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10 Best Movies Like Cure

If you loved Cure, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Nightmare Detective

Nightmare Detective

2007★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cure for fans of Crime & Thriller & Horror & Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is called to investigate....

#2
Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

1986★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cure for fans of Crime & Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminal...

#3
Masquerade Hotel

Masquerade Hotel

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cure for fans of Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial kill...

#4
Retribution

Retribution

2007★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cure for fans of Thriller & Horror & Mystery. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since the crimes are in the same vicinity, by the same method. However, as evidence po...

#5
The Crimes That Bind

The Crimes That Bind

2018★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cure for fans of Crime & Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Michiko Oshitani, who lived in Shiga Prefecture, is found dead at an apartment in Tokyo. She was strangled to death. Mutsuo Koshikawa is the owner of the apartment and he goes miss...

#6
The Number 23

The Number 23

2007★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cure for fans of Crime & Thriller & Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Animal control officer Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego...

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