Movies like Extraordinary Tales

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Extraordinary Tales (2013)
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Extraordinary Tales (2013)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: An animated anthology of 5 stories adapted from Edgar Allan Poe.
Style: anthology, enigmatic, captivating, gothic, disturbing, thought provoking, scary, suspense, dark, gothic horror ...
Plot: cemetery, edgar allan poe, writers, storytelling, old mansion, death, hypnosis, trippy, dying, literary, plague, prisoner, murder, mansion, raven, paranoia, old dark house, voice over narration, ghost, experiment, illness, crazy, tomb, death sentence, dismemberment ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times

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Most similar movies to Extraordinary Tales

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, suspense, disturbing and captivating films with plots about murder, death, nightmare, supernatural, violence, surrealism and supernatural power mostly in Animation, Horror and Mystery genres. Some movies like Extraordinary Tales: Fear(s) of the Dark (2007), Kuso (2017), When Black Birds Fly (2015), The House (2022), Investigation 13 (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Fear(s) of the Dark (2007)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Several scary black-and-white animated segments in different styles appeal to our fear(s) of the dark.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, anthology, adult animation, suspenseful ...
Plot: nightmare, ghost, monster, cowardice, danger, dangerous animal, nightmare comes true, bestiality, couples, dangerous attraction, body horror, fear ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 4.9
 2K
Kuso (2017)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Broadcasting through a makeshift network of discarded televisions, this story is tangled up in the aftermath of Los Angeles's worst earthquake nightmare. Travel between screens and aftershocks into the twisted lives of the survived.
Style: disturbing, anthology, semi serious, enigmatic, satirical ...
Plot: body horror, extreme, earthquake, satire, distopia, mental disorder, arthouse horror, blaxploitation, hypnosis, supernatural power, surrealism, excrement ...
Time: 2010s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
When Black Birds Fly (2015)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Heaven is a beautiful, clean suburban paradise as long as they follow one simple rule: DO NOT communicate with "The Evil One" that dwells on the other side of a giant wall that circles the town. One day after chasing one he discovers a ...
Style: disturbing, psychedelic, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: surrealism, underground, bird, worship, school, distopia, body horror, city, society, social misfits, faith, supernatural horror ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
H.P. Lovecraft's The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories (2007)
Genre: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
Story: In the bleak, disturbing and suspenseful universe of H.P. Lovecraft, endless horrors await. From ravaging cannibals to ancient rituals come to life, there's no escape for these hapless souls, whether they come across the Danwich outskirts or ...
Style: lovecraft, suspense, gothic horror, captivating, mystical ...
Plot: old man, supernatural horror, mysticism, cosmic horror, university professor, stop motion, puppet animation, old house, flame
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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 6.8
 22K
The House (2022)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Across different eras, a poor family, an anxious developer and a fed-up landlady become tied to the same mysterious house in this animated dark comedy.
Style: surreal, adult animation, anthology, dark comedy, experimental ...
Plot: stop motion, country house, surrealism, house, generation, anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic mouse, family home, old dark house, isolated house, cartoon mouse, virus ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (2015)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain, Japan
Duration: 76 min.
Story: Birdboy and his animal friends plan their escape from an ecologically devastated island in this surreal, animated fantasy.
Style: suspense, gloomy, disturbing, psychological, captivating ...
Plot: nightmare, murder, pursuit, stranded, hallucination, escape, death, violence, monster, island, friends, anthropomorphic animal ...
Time: 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Investigation 13 (2019)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of students investigates the urban legend of the Mole Man, an ex-patient of the Black Grove Psychiatric Asylum who is thought to live within its walls.
Style: scary, bleak, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful
Plot: paranormal, paranormal phenomena, urban legend, college, escapades, friendship, killings, curses spells and rituals, legend, victim, chase, hunting ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Aragne: Sign of Vermillion (2018)
Genre: Animation
Country: Japan
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A young woman in a decaying apartment complex finds herself seeing worms and moths everywhere, bursting out of beetles, animals, and people, and sets out to find how this is related to a rash of murders across the city.
Style: anime, captivating, enigmatic, psychological, disturbing ...
Plot: murder, murder mystery, mysticism, female protagonist, investigation, crime solving, murder investigation, secret, uncover truth, survival
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Where The Dead Go to Die (2012)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A troubled group of children living on the same block are haunted by a talking dog named Labby who brings them on surreal hell-rides between different dimensions and time periods.
Style: disturbing, satanic, adult animation, brutal, bleak ...
