15 Movies Like Character

Loved Character? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Door
#1

Door

Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Door II: Tokyo Diary
#2

Door II: Tokyo Diary

Ai is a call girl that makes good money for what she does but there’s always at risk no matter how good the money is.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Dollhouse
#3

Dollhouse

After losing their child, a mother finds solace in a life-sized ancient doll she finds on the market. When a new daughter enters the family's life, strange things begin to happen and no matter how hard the family tries to get rid of it, the doll always finds its way back.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Exit 8
#4

Exit 8

A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Perfect Blue
#5

Perfect Blue

Rising pop star Mima quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Flower and Snake 3: Punishment
#6

Flower and Snake 3: Punishment

When successful business man refuses to save the business of his former partner he has his wife and her student kidnapped. The former partner plans to take his revenge by forcing both women into sexual slavery by training them as SM porn stars.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Village of Doom
#7

Village of Doom

Rejected by the military and frowned upon by his fellow villagers, a young man nicknamed 'Genius' falls into a series of dangerous love affairs during World War II.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Dangerous Drugs of Sex
#8

Dangerous Drugs of Sex

An elite salaryman drunkenly tries to die by suicide, but is saved by a mysterious stranger who holds him captive and sexually torments him.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Monster
#9

Monster

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Liar Game: Reborn
#10

Liar Game: Reborn

To exact revenge, the Liar Game office is revived. The target is only one person: Shin'ichi Akiyama. Because of new heroine Shinomiya, Shin'ichi, who kept refusing to take part in the game, finds himself in the game. Along with Akiyama, there's 19 other players competing for the prize of two billion yen. Omega, who revived the game, plays the game at the Liar Game office with Alice. Alice sets up the game, chooses the players, and sets the traps.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Rashomon
#11

Rashomon

Four people recount different versions of the story of a man's murder and the rape of his wife.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

High and Low
#12

High and Low

A Yokohama shoe executive faces a wrenching choice when kidnappers mistakenly seize his chauffeur’s son but demand the ransom anyway.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Ring
#13

Ring

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Rope Hell
#14

Rope Hell

Akiko is the heir to a yakuza clan. Hitoshi, who has been kicked out of the rival Hono Clan after attempting to seduce Akiko, kidnaps her at the behest of Hanamura. Hanamura has formed a new gang and intends to use Akiko as a hostage to take over her clan's territory. During the torture and abuse sessions which follow, Akiko comes to enjoy the treatment and forsakes her gangland empire.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.

Paprika
#15

Paprika

When a machine that allows therapists to enter their patient's dreams is stolen, all hell breaks loose. Only a young female therapist can stop it and recover it before damage is done: Paprika.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Character.