Movies and TV shows like When They Cry 2016
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When They Cry (2016)
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Original name: ひぐらしのなく頃に
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Early summer, Maebara Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. As he becomes close friends with a group of girls, he was enjoying his life in the village. However, when he starts to become suspicious that Ryūgū Rena, Sonozaki Mion and the others that Keiichi trusted may be deeply involved in successive murders that occur every summer, the situation around Keiichi gradually starts to turn. As if the girls' characters had completely changed, a sewing needle is found in his food, he is chased by mysterious men, and is involved in an accident that could have killed him. He could no longer trust anyone, and then one mystery leads to another, bringing out a shockingly bloody ending.
Style:
suspense, psychological, rough, enigmatic, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological horror
Plot:
travel, murderer, mysticism, supernatural, death, murder, suicide, occult, brutality, mental illness, murder mystery, rite, ritual, hallucination, blood, self sacrifice, community, male female relationship, sacrifice, unhappy ending, family problems, road trip, grief, young couple, nervous breakdown ...
Time:
year 1983
Place:
japan
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Most similar movies to When They Cry
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, enigmatic and rough films and TV series with plots about murder, mysticism, death, brutality, blood, ritual and folk horror mostly in Horror, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like When They Cry: Grace (2014), Tape_13 (2014), Hooker with a Hacksaw (2017), Butter on the Latch (2013), Children of the Fall (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
153
Genre: Horror
Country: Singapore
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
A family man succumbs to weakness and his failure to live a moral life condemns those he loves to an unspeakable horror. Only his path to redemption can save them.
Style:
enigmatic, thrilling, rough, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
abused woman, pagan, mysticism, travel, death of mother, mental illness, nature, ritual, road trip, trip, troubled marriage, life is a bitch ...
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316
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Young lovers Ann and Gero are travelling through Europe when their car breaks down in the Eifel mountains. Vinzent and Franz invite them to spend a carefree weekend partying in a remote holiday cabin. But after a playful ‘séance’ their initial ...
Style:
rough, enigmatic, disturbing, suspense, psychedelic ...
Plot:
found footage, paranormal phenomena, travel, forest, young couple, night, young lovers, ouija, paganism, loss of loved one, sacrifice, road trip ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
She hacks up rapists and snuff porno makers because they are bad guys.
Style:
suspense, psychedelic, disturbing, psychotronic, enigmatic ...
Plot:
fear, girl, blood, male female relationship, murder, female protagonist, supernatural, suicide, anxiety, death, road trip, very little dialogue ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Horror, Romance
Country: Japan
Story:
A Taiwanese girl Yuwen comes to a village of Fukushima to study abroad. She thinks falling-in-love is a stupid thing and the land is unusually dry as Yuwen’s heart because of no rains. Yuwen struggles to speak Japanese but learns Japan culture and ...
Style:
rough, mystical, romantic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
male female relationship, folk horror, troubled marriage, relationship problems, young couple, hallucinogenic drug, human sacrifice, unhappy ending, female protagonist, death, murder, mysticism ...
Similarity:
80%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Sarah and Isolde share an interest in the traditional music and dance of the Balkans, but it turns out that shared interests don’t always unite them. Their trip, initially a fun bonding experience, takes a southward turn when Sarah becomes ...
Style:
mumblecore, suspenseful, rough, psychotronic, psychedelic ...
Plot:
mysticism, dragon, folk horror, hallucinogenic drug, ritual, community, nervous breakdown, rite, travel, murder, emotional breakdown, road trip ...
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Israel
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Rachel Strode, a young immigrant with a dark secret in her past, comes to Israel in the Fall of 1973 to volunteer in a Kibbutz and then to convert to Judaism. Soon, she realizes that the local Kibbutz members don't seem to like strangers and ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, psychedelic, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
unhappy ending, nervous breakdown, isolated community, religious cult, emotional breakdown, hallucinogenic drug, family problems, macabre, folk horror, pagan, paganism, male female relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
israel
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a young couple from the wrong side of the tracks decide to take on an inheritance fraud job, little do they know that they have accepted a fate far darker then they could ever have imagined.
Style:
suspenseful, psychotronic, psychedelic, enigmatic, rough ...
Plot:
supernatural, folk horror, country house, nervous breakdown, woods, village, sacrifice, demon, macabre, brutality, surrealism, forest ...
