Movies like Bokshi: 20 to watch next
If you loved Bokshi (2026) — a horror and drama film directed by Bhargav Saikia — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Bokshi most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like folk horror, independent film and fantasy. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Surrender 2025★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Horror
A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Transfiguration 2016★ 6.0
Shares: Horror, Drama
When troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Books of Blood 2020★ 6.2
Shares: Horror
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dark Light 2019★ 6.2
Shares: Horror
A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Caged 2021★ 6.2
Shares: Horror, Drama
An African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he's haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and pushed to the breaking point by an abusive female guard.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Southbound 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Horror
On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation — are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Daylight's End 2016★ 5.8
Shares: Horror
Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Paranormal Activity: Next of Kin 2021★ 6.1
Shares: Horror
Margot is a documentary filmmaker looking to meet her long-lost mother and extended family in a secluded Amish community. She and her film crew soon realize the family that welcomes them into their home might be hiding a sinister secret.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Castle Freak 1996★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Horror
John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.
Stream in India on Tubi TV
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Fear Street: 1994 2021★ 6.7
Shares: Horror, Drama
After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Two Witches 2023★ 6.0
Shares: Horror
A matriarchal witch passes on her sinister inheritance to her grand-daughter, triggering the most horrific curses.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Ginger Snaps 2000★ 6.9
Shares: Horror
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Candyman 1992★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Horror
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Whisper 2022★ 6.3
Shares: Horror
A young Nurse is assigned to look after a patient in a remote location in the English countryside. As the night continues she finds herself terrorized by an unseen force that is connected with her patient.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Midsommar 2019★ 7.1
Shares: Horror, Drama
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel, JioHotstar
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The Curse of Buckout Road 2017★ 6.6
Shares: Horror
A college class project on creation and destruction of modern myth, turns terrifying when a trio of young people come to realize the urban legends surrounding the famed Buckout Road may, in fact, be REAL.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Jester 2 2025★ 6.8
Shares: Horror
When teen magician Max crosses paths with the sinister Jester on Halloween night, she must outsmart a supernatural killer whose magic is all too real and whose tricks always end up in blood.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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Cheat 2023★ 7.1
Shares: Horror
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blood Punch 2014★ 6.5
Shares: Horror
Milton, a college dropout, was only supposed to cook meth for one day. Broken out of rehab by a brash young woman and her trigger-happy ("ex") boyfriend and driven to a remote cabin the woods, Milton finds himself drawn into a dangerous love triangle gone haywire. The couple's deadpan half-truths spin around Milton like a song on repeat. They seem to read him like an open book, until a mysterious message opens his eyes to his cursed existence. With unlimited ammunition, any hunting tool they could desire, and an ever-growing body count, for what did Milton really sign up?
Stream in India on Plex, Filmzie
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God Is a Bullet 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Horror
Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now