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Movies Like The Urge to Kill

If you liked The Urge to Kill (1989), a science fiction and horror movie directed by Derek Ford, 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. 1Margaux

    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…

  2. 2Slash/Back

    Slash/Back (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and horror

    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.

  3. 3Wifelike

    Wifelike (2022)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction

    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…

  4. 4Books 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.

  5. 5Companion

    Companion (2025)

    ★ 7/10Also horror and science fiction

    During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover…

  6. 6Southbound

    Southbound (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction

    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…

  7. 7Blood and Snow

    Blood and Snow (2023)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and horror

    When researchers rescue a fellow scientist who survived a meteorite strike in the Arctic, they discover she may not be who they think she is. Is she some-how changed?

  8. 8Gemini Man

    Gemini Man (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also 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…

  9. 9The 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.

  10. 10Containment

    Containment (2015)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction

    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?

  11. 11Daylight's End

    Daylight's End (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction

    Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station…

  12. 12Frankenstein 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…

  13. 13Code 8 Part II

    Code 8 Part II (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.

  14. 14Die Alone

    Die Alone (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror and science fiction

    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…

  15. 15Monsters of Man

    Monsters of Man (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing…

  16. 16Tau

    Tau (2018)

    ★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and horror

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

  17. 17Demon Seed

    Demon Seed (1977)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction

    A scientist creates Proteus, an organic supercomputer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife.

  18. 18The Resurrected

    The Resurrected (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction

    Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.

  19. 19Abduction

    Abduction (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction

    A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by…

  20. 20Automata

    Automata (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also science fiction

    Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.

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