# Movies like The Handmaiden

> Films most similar to The Handmaiden (2016) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-handmaiden-2016/>

## 11 films in this list

- **[Joint Security Area](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/joint-security-area-2000/)** (2000) — ★ 7.8 · 826 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, paranoid
- **[Assassination](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/assassination-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.3 · 278 votes · foreign-gem, paranoid, raw
- **[Decision to Leave](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/decision-to-leave-2022/)** (2022) — ★ 7.3 · 1,492 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, cerebral
- **[1987: When the Day Comes](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/1987-when-the-day-comes-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 8.0 · 179 votes · foreign-gem, dread, slow-burn
- **[Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/sympathy-for-mr-vengeance-2002/)** (2002) — ★ 7.5 · 1,686 votes · foreign-gem, dread, raw
- **[Thirst](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/thirst-2009/)** (2009) — ★ 7.1 · 1,076 votes · bittersweet, dread, sexy
- **[Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/along-with-the-gods-the-two-worlds-2017/)** (2017) — ★ 8.0 · 1,180 votes · foreign-gem, bittersweet, epic
- **[The Yellow Sea](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-yellow-sea-2010/)** (2010) — ★ 7.4 · 573 votes · foreign-gem, gut-punch, paranoid
- **[The Spy Gone North](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-spy-gone-north-2018/)** (2018) — ★ 7.4 · 219 votes · foreign-gem, paranoid, raw
- **[Montage](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/montage-2013/)** (2013) — ★ 7.3 · 205 votes · foreign-gem, dread, paranoid
- **[Socialphobia](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/socialphobia-2015/)** (2015) — ★ 7.4 · 25 votes · foreign-gem, paranoid, raw

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