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Devilman (2004)
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Original name: デビルマン
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A scientific exploration in search of a new energy source unleashes a group of powerful demons who begin possessing human bodies and destroying civilization. Close friends Akira (Hisato Izaki) and Ryo (Yusuke Izaki) wind up on different sides of this epic struggle. Akira’s inner strength allows him to maintain his identity and fight for good, but the weaker Ryo is completely overtaken by Satan himself.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary, perverse, suspense, manga, romantic, scenic, anime, futuristic ...
Plot:
demon, devil, fall in love, supernatural, good versus evil, survival, supernatural ability, teenage life, rivalry, chaos, danger, heroic mission, curses spells and rituals, vampire, monster, comic hero, zombie, heroes, plague, twins, escapades, imaginary, alien encounter, siblings relations, chaos and mayhem ...
Place:
antarctica
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Most similar movies to Devilman
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, scary and suspense films with plots about danger, supernatural, escapades, rivalry, deadly, heroes and good versus evil mostly in Horror, Fantasy and Action genres. Some movies like Devilman: A Chinese Ghost Story (1987), Aragami (2003), Darklight (2004), Guyver: Dark Hero (1994), Nightscape (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. No one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, and the beautiful ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, scary, talky, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ghost, sword fight, martial arts, monster, supernatural, wuxia, kung fu, curses spells and rituals, love, fall in love, good versus evil, danger ...
Time:
year 1987, 18th century, 80s
Place:
china, asia, japan, tokyo, hong kong
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Two seriously wounded samurai find refuge from a storm at an isolated temple, the home of a swordsman and a mysterious young woman. One samurai awakes to find that not only has his comrade died, but that his wounds have miraculously healed. He ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting, minimal cast ...
Plot:
martial arts, heroic mission, supernatural, rivalry, good versus evil, survival, heroes, friendship, danger, escapades, master villain, creator ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The evil Djinn is back at again, this time wreaking havoc on the students of Illinois' Baxter University. His victim is a beautiful, innocent and studious teenage girl named Diana Collins who accidentally opened up the Djinn's tomb and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, scary, dark ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
genie, wish come true, djinn, wish fulfillment, supernatural, youth, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, college campus, imaginary, heroes, escapades ...
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Captured by a secret society known as the Faith and mentally controlled with a powerful spell, ancient demoness Lilith now lives as a young woman with no memory of her agless past. However, the terrifying plague unleashed by a rampaging monster, the ...
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, rough, mystic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
good versus evil, save the world, heroic mission, battles, danger, survival, supernatural ability, race against time, supernatural, imaginary, curses spells and rituals, swamp ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Higanjima is an eerie island occupied by vampires, from where none has ever come back alive. When teenager Akira hears that his missing brother has been seen in the island, he decides to investigate with several friends.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, scary, fast
Audience:
teens
Plot:
vampire, island, supernatural, survival, deathtrap, danger, good versus evil, friendship, escapades, gory, imaginary, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Sean Barker became the unwilling host to an alien bio-armor known as the Guyver. A year ago he destroyed the Kronos Corporation, an organization of mutants who want the Guyver. Now he is trying to find why the Guyver unit forces him to fight and ...
Style:
perverse, epic, manga, suspense, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, martial arts, alien parasite, exploitation, monster, villain, comic hero, superpower, avenger, space, alien invasion, astronaut ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Nightscape, an emotionally guarded drifter, Kat (Galesh), crosses paths with a phantom car responsible for a wave of supernatural violence. The drifter must learn to trust again if she is to end a lifetime of bad luck and help her new found ...
Style:
suspenseful, surreal, serious, suspense, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
car, survival, good versus evil, escapades, chaos, rescue, mysterious character, danger, on the road, demon, curses spells and rituals, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A supernatural battle for souls plays out on the streets with lots of guns and knives.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, rough, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
woman in danger, supernatural ability, apocalypse, gang, unlikely partners, heroic mission, mentally unstable, zombie, supernatural, danger, battles, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Teens trapped on an island are haunted by a demon hidden inside...a pinata.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
island, demon, curses spells and rituals, teenage life, gory, rivalry, supernatural, danger, survival, escapades, sorority, campus ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
What's scary is being a human being, and what's scary is being myself. Truly horrifying things reside inside oneself. The work asks if you can stand the inescapable terror.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak, fable
Plot:
serial killer, murder, life is a bitch, rivalry, danger, supernatural, supernatural ability, gory, premonition, blood, death, father ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan, asia
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A group of demons in the ancient Japanese capital of Heian is dismembering members of a family of Japanese nobles.
