Ring
1998Japan★ 7.16 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down. Same energy: haunting, bleak, slow burn, and escalating.
It Follows
2014USALanguage: EnglishDirected by David Robert Mitchell★ 6.6
A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.
Themes and style
Tone
hauntingbleaktensemelancholic
Pacing
slow burndreamlikeescalating
Story
pursuitsurvivalescape
Emotion
paranoiafeeling powerlessloss of innocence
Themes
men and women navigating expectationsfamily wounds passed down
Feel
quietly hauntingcerebralexhaustingdiscussion starter
Violence
moderateWhere to watch
Foreign films like It Follows
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as It Follows. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Nosferatu
1922Germany★ 7.75.5 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia and feeling powerless. Both move the same way too, haunting, bleak, slow burn, and dreamlike.
Ju-on: The Grudge
2002Japan★ 6.84.5 pt match
What ties these together is paranoia, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. They share the same lens on family wounds passed down and men and women navigating expectations. Both move the same way too, haunting, bleak, slow burn, and escalating.
Huesera: The Bone Woman
2023Mexico★ 5.94 pt match
Both films sit with feeling powerless and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: men and women navigating expectations and family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: bleak, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Ghost Mansion
2021South Korea★ 7.23.5 pt match
What ties these together is paranoia and loss of innocence. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, haunting and slow burn.
Evil Eye
2022Mexico★ 6.73.5 pt match
Both films sit with loss of innocence and paranoia. The world both films live in revolves around family wounds passed down. The feel is the same: haunting, tense, slow burn, and escalating.
The Wailing
2016South Korea★ 7.43 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia, feeling powerless, and loss of innocence. Both circle the same ground: family wounds passed down. Same energy: bleak, haunting, slow burn, and escalating.
Down a Dark Hall
2018Spain★ 5.53 pt match
Both films sit with paranoia, loss of innocence, and feeling powerless. The world both films live in revolves around men and women navigating expectations and family wounds passed down. Same energy: haunting, tense, slow burn, and escalating.