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Movies Like The Town of Headcounts

If you liked The Town of Headcounts (2020), a drama and mystery movie directed by Shinji Araki, 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. 1Stormageddon

    Stormageddon (2015)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction

    What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human…

  2. 2THX 1138

    THX 1138 (1971)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and drama

    People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As…

  3. 3Doctor Who: Last Christmas

    Doctor Who: Last Christmas (2014)

    ★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and drama

    The Doctor and Clara face their Last Christmas. Trapped on an Arctic base, under attack from terrifying creatures, who are you going to call? Santa Claus!

  4. 4The Giver

    The Giver (2014)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and science fiction

    In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

  5. 5Death Note: L Change the WorLd

    Death Note: L Change the WorLd (2008)

    ★ 6/10Also science fiction and mystery

    "The human whose name is written in the Death Note shall die." After making the hardest decision ever, another serious case confronts L. There are only 23 days left and without his best partner Watari, L has to solve…

  6. 6Metropia

    Metropia (2009)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and science fiction

    In the near future, oil reserves are nearly depleted and Europe is connected by series of underground tunnels. While navigating these tunnels, Roger hears voices, one in particular. Seeking a way to rid himself of the…

  7. 7Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost

    Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010)

    ★ 6.7/10Also mystery and science fiction

    Accused of terrorism and feeling the heat, Saki's high-tech crew is in the crosshairs. Meanwhile, the shroud of mystery covering Takizawa is lifted as he and his fellow Selecao make their final moves. Every game must…

  8. 8Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012)

    ★ 7.7/10Also science fiction and mystery

    Batman has not been seen for ten years. A new breed of criminal ravages Gotham City, forcing 55-year-old Bruce Wayne back into the cape and cowl. But, does he still have what it takes to fight crime in a new era?

  9. 9Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2

    Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 (2013)

    ★ 7.9/10Also science fiction and mystery

    Batman has stopped the reign of terror that The Mutants had cast upon his city. Now an old foe wants a reunion and the government wants The Man of Steel to put a stop to Batman.

  10. 10The Caveman's Valentine

    The Caveman's Valentine (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and mystery

    Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim…

  11. 11Allegiant

    Allegiant (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and mystery

    Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.

  12. 12Code 46

    Code 46 (2003)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and science fiction

    In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passports that record people's identities and genetics. Gold falls for Maria…

  13. 13BLAME!

    BLAME! (2017)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and science fiction

    In the distant technological future, civilization has reached its ultimate Net-based form. An "infection" in the past caused the automated systems to spiral out of order, resulting in a multi-leveled city structure…

  14. 14Patema Inverted

    Patema Inverted (2013)

    ★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and drama

    A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home.

  15. 15Ghost in the Shell

    Ghost in the Shell (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and drama

    In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.

  16. 16Remember

    Remember (2015)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery

    With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

  17. 17Oblivion

    Oblivion (2013)

    ★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and mystery

    Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly…

  18. 18Jonathan

    Jonathan (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and science fiction

    Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.

  19. 19A Wind Named Amnesia

    A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and science fiction

    A wind has swept the Earth taking all the memories from everyone. No one knows who they are, how to speak, or how to use the tools of modern civilization. Two years later, a young man who has been re-educated travels…

  20. 20Fedora

    Fedora (1978)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and mystery

    Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.

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