Movies like Ring
If Ring's mix of journalist, supernatural and telephone stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Ring's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Lee Cronin's The Mummy
2026 · Directed by Lee Cronin · 133 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: journalist, supernatural, curse · Also horror and mystery
The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living…
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The Ring
2002 · Directed by Gore Verbinski · 115 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: journalist, supernatural, telephone · Also horror and mystery
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.
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The Blair Witch Project
1999 · Directed by Daniel Myrick · 81 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural, paranormal, videotape · Also horror and mystery · From the same decade (1990s)
In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary. A year later their footage was found.
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Noroi: The Curse
2005 · Directed by Koji Shiraishi · 115 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: journalist, curse · Also a Japanese horror film
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon.
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Dark Water
2002 · Directed by Hideo Nakata · 101 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: ghost, j-horror · Also a Japanese horror film
A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
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Last Shift
2014 · Directed by Anthony DiBlasi · 87 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural, telephone · Also horror and mystery
Rookie police officer Jessica Loren has been assigned the last shift at a closing police station and must wait for a hazmat crew to collect biomedical evidence.
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021 · Directed by Michael Chaves · 111 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural · Also horror and mystery
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,…
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2009 · Directed by David Yates · 153 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: curse, ghost
Dumbledore tries to prepare Harry for the final battle with Voldemort while Death Eaters wreak havoc in both Muggle and Wizard worlds.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Directed by David Yates · 138 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: supernatural, ghost
When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.
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Hell House LLC
2015 · Directed by Stephen Cognetti · 91 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: telephone · Also horror and mystery
Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out…