Movies like The Ring
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The Ring (2002)
357K
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, until four teenagers all met with mysterious deaths exactly one week after watching just such a tape. Allowing her investigative curiosity to get the better of her, Rachel tracks down the video... and watches it. Now she has just seven days to unravel the mystery of the Ring.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, twist ending, psychological, gloomy, disturbing, dark, surprise ending, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, suspense, twists and turns, race against time, death, urban legend, investigation, life is a bitch, macabre, female protagonist, parents and children, uncover truth, curse, paranormal phenomena, family relations, family problems, child in peril, tragic event, fear, supernatural horror, mysterious death, water, hair, mysterious girl ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
seattle, fictional island, seattle washington
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Most similar movies to The Ring
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, psychological, scary and atmospheric films with plots about ghost, macabre, supernatural, suspense, storytelling, death and dialogue mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Ring: Ring (1998), The Grudge (2004), Sinister (2012), Case 39 (2009), The Conjuring (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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72K
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, scary, atmospheric, disturbing, frightening ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, investigation, suspense, urban legend, macabre, cult, journalist, curse, woman in danger, vengeance, violent ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, psychological, stylized, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, ghost, suspense, nightmare, evil child, investigation, mental institution, family problems, supernatural ability, small town, supernatural horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
147K
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, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, curse, murder, macabre, suspense, suicide, paranormal activity, vengeance, death, demon ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
260K
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, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, suspense, fear, murder, supernatural horror, investigation, evil force, writer's life, paranormal activity, children ...
Time:
year 2012, year 2011, year 1966, year 1979, year 1998 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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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, sexy ...
Plot:
curse, ghost, supernatural power, psychic, revenge, supernatural, vengeance, good versus evil, multiple storylines, redemption, police investigation, runaway ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like The Conjuring
89K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In her many years as a social worker, Emily Jenkins believes she has seen it all, until she meets 10-year-old Lilith and the girl's cruel parents. Emily's worst fears are confirmed when the parents try to harm the child, and so Emily ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, gloomy, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, supernatural horror, social worker, mysterious character, demon, child abuse, uncover truth, twists and turns, murder, mental institution, evil force ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
519K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.
Style:
scary, dark, atmospheric, suspenseful, frightening ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, paranormal investigation, witch, fear, exorcism, paranormal, supernatural horror, investigation, house, psychic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1971, year 1968, 60s ...
Place:
rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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:
scary, suspenseful, slasher, psychological, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, suspense, supernatural, death, destiny, hospital, asthma, investigation, uncover truth, cowardice, friendship, delusion ...
Time:
future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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158K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico
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, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, fear, macabre, missing child, death, tragic event, twists and turns, afterlife, orphanage, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. She is currently in midst of divorce proceedings and the apartment, though near an excellent school for her daughter, is all she can afford. ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, dark ...
Plot:
ghost, imaginary friend, haunted house, suspense, supernatural horror, divorce, supernatural, mother daughter relationship, fear, paranoia, starting over, haunted by the past ...
Time:
70s, year 1974, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, manhattan new york city, new york, usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like The Visit
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, macabre, supernatural, murder, ventriloquist, small town, investigation, twists and turns, clown, uncover truth, homecoming ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
46K
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, surprise ending, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
ghost, revenge, supernatural, nightmare, car accident, secret lover, photographer, macabre, suspense, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, suicide, dark past ...
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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, atmospheric, dark, psychological ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
curse, haunted house, supernatural, suspense, murder, afterlife, fear, brutality, grudge, missing child, investigation, ghost ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.
Style:
scary, enigmatic, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, suicide, suspense, twists and turns, forest, haunted house, missing person, destiny, sisters, hallucination, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, mount fuji, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A college-age brother and sister get more than they bargained for on their road trip home from spring break. When the bickering siblings witness a creepy truck driver tossing body bags into a sewer near an abandoned church, they investigate. Bad ...
Style:
scary, slasher, disturbing, suspenseful, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, supernatural, macabre, demon, death, serial killer, scarecrow, torture, suspense, characters murdered one by one, chase, road trip ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Saw similar movies
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 ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, disturbing, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
macabre, hospital, death, urban legend, supernatural, child abuse, spirit, good versus evil, mysterious death, ghost, vengeance, haunted by the past ...
