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Movies Like The Possessed

If you liked The Possessed (1976), a horror movie directed by Tadashi Imai, 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. 1Tomie: Rebirth

    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…

  2. 2The Last Breath

    The Last Breath (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    A group of old college friends reunite on a Caribbean scuba diving trip exploring the wreckage of a WWII battleship and find themselves trapped inside the underwater labyrinth of rusted metal surrounded by great white…

  3. 3Saint Catherine

    Saint Catherine (2024)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    An orphaned girl is rescued from a satanic ritual and taken to Saint Catherine Institute for homeless youth. There she will learn new skills while facing demons that stalk her.

  4. 4Two Witches

    Two Witches (2023)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.

  5. 5Vicious

    Vicious (2025)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.

  6. 6The Grudge

    The Grudge (2004)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    An American nurse living and working in Tokyo is exposed to a mysterious supernatural curse, one that locks a person in a powerful rage before claiming their life and spreading to another victim.

  7. 7Bloodline Killer

    Bloodline Killer (2024)

    ★ 6/10Also horror

    Moira Cole endeavors to rebuild her shattered life after her family's murder at the hands of her deranged and obsessed cousin.

  8. 8Attack on Titan II: End of the World

    Attack on Titan II: End of the World (2015)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror

    Eren Yeager leaves to restore a break in the wall destroyed by a Titan. He comes under attack by the Titans and is cornered. Shikishima comes to his aid. The titans never stops attacking. Eren is now injured and tries…

  9. 9Eradication

    Eradication (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…

  10. 10Gantz: Perfect Answer

    Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011)

    ★ 6.6/10Also horror

    Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.

  11. 11Play Dead

    Play Dead (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror

    Criminology student Chloe fakes her own death to break into a morgue, in order to retrieve a piece of evidence that ties her younger brother to a crime gone wrong. Once inside, she discovers that a sadistic coroner is…

  12. 12X-Cross

    X-Cross (2007)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror

    Recovering from a failed love affair Shiyori heads to the country, in the company of best friend and bad girl Aiko. Having taken a long soak in the hot spring they retire to their respective cabins. They soon discover…

  13. 13Succubus

    Succubus (2024)

    ★ 8.3/10Also horror

    A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he…

  14. 14The Dreadful

    The Dreadful (2026)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious…

  15. 15Death Note: Light Up the NEW World

    Death Note: Light Up the NEW World (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror

    10 years has passed since the confrontation between Kira and L. Again, Shinigami sends death notes to the ground and due to this, the world soon falls into chaos. Tsukuru is a member of the Death Note special task…

  16. 16Whisper

    Whisper (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror

    Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

  17. 17Lust for a Vampire

    Lust for a Vampire (1971)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror

    In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the…

  18. 18Shades of Desire

    Shades of Desire (2023)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror

    After her twin sister Aubrey goes missing, Jennifer uncovers the scandalous, secret double-life that Aubrey leads - and that has put both of them in danger.

  19. 19The 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…

  20. 20Frank 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…

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