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10 Best Movies Like The Severed Heads

If you loved The Severed Heads, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Tokyo Story

Tokyo Story

1953★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Severed Heads for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their...

#2
Endless Poetry

Endless Poetry

2016★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Severed Heads for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A portrait of the director’s young adulthood, set in the 1940s–1950s, in the electric capital city of Santiago. There, he decides to become a poet and is introduced, by destiny, in...

#3
Hostage to the Devil

Hostage to the Devil

2016★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Severed Heads for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

This documentary examines age-old questions about the existence of the Devil and good versus evil, through the life of controversial priest, Father Malachi Martin. It explores Mart...

#4
The Dirk Diggler Story

The Dirk Diggler Story

1988★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Severed Heads for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson at age seventeen. Presented as a behind-the-scenes television profile, it chronicles the rise and fall of Dir...

#5
National Mechanics

National Mechanics

1972★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Severed Heads for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A mechanic takes his family to a car race and a series of events occur which brings problems, betrayals, violence and the unexpected death of an elderly person....

#6
Paranormal Activity 2

Paranormal Activity 2

2010★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Severed Heads for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Just as Daniel and Kristi welcome a newborn baby into their home, a demonic presence begins terrorizing them, tearing apart their perfect world and turning it into an inescapable n...