Audience: adult
Plot: demon, surrealism, evil spirit, nightmare, extreme, violence, murder, manipulation, unsettling, trippy, violent, arthouse horror ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 7.2
 4K
Lunacy (2005)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Horror
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Loosely based on two short stories by Edgar Allan Poe and inspired by the works of the Marquis de Sade. In 19th century France a young man is plagued by nightmares in which he is dragged off to a madhouse. On the journey back from his mother’s ...
Style: surreal, atmospheric, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: mental institution, psychopath, mental illness, blasphemy, doctors and patients, danger, society, social misfits, haunted by the past, curses spells and rituals, gory, sexual abuse ...
Place: czechoslovakia, europe, czech republic
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 6.8
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The Apostle (2012)
Genre: Animation, Horror
Country: Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A prisoner recently escaped from prison tries to recover the loot he hid a few years earlier in a remote and secluded village, but what there is is a sentence worse than jail. Claims elderly, strange disappearances, spirits, a peculiar priest and to ...
Style: suspense, atmospheric, captivating, suspenseful, adult animation ...
Plot: stop motion, village, curses spells and rituals, social relations, danger, imaginary, escapades, obsessive quest, surrealism, legend, folklore, halloween ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: spain, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
The Pied Piper (1986)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Czechoslovakia, West Germany
Duration: 55 min.
Story: A darkly brilliant stop-motion adaptation of The Pied Piper of Hamelin about a plague of rats that punish townsfolk corrupt with greed. One of Czechoslovakia's most ambitious animation projects of the 1980s, notable for its unusual dark art ...
Style: fairy tale, expressionism, surreal, experimental, anime ...
Plot: stop motion, magic realism, folklore, nightmare, rat, arthouse horror, children, greed, money, part animation, puppet animation, no dialogue
Time: year 1986, medieval times
Place: czechoslovakia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Ao Oni The Animation (2017)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 67 min.
Story: Based on the horror game Ao Oni by noprops. Five members of the cultural anthropology club at an old western-style school are trying to come up with ideas for their presentation at the school's culture festival, when they find a collection of ...
Style: anime, suspenseful, tense, suspense, psychological
Plot: game, demon, haunted house, uncover truth, school, notoriety, murder, supernatural, evil force, paranormal activity, ghost, curse ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
The Garden of Sinners: Remaining Sense of Pain (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
Story: July 1998 - After a group of delinquents is found dead in their hangout place with all their limbs twisted and torn off, Aozaki Touko receives a request to find the murderer and asks Shiki for help. The main suspect is Asagami Fujino; a girl who was ...
Style: anime, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Plot: crime scene, male victim, private detective, investigation, supernatural, paranormal investigation, crime investigation, wizards and magicians, supernatural power, magic, mature, porn ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Corpse Party: Tortured Souls (2013)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Heavenly Host Elementary School is a legendary elementary school for ghost stories due to its mysterious past. It was torn down following the murders and disappearances of several of its staff and students and now another school called Kisaragi ...
Style: anime, dark, scary, sadistic, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens
Plot: ghost, brutality, dark past, death, supernatural, curse, murder, survival, corpse, violence, demon, danger ...
Place: japan, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 6.6
 36
The Garden (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
Story: After a silent, masked individual encounters a man with a television for an arm; horror, euphoria and madness ensue.
Style: experimental, scary, tense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: art, nightmare, filmmaking, surrealism, television, student, fear, killings, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, deadly creature, characters in danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
The Feast of Amrita (2023)
Genre: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Story: The story will center on a high school girl named Tamahi, who encounters strange creatures while navigating a gigantic apartment building.
Style: dark fantasy, anime, tense, captivating, exciting ...
Plot: supernatural being, schoolgirl, survival, teenage girl, teenage boy, supernatural horror, teenage protagonist, supernatural, supernatural power, suicide, teenager, gore
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Ajin Part 1: Shoudou (2015)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story: For high schooler Kei—and for at least forty-six others—immortality comes as the nastiest surprise ever. Sadly for Kei, such a feat doesn't make him a superhero. In the eyes of both the general public and governments, he's a rare ...
Style: anime, adult anime, scary, tense, suspense ...
Plot: immortality, teacher, girl, soldier, boy, military, experiment, betrayal, medical experiment, chase, teenager, friend ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Thriller Restaurant (2010)
Genre: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: At the spooky western styled mansion turned restaurant "Thriller Restaurant," Kuroka and Ryu disappear. After their disappearance others start to disappear at the restaurant. Rumors soon start that the devil himself is responsible for the ...
Style: bleak, humorous, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Audience: horror for children
Plot: missing person, restaurant, ghost, teenage girl, teenager, paranormal investigator, ghost story, escapades, rescue, curses spells and rituals, paranormal phenomena, supernatural power ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
It's Such a Beautiful Day (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
Story: Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche, in this new feature film version of Don Hertzfeldt's animated short film trilogy.
