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10 Best Movies Like Sadako DX

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

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#1
A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

1989★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sadako DX for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987....

#2
Sadako vs. Kayako

Sadako vs. Kayako

2016★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sadako DX for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A girl, Yūri Kurahashi, after watching a cursed videotape together with her friend in a haunted house, becomes trapped in a conflict between the two murderous ghosts: Sadako Yamamu...

#3
Belladonna of Sadness

Belladonna of Sadness

1973★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sadako DX for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a p...

#4
Disco

Disco

2008★ 4.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sadako DX for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Didier Travolta is a 40-year-old disco music fan who has no job, lives with his mother, and has a son he hasn't seen for a while. The mother of his son refuses to send him their so...

#5
Only You

Only You

2014★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sadako DX for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The passionate love between a former boxer and a beautiful blind woman....

#6
Madame de Sade

Madame de Sade

1992★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sadako DX for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A theatre production of Yukio Mishima's play, filmed for Swedish television. It begins in France in 1772. Six Women, one of them Madame de Sade, discuss their views and feelings of...