Movies like HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear (2025)
The best movies like HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear (2025) are Bio Hunter (1995), The Seven-Ups (1973) and Eradication (2022). If HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear hooked you with its horror and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDeep Water (2026)7.3/10 from 737 votes
- NewestGrizzly Night (2026)Released 2026
- In JapaneseBio Hunter (1995)Also in Japanese
Bio Hunter (1995)
A strange virus known as the Demon Virus, attacks the human genetic code, transforming people into monsters with demonic powers. One particular monster is terrorizing the streets of Tokyo. ripping open young women to devour their livers. A famed psychic holds the secret to the identity and purpose of this monster. Now it is up to two molecular biologists. self-proclaimed Bio Hunters Komada and Koshigaya, to reach the psychic and his beautiful daughter before its too late! The Demon Virus is out to conquer the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Seven-Ups (1973)
A tough detective who is part of an elite New York City unit is trying to find out who killed his partner, but uncovers a plot to kidnap mobsters for money.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEradication (2022)
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight Watch (1973)
A woman recovering from a nervous breakdown tries to convince her husband and and the local London police that she has witnessed a murder in the abandoned house next door.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGantz: Perfect Answer (2011)
Summoned by the black sphere, Kei and Masaru fight against extraterrestrials until Masaru grows tired of fighting and refuses to continue.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReincarnation (2005)
A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDetective Conan: The Bride of Halloween (2022)
Shibuya, Tokyo, is bustling with the Halloween season. A wedding is being held at Shibuya Hikarie, where Detective Miwako Sato of the Metropolitan Police Department is dressed in a wedding dress. While Conan and the other invited guests are watching, an assailant suddenly bursts in, and Detective Wataru Takagi, who was trying to protect Sato, is injured. Takagi survived and the situation was settled, but in Sato's eyes, the image of the grim reaper that she had seen when Detective Matsuda, the man she had been in love with, had been killed in a series of bombings three years ago, overlapped with Takagi's.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSilver Bullet (1985)
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Flash (1990)
A laboratory accident endows a police scientist with the ability to move at superhuman speed which he uses to battle a menacing gang as a superhero.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Asphyx (1972)
Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is the mysterious apparition found in the photographs of his dying subjects?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Limits of Control (2009)
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a journey that not only takes him across Spain, but also through his own consciousness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGood Boy (2025)
A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSilent Zone (2025)
In a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Unhealer (2021)
A botched faith healing bestows supernatural Shaman powers on a bullied teenager. When his lifelong tormentors pull a prank that kills someone he loves, he uses his powers for revenge and goes on a bloody rampage to settle the score.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDevilman - Volume 1: The Birth (1987)
Akira Fudo is just a normal kid in Tokyo, until an old friend of his, Ryo, shows up and turns his world upside down. An upcoming war of demons on humanity is waiting in the wings, however, the only way for a human to fight a demon is with their power. To save the world, Akira and Ryo risk a dangerous ceremony in an attempt to create humanity's only hope: the powerful Devilman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisChime (2024)
A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonster Summer (2024)
When a mysterious force begins to disrupt their big summer fun, Noah and his friends team up with a retired police detective to embark on a monstrous adventure to save their island.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDevilman - Volume 2: Demon Bird (1990)
Akira Fudo, adjusting to his new powers as Devilman, is in for a heap of trouble as his newest enemies sent from the demon world are Jinmen, the sadistic tortoise with his victims' faces on his shell --including Akira's mother-- and Sirene, the demon bird, who has more than a few tricks up her feathery sleeves to keep him and humanity at the brink of extinction.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeep Water (2026)
A group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work together and overcome their differences if they hope to escape their sinking plane and the frenzy of sharks drawn to the wreckage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBatman: Hush (2019)
A mysterious new villain known only as Hush uses a gallery of villains to destroy Batman's crime-fighting career as well as Bruce Wayne's personal life, which has been further complicated by a relationship with Selina Kyle/Catwoman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe House on Teddy Bear Lane (2015)
During a nature hike, Linda and her brother Bob become viciously attacked by a psychopath wearing a bear costume and wielding a bloody sledge hammer. Linda wakes up to find herself in a house of horrors, where she is trapped alongside two other victims left to fight for survival.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Grizzly Rage (2007)
After accidentally killing a bear cub while celebrating graduation in the woods, four teens become the target of a seemingly unstoppable Grizzly.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Son of Kong (1933)
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBear (2010)
Two young couples are driving through a remote forest when their car breaks down. When a run-in with a curious grizzly bear ends up with the bear being shot to death, the bear's mate arrives on the scene and vengefully attacks their van. The couples are trapped inside the disabled car and must come up with clever ways to survive. As they battle the surprisingly intelligent creature, and contemplate their uncertain fate, secrets begin to emerge that threaten to tear the group apart before the bear does.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBerserker (1987)
Six young adults in the woods run afoul of a berserker, a viking warrior who dons the fur and snout of a bear, and are slain in turn by him.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMagical Secret Tour (2026)
A mother of two who suddenly learns of her husband’s embezzlement and crushing debts; a researcher buried in debt; and an unmarried, pregnant woman with no savings. Three women who seem to have nothing to do with crime cross paths by chance and, through gold smuggling, form an unexpected bond as partners in crime. As they seize money and freedom, a revenge game begins—one that allows each of them to reclaim and rebuild their lives. The sight of women who have long gone with the flow of life, choosing to take their fate into their own hands even if it means crossing the line into crime, shines with a dazzling intensity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both crime
Yellow Fangs (1990)
Based on actual events that occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, 1915. Rimeinzu: Utsukushiki yuusha-tachi tells the story of a group of bear hunters that are tracking a 900 pound brown bear nicknamed Red Spots that is terrorising the area. It attacks and kills men, but it feasts only on women.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Grizzly Night (2026)
On August 12, 1967, in Montana's Glacier National Park, the unthinkable happened: that same night, nine miles apart, there were not one—but two—fatal grizzly bear attacks.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Vacancy (2017)
A group of friends try camping when something lurking outside ruins the fun.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
The Bear Storm (1980)
An adaptation of Akira Yoshimura's original suspense novel starring Rentaro Mikuni. 4th year of the Taishō era. About 15 families who moved in search of agricultural land to the land of the pioneers in Hokkaido led a peaceful life. One day, one of the pioneers, Mikio Shimakawa's wife Yura, and her child Taichi are attacked and killed by a bear that cannot hibernate. To resolve the situation, Shimakawa goes against all odds and turns to Ginshiro, the most hated hunter in the village, for help. While Shimakawa was away from the village, Yura and his friends were holding a funeral, the bear attacked again...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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What are the best movies like HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear?
The closest matches to HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear are Bio Hunter (1995), The Seven-Ups (1973) and Eradication (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear?
Start with Bio Hunter (1995), the closest match to HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear.
What is the highest-rated movie like HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear?
Deep Water (2026), rated 7.3/10 by 737 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear?
Grizzly Night (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear?
Yes: Bio Hunter (1995), Gantz: Perfect Answer (2011) and Reincarnation (2005).
How are movies similar to HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside HIGUMA!! The Killer Bear, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.