Movies like The Ex 2021
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The Ex (2021)
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Original name: Бывшая
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story of how social networks and instant messengers are changing the life of a modern person. It has been several years since a 16-year-old teenager posted a photo of his girlfriend in the general chat, hoping to boast to friends. Now he has a happy adult life: work, friends, fiance Katya, who is about to become his wife. But the Internet makes you remember teenage love, after which a chain of inexplicable mystical events occurs with the future wife of a young man. The girl receives mysterious messages from her fiance's past. Because of them, her life turns into a nightmare.
Style:
scary, mystical, rough, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, spooky
Plot:
ghost, ex girlfriend, social network, murder, mysticism, haunted by the past, confronting the past, witch, teenager, hacker, monster, killer, twists and turns, revenge, supernatural, technology, bullying, deaf, hacking, fear, supernatural power, relationship problems, secrets, characters killed one by one, cyberspace ...
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Most similar movies to The Ex
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, scary and disturbing films with plots about supernatural, fear, murder, ghost, supernatural power, supernatural horror and terror mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Ex: Unfriended (2014), Nightmare Code (2014), Unfriended: Dark Web (2018), Hello Naan Pei Pesuren (2016), Corpse Party: Book of Shadows (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
While video chatting one night, six high school friends receive a Skype message from a classmate who killed herself exactly one year ago. A first they think it's a prank, but when the girl starts revealing the friends' darkest secrets, ...
Style:
scary, psychological, suspenseful, teen horror, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, internet, found footage, teenager, suicide, youth, ghost, cyberbullying, computer, social media, revenge, supernatural ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a programmer working on a top secret surveillance program snaps in a murderous rage, a notorious code wizard with problems of his own moves into the startup offices to figure out what went wrong and deliver the final product. But the deeper he ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, captivating, rough, psychological ...
Plot:
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43%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a 20-something finds a cache of hidden files on his new laptop, he and his friends are unwittingly thrust into the depths of the dark web. They soon discover someone has been watching their every move and will go to unimaginable lengths to ...
Style:
suspense, scary, slasher, saga, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
found footage, plot twist, hacking, characters killed one by one, sign language, dark web, facebook, murder, threat, secret society, hacker, cyberspace ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: India
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A thief steals the mobile phone of an accident victim not realising that her ghost now resides in the device.
Style:
mockumentary, slasher, suspense, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot:
thief, paranormal activity, killing, dark web, cryptocurrency, twists and turns, secrets, facebook, mission, no survivors, haunted, revenge ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Reality and fantasy begin to blur when a teenager, alone in her attic bedroom, immerses herself in a role-playing horror game online.
Style:
suspense, creepypasta, dark, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
teenager, role playing, characters murdered one by one, paranormal activity, internet, isolation, supernatural horror, supernatural, hacking, deaf, psychopath, serial killer ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
To bring back her dead friends, high school student Naomi (Rina Ikoma) goes back to the elementary school where a tragedy took place. She becomes involved in a new incident.
Style:
rough, psychological horror, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
school, great ending, paranormal activity, witch, terror, haunted, secret society, no survivors, twists and turns, secrets, serial killer, friend ...
Similarity:
37%
486
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
An anthology compiled from short horror films involving the internet.
Style:
anthology, tense, suspense, disturbing, slasher ...
Plot:
technology, hacking, killing, cryptocurrency, characters murdered one by one, paranormal activity, characters killed one by one, sadistic horror, supernatural horror, no survivors, dark web, supernatural ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A young man, Jason, decides to go to a remote village in Asia to meet Kate, whom he has been chatting with online for a while. But he becomes increasingly disturbed as he starts to find out Kate's secrets.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, bleak
Plot:
found footage, relationships, paranormal phenomena, forest, paranormal, possessed, possession, remote village, village, struggle for survival, dark secret, supernatural ...
Place:
china
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Directed by a different Matthew Price than the MAMO host, this film follows a team of programmers develop a revolutionary new dating app called Other Halves. On the night before the app is set to launch, they discover it causes strange side ...
