Movies Like Words of Corpse

If you liked Words of Corpse (2024), a movie directed by Guo Xiaochuan, 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
The Cycle (2026)
★ 7/10
A daughter unravels her father's dark past after his body, missing for 36 years, is found at a horrific crime scene.
2
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.
3
Rising Sun (1993)
★ 6.2/10
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working…
4
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
★ 6.1/10
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
5
The Bone Collector (1999)
★ 6.8/10
Lincoln Rhyme was the department's top homicide detective and leading expert in criminal forensics until an injury left him paralyzed, depressed, and incapable of working. But when a gruesome murder in Manhattan leaves…
6
Striking Distance (1993)
★ 5.9/10
Demoted Pittsburgh cop Tom Hardy works river patrol while a serial killer targets women from his past, forcing him to conduct an unauthorized investigation to prove his innocence and expose a dirty cop.
7
Solace (2015)
★ 6.5/10
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
8
Deep in the Heart (2015)
★ 7.6/10
An unrecognizable, charred corpse discovered in a remote mountain village in China connects three local stories.
9
Red Corner (1997)
★ 6.3/10
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
10
Twin Peaks (1989)
★ 8.5/10
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an…
11
Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings (2018)
★ 6.3/10
Dee, the detective serving Chinese empress Wu Zetian, is called upon to investigate a series of strange events in Loyang, including the appearance of mysterious warriors wearing Chiyou ghost masks, foxes that speak…
12
Force of Nature: The Dry 2 (2024)
★ 6.3/10
When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of…
13
Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
★ 6.5/10
Two former cops start investigating the series of murders that tanked their careers when the killings begin again.
14
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
★ 6.6/10
When the future empress Wu Zetian's two courtiers die in a mysterious fire, she gets Di Renjie, a former detective and rebel, released from prison to solve the mystery of the fire.
15
Weekend in Taipei (2024)
★ 6.5/10
A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.
16
Bodycam (2026)
★ 6/10
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.
17
The Little Things (2021)
★ 6.4/10
Deputy Sheriff Joe "Deke" Deacon joins forces with Sgt. Jim Baxter to search for a serial killer who's terrorizing Los Angeles. As they track the culprit, Baxter is unaware that the investigation is dredging up echoes…
18
Longlegs (2024)
★ 6.5/10
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the…
19
The Ring (2002)
★ 6.7/10
Journalist Rachel Keller investigates a strange videotape that may be behind the untimely deaths of four teenagers. There is an urban legend about this tape: the viewer will die seven days after watching it. Rachel…
20
Double Vision (2002)
★ 6.6/10
An FBI Agent pairs with a troubled Taiwan cop to hunt for a serial killer who's embedding a mysterious fungus in the brains of victims.