Movies like The Ring
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The Ring (2002)
373K
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, suspenseful, gloomy, dark, frightening, twist ending, disturbing, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, race against time, investigation, life is a bitch, death, supernatural horror, twists and turns, curse, macabre, journalist, female protagonist, parents and children, danger, uncover truth, urban legend, paranormal phenomena, family relations, mysterious death, family problems, child in peril, tragic event, fear, telephone call, supernatural power ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
seattle, astoria oregon, fictional island, seattle washington
Keyword:
reboot, dreams, disgust, superior, stable, challenge, music video
Most similar movies to The Ring
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, suspense and atmospheric films with plots about supernatural, ghost, danger, supernatural horror, supernatural power, paranormal and haunting mostly in Horror, Mystery and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Ring: Ring (1998), The Grudge (2004), Shutter (2004), Case 39 (2009), Dark Water (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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101K
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, suspense, psychological, creepy, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, macabre, ghost, supernatural horror, evil child, nightmare, investigation, mental institution, family problems, supernatural ability, small town, scared ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
astoria oregon, oregon, usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
77K
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, atmospheric, disturbing, splatter, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, investigation, macabre, curse, supernatural horror, urban legend, journalist, woman in danger, telephone call, danger, haunting ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
150K
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, creepy, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, curse, gory, murder, imaginary, paranormal activity, medical, suicide, haunted, vengeance ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, east asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
49K
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, dark, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
ghost, revenge, supernatural, nightmare, photograph, photographer, car accident, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, suicide, spirit, macabre, secret lover ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
93K
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 ...
Plot:
supernatural, evil child, demon, social worker, supernatural horror, twists and turns, child abuse, creepy child, uncover truth, mental institution, mysterious character, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
oregon, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like The Conjuring
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, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, creepy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
ghost, supernatural horror, imaginary friend, haunted, divorce, mother daughter relationship, spirit, supernatural, fear, danger, starting over, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2000, 70s, year 1974, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, creepy, slasher ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, hospital, investigation, uncover truth, cowardice, friendship, delusion, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability, spirit ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
278K
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, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, ghost, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, investigation, evil force, paranormal activity, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 60s, year 1966 ...
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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, disturbing ...
Plot:
curse, ghost, supernatural power, psychic, evil child, revenge, supernatural, vengeance, good versus evil, extreme, videotaping, myth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
551K
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:
family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, exorcism, witch, paranormal investigation, fear, possession, psychic, paranormal, haunting, supernatural horror ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 70s, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place:
rhode island, new england, connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Orphan similar movies
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, psychological, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
curse, haunted house, supernatural, murder, afterlife, fear, brutality, grudge, investigation, danger, missing child, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
163K
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:
scary, twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, gothic horror ...
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, macabre, fear, missing child, death, afterlife, haunted by the past, tragic event, life is a bitch, orphan ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, y2k, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
101K
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, supernatural, macabre, murder, ventriloquist, small town, clown, investigation, urban legend, danger, uncover truth ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
macabre, telephone call, hospital, urban legend, death, supernatural, child abuse, spirit, good versus evil, mysterious death, vengeance, haunted by the past ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
250K
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:
scary, psychological, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
adoption, orphan, killer child, murder, serial killer, fear, female psychopath, mysterious character, twists and turns, family in danger, insanity, murderer ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, estonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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As Above, So Below similar movies
16K
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:
curse, teenager, ghost, death, death of friend, supernatural, mind game, photograph, photography, blood, photographer, cursed object ...
Time:
70s, year 1974
⇓ 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, suspenseful, enigmatic, dark, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, suicide, twists and turns, missing person, sisters, haunted house, hallucination, woods, mental illness, forest, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
japan, mount fuji, tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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, suspenseful, atmospheric, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, demonic possession, paranormal investigation, demon, single mother, supernatural horror, psychic, fear, child in peril, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
70s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1976, year 1977 ...
Place:
england, peru, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
293K
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, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, hotel, fear, stephen king, isolation, survival, trapped, evil, insanity, writers ...
Time:
year 2007, y2k, 15th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, usa, manhattan new york city, new york state ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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, dark, bad ending, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, witch, supernatural horror, autopsy, morgue, demon, witchcraft, corpse, dead woman, mutilation, supernatural power, murder ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
salem massachusetts, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Films like The Others
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:
suspense, tense, demonic, suspenseful, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
paranormal activity, macabre, supernatural, found footage, ghost, haunted house, haunting, child in peril, witch, monster, demon, supernatural horror ...
Time:
80s, year 2011, 2010s, year 2000, year 1988 ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
337K
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, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, haunted house, macabre, nightmare, fear, ghost, afterlife, demon, evil spirit, nightmare comes true, paranormal activity, psychic ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, year 2011, year 2000, 2000s ...
Place:
america, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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:
slasher, scary, disturbing, dark, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, macabre, supernatural, serial killer, demon, chase, scarecrow, dead teenager, deadly creature, characters murdered one by one, scared, death ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
39K
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:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, slasher, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, ghost, fog, supernatural, island, betrayal, death, justice, prophecy, danger, haunted by the past, disaster ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
california, usa, oregon
⇓ 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:
psychological, enigmatic, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
urban legend, psychic, conspiracy, twists and turns, death of wife, reporter, supernatural, supernatural power, investigation, hallucination, warning, angel ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2002, 20th century, 70s
Place:
west virginia, pittsburgh, virginia, washington d.c., usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Strangers similar movies
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:
suspense, scary, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, split personality, ghost, curse, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, danger, mental illness, twists and turns, curses spells and rituals, a vision, gory ...
Time:
50s, 1920s
Place:
japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A family is terrorized by demonic forces after moving into a home that was the site of a grisly mass-murder.
Style:
scary, demonic, suspenseful, suspense, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
haunted house, ghost, supernatural, supernatural horror, murder, danger, death, paranormal activity, domestic disturbance, family in danger, gory, paranormal ...
Time:
year 2005, year 2000, 70s, 21st century
Place:
wisconsin, long island, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, brutal, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, haunted house, murder, evil child, burned alive, nightmare, investigation, deputy, ghost child, abusive husband, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2016, 21st century
Place:
usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
14K
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, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, suspense ...
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural horror, demon, nightmare, suicide, haunted by the past, mind game, danger, supernatural ability, fear, psychology, child in peril ...
Time:
year 2002
⇓ 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, suspense, demonic, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, afterlife, ghost, supernatural horror, demonic possession, uncover truth, possession, twins, death, insect, woman in danger, brutality ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2009
Place:
middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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