Style:
rough, suspense, suspenseful, mockumentary, slasher ...
Plot:
technology, startup, female nudity, cryptocurrency, bullying, secret, serial killer, hacking, friend, killing, found footage, conspiracy ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Transfer student Mizuki Aonuma (Rina Sakuragi) is bullied mercilessly by classmate Aya (Eriko Nakamura) and others. Nevertheless, Mizuki is always able to maintain her calm composure. Kirie (Maika Shimamura), who has a passive character and is also ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, sincere, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
bullying, bully, schoolgirl, insanity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, insane, teenager, social problems, mockery, teenage girl, killing, technology ...
Similarity:
30%
138
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A provocative thriller that will surely raise the fear in you. Proving that no one, not even DEATH can separate us from the living. A story that conquers the old adage "till death do us part", Roman (Oyo Boy Sotto) dies in a car accident. ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, mystical
Plot:
ghost, death of boyfriend, revenge, relationship problems, paranormal activity, mysticism, relationships, couple relations, death threat, male female relationship, death, paranormal phenomena ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Horror
Country: India
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
When Ragini joined a new college, little did she know that she was entering a realm where horrors lurked around every corner. It's scary. It's a must watch.
Style:
suspense, captivating, disturbing, tense, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
college, sign language, mission, technology, friend, characters murdered one by one, supernatural, serial killer, cyberspace, twists and turns, terror, psychopath ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The quintessential couple, Ragini and Uday, set out to have a dirty weekend at a friend's farmhouse on the outskirts of Mumbai. The weekend getaway quickly changes gears as they find themselves in a house that has been rigged with cameras in ...
Style:
scary, psychotronic, mockumentary, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, found footage, supernatural power, murder, supernatural, voyeurism, supernatural ability, killing, peril, rescue, characters in danger, chase ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four years after five students mysteriously committed suicide after taking part in a courage test on the ghost bridge in Donghu university, a reporter and a cinematographer are back to that place and try to get everything clear.
Style:
suspense, rough, psychological thriller, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
cheerleader, ghost, urban legend, supernatural, investigation, death, trapped, dead, supernatural power, reporter, suicide, save the day ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young couple awakens a terrible force when they attempt to socialize their reclusive neighbor.
Style:
scary, psychotronic, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
paranormal, recluse, supernatural horror, supernatural power, house, couple relations, supernatural, characters in danger, ghost, violence, paranormal phenomena, death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
A young man slowly realizes that he has become the chosen target of an ominous supernatural presence. As he scrambles to stop it, he realizes there is more to this haunting than meets the eye.
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspense, rough, tense ...
Plot:
found footage, ghost, halloween, killer, supernatural horror, supernatural power, graphic violence, murder, fear, paranormal activity, blood, monster ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1965 Los Angeles, a widowed mother and her two daughters add a new stunt to bolster their séance scam business and unwittingly invite authentic evil into their home. When the youngest daughter is overtaken by the merciless spirit, this small ...
Style:
scary, dark, demonic, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural horror, demon, supernatural, ghost, occult, spiritualism, ouija board, ghost child, possession, exorcism, macabre, haunted house ...
Time:
year 2016, 60s, 20th century, year 1967, 70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
WE GO ON tells the story of one man's quest to find out if there is more out there after we die. Paralyzed by his fear of dying, Miles Grissom offers a cash reward to the first person who can show him a ghost, an angel, a demon anything that ...
Style:
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Plot:
ghost, supernatural, supernatural power, murder, cursed, pursuit, occult, parallel universe, spirituality, twists and turns, haunting, medium ...
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20%
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142
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Eugene, a man dealing with the tragedy of his family's death by living at the vacation cabin that they last stayed, discovers he's completely snowbound. During Eugene's desperate attempts to dig himself out, he discovers he's not ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twisted ...
