbing, brutal, serious, suspenseful, controversial ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, yakuza, massacre, drugs, brutality, gratuitous violence, insanity, contests and competitions, mafia, stripper, violence, exploitation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, taiwan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When 54 high school girls throw themselves in front of a subway train it appears to be only the beginning of a string of suicides around the country. Does the new all-girl group Desert have anything to do with it? Detective Kuroda tries to find the ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, disturbing, atmospheric, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicide, cult, conspiracy, death, police investigation, violent, surrealism, high school, brutality, macabre, hacker, student ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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84K
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:
scary, disturbing, tense, bloody, surreal ...
Plot:
torture, femme fatale, macabre, psychopath, murder, twists and turns, sadism, revenge, suspense, serial killer, obsession, violence ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
In the questionable town of Deer Meadow, Washington, FBI Agent Desmond inexplicably disappears while hunting for the man who murdered a teen girl. The killer is never apprehended, and, after experiencing dark visions and supernatural encounters, ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, mind bending, psychedelic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, investigation, serial killer, murder, small town life, small town, incest, mental illness, hallucination, supernatural, rape, double life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1988, 80s, year 1989
Place:
washington state, canada, philadelphia, portland oregon
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38%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in Tokyo's booming Japanese-Portuguese community and seeks passage from the country from a Russian ...
Style:
disturbing, harsh, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gangsters, gang, organized crime, love triangle, lovers on the run, hitman, chase, master criminal, rivalry, drug dealing, martial arts, violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, brazil, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A recently released patient from a mental institution returns home with her sister, only to face disturbing events between her stepmother and the ghosts haunting their house- all of which are connected to a dark past in the family's history.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, surreal, scary, mind bending ...
Plot:
mental illness, ghost, suicide, twists and turns, nightmare, losing-it hero, death, haunted house, tragedy, suspense, children, guilt ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
korea, asia, south korea, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Movie in collections
204K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, disturbing, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, voyeurism, small town, sex, sexual obsession, kidnapping, serial killer, rape, postmodernism, suburbs, sexual perversion, eccentricity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
18K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Borgman is the central character of this dark, malevolent fable. Is he a dream or a demon, a twisted allegory or an all-too-real embodiment of our fears? Borgman is a sinister arrival in the sealed-off streets of modern suburbia. His presence ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
nightmare, dog, mysterious character, dishonesty, family relations, good versus evil, manipulation, hidden identity, life turned upside down, supernatural, family problems, terrorizing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Films like Irreversible
16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A father who is a failed former television reporter tries to mount a documentary about violence and sex among youths. He proceeds to have sex with his daughter who is now a prostitute, and films his son being humiliated and hit by classmates. ...
Style:
disturbing, surreal, psychological, rough, controversial ...
Plot:
rape, incest, dysfunctional family, sexual abuse, father daughter incest, heroin, breast feeding, macabre, sex, obsession, violent, necrophilia ...
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
14K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Film archivist David and his wife are perfectly happy or so he believes. When a looming secret shatters their marriage at the same time as a turn-of-the-century film reel he is studying reveals their house to be the site of a 1902 multiple-murder, ...
Style:
scary, psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, suspense, murder, investigation, obsession, protagonist as suspect, cheating, husband wife relationship, tragedy, depression ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
19K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, slasher, surreal ...
Plot:
murder, twins, police, neighbor, suspense, hallucination, model, bakery, birthday, restaurant, twin sister, macabre ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
tokyo, new york, usa, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Horror
Country: Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
“Three” is an anthology of three horror shorts from three different Asian countries.In "Dumplings" an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties; however, ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, psychological, suspenseful, surreal ...
Plot:
cannibalism, murder, suspense, healing power, macabre, spouse in danger, violent, vengeance, betrayal, jealousy, guilt, torture ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, china, hong kong, korea, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the ...
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychedelic, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
surrealism, circus, serial killer, revenge, cult, psychology, art, magic realism, insanity, macabre, funeral, clown ...
Time:
80s
Place:
mexico city, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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146K
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgangers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Style:
surreal, neo noir, mind bending, atmospheric, confusing ...
