Movies like 964 Pinocchio (1991)
The best movies like 964 Pinocchio (1991) are Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), Rubber's Lover (1996) and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992). If 964 Pinocchio hooked you with its horror and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedEraserhead (1977)7.3/10 from 2,891 votes
- NewestOats Studios: Volume 1 (2021)Released 2021
- In JapaneseTetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)Also in Japanese
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
A "metal fetishist", driven mad by the maggots wriggling in the wound he's made to embed metal into his flesh, runs out into the night and is accidentally run down by a Japanese businessman and his girlfriend. The pair dispose of the corpse in hopes of quietly moving on with their lives. However, the businessman soon finds that he is now plagued by a vicious curse that transforms his flesh into iron.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisRubber's Lover (1996)
After the explosive demise of their last subject, scientists must look for a replacement on whom to continue their bizarre experiments with brain-altering drugs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)
A Japanese salaryman finds his body transforming into a weapon through sheer rage after his son is kidnapped by a gang of violent thugs.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeath Powder (1986)
Three conspirators steal a secret android. In their warehouse hideout, the android secretes a reality-altering substance, which casts them into a frightening nether-world of interconnected subjectivity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Hellevator: The Bottled Fools (2004)
Luchino's routine morning elevator ride up from her subterranean home on level 138 to her school many stories above turns horrific when the elevator operator is ordered to pick up two passengers from floor 99, the maximum security level. What starts as psychological manipulation soon turns wholly physical as both the cruel convicts and Luchino's own dysfunctional past are unleashed. And then every passenger must fight for his or her survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGuinea Pig: Mermaid in the Manhole (1988)
An artist dealing with the grief of his wife leaving him finds solace in painting the squalor of the sewer. He discovers a trapped mermaid, whom he brings home to heal. Her condition worsens, and she asks the artist to paint her before she dies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisTokyo Gore Police (2008)
In a futuristic Tokyo where police have been privatized and bitter self-mutilation is so casual that advertising is often specially geared to the 'cutter' demographic, Ruka is on a mission to avenge her father's assassination. Ruka is a cop from a squad whose goal is to destroy homicidal mutant humans known as 'engineers', that possess the ability to transform any injury to a weapon in and of itself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeadly Eyes (1982)
Corn grain contaminated with steroids produces large rats the size of small dogs who begin feeding on the residents of Toronto. Paul, a college basketball coach, teams up with Kelly, a local health inspector, to uncover the source of the mysterious rat attacks and they eventually try to prevent the opening of a new subway line as well as find the mutant rats nest quickly, or there will be a huge massacre of the entire city!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisMeatball Machine (2006)
Capable of making bio-mechanical weapons out of human flesh, alien parasites grotesquely invade the Earth, turning their hosts into maniacal killers who seek and destroy each other to the bloody death! And yes, it s also a human love story, even though the budding romantics are infested with slimy, tumor-like globules.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisParasite Eve (1997)
A scientist realizes his dead wife is an organization of mitochondria bent on making a new species that will wipe out humanity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Biotherapy (1986)
A group of Japanese scientists are stalked and viciously butchered by a creepy alien in a trenchcoat.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Videodrome (1983)
As the president of a trashy TV channel, Max Renn is desperate for new programming to attract viewers. When he happens upon "Videodrome," a TV show dedicated to gratuitous torture and punishment, Max sees a potential hit and broadcasts the show on his channel. However, after his girlfriend auditions for the show and never returns, Max investigates the truth behind Videodrome and discovers that the graphic violence may not be as fake as he thought.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisZëiram 2 (1994)
Intergalactic bounty hunters Iria and Bob return to track down an ancient mystical relic. When a second Zeiram unit shows up and goes berserk, it takes all of Iria's resources to survive a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with the fearsome space creature.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Burst City (1982)
Set in a barren, futuristic Tokyo of highways and wastelands, a rowdy group of punk bands and their fans gather to protest slow, boring, Japanese living.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2010)
When the son of an American man and a Japanese woman is killed in a car crash, the man transforms into a rageful metallic being thirsty of blood and vengeance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPossessor (2020)
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped inside a mind that threatens to obliterate her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSplatter: Naked Blood (1996)
A scientist taints his mother's scientific experiment with his own drug that transforms pain into a pleasurable experience. Unfortunately for the three women involved in the experiment, the drug works a little bit too well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisJunk (2000)
Four crooks rob a jewelery shop, then head for an abandoned factory where they plan to fence the goods to the Yakuza. Unfortunately, their chosen location happens to be the same place where American scientists had previously experimented on resurrecting the dead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
The Adventure of Denchu-Kozo (1987)
A teenager discovers an electric pylon growing out of his back and is soon forced to battle cyborg vampires over the future of humanity.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBegotten (1991)
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRampo Noir (2005)
An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Electric Dragon 80000V (2001)
A violent, guitar-playing, electrically charged boxer faces off against an electronic wizard half-merged with a metallic Buddha.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLily C.A.T. (1987)
The crew of an interplanetary starship fights for survival after an alien force takes control of their craft.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisEraserhead (1977)
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLong Dream (2000)
Strange things lurk in dreams. For Mukoda Tetsurou and the doctors tending to him, things have begun to get stranger as Mukoda begins having longer and longer dreams every night. Can one dream infinity in the span of a night?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
Melvin Junko was a nerdy weakling until he fell into a vat of toxic waste, turning him into the first ever superhuman creature from New Jersey. This time, he takes on Tokyo.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisSlime City (1988)
A student moves into a run-down building in New York City. His bizarre neighbors make a concoction in their apartment they call wine, but when he takes some of it, he turns into a deformed, murderous monster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Mutant Girls Squad (2010)
Rin a young high school student is your everyday awkward girl who gets bullied by her fellow students. On her 16th birthday, Rin gets an unexpected surprise: she finds out that she is, on her father's side, a half-mutant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisOats Studios: Volume 1 (2021)
A compilation of shorts, diverse experimental content and more weird stuff spread directly from the devious mind of the South African film director Neill Blomkamp. Includes: Rakka, Firebase, Zygote, Kapture-Fluke, Cooking with Bill, Praetoria, God and Gdansk.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Decoder (1984)
F.M. discovers that different sonic frequencies induce different patterns of behaviour in listeners, first in his own studio but later in the local "H-Burger" restaurant where the passive muzak appears to be wiping people's emotions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like 964 Pinocchio?
The closest matches to 964 Pinocchio are Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), Rubber's Lover (1996) and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after 964 Pinocchio?
People who watched 964 Pinocchio most often go on to Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), Rubber's Lover (1996) and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992).
What is the highest-rated movie like 964 Pinocchio?
Eraserhead (1977), rated 7.3/10 by 2,891 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like 964 Pinocchio?
Oats Studios: Volume 1 (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Japanese movies like 964 Pinocchio?
Yes: Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989), Rubber's Lover (1996) and Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992).
How are movies similar to 964 Pinocchio chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside 964 Pinocchio, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.