Movies like Whispering Corridors (1998)
The best movies like Whispering Corridors (1998) are Memento Mori (1999), Voices (2007) and Wishing Stairs (2003). If Whispering Corridors hooked you with its horror and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedShutter (2004)7.3/10 from 1,484 votes
- NewestWhispering Corridors 6: The Humming (2021)Released 2021
- In KoreanMemento Mori (1999)Also in Korean
- Same seriesMemento Mori (1999)Whispering Corridors
Memento Mori (1999)
The ghost of a lesbian high-school girl takes revenge on the people who used to bully her. And another young girl finds her old diary detailing her love and rejection when she was alive.
Why it matches: Same series: Whispering Corridors · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVoices (2007)
Ga-in, a high school student, witnesses the deaths of her relatives who die from a curse. Once she finds out that she is the next target, she asks her boyfriend to help her break the spell.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisWishing Stairs (2003)
A staircase leading to a schoolgirls' dormitory usually has 28 steps, but sometimes a 29th step appears. Any wish you make while standing on this step comes true, even if it must come true in the most horrific way possible.
Why it matches: Same series: Whispering Corridors · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Blood Pledge (2009)
Four friends pledge to commit suicide together but while standing on the ledge, only one of them actually jumps. Her ghost begins to haunt the remaining friends until the pledge is fulfilled.
Why it matches: Same series: Whispering Corridors · both horror & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisPhone (2002)
Soon after getting a new phone, a woman notices strange things starting to happen. When she investigates, she discovers that everyone who has had her phone number before her has died suddenly and mysteriously.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVoice (2005)
While practicing after hours in her high school, an aspiring singer is mysteriously killed and her body vanishes. Her invisible ghost is trapped in the school, but her best friend is able to hear her voice.
Why it matches: Same series: Whispering Corridors · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCello (2005)
10 years ago, Mi-ju lost her ambition to become a cellist when her entire family was brutally murdered. Due to the trauma, she now leads a quiet life as a teacher with her husband and children. However, dreadful events begin to occur.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBloody Reunion (2006)
Mi-ja, who has been taking care of a retired teacher, Ms. Park, invites several of her former students to her house 16 years after their graduation. Since the end of her teaching career, Park has been residing in the countryside, suffering from an illness while an ex-student, the kind and pretty Mi-ja cares for her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both mystery & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGirl's Revenge (2020)
At a birthday party, a sex video is filmed without consent and Ren Li-cha is the girl in the video. The clip circulates among the students and Li-cha is mocked and bullied as a result. Wu Yun-heng, a transfer student, went to the party with Li-cha. As she cannot stand how much Li-cha is suffering' she is determined to find out about the truth behind the incident, fighting for her best friend. However, as she gets closer to the truth, she is about to shatter the peace in school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Whispering (2018)
Six high school students, who have finished their college entrance examinations, accidentally discover a haunted house with eerie rumors to it. Inside there, the students start to hear the whispers of death and vanish one by one, as unstoppable, extreme terror engulfs them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Shutter (2004)
When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInto the Mirror (2003)
Woo Yeong-min retired from the police force after trying to save his partner and causing his death. After a series of mysterious deaths in the shopping mall in which his uncle has allowed him to work as a security guard prior to its reopening, he must face both his own fear of mirrors and the mystery surrounding the fire that closed down the mall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cat (2011)
So-yeon suffers from claustrophobia and inherits a Persian cat when its owner dies. She begins having nightmares and people around her begin dying as she searches for the truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Red Shoes (2005)
A woman who finds a pair of pink high heels on a subway platform soon realizes that jealousy, greed, and death follow them wherever they go.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhispering Corridors 6: The Humming (2021)
After being appointed as the vice-principal of her alma mater, Eun-hee becomes plagued by hallucinations. Branded a troublemaker by the teachers, Ha-young hears strange sounds coming from the school's dilapidated restroom.
Why it matches: Same series: Whispering Corridors · both horror & mystery
The Wig (2005)
Su-hyeon, a patient with terminal cancer, gets a wig as a present from her sister, Ji-hyeon. Strange things happen as Su-hyeon wears the wig and horror starts to sweep over Ji-hyeon as she watches her sister getting slowly possessed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
Two sisters return home after a stay in a mental institution, only to face disturbing events and a strained relationship with their stepmother. As eerie occurrences unfold, dark family secrets begin to surface, blurring the line between reality and nightmare.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Evil Twin (2007)
In coma for a decade, the twin So Yeon wakes finally up. But she can't recall many things. Her other twin sister, Hyo Jin, died in the accident that led to So Yeon's coma. Now that So Yeon has gained her consciousness back, strange things start to happen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
The Silenced (2015)
A sickly girl Ju-ran transfers to a new sanitorium boarding school to regain health. But she discovers that students are disappearing and notices abnormal changes happening to her body. She suspects the school for what's happening and tries to discover what secret is hidden.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCinderella (2006)
With a renowned plastic surgeon for a mother, Hyun-soo is always surrounded by girls in line for beauty consultations. But her happiness comes to an end as her friends who have received facial surgery from her mother start to commit mysterious suicides by cutting out their faces.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJu-on: The Curse (2000)
When elementary school teacher Kobayashi investigates the absence of one of his young pupils from the classroom, he finds himself at the doorstep of an anonymous suburban house that harbours a horrible secret, and into which all who enter are doomed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBestseller (2010)
Following a humiliating plagiarism scandal, an author moves to an isolated small-town house with her daughter to write her comeback novel. Desperate for inspiration, she communicates with a mysterious ghostly presence that has befriended her daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
SnoozefestMovies like thisEpitaph (2007)
A man and his wife investigate a string of murders, a medical student sees visions of a dead girl, and a child is haunted by her dead parent's ghosts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Possessed (2009)
After Hee-jin's younger sister So-jin, who is possessed by a spirit,disappears,the neighbors die one by one and a secret underlying their deaths is revealed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Dark Water (2002)
A woman in the midst of an unpleasant divorce moves to an eerie apartment building with her young daughter. The ceiling of their apartment has a dark and active leak.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDetention (2019)
In the 1960s, two classmates go looking for their missing friends and teachers, all of whom took part in an illegal book club, only to come face to face with ghosts and deformed monsters that have taken over their school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeath Bell (2008)
In a prep-class for year-end exams, a sadistic killer puts the students through mind-games in order to save each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhite: Melody of Death (2011)
When each member of Pink Dolls falls into a horrible accident, Eunju realizes that their hit song "White" is cursed and attempts to reveal the secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & mystery
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Doll Master (2004)
Five people are invited to a remote doll museum and one by one they are mysteriously killed. The survivors find out the truth: dolls have spirits, and they have come to settle scores.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Witches (1966)
Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & mystery
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Whispering Corridors?
The closest matches to Whispering Corridors are Memento Mori (1999), Voices (2007) and Wishing Stairs (2003). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Whispering Corridors?
People who watched Whispering Corridors most often go on to Voices (2007), Phone (2002) and Cello (2005).
What is the highest-rated movie like Whispering Corridors?
Shutter (2004), rated 7.3/10 by 1,484 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Whispering Corridors?
Whispering Corridors 6: The Humming (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Whispering Corridors part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Whispering Corridors, which includes Memento Mori (1999), Wishing Stairs (2003), A Blood Pledge (2009) and Voice (2005).
Are there Korean movies like Whispering Corridors?
Yes: Memento Mori (1999), Voices (2007) and Wishing Stairs (2003).
How are movies similar to Whispering Corridors chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Whispering Corridors, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.