Movies Like Makoto Kitano's We Are Psychic Detectives: Chief's Deployment! Assault on the Haunted Guesthouse!

If you liked Makoto Kitano's We Are Psychic Detectives: Chief's Deployment! Assault on the Haunted Guesthouse! (2024), a horror movie directed by Taisen Kamakura, 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
Bodycam (2026)
★ 6/10Also horror
A call to a quiet suburban home unleashes unthinkable carnage when two officers mistakenly shoot a man and his infant child, spiraling the tragedy into a fierce, unrelenting fall into the unknown.
2
Body Cam (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
As a police officer investigates the gruesome murder of her colleague, she discovers that a mysterious supernatural force is behind it.
3
Blackwood (2014)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Having recovered from a shattering emotional breakdown, college professor Ben Marshall relocates to the countryside with his wife and young son, hoping for a fresh start. He has a teaching job lined up and a new home…
4
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.
5
Noroi: The Curse (2005)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.
6
The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
7
Abduction (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by…
8
The Inhabitant (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Like any other teenage girl, Tara is just surviving high school — yet her father and mother seem strangely distant. Amidst a nearby spree of gruesome ax murders, Tara has sightings of terrifying entities, forcing her…
9
Containment (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
10
Never Let Go (2024)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
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
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…
12
Margaux (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a…
13
Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
14
Don't Let Go (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
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.
15
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…
16
Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
17
Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
18
The Hidden (1987)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
19
Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
After a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality…
20
The Signal (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.