
Movies that feel like Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991)
If you loved Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky, the closest films we have are Phase IV (1974), Island of Lost Souls (1932) 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. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.
If Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky hit the spot, these will too

Cerebral and dread-soaked in the same breath
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Both keep coming back to the same thing: held captive
The difference: Not nearly as kinetic

Science fiction with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Kinetic action in both cases
The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

Both lean on momentum more than on horror

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

Unsettling action in both cases

Both lean on ideas more than on science fiction
The difference: Leans further into romance

Both are built on the same subject: extreme violence

Same instincts, 29 years apart

Both lean on dread more than on horror
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