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10 Best Movies Like The Golden Buddha

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

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#1
Hellraiser: Hellseeker

Hellraiser: Hellseeker

2002★ 5.0

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

When the puzzle box is once again solved, Pinhead and his legion demolish all who dare oppose them. But standing in his way is the only person who has defeated Cenobites of the pas...

#2
Wagakki Band Japan Tour 2019 REACT -New Chapter-

Wagakki Band Japan Tour 2019 REACT -New Chapter-

2020★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Golden Buddha for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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#3
Moscow-Cassiopeia

Moscow-Cassiopeia

1974★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Golden Buddha for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Several children go on a lifelong space mission to Cassiopeia because they don't want to go to school....

#4
The Marriage of Maria Braun

The Marriage of Maria Braun

1979★ 7.4

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

Maria marries a young soldier in the last days of World War II, only for him to go missing in the war. She must rely on her beauty and ambition to navigate the difficult post-war y...

#5
Dune

Dune

2020★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Golden Buddha for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sounds as witnesses. They blurr into memories, half-dreams, it is undecided if they are real or not. A fluctuation between imagination and reality....

#6
Panda! Go Panda!

Panda! Go Panda!

1972★ 7.7

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

Cheerful Mimiko has a wonderfully strange family—a Panda for her Papa; and his son Panny, calls her Mom! When Panny follows Mimiko to school, he must pretend to be a teddy bear so ...