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Movies Like The Divine Protector: Master Salt Begins

If you liked The Divine Protector: Master Salt Begins (2022), a horror and drama movie directed by Hiroshi Akabane, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Surrender

    The Surrender (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and horror

    A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.

  2. 2Home Sweet Home: Rebirth

    Home Sweet Home: Rebirth (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    When a city is overrun with a demonically-possessed crowd, a cop must find the source of evil to save his family.

  3. 3It Comes

    It Comes (2018)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama and horror

    To protect his family from a mysterious being, a man joins forces with a journalist and an exorcist - but they come to learn what they are dealing with is beyond their imagination.

  4. 4A Knight's War

    A Knight's War (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    A fearless knight braves a deadly realm to save the Chosen One’s soul. Facing witches, demons, and brutal foes, he discovers her return could ignite chaos and doom humanity.

  5. 5The Transfiguration

    The Transfiguration (2016)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and drama

    When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.

  6. 6Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

    Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and horror

    Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.

  7. 7Lord of Illusions

    Lord of Illusions (1995)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and drama

    During a routine case in L.A., NY private investigator Harry D'Amour stumbles over members of a fanatic cult who are preparing for the resurrection of their leader Nix, a powerful magician who was killed 13 years…

  8. 8Savaged

    Savaged (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and horror

    After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.

  9. 9Frank and Penelope

    Frank and Penelope (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10Also horror

    A tale of love and violence when a man on his emotional last legs finds a savior seductively dancing in a run-down strip club. And a life most certainly headed off a cliff suddenly becomes redirected - as everything is…

  10. 10The Unhealer

    The Unhealer (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror

    A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to…

  11. 11Werewolf by Night

    Werewolf by Night (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also horror

    On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the…

  12. 12The Ritual

    The Ritual (2025)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror and drama

    Two priests, one in crisis with his faith and the other confronting a turbulent past, must overcome their differences to perform a risky exorcism.

  13. 13SAS: Red Notice

    SAS: Red Notice (2021)

    ★ 5.8/10Also drama

    An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the…

  14. 14God Is a Bullet

    God Is a Bullet (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror

    Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…

  15. 15Basilisk: The Serpent King

    Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by…

  16. 16Best Wishes to All

    Best Wishes to All (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and drama

    A young woman's visit to her grandparents' home leads to the discovery of what's brought them happiness, a revelation that will lead her to question her choices, sanity and reality itself.

  17. 17The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It

    The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

    ★ 7.3/10Also horror

    Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before…

  18. 18Onmyoji

    Onmyoji (2001)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and horror

    During a dark time in the Heian period, when evil forces threaten the kingdom, the emperor relies on the onmyōji to keep the supernatural forces in line. But as political events become highly charged, friction within…

  19. 19Horns

    Horns (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

  20. 20Race with the Devil

    Race with the Devil (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

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