Movies Like Kimono Wife's Writhing: Soft SM Edition

If you liked Kimono Wife's Writhing: Soft SM Edition (1999), a horror and thriller movie directed by Kuninori Yamazaki, 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
Imprint (2006)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.
2
Blood Punch (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
Milton, a college dropout, was only supposed to cook meth for one day. Broken out of rehab by a brash young woman and her trigger-happy ("ex") boyfriend and driven to a remote cabin the woods, Milton finds himself…
3
Ichi the Killer (2001)
★ 7/10Also horror
As sadomasochistic yakuza enforcer Kakihara searches for his missing boss he comes across Ichi, a repressed and psychotic killer who may be able to inflict levels of pain that Kakihara has only dreamed of.
4
Bloodline (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
Evan values family above all else, and anyone who gets between him, his wife, and newborn son learns that the hard way. But when it comes to violent tendencies, it seems the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
5
Hider in the House (1989)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
A deranged man hides in the attic of a new house and becomes obsessed with the unsuspecting family that moves in.
6
The Banana Splits Movie (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
A boy named Harley and his family attend a taping of The Banana Splits TV show, which is supposed to be a fun-filled birthday for young Harley and business as usual for Rebecca, the producer of the series. But things…
7
Frank and Penelope (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also thriller and 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…
8
Night of the Hunted (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret vendetta. To survive, she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for her…
9
Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
An aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.
10
Goodnight Mommy (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thriller
When twin brothers arrive home to find their mother’s demeanor altered and face covered in surgical bandages, they begin to suspect the woman beneath the gauze might not be their mother.
11
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller and horror
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
12
GirlHouse (2014)
★ 6/10Also horror and thriller
In an attempt to make some extra cash while away at College, Kylie moves into a house that streams content to an X-rated website. After a deranged fan hacks in to determine the house's location, she finds herself in a…
13
Bone Lake (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream…
14
V/H/S/94 (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material…
15
Hellraiser (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller
A young woman struggling with addiction comes into possession of an ancient puzzle box, unaware that its purpose is to summon the Cenobites, a group of sadistic supernatural beings from another dimension.
16
Funny Games (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and horror
When Ann, husband George, and son Georgie arrive at their holiday home they are visited by a pair of polite and seemingly pleasant young men. Armed with deceptively sweet smiles and some golf clubs, they proceed to…
17
Tomie: Rebirth (2001)
★ 7.2/10Also horror
Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the…
18
Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also horror
As the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts. Into this cruel existence is born the Lord of Chaos, the Overfiend's nemesis. As the blood-thirsty beasts capture…
19
Trick (2019)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
A detective tries to track down a masked killer who reappears every Halloween to wreak bloody havoc.
20
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
★ 7/10Also horror
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair…