Movies like KINKI (2025)

10 films to watch after KINKI, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

After an editor of an occult magazine suddenly vanishes, his friend Chihiro and his co-worker Yusei set out to discover the reason behind his disappearance.

1

Noroi: The Curse (2005)

Fit 69%

Shares Horror and Mystery with KINKI.

A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.
2

Ring (1998)

Fit 66%

Shares Horror with KINKI.

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.
3

One Missed Call (2003)

Fit 66%

Shares Horror and Mystery with KINKI.

People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, in the form of the sound of them reacting to their own violent deaths, along with the exact date and time of their future death, listed on the message log. The plot thickens as the surviving characters pursue the answers to this mystery which could save their lives.
4

Ju-on: The Curse (2000)

Fit 62%

Shares Horror and Mystery with KINKI.

When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.
5

Pulse (2001)

Fit 60%

Shares Horror and Mystery with KINKI.

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.
6

The Thing (1982)

Fit 58%

Shares Horror and Mystery with KINKI.

A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
7

Don't Look Now (1973)

Fit 57%

Shares Horror with KINKI.

While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.
8

The Haunting (1963)

Fit 50%

Shares Horror with KINKI.

Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced to confront the nature of its horror…
9

The Cellar (2022)

Fit 49%

Shares Horror and Mystery with KINKI.

When Keira Woods' daughter mysteriously vanishes in the cellar of their new house in the country, she soon discovers there is an ancient and powerful entity controlling their home that she will have to face or risk losing her family's souls forever.
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undertone (2026)

Fit 44%

Shares Horror and Mystery with KINKI.

The host of a popular paranormal podcast becomes haunted by terrifying recordings mysteriously sent her way.