Movies like The Ring
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The Ring (2002)
400K
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, suspense, creepy, suspenseful, gloomy, frightening, surprise ending, twist ending, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, life is a bitch, supernatural horror, death, twists and turns, urban legend, female protagonist, danger, investigation, curse, paranormal phenomena, journalist, telephone call, plot twist, race against time, parents and children, family problems, tragic event, terror, violent, water, hair, vengeful ghost, female journalist ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
seattle, astoria oregon, washington state, 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 scary, suspense, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about supernatural, death, danger, macabre, supernatural horror, ghost and storytelling mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Ring: Ring (1998), The Grudge (2004), Dark Water (2005), Shutter (2004), One Missed Call (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
85K
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:
atmospheric, suspenseful, gothic, sexy, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, investigation, telephone call, fear, macabre, cursed object, supernatural, violent, urban legend, female protagonist, woman in danger, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century, 1950s, 50s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
105K
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, frightening, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, ghost, evil child, supernatural horror, investigation, family problems, supernatural ability, small town, scared, spell, creepy kid ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
astoria oregon, usa, seattle, oregon
Similarity:
83%
157K
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:
suspenseful, scary, psychological, atmospheric, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, murder, gory, curse, imaginary, macabre, scared, vengeance, death, medical ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
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, creepy, dark, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
supernatural horror, ghost, haunted, imaginary friend, mother daughter relationship, divorce, haunted house, spirit, fear, evil child, starting over, danger ...
Time:
year 2000, 70s, year 1974, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, seattle, washington state ...
Similarity:
100%
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53K
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, atmospheric, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, ghost, supernatural horror, photographer, supernatural, car accident, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, suicide, secret lover, spirit, darkroom, blood ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Germany
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, suspense, slasher, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, supernatural horror, investigation, uncover truth, cowardice, delusion, friendship, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, spirit, serial killer ...
Time:
year 2008, future, 21st century
Similarity:
88%
99K
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, disturbing, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, demon, supernatural horror, social worker, creepy child, child abuse, macabre, twists and turns, uncover truth, mysterious character, mental institution ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
94%
16K
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, splatter, psychological, art house, horror comedy ...
Plot:
curse, ghost, supernatural power, revenge, evil child, cursed, spell, good versus evil, vengeance, supernatural, extreme, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
616K
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, suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, paranormal investigation, fear, witch, danger, supernatural horror, possession, doll, investigation ...
Time:
year 2013, 70s, year 2000, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
Similarity:
83%
313K
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, creepy, tense, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, evil force, writer's life, surprising revelation, family in danger ...
Time:
2010s, year 2000, year 1966, year 1986, year 1979 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, california, missouri ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.
Style:
scary, dark, creepy, demonic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demonic possession, demon, child in peril, ghost, fear, psychic, family in danger, paranormal investigation, haunting, possession ...
Time:
70s, year 2016, 2010s, 2000s, year 2003 ...
Place:
england, peru, london
Similarity:
100%
170K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, Mexico, France, Belgium
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:
twist ending, scary, surprise ending, psychological, gothic ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, twists and turns, macabre, fear, haunted, death, missing child, tragic event, haunted by the past, imaginary friend ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain
Similarity:
80%
108K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, 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, dark, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
ghost, doll, ventriloquist, macabre, small town, clown, investigation, supernatural horror, puppet, supernatural, plot twist, danger ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In 1988, evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time when an invisible entity resides in their home.
Style:
creepy, demonic, tense, suspenseful, horrifying ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, paranormal activity, found footage, haunted house, supernatural horror, haunting, paranormal phenomena, demon, child in peril, monster, haunted ...
Time:
80s, year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, year 1988 ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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:
atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
telephone call, macabre, death, urban legend, supernatural, child abuse, hospital, spirit, good versus evil, vengeance, haunted by the past, supernatural ability ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
67%
19K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway, USA
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, bleak, serious ...
Plot:
cursed object, death, ghost, curse, photograph, death of friend, teenager, supernatural, mind game, photography, photographer, blood ...
Time:
70s, year 1974
Similarity:
100%
276K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, 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, suspense ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, killer child, serial killer, evil child, female psychopath, fear, mysterious character, creepy child, children, parents and children, family in danger ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
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, suspense, bad ending, dark, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, witch, supernatural horror, autopsy, morgue, witchcraft, nudity, mutilation, corpse, dead woman, supernatural power, mysterious death ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
new england, salem massachusetts, london
Similarity:
73%
Movie in collections
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:
disturbing, dark, scary, suspenseful, cult horror ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
curse, haunted house, supernatural, murder, grudge, investigation, danger, missing child, curses spells and rituals, cursed, extreme, gory ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
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, mind bending, atmospheric, psychological, creepy ...
Plot:
urban legend, hallucination, warning, psychic, death of wife, twists and turns, nightmare, supernatural power, telephone call, fantasy world, destiny, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 20th century, 70s
Place:
west virginia, washington d.c., pittsburgh, ecuador, virginia ...
Similarity:
100%
312K
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, suspense, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, isolation, fear, hotel, stephen king, survival, trapped, evil, insanity, confined ...
Time:
year 2007, y2k, 15th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, california, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
67%
364K
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, atmospheric, twist ending, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demon, fear, afterlife, nightmare, paranormal activity, boy, psychic, danger, evil spirit, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, year 2000, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
america, usa
Similarity:
60%
41K
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Trapped within an eerie mist, the residents of Antonio Bay have become the unwitting victims of a horrifying vengeance. One hundred years earlier, a ship carrying lepers was purposely lured onto the rocky coastline and sank, drowning all aboard. Now ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, slasher, scary, classic horror ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
small town, ghost, fog, vengeance, death, ship, prophecy, supernatural, betrayal, island, justice, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2005, 19th century, 2000s, 1870s, 21st century
Place:
california, oregon, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
182K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
Style:
mysterious, psychedelic, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
aging, vacation, time, island, rapid aging, island prison, ocean, family vacation, mortality, corpse, race against time, disease ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During a weekend getaway to Joshua Tree, a group of teenagers find themselves under mental and physical assault from a supernatural entity that mimics their appearances as it completes an ancient ritual.
Style:
twist ending, scary, suspenseful, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
curse, creature, supernatural, brother brother relationship, demon, weekend getaway, halloween, monster, desert, isolation, survival, mutation ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
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:
disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
curse, ghost, split personality, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, danger, twists and turns, a vision, curses spells and rituals, gory, cursed, extreme ...
Time:
1920s, 50s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, psychological, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, demon, supernatural horror, paranormal activity, ghost, nightmare comes true, possession, fear, boy, serial killer, psychic ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, 80s, year 1986 ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.
Style:
scary, demonic, atmospheric, suspenseful, satanic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, twins, afterlife, possession, demonic possession, supernatural horror, brutality, insect, death, masked killer, ghost, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Tokyo, a young woman is exposed to the same mysterious curse that afflicted her sister. The supernatural force, which fills a person with rage before spreading to its next victim, brings together a group of previously unrelated people who attempt ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, curse, good versus evil, supernatural horror, demon, investigation, serial killer, danger, twists and turns, scared, hospital ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, japan, usa, asia, illinois ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A mysterious and vengeful spirit marks and pursues anybody who dares enter the house in which it resides.
Style:
scary, psychological, cult classic, atmospheric, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, afterlife, vengeance, investigation, social worker, panic, haunted by the past, halloween, family problems, woman in danger ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
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