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Movies that feel likeRiki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)

In 2001, where all correctional facilities have been privatized, martial artist Ricky finds himself victim to the corrupt system, found "guilty" of the manslaughter of an infamous crime boss.

If you loved Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, the closest films we have are Deep Blue Sea (1999), Shin Godzilla (2016) and Phantasm (1979). All three share Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky's cerebral and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Island of Lost Souls (1932).

πŸ… 89% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Lam Ngai Kaikineticcerebraldreadunsettling
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Deep Blue Sea
1999 Β· dir. Renny Harlin
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6action Β· horror Β· science fictionStarz

Both land momentum and ideas at once

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.

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Shin Godzilla
2016 Β· dir. Shinji Higuchi
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.9action Β· science fiction Β· horrorMax

Dread-soaked and unsettling in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

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Phantasm
1979 Β· dir. Don Coscarelli
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.6horror Β· science fictionPrime Video

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

The difference: Goes its own way on the momentum

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

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Island of Lost Souls
1932 Β· dir. Erle C. Kenton
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.3science fiction Β· horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: held captive

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

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Colony
2026 Β· dir. Yeon Sang-ho
πŸ… 82%β˜… 6.5horror Β· action Β· science fiction

Kinetic action in both cases

Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.

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Scanners
1981 Β· dir. David Cronenberg
πŸ… 69%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· horrorMax

Horror built on dread, twice over

A scientist trains a man with an advanced telepathic ability called 'scanning' to stop a dangerous Scanner with extraordinary psychic powers from waging war against non-Scanners.

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Phase IV
1974 Β· dir. Saul Bass
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.4horror Β· science fiction

Unsettling science fiction, and it commits to that

Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.

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Doom
2005 Β· dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.2action Β· horror Β· science fictionStarz

One thread runs through both: martial arts

A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978 Β· dir. Philip Kaufman
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.4science fiction Β· horror

Both lean on ideas more than on horror

The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers uncover the horrifying truth.

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#Alive
2020 Β· dir. Cho Il
β˜… 6.3action Β· horror Β· science fictionNetflix

Same instincts, 29 years apart

As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.

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Son of Frankenstein
1939 Β· dir. Rowland V. Lee
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.1horror Β· science fiction

Dread-soaked science fiction in both cases

One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and revives him, only to find out the monster is controlled by Ygor who is bent on revenge.

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Spring
2014 Β· dir. Aaron Moorhead
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.7horror Β· romance Β· science fiction

Both lean on unease more than on horror

The difference: Leans further into romance

A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

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