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Kirsten escaped a religious cult but is still living a dangerous life, turning tricks in Hollywood to get by. She crosses paths with the notorious Cannibal Hookers and joins their man-eating ranks. A renegade priest and a bounty hunter are searching ...
Style:
psychedelic, disturbing, suspense, enigmatic, rough ...
Plot:
woman with a gun, cannibal, cannibalism, unsettling, mysticism, emotional breakdown, pagan, self sacrifice, grief, death, murder, troubled marriage ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
68%
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35
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Philippines
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Amidst the vast sugar plantations of Negros in Southern Philippines, a matriarch lies in the throes of death. Her children rush home to confront the crisis as news of the impending death of their well-loved mother spreads among the community. There, ...
Style:
enigmatic, suspense, psychedelic, psychotronic, disturbing ...
Plot:
unsettling, hallucinogenic drug, hallucination, road trip, relationship problems, mental breakdown, drugged, supernatural, mental illness, unhappy ending, community, rite ...
Place:
the philippines
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a haunted gold mine is reopened after a 150 years, a horrific supernatural creature escapes to exact vengeance on a small Southern town.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, mystical, tense
Plot:
creature, burned alive, rite, relationship problems, human sacrifice, paganism, satanic cult, brutality, troubled marriage, anxiety, travel, sacrifice ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Lucía and her son live isolated from society in a flat place where there’s practically no life. The small family unit formed by mother and son hardly ever receives visitors, and their goal is to lead a quiet existence. At first they succeed, but ...
Style:
atmospheric, powerful, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
wasteland, mental disorder, families, society, family relations, violence, violent, evil, creature, terror, beast, threat ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
54%
389
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A formidable descend to human decay.
Style:
disturbing, devastating, controversial, brutal, independent film ...
Plot:
extreme, body horror, european, death, killing an animal, blood, emotional breakdown, folk horror, grief, human sacrifice, rite, nervous breakdown ...
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A married couple, trying to rebuild their relationship after an affair, travels to a secluded cabin and stumbles into a blood feud between the Native American owners of the property and the neighboring clan, who obsessively guard their land and ...
Style:
suspense, scary, unusual plot structure, disturbing, psychological
Plot:
lesbian relationship, native american, young couple, nervous breakdown, folk horror, sacrifice, family relations, native american tribe, unsettling, death, travel, ritual ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Nearing the end of WW2, Nazis realize that they will lose. A handful of them board a plane bound for Argentina, where they plan to live in hiding. During the flight lightning hits the plane and the SS parachute onto an island populated by savages. ...
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, rough, suspense, psychedelic ...
Plot:
cannibalism, cannibal, nudity, nazi, isolated community, sacrifice, self sacrifice, human sacrifice, blood, brutality, abused woman, trip ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Prostitute Roberta lives with her retarded brother and demented mother in an Argentinian rural village. Mother warns Roberta that she can have sex with almost any man in the village, except one – because then she would be killed. However, this ...
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, psychedelic, suspense, rough ...
Plot:
public nudity, lumberjack, blood, mental retardation, violence, bloody violence, prostitution, rape, family problems, loss of loved one, unhappy ending, nervous breakdown ...
Similarity:
49%
787
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The story of Simon and Kit, two young leaders of an Active Senior adventure tour group that take a day trip out to a small-town Rodeo located deep in the woods. Their lives are turned upside down when they find themselves fighting to stay alive ...
Style:
slasher, enigmatic, rough, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
fear, serial killer, psycho killer, terror, survival, nervous breakdown, senior citizen, rodeo, rodeo cowboy, assault, insanity, travel ...
Similarity:
46%
361
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A visual incursion into the troubles psyche of a young boy whose unstable and manipulative mother committed suicide in front of him.
Style:
erotic, suspense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
suicide, boy, monk, death, blood, mother son relationship, nude young male, masturbation, ghost, murder, mentally unstable, death of mother ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror
Country: South Africa
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An old man, fated to collect souls for eternity, seeks atonement after trading his daughter's soul.
Style:
scary, serious, slasher, enigmatic, sinister
Plot:
folk horror, demon, supernatural, possession, monster, nervous breakdown, family relations, supernatural power, danger, schoolgirl, curses spells and rituals, murder ...