Style: philosophical, surreal, adult animation, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot: surrealism, illness, mental health, mental illness, narration, dark humor, nightmare, hospital, divorced parents, loneliness, life & death, existentialism ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.6
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Monster House (2006)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
Style: scary, dark, 3d animation, computer animated, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, girls' night, family outing, toddlers ...
Plot: halloween, haunted house, suburbs, supernatural, children, ghost, neighbor, monster, old dark house, human versus monster, friendship, holiday ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: At the Queen’s request, Ciel and the demon butler Sebastian host an extravagant dinner party for the who’s who of the London underground. But an evening that begins with the promise of unmatched elegance quickly spirals into mayhem when their ...
Style: anime, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: investigation, murder investigation, murder, secret, unsolved crime, killings, high society, uncover truth, killing spree, serial murder, murder mystery, writers ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Constantine: The House of Mystery (2022)
Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
Story: John Constantine wakes up in the eerie House of Mystery with no recollection of how he got there. Fortunately, Zatanna and his friends are all there. Unfortunately, they have a bad habit of turning into demons and ripping him to shreds, over and ...
Style: disturbing, entertaining, captivating, dark fantasy, interactive
Plot: supernatural ability, supernatural power, mysticism, occult, magician, supernatural, paranormal investigation, wizard, trap, puzzle, investigation, black magic ...
Time: 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Night of the Animated Dead (2021)
Genre: Animation, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: An animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.
Style: adult animation, anime, suspense, surprise ending, psychotronic ...
Plot: mutation, zombie, apocalypse, epidemic, mutant, blonde, radiation, house, car theft, dead body, rural setting, bare butt ...
Time: 60s
Place: usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1 (2007)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min.
Story: August 1995: Mikiya first meets Shiki in a white kimono during a snowing day. Later on, at the high school freshmen ceremony, Mikiya sees Shiki in the crowd and chases after her, introducing himself to her. But Shiki hides a big secret: A wave of ...
Style: anime, captivating, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot: murder, boy girl relationship, murder mystery, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, school, secret, classmate classmate relationship, relationships, schoolgirl, classmate, mature, porn ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
Genre: Animation, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard. When the unholy artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, its glimpse of Heaven ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, suspense, anime ...
Audience: teens
Plot: outer space, alien monster, deadly creature, imaginary, danger, violence, infection, survival horror, spacecraft, body horror, self sacrifice, zombie ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Graveyard Kitaro (2008)
Genre: Animation, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Kitarō is a yōkai boy born in a cemetery, and aside from his mostly-decayed father, the last living member of the Ghost tribe. He is missing his left eye, but his hair usually covers the empty socket. He fights for peace between humans and yōkai, ...
Style: anime, gothic horror, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, evil spirit, supernatural power, vengeful ghost, paranormal activity, ghost, mysticism, curse, youkai
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Garden of Sinners: Paradox Spiral (2008)
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In the middle of October 1998, Enjou Tomoe is attacked by bullies from his old school and saved by Ryougi Shiki. He asks her to hide him at her place and admits that he killed someone. Several days after the incident there are still no broadcasts ...
Style: anime, disturbing, psychotronic, manga, suspense ...
Plot: supernatural, psychopath, danger, surrealism, sociopath, teenage boy, murder, flash forward, mature, porn, yin and yang, news report ...
Place: big ben london, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Night of the Headless Horseman (1999)
Genre: Animation, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 63 min.
Story: The teacher Ichabod Crane arrives at Sleepy Hollow town and immediately falls in love with Katrina Van Tassel. Ichabold is intelligent, but weak and coward, and he finds a competitor, the strong Brom Bones that has been wooing Katrina for a long ...
Style: computer animated
Plot: halloween, headless horseman, horseman, school teacher, ghost, nightmare, dark and stormy night, legend, decapitation
Time: 1810s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 7.8
 63K
Loving Vincent (2017)
Genre: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Poland, UK, USA, Switzerland, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The film brings the paintings of Vincent van Gogh to life to tell his remarkable story. Every one of the 65,000 frames of the film is an oil-painting hand-painted by 125 professional oil-painters who travelled from all across the world to the Loving ...
Style: adult animation, thought provoking, artsy, sincere, visually stunning ...
Plot: painter, art, painting, artist, genius, obsession, suicide, art history, skill, investigation, mental illness, friendship ...
Time: 19th century, year 2017, ancient times, 2010s, year 1990
Place: france, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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