Time:
future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Father and son coroners receive a mysterious unidentified corpse with no apparent cause of death. As they attempt to examine the beautiful young "Jane Doe," they discover increasingly bizarre clues that hold the key to her terrifying ...
Style:
scary, dark, bad ending, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
supernatural, witch, suspense, supernatural horror, morgue, autopsy, witchcraft, corpse, demon, mutilation, dead woman, twists and turns ...
Place:
london, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Romania, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Based on the true events of the only case in US History where a spirit caused the death of a man.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, psychological, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, haunted by the past, rape, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, curse, sexual abuse, death, chase, redemption, suspense, flashback ...
Time:
19th century, year 2006, 2000s, 1810s
Place:
tennessee, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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13K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After witnessing a horrific and traumatic event, Julia Lund, a graduate student in psychology, gradually comes to the realization that everything which scared her as a child could be real. And what's worse, it might be coming back to get her..
Style:
scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, nightmare, demon, suicide, haunted by the past, mind game, supernatural ability, fear, psychology, suspense, child in peril ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
279K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A man who specializes in debunking paranormal occurrences checks into the fabled room 1408 in the Dolphin Hotel. Soon after settling in, he confronts genuine terror.
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, confusing, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, suspense, hotel, haunted house, supernatural, isolation, fear, survival, evil, insanity, trapped, writers ...
Time:
15th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Films like The Autopsy of Jane Doe
315K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A family discovers that dark spirits have invaded their home after their son inexplicably falls into an endless sleep. When they reach out to a professional for help, they learn things are a lot more personal than they thought.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, twist ending, frightening, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, fear, nightmare, ghost, demon, afterlife, evil spirit, paranormal activity, macabre, nightmare comes true, boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A crew from a paranormal reality television show lock themselves in a haunted psychiatric hospital. They search for evidence of paranormal activity as they shoot what ends up becoming their final episode.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, intense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
found footage, ghost, haunted house, supernatural, paranormal, paranormal investigation, claustrophobia, mental institution, suspense, abandoned hospital, monster, maze ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
Style:
scary, atmospheric, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
twists and turns, urban legend, conspiracy, suspense, death of wife, reporter, supernatural, investigation, hallucination, warning, psychic, ghost ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
west virginia, washington d.c., usa, ohio, ecuador ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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236K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple with a rocky past adopt 9-year old, Esther to fill the void created by a recently-stillborn baby. However, Esther is not quite who she seems.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
orphan, suspense, adoption, killer child, murder, twists and turns, female psychopath, mysterious character, parents and children, fear, serial killer, family in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
15K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Norway, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
High school loner Bird Fitcher has no idea what dark secrets are tied to the mysterious Polaroid vintage camera she stumbles upon, but it doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken meet a tragic end. Bird and her ...
Style:
dark, disturbing, suspenseful, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
teenager, curse, ghost, death, death of friend, supernatural, cursed object, terror, freak, monster, suspense, undead ...
Time:
70s, year 1974
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Orphan similar movies
115K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Canada, Spain
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory ...
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, gothic, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, serial killer, supernatural, investigation, murder, psychiatrist, insanity, mental institution, mind game, hospital, crazy, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
David Callaway tries to piece together his life in the wake of his wife's suicide and has been left to raise his nine-year-old daughter, Emily on his own. David is at first amused to discover that Emily has created an imaginary friend named ...
Style:
surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
imaginary friend, suspense, plot twist, split personality, twists and turns, psychologist, mental illness, haunted by the past, ghost, murder, single father, serial killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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100%
109K
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, tense, suspenseful, rough, bad ending ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, evil, twists and turns, mirror, supernatural horror, investigation, demon, death, disappearance, uncover truth, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pennsylvania, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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 ⇓
50%
133K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When Rebecca left home, she thought she left her childhood fears behind. Growing up, she was never really sure of what was and wasn’t real when the lights went out…and now her little brother, Martin, is experiencing the same unexplained and ...
Style:
scary, dark, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, mental illness, macabre, supernatural, monster, darkness, paranormal, child in peril, mental institution, haunted house, depression, violence ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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