Place:
south africa
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Yumi, a writer of a science magazine, witnesses a mysterious death of a high school girl who received a "one missed call" from her own cell phone, two weeks in the future. The disturbing message on the cell phone turns out to be the ...
Style:
detective, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
investigation, supernatural, homicide detective, cell phone, problem, police investigation, murder, murderer, murder investigation, crime solving, crime investigation, murder mystery ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
36%
476K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, brutal, frightening, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paganism, ritual, religious cult, folk horror, community, rite, isolated community, pagan, sect, female protagonist, burned alive, human sacrifice ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, europe, new york, eastern europe
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
All seniors at a high school stay together at a camp, including student Chinatsu. On their first day, the home room teacher announces that all the students must play the card game "Old Maid". In order to reverse the declining academic ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
school, japanese schoolgirl, chase, death, friends, violence, escapades, society, cold blooded murder, manhunt, serial killer, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 31 min.
TV show
Story:
After arriving in the small Pacific Northwestern town of Bright Falls, reporter Jake Fischer is plagued by blackouts and finds disturbing evidence of his activities. Tying this to a mysterious epidemic sweeping the town, he plans an escape. Prequel ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, serious, rough, stylized ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, memory loss, riddles and clues, supernatural, murder, danger, social relations, owner, small town, newspaper, woods, hotel ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 4 min.
TV show
Story:
Three teenagers incur the wrath of a deadly curse when one of them purchases a presumably harmless wooden cross at DevilsTrade.com. After a series of ominous events, they set off on a race to return the cross to its rightful owner and avoid their ...
Style:
tense, psychological, mystic, mystical, thrilling ...
Plot:
curse, teenager, supernatural, problem, teenage protagonist, threat, cursed object, mysticism, paranormal, cursed, paranormal activity, supernatural horror ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Early summer, Keiichi had just moved to a remote mountain village. As he becomes close friends with a group of girls, he was enjoying his life in the village. However when he starts to become suspicious that his friends may be deeply involved in ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
curse, disappearance, murder, summer, village, obsession, danger, uncover truth, twists and turns, teenager, dark past, violence ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
japan
Similarity:
27%
429
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: Denmark
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Due to a failed séance of her flat mate's quirky grandparents, the cat of law student Maria gets possessed by demonic powers and starts some horrible massacres, adding even more trouble to Maria's already complicated personal situation ...
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, mystical, captivating, sinister ...
Plot:
cat, seance, serial murder, ghost, supernatural, possession, murder mystery, serial killer, murder, murderer, mysticism, supernatural horror ...
Similarity:
27%
91
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Min-woo is a 28-year-old introverted writer of webcomics (or "webtoon") who has partial memory loss.One day, he finds a memo on his desk calendar, and because of it, writes a new webtoon titled December 8, which becomes an instant hit. But ...
Style:
suspense, scary, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
writers, writer's life, secret past, brutality, repressed memory, terror, twists and turns, surprising revelation, obsession, macabre, supernatural horror, confronting the past ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The harmony of a seemingly idyllic neighborhood is disrupted when a dog attacks a young girl.
Style:
tense, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
young couple, terror, kidnapping, killing an animal, home invasion, cruelty, dog, neighbor, brutality, ritual, dangerous animal, rite ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Onoda Shizuru is a university student in Kyoto. As soon as she starts living out her long cherished desire, the strange horror newspapers begin to arrive. At first, she believes them to be a prank but the stories in the newspapers begin happening ...
Style:
creepy, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, mystical ...
Plot:
supernatural, predicting the future, mysticism, student, fear, seeing the future, newspaper, death, flash forward, supernatural power, curse, prophecy ...
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
"The Complex-Prologue" is a spin-off of horror movie "The Complex".
A young boy named Minoru becomes involved in a mysterious phenomenon and horror experience.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological horror, captivating, exciting, scary ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, haunting, haunted, occult, paranormal phenomena, loss of sibling, sister, supernatural horror, apparition, siblings, haunted house ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
25%
251
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story:
"Hell Girl" was adapted into a single live-action television drama series that premiered on Nippon Television from November 4, 2006 spanning 12 half-hour episodes.[23] The series was directed by Makoto Naganuma. The theme song for the ...
Style:
psychological, anime, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
supernatural, revenge, vengeance, urban legend, darkness, ghost girl, young woman, paranormal phenomena, mysticism, moral ambiguity, female protagonist, irony of fate ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
24%
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