Movies Like Forbidden Games
If you liked Forbidden Games (1997), a science fiction movie directed by Mototsugu Watanabe, 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.
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Parasyte: Part 2 (2015)
★ 7/10Also science fictionHumanity is under attack by human-mimicking flesh-eating alien parasites. One parasite bonds with his young high school student host, and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others.
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Landscape with Invisible Hand (2023)
★ 6/10Also science fictionYears into a benevolent alien occupation, mankind is still adjusting to its new overlords. Their technology initially held promise for global prosperity, but rendered most human jobs – and steady income – obsolete…
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionThomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions…
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Terra Formars (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionWith the space program attempting to travel to Mars, 21st century scientists were tasked with warming up the planet so that humans could survive on its surface. They came up with an efficient and cost effective plan of…
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Gintama (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also science fictionIn an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can.
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Dark Star (1974)
★ 6/10Also science fictionA group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to…
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Gantz (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionAfter trying to rescue a man on the subway tracks, two teens wake up in a room dominated by a mysterious black sphere that sends them to hunt down and kill aliens hiding on Earth.
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Real Men (1987)
★ 6/10Also science fictionA womanizing CIA agent and an insecure insurance agent are paired together to make sure a deal goes through with aliens for the future of mankind.
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Barbarella (1968)
★ 6/10Also science fictionIn the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.
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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie (1995)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionSix incredible teens out-maneuver and defeat evil everywhere as the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but this time the Power Rangers may have met their match when they face off with Ivan Ooze, the most sinister monster…
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Monster Hunters (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also science fictionWhen an alien prison ship crash lands and unleashes creature after creature in the California desert, they make quick work of the army that tries to stop them. Now, the only hope of stopping the aliens rests with a…
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Armitage III: Poly Matrix (1996)
★ 6.5/10Also science fictionRoss Sylibus is assigned to a police unit on a Martian colony, to find that women are being murdered by a psychotic named D'anclaude. He is assigned a very unorthodox partner named Naomi Armitage, who seems to have…
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Superintelligence (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also science fictionWhen an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to…
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Zygote (2017)
★ 7/10Also science fictionThe two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature.
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Extinction (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionA chief mechanic at a factory, haunted by apocalyptic nightmares, becomes a hero when Earth is invaded by a mysterious army bent on destruction.
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Ick (2025)
★ 6/10Also science fictionScience teacher Hank’s life changes when he reconnects with his first love and suspects that a new student may be his daughter—all while facing an alien threat in their town.
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The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
★ 6/10Also science fictionAn alien narrates the story of his dying planet, his and his people's visitations to Earth and Earth's self-made demise, while human astronauts in space are attempting to find an alternate planet for surviving humans…
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Parasyte: Part 1 (2014)
★ 7/10Also science fictionHumanity is suffering from a series of mysterious murders across the globe, known as the 'Mincemeat murders'. High school student Izumi Shinichi has a parasite living off him, having replaced his right hand, and he…
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Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionA young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
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Slash/Back (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionIn 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.