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Movies Like Siren the Ghost Story Returns

If you liked Siren the Ghost Story Returns (1996), a thriller and science fiction movie directed by Iwao Takahashi, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Die Alone

    Die Alone (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller

    Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…

  2. 2Frankenstein Unbound

    Frankenstein Unbound (1990)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction

    The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in…

  3. 3Videodrome

    Videodrome (1983)

    ★ 7.2/10Also horror and science fiction

    As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential…

  4. 4The Signal

    The Signal (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction

    A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.

  5. 5Containment

    Containment (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror

    Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?

  6. 6Wifelike

    Wifelike (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and thriller

    A grieving detective in the near-future hunts down criminals who trade artificial humans on the black market. In the fight to end AI exploitation, an underground resistance attempts to infiltrate him by sabotaging the…

  7. 7Books of Blood

    Books of Blood (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction

    A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.

  8. 8Prodigy

    Prodigy (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also thriller and science fiction

    Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he…

  9. 9Southbound

    Southbound (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and horror

    The film contains five stories set on desolate stretches of a desert highway. Two men on the run from their past, a band on its way to a gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister…

  10. 10Afraid

    Afraid (2024)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction

    Curtis Pike and his family are selected to test a new home device: a digital assistant called AIA. AIA observes the family's behaviors and begins to anticipate their needs. And she can – and will – make sure nothing…

  11. 11Spectral

    Spectral (2016)

    ★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and thriller

    A special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.

  12. 12Margaux

    Margaux (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction

    As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a…

  13. 13Tau

    Tau (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thriller

    Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.

  14. 14GirlHouse

    GirlHouse (2014)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and thriller

    In an attempt to make some extra cash while away at College, Kylie moves into a house that streams content to an X-rated website. After a deranged fan hacks in to determine the house's location, she finds herself in a…

  15. 15Dressed to Kill

    Dressed to Kill (1980)

    ★ 6.9/10Also thriller and horror

    After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing…

  16. 16Slash/Back

    Slash/Back (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and thriller

    In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.

  17. 17Maniac

    Maniac (1963)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and thriller

    When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

  18. 18You'll Never Find Me

    You'll Never Find Me (2024)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller

    Patrick, a strange and lonely resident, lives in a mobile home at the back of an isolated caravan park. After a violent thunderstorm erupts, a mysterious young woman appears at his door, seeking shelter from the…

  19. 19Chime

    Chime (2024)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror and thriller

    A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread.

  20. 20Gemini Man

    Gemini Man (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and science fiction

    Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…

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