Plot:
supernatural, danger, woods, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, fear, catholic priest, evil force, monster, terrorizing, creepy kid, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Indonesia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Ambar & Dika have just begun with a new chapter of life when years-old grudge of a malicious entity unfolds before their eyes. With a gift she unwillingly has, Ambar is now forced to finish the vengeance of the entity, a headless Dutch spirit, ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, mystical ...
Plot:
ghost, house, violence, terror, spirit, paranormal phenomena, supernatural horror, supernatural power, family in danger, seeing dead people, supernatural, woman in danger ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
November 11, 2011 -- four men with a video camera went to Hovrino's forest to make a movie about a ghost. Kirill Alex -- 1981 year of birth. Roman Mirniy -- 1981 year of birth. Anton Vaganov -- 1981 year of birth. Artem Varanov -- 1990 year ...
Style:
enigmatic, suspense, suspenseful, captivating, mystic ...
Plot:
found footage, supernatural, no survivors, forest, on the road, male friendship, friendship between men, group of friends, urban legend, ghost, human sacrifice, folk horror ...
Time:
year 2011
Place:
russia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A suburban teen girl and her little brother must stop a terrifying internet meme brought to life by the hysteria of their parents.
Style:
tense, captivating, thrilling, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural being, parents, evil, child abuse, symbolism, creature, monster, supernatural horror, social network, teenage life, mysticism ...
Similarity:
20%
258
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
While monitoring Internet traffic for the Department of Homeland Security, Agent Martin Takagi comes across the intimate video chats of a couple, temporarily living in different parts of the world, who begin to discover their new home is haunted.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, scary, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
internet, found footage, friends, paranormal, evil, fear, vengeance, ghost, paranormal phenomena, escapades, violence, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A mother desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch.
Style:
scary, mystical, suspense, demonic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
urban legend, evil spirit, haunted, supernatural, curse, mother daughter estrangement, mother daughter reunion, witch, abandoned house, teenage daughter, supernatural power, prank ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A paranormal investigator travels to the South to research a series of deaths connected to a supernatural curse haunting an old Louisiana family.
Style:
suspense, tense, scary, suspenseful, lovecraft ...
Plot:
found footage, paranormal, haunted house, supernatural power, murder, supernatural, death, violence, paranormal phenomena, occult, rescue, exorcism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana, new orleans
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When a deadly secret rots the mind of a grieving widower, the decision to work alone on a deserted island morphs into a terrifying race to save his sanity and his life.
Style:
captivating, tense, thrilling, disturbing, mystical ...
Plot:
supernatural, death, ghost, secret, evil spirit, vengeful ghost, remote island, mysticism, supernatural horror, paranormal phenomena, confronting the past, tragic past ...
Similarity:
19%
20K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A lonely young boy feels different from everyone else. Desperate for a friend, he seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy’s devices against him to break into our world, his parents ...
Style:
spooky, scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
imaginary friend, husband wife relationship, haunted house, autism, supernatural, child protagonist, monster, found footage, loneliness, family relations, demon, hallucination ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
It tells the story of a newlywed couple who buy their dream home: a fancy mansion on the lake, but it doesn't compare to the mind-altering surprises they discover inside.
Style:
psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
ghost, murder, death, supernatural, supernatural power, torment, dead, haunted house, supernatural horror, house
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
118
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
A Catholic deacon returns to the city in which he grew up to find that evil is all around; demons, angels and human terror. He takes up a life of vigilantism, questioning his actions to God, and pondering the salvation of his own soul.
Style:
suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
city, supernatural power, demon, supernatural, creature, violence, paranormal investigation, supernatural ability, hunting, chase, victim, vengeance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Alice, a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick. As word spreads and people from near and far flock to witness her miracles, a disgraced journalist ...
Style:
suspense, scary, mysterious, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
church, virgin mary, witch, macabre, religion, supernatural, healing, mysticism, terror, investigation, press conference, miraculous event ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
boston
Similarity:
19%
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