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Movies that feel likeThe Witch: Part 1. The Subversion (2018)

Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.

If you loved The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion, the closest films we have are Krrish (2006), Warriors of Future (2022) and They Call Me Jeeg (2016). All three share The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion's kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991).

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Krrish
2006 Β· dir. Rakesh Roshan
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.5action Β· science fiction

The same mix in both: momentum, then ideas

The difference: Lighter on stillness

In Singapore, Krishna is forced by circumstances to use his superpowers and become a masked superhero named Krrish, before getting drawn towards his lost legacy.

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Warriors of Future
2022 Β· dir. Ng Yuen-Fai
πŸ… 88%β˜… 5.6drama Β· action Β· science fictionNetflix

Action built on stillness, twice over

When a meteor carrying a destructive plant strikes the world, a suicide squad is given hours to save their post-apocalyptic city from total collapse.

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They Call Me Jeeg
2016 Β· dir. Gabriele Mainetti
πŸ… 82%β˜… 7science fiction Β· action Β· dramaPrime Video

Both lean on momentum more than on drama

Exposed to radioactive waste, small-time crook Enzo gains super-strength. A misanthropic, introverted brute, he uses his powers for personal gain until he meets Alessia, a mentally ill girl who believes Enzo is the hero from her favorite anime, Steel Jeeg.

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Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991 Β· dir. Lam Ngai Kai
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7action Β· science fiction Β· horror

Common ground: extreme violence

The difference: Leans further into horror

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.

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

Unsettling science fiction, and it commits to that

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

Cerebral 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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The Blackout
2019 Β· dir. Egor Baranov
πŸ… 57%β˜… 6thriller Β· science fiction Β· actionPrime Video

Science fiction with a pulse of momentum, in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from space. What military forces find outside the ring is shocking.

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Coma
2020 Β· dir. Nikita Argunov
β˜… 6.3science fiction Β· adventure Β· actionPrime Video

Cerebral drama, and it commits to that

A young and talented architect comes to his senses after a horrific accident only to find himself in the odd dystopian world. A world that is filled with the memories of all current coma patients. Just like a human memory this world is fragmental, chaotic and unstable. This is COMA: icecaps, rivers and cities can all exist in a space of a single room and laws of physics are no longer laws as they can be bent.

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Battle: Los Angeles
2011 Β· dir. Jonathan Liebesman
πŸ… 37%β˜… 5.7science fiction Β· action

The action is handled with the same confidence

When once distant UFOs become a terrifying threat and an alien invasion force begins attacking Earths major costal and riverside cities, a U.S Marine staff sergeant and his team are sent into battle only to find they must take it upon themselves to defeat an unknown enemy and protect what remains of Los Angeles.

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

Unsettling science fiction in both cases

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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The Flu
2013 Β· dir. Kim Sung-soo
πŸ… 33%β˜… 6.6action Β· science fiction Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both play action straight

A case of the flu quickly morphs into a pandemic. As the death toll mounts and the living panic, the government plans extreme measures to contain it.

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Yakuza Princess
2021 Β· dir. Vicente Amorim
πŸ… 34%β˜… 4.8action Β· thrillerPrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: amnesia

In Brazil, Akemi finds out that she's the heiress to the Yakuza empire. Just after that, her destiny enters a spiral of violence and mystery, where a gaijin (foreigner) who's been protecting her all this time, ShirΓ΄, may have been actually sent to kill her.

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