Movies Like Spiritual Detective Agency

If you liked Spiritual Detective Agency (2018), a movie directed by Xuan Xiangjie, 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
Eye for an Eye (2025)
★ 6/10
Anna, grieving the sudden death of her parents, relocates from New York to a small Florida town to live with the grandmother she has never met. Isolated, vulnerable, and in need of friends, she finds brief solace in…
2
12 Citizens (2014)
★ 7.2/10
When the film broke out that a young man coming from a rich adopted family murdered his birth father, the controversy around the case hit a nerve with the public at large. An experiment was held through the form of…
3
The Invisible Man (2020)
★ 7.1/10
When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can…
4
Nightbreed (1990)
★ 6.4/10
A troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
5
Sinister 2 (2015)
★ 5.9/10
A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.
6
Lost in the Stars (2023)
★ 6.5/10
He Fei's wife, Li Muzi, disappears during their anniversary trip. When she reappears, he insists that she is not his wife. As Chen Mai, a top lawyer gets involved in this bizarre case, more mysteries start to emerge.
7
Smile (2022)
★ 6.7/10
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.
8
Mudborn (2025)
★ 7.2/10
Hsu-Chuan, who works at a game company, accidentally brings home a broken clay doll from a haunted house while developing a new horror VR game. Unexpectedly, his pregnant wife, Mu-Hua, a cultural relic restorer…
9
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)
★ 7.8/10
The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living…
10
Never Let Go (2024)
★ 6.1/10
As an evil takes over the world beyond their front doorstep, the only protection for a mother and her twin sons is their house and their family’s protective bond.
11
Don't Let Go (2019)
★ 6.9/10
A detective suffering from a personal loss receives a call from his recently deceased niece. Being able to communicate across time, the two work together to try and stop the crime before it occurs.
12
Spectral (2016)
★ 6.6/10
A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
13
Case 39 (2009)
★ 6.3/10
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…
14
The Clovehitch Killer (2018)
★ 6.4/10
A picture-perfect family is torn apart after Tyler finds a cache of disturbing images in his father's possession. He begins to suspect that the man he trusts most in the world may be responsible for the murder of 13…
15
Body Cam (2020)
★ 6.2/10
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
16
The Entity (1982)
★ 6.8/10
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
17
The Empty Man (2020)
★ 6.2/10
On the trail of a missing girl, an ex-cop comes across a secretive group attempting to summon a terrifying supernatural entity.
18
Faces in the Crowd (2011)
★ 6.1/10
Anna is living with "face-blindness" after surviving a serial killer's attack. As she lives with her condition, one in which facial features change each time she loses sight of them, the killer closes in.
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The Deliverance (2024)
★ 6/10
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services…
20
Mr. Brooks (2007)
★ 6.9/10
A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.