Movies Like Yumi Saito

If you liked Yumi Saito (2009), a movie directed by M. Max, 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
Love & Sex (2000)
★ 6.2/10
When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back…
2
Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)
★ 5.9/10
On the surface, Saya is a stunning 16-year-old, but that youthful exterior hides the tormented soul of a 400-year-old "halfling". Born to a human father and a vampire mother, she has for centuries been a loner obsessed…
3
Heavy Metal (1981)
★ 6.5/10
The embodiment of ultimate evil, a glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with bizarre stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
4
Southbound (2015)
★ 5.9/10
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…
5
The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)
★ 6.6/10
Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.
6
Jesus' Son (2000)
★ 6.2/10
A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion.
7
Macunaima (1969)
★ 6.9/10
Born a fully grown black man in a village in the Brazilian jungle, Macunaíma later magically transforms into a white man before making an adventure-filled trip to the city of São Paulo. Once there, he becomes something…
8
Uncle Peckerhead (2020)
★ 6/10
When a punk band scores their first tour, life on the road proves tough when they are joined by a man-eating demon as a roadie.
9
Trick 'r Treat (2007)
★ 7/10
Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: an everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank…
10
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)
★ 7.2/10
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even…
11
Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
★ 6.2/10
An aerobics instructor becomes a ruthless assassin after being possessed by a slain ninja's spirit, leading to a showdown with a martial arts expert.
12
The Doors (1991)
★ 7.1/10
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
13
V/H/S/94 (2021)
★ 6.1/10
After the discovery of a mysterious VHS tape, a brutish police SWAT team launches a high-intensity raid on a remote warehouse, only to discover a sinister cult compound whose collection of pre-recorded material…
14
The Revenant (2009)
★ 6.2/10
A horror movie/buddy comedy about Joey and his undead friend Bart who comes back from the dead as a revenant: an articulate zombie that needs to drink blood to arrest the decomposition of his body.
15
God Is a Bullet (2023)
★ 6.3/10
Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…
16
Shadow Master (2022)
★ 6.7/10
After being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city.
17
Family Weekend (2013)
★ 6.3/10
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
18
Crossroads (1986)
★ 7.4/10
A wanna-be blues guitar virtuoso seeks a long-lost song by legendary musician, Robert Johnson.
19
Heathers (1989)
★ 7.2/10
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
20
Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
★ 6.1/10
Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers and experimented on by a…