Plot:
insanity, surrealism, murder, time loop, doppelganger, hallucination, transformation, graphic violence, erotica, macabre, psychology, art ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, plymouth
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and ...
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, psychological, disturbing, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, monster, obsession, insanity, macabre, occult, hysteria, demon, supernatural, serial killer, existentialism, infidelity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
berlin germany, germany, west berlin west germany, poland, east germany ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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:
scary, atmospheric, psychological, splatter, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, nightmare, haunted by the past, losing-it hero, family problems, custody, parents and children, single parent, macabre, isolation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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40K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
While doing a thesis about violence, Ángela finds a snuff video where a girl is tortured until death. Soon she discovers that the girl was a former student in her faculty...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, scary, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, suspense, macabre, investigation, violent, voyeurism, death, twists and turns, videotaping, loser, research ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
spain, iberian peninsula, madrid
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, atmospheric, talky, bleak ...
Plot:
murder, gangsters, assassination, friendship, hitman, betrayal, art, forgery, loneliness, police investigation, good versus evil, race against time ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1976
Place:
paris france, germany, new york, hamburg germany, texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Movies similar to Mulholland Drive
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is ...
Style:
scary, twist ending, dark, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot:
dinner party, suicide, obsession, conspiracy, suspense, suspicion, cult, deception, old friend, insanity, vengeance, survival ...
Place:
los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
199K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, Spain, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.
Style:
surreal, psychological, twist ending, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
doppelganger, infidelity, symbolism, paranoia, mental illness, nightmare, suspense, surrealism, obsession, spider, disturbed individual, twists and turns ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a small town in Japan, Kirie comes upon her boyfriend's father silently videotaping a snail. Later, the mans obsession with spirals becomes more and more bizarre, ending in his suicide in a washing machine which turn his body into a spiral. ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, surreal, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, obsession, small town, surrealism, insanity, transformation, curse, curses spells and rituals, body horror, macabre, cult, cosmic horror ...
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
36K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A lonely waitress with a tragic past, Agnes rooms in a run-down motel, living in fear of her abusive, recently paroled ex-husband. But when Agnes begins a tentative romance with Peter, an eccentric, nervous drifter, she starts to feel hopeful again ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, mind bending, scary ...
Plot:
paranoia, insanity, conspiracy theory, mental illness, psychology, psychosis, obsession, macabre, addiction, suspense, couples, losing-it hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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:
scary, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suspense, ghost, supernatural, split personality, curse, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, twists and turns, mental illness, a vision, curses spells and rituals, death ...
Time:
1920s, 50s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Style:
psychological, bleak, surreal, disturbing, enigmatic ...
Plot:
mental illness, childhood trauma, murder, haunted by the past, paranoia, psychology, insanity, twists and turns, psychopath, misfit, mental patient, suspense ...
Time:
50s, 21st century
Place:
london, canada, europe, east end london, united kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk film by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto produced by Japan Home Video. This, his third film, is an extremely graphic but also strikingly-filmed fantasy shot in the same low-budget, ...
Style:
surreal, disturbing, psychotronic, experimental, splatter ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, body horror, surrealism, transformation, very little dialogue, distopia, metamorphosis, sex, hit and run, businessman, apocalypse, macabre ...
Time:
80s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In medieval times, on a remote plain, a widow and her mother-in-law kill wandering samurai, put their bodies in a hole in the ground and sell their armour and valuables, until the daughter-in-law falls in love with one of their intended victims.
Style:
atmospheric, scary, surreal, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
samurai, murder, swamp, macabre, demon, sex, witch, vengeance, survival, suspense, tokugawa shogunate, pagan ...
Time:
14th century, middle ages
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
A proud strip club owner is forced to come to terms with himself as a man, when his gambling addiction gets him in hot water with the mob, who offer him only one alternative.
Style:
neo noir, art house, atmospheric, cerebral, cynical ...
Plot:
gangsters, gambling, murder, nightclub, mafia, gambling debt, female nudity, hitman, strip club, crime gone awry, paranoid, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
psychological, surreal, neo noir, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, hallucination, hollywood, alternate reality, obsession, nightmare, doppelganger, lesbian sex, filmmaking ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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