Movies like Chinese Magic (1900)
The best movies like Chinese Magic (1900) are Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), Deadsight (2018) and Maniac (1963). If Chinese Magic hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedGhosts (1997)8.1/10 from 305 votes
- NewestGet Lost (2026)Released 2026
Horrors of the Black Museum (1959)
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeadsight (2018)
A man with partial blindness and a young pregnant police officer must work together to escape a deadly virus that has spread across Grey County.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisManiac (1963)
When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonkey’s Magic Merry Go Round (2026)
After a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality unravels, the line between performance and nightmare begins to blur.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRace with the Devil (1975)
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCurse of the Blair Witch (1999)
A mockumentary exploring the legend of the Blair Witch and the case of the three missing student filmmakers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1912)
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGhosts (1997)
In the town of Normal Valley, an eccentric magician named Maestro entertains the local children every day in his spooky mansion. One stormy night, the town's mayor leads a group of angry citizens to the mansion in an attempt to run Maestro out of town.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisBasilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by modern archaeologist Harrison 'Harry' McColl's expedition. Despite a cryptic warning from tribal locals, everything goes to his Colorado university's museum. It's all exhibited during another eclipse, which leads to the monster reviving. Harry and some of his friends must try to petrify the monster again.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wailer (2006)
On their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDracula (1931)
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves and drives the agent to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Night Stalker (1972)
Wisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into his own hands.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Jester: Chapter 3 (2019)
On Halloween night, a young girl has no one to go trick-or-treating with....until The Jester offers to tag along.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUnseen (2023)
Sam receives a call from Emily, a near blind woman who is running from her murderous ex in the woods. Can she survive using Sam as her eyes via video call?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead of Night (1977)
This anthology tells three stories: a man buys a car that takes him back and forth through time; a tale of vampires; and a distraught mother asks for her drowned son to come back to life and gets more than she bargained for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
A concise adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" about Mr. Toad's motor mania, followed by a short retelling of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" concerning schoolmaster Ichabod Crane.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Jester (2016)
The Jester is the titular main antagonist of the horror/thriller analogy short films of the same name. He is an enigmatic and malevolent being who enjoys inducing suffering to individuals he comes across who don't appreciate his own tricks or break the rules of Halloween.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Cabinet of Caligari (1962)
A delirious young woman feels trapped in a remote mansion at the mercy of a madman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shed (2019)
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge inside the tool shed in his backyard, he tries to secretly battle the demon alone until his bullied friend discovers the creature and has a far more sinister plan in mind.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZ (2019)
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSurvive the Hollow Shoals (2018)
Zach Weiland is a survival enthusiast who embarks on a 60 day survival challenge in the Hollow Shoals of Georgia. But throughout the challenge, Zach is stalked and harassed by an evil entity that haunts the Shoals.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Filming Hole (2023)
Two young adults venture into a storm sewer in search of something interesting. They succeed.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Exiting (2023)
Exiting is an experimental silent short film by the Bomar Brothers that was entirely improvised and shot on an iPhone in under two hours, about a man lost in a mazelike compound...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Get Lost (2026)
Lost deep in the woods, a hiker's journey takes an unsettling turn when he encounters a stranger.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Return to Witch Graveyard (2014)
In this Supernatural Slasher flick, TV reporter Noelle Martin and her assistant Maya need to come up with a Halloween story fast! Along with another gal, they venture into the haunted area where several women accused of practicing witchcraft in the 1600's were buried.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Dwellers (2021)
While shooting a documentary on the suspicious disappearances within the homeless community, a filmmaker and his crew go missing while uncovering a terrifying and vicious secret below the city's surface.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
the walk to my girlfriends house is long but also short (2025)
Reality, dreams and memory collapse in on each other as a man walks to his girlfriend's apartment.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Calypso Boron (2020)
A strange figure lurks through lost terrain questioning its new-found home.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Through The Trees (2022)
A hiker looking to spend a peaceful and rejuvenating day in the wilderness begins finding strange objects and soon realizes that she may not be as alone in the forest as she thought.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Ditched (2022)
An impulsive middle schooler playing a game of hide-and-seek soon realizes something sinister is hunting him and his friends.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Chinese Magic?
The closest matches to Chinese Magic are Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), Deadsight (2018) and Maniac (1963). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Chinese Magic?
Start with Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), the closest match to Chinese Magic.
What is the highest-rated movie like Chinese Magic?
Ghosts (1997), rated 8.1/10 by 305 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Chinese Magic?
Get Lost (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Chinese Magic?
Yes: Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), Deadsight (2018) and Maniac (1963).
How are movies similar to Chinese Magic chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Chinese Magic, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.