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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.

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.

πŸ… 89% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Lam Ngai Kaikineticcerebraldreadunsettling
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Phase IV
1974 Β· dir. Saul Bass
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.4horror Β· science fiction

Cerebral and dread-soaked in the same breath

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

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

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Island of Lost Souls
1932 Β· dir. Erle C. Kenton
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.4science fiction Β· horror

Both keep coming back to the same thing: held captive

The difference: Not nearly as kinetic

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

Science fiction with a pulse of unease, in both cases

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

Kinetic action in both cases

The difference: Made in the 2020s, in a different era of the craft

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

Both lean on momentum more than on horror

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

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

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

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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Son of Frankenstein
1939 Β· dir. Rowland V. Lee
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7horror Β· science fiction

Unsettling action 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 ideas more than on science fiction

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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The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
2018 Β· dir. Park Hoon-jung
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.2action Β· drama Β· science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: extreme violence

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.

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

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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Seconds
1966 Β· dir. John Frankenheimer
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.6science fiction Β· thriller Β· horror

Both lean on dread more than on horror

An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.

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