Movies Like Anandabhadram (2005)

Anandabhadram is a 2005 fantasy, horror, thriller film from Santosh Sivan with a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Dancing Village: The Curse Begins and A Dark Song.

Fantasy Horror Thriller

Dancing Village: The Curse Begins

2024

Mila must return a mystical bracelet to the "Dancing Village," unaware that Badarawuhi - a mysterious, mythical being who rules the village - awaits her.

6.0

MagicScore

A Dark Song

2016

A determined young woman and a damaged occultist risk their lives and souls to perform a dangerous ritual that will grant them what they want.

6.3

MagicScore

Coda

2013

A lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.

7.3

MagicScore

The Crimson Rivers

2000

Two French policemen, one investigating a grisly murder at a remote mountain college, the other working on the desecration of a young girl's grave by skinheads, are brought together by the clues from their respective cases. Soon after they start working together, more murders are committed, and the pair begin to discover just what dark secrets are behind the killings.

6.9

MagicScore

Kwaidan

1965

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

7.7

MagicScore

The Uninvited

1944

A brother and sister move into an old seaside house that has been abandoned for many years on the Cornwellian coast. They soon discover that it is haunted by the ghost of the mother of their neighbor's granddaughter, with whom the brother has fallen in love.

6.9

MagicScore

Sadako

2019

A psychologist connects her missing brother to the strange case of a mysterious little girl believed to be Sadako reincarnated.

5.9

MagicScore

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

2004

Harry Potter's life is in danger once more as dangerous wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is heading to Hogwarts.

8.0

MagicScore

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

2002

Cars fly, trees fight back, and a mysterious house-elf comes to warn Harry Potter at the start of his second year at Hogwarts. Adventure and danger await when bloody writing on a wall announces: The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. To save Hogwarts will require all of Harry, Ron and Hermione's magical abilities and courage.

7.7

MagicScore

#10

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007

When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.

7.7

MagicScore

#11

A Christmas Carol

1938

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

7.0

MagicScore

#12

Wake Wood

2011

The parents of a girl who was killed by a savage dog are granted the opportunity to spend three days with their deceased daughter.

5.6

MagicScore

#13

Satan's Blood

1978

After a chance encounter with a mysterious couple claiming to be old friends, Andrés and Ana are invited to spend the evening at a beautiful, secluded old villa. As the night winds down, they begin to sense that there are some rather strange things going on around them and, after agreeing to sleep over, find themselves unwittingly pulled into a series of bizarre sexual encounters which they slowly discover are part of a horrifying Satanic ritual designed to make them slaves to the Prince of Darkness!

6.0

MagicScore

#14

Dark Spell

2021

Terror strikes when a heartbroken woman uses black magic to get her husband back.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

Bride of the Gorilla

1951

The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?

4.8

MagicScore

#16

Cannibal Holocaust

1980

A New York University professor returns from a rescue mission to the Amazon rainforest with the footage shot by a lost team of documentarians who were making a film about the area's local cannibal tribes.

6.3

MagicScore

#17

Killjoy

2000

Deep in an inner city hell, a ghastly figure is killing off the bad guys. A vigilante, or a demon? For the beautiful high school student, Jada, that's the question that will bring her face to face with the killer clown Killjoy.

3.0

MagicScore

#18

Impetigore

2019

A woman inherits a house in her ancestral village, but she's unaware that members of the community have been trying to locate and kill her to remove the curse that has plagued them for years.

6.7

MagicScore

#19

Sauna

2008

It is 1595. Brutal wars have just ended in an uneasy peace between Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia. We focus on the spiritual defeats of two conquered Finnish brothers, one a hardened near-psychopathic war hero, the other a gentle scientist in an age with no use for such men. They find themselves in the swampy interior, demarcating the new border with a unit of sadistic Russians.

6.2

MagicScore

#20

Nightsiren

2022

A mysterious woman returns to her mountain village home to confront her painful past. As she tries to uncover the long-buried truth, the local villagers accuse her of witchcraft and murder.

5.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Anandabhadram?

The top films similar to Anandabhadram by MovieMagicScore are Dancing Village: The Curse Begins (6.0), A Dark Song (6.3), Coda (7.3). Each shares fantasy/horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Anandabhadram worth watching?

Anandabhadram holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.4/10 from 26 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Anandabhadram?

Anandabhadram (2005) is a fantasy, horror, thriller film directed by Santosh Sivan, starring Prithviraj Sukumaran, Manoj K Jayan, Kavya Madhavan.

Where can I find more recommendations like Anandabhadram?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more fantasy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Anandabhadram

This ranked list pairs Anandabhadram (2005), a fantasy and horror and thriller film from Santosh Sivan, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Prithviraj Sukumaran take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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