Movies Like Di Renjie and the Flying Demon Head

If you liked Di Renjie and the Flying Demon Head (2020), a drama and mystery movie directed by Huang He, 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
Donovan's Echo (2011)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and mystery
A series of uncanny déjà vu events force a man to re-examine his tragic past, memory, instinct, and future.
2
The Shepherd (2023)
★ 7/10Also drama and fantasy
On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
3
Kaili Blues (2016)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mystery
Chen Sheng goes off in search of his nephew who has been abandoned by his father. Along the way, he encounters numerous people from his past and also those from his future.
4
The Secret of the Magic Gourd (2007)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and fantasy
When schoolboy Wang Bao discovers a magical gourd that can instantly grant his every wish, the awkward child suddenly becomes a hero amongst his curious classmates. When the gourd proves more of a burden than a…
5
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and mystery
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…
6
Remember (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery
With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.
7
The Good Witch (2008)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasy and drama
A mysterious woman comes in to town and inhabits the local haunted mansion, making everyone wonder if she's a witch or "The Grey Lady".
8
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
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.
9
The Good Witch's Gift (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and fantasy
Almost as soon as Jake and Cassie decide to get married on Christmas Eve, complications arise.
10
The Good Witch's Wonder (2014)
★ 7.4/10Also fantasy and mystery
While planning her stepson's wedding, Cassie Nightingale also tries to uncover the truth behind missing auction items.
11
The Good Witch's Destiny (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and fantasy
As Cassie's birthday approaches, Lori discovers disturbing parallels between Cassie and her great aunt, who disappeared years before on her birthday. When signs of a curse appear, Cassie conjures up a little magic to…
12
Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and fantasy
According to demon lore, it takes hundreds of years to attain human form. Even then, lacking a human heart, a demon cannot experience the true pains and passions of existence. However, there is a legend that if a pure…
13
House of Anubis: The Touchstone of Ra (2013)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and fantasy
The students of Anubis House are on the eve of their graduation when they encounter a new group of underclassmen and a mysterious stone that leads them on a quest to save the world from evil.
14
Garage Sale Mystery: Guilty Until Proven Innocent (2016)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery
When Jenn's old pal Sandra becomes the prime suspect in a murder case, it'll be up to her to discover who done it before time runs out.
15
Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)
★ 7/10Also drama and mystery
Luo Hongwu returns to Kaili, the hometown from which he fled many years ago. He begins the search for the woman he loved and whom he has never been able to forget.
16
The Deadly Affair (1967)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and drama
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have…
17
Super Me (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and fantasy
Sang Yu is so exhausted from trying to stay awake. Every time he closes his eyes, a demon chases and kills him in his dreams. One night Sang realizes he has a special power: he can bring treasures from his dreams into…
18
FairyTale: A True Story (1997)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and drama
In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. Based on the true story of the Cottingley Fairies.
19
Hereafter (2010)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and fantasy
Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.
20
The Deep End of the Ocean (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later, by chance, he turns up in the town in which the family has just relocated.