The Ring is a 2002 horror film directed by Gore Verbinski, written by Ehren Kruger, and starring Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson and David Dorfman. It is a remake of Hideo Nakata's 1998 film Ringu.
Ringu (リング) is a 1998 Japanese horror film directed by Hideo Nakata and starring Nanako Matsushima, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Rikiya Ōtaka. Both films are based on the 1991 novel Ring by Koji Suzuki.