
Movies that feel likeThe Ring (2002)
If you loved The Ring, the closest films we have are The Blair Witch Project (1999), The Wailing (2016) and Noroi: The Curse (2005). All three share The Ring's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018).
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If The Ring hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: The Ring Two (2005) · Rings (2017)

The same two preoccupations: supernatural, and paranormal

Two things both keep coming back to: the investigation and curse
The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

The same preoccupation in both: journalist
The difference: Sits closer to thriller than The Ring does

Common ground: supernatural

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

Twisty horror in both cases

Gore Verbinski working the same nerve twice
The difference: Leans harder into science fiction than The Ring does

Both are built on the same subject: journalist
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Both lean on dread more than on mystery

Horror built on unease, twice over

Twisty mystery, and it commits to that

One thread runs through both: paranormal
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