Style:
serious, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
medieval, supernatural ability, martial arts, exorcism, vengeance, curses spells and rituals, heroes, supernatural, rivalry, wizards and magicians, kaiju, demon ...
Time:
10th century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When the night falls, and the creatures of the dark are crawling out of the shadows, there is only one man who stands between us and evil: Edward Carnby.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, scary, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot:
supernatural, curse, supernatural ability, chaos, chaos and mayhem, curses spells and rituals, heroes, deadly creature, danger, imaginary, wizards and magicians, supernatural power ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A group of devil-may-care teenagers discover they've mistakenly called upon the Prince of Darkness in this flashy horror story.
Style:
homoerotic, erotic, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, imaginary, religions or cults, curses spells and rituals, legends and myths, rivalry, good versus evil, supernatural ability, escapades, danger, youth, high school ...
Time:
middle ages, 21st century
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
From the beginning, stories of angels and men have captured our imaginations and have been etched into our history crossing all boundaries of culture, religion, and time. These two races have dominated the landscape of modern mythology for countless ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, serious, mysterious
Plot:
genie, supernatural, good versus evil, rivalry, danger, mentally unstable, djinn, mythical creature, monster, magical, violent content, imaginary ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The Shadow Men are immortal beings of darkness and destruction. One such Shadow Man, Os (Zane), is confronted by the White Warrior, a being of light, and given the chance to change his ways or die. After the White Warrior bests Os in combat, she ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, suspense, tense, detective ...
Plot:
martial arts, good versus evil, heroic mission, supernatural, battles, apocalypse, rivalry, supernatural ability, daring rescue, danger, estrangement, imaginary ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Ken Kaneki is a university student. He is also half-ghoul and half-human. He agonizes over his situation. Trying to avoid other ghouls, he shelters himself at Anteiku Cafe and spends time with Toka Kirishima. One day, a ghoul, Shu Tsukiyama, appears ...
Style:
seinen, anime, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, secret identity, secret organization, survival, blood, supernatural ability, murder, deadly creature, good versus evil, drastic change of life, distopia, fight ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
26%
516
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.
Style:
serious, scary, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, village, rivalry, mutant, chaos, deadly creature, danger, heroes, escapades, battles, youkai ...
Place:
japan
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The vampire myth is given a stylish 1960s treatment, where a human cop partners with a vampire cop to stop a vamp bent on creating a war between the two "separate but equal" races.
Style:
exciting, scary, suspenseful, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
vampire, danger, supernatural, imaginary, gory, church, heroic mission, legends and myths, escapades, epidemic, serial killer, heroes ...
Time:
jurassic, 60s, 20th century
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
During World War 2 a group of brave US Airmen are downed in Nazi controlled Europe, after their aircraft is attacked by Nazi-controlled mythological Gargoyles.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
gargoyle, deadly creature, heroic mission, supernatural, military, daring rescue, good versus evil, danger, survival, heroes, rivalry, escapades ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
germany
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jacob, a young man armed with a deadly sword, saves Sarah, a teenage girl, from Mathias, a malevolent evil that has begun plaguing a small farmland town while in search of an ancient necklace that had belonged to Sarahs Uncle. Jacob sets out to get ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, bleak, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, heroic mission, heroes, good versus evil, supernatural, danger, deadly creature, escapades, demon, small town, chase, supernatural horror ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
781
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Richard Greico leads a team of electrical workers who stumble across a terrifying parallel universe. While investigating a strange power source in an abandoned building, the workers find themselves sucked into an underworld teeming with massive, ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, serious, natural horror
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
giant spider, parallel world, survival, experiment gone awry, supernatural, dangerous animal, chaos, heroic mission, deadly creature, escapades, rivalry, rescue ...
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Belgium, Netherlands
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Eighteen-year-old Kristel survived a car accident in which her father dies. Tormented by nocturnal visions she begins to care for her father's investigation of serial killers - especially Andries Martíns, a killer of children.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, serious, slasher ...
Plot:
supernatural, serial killer, psychopath, survival, isolation, murder, gory, captivity, vengeance, danger, ghost, confined ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 2000s, 1850s, 21st century
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Thriller, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
There exists an ancient manuscript still writing itself called the Lexicon. It supposedly tells of the coming of the Anti-Christ, and happens to fall into the hands of an unsuspecting woman (Kari Wuhrer). Now, she is being pursued by angels intent ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, brutal, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, afterlife, destiny, ghost, obsessive quest, danger, good versus evil, serial killer, clergy, supernatural ability, apocalypse, oracle ...
Place:
romania, europe
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Voodoo Moon takes place in the mid-west United States, where a demonic figure murders the entire population of a small town, save for one young boy and his sister. Twenty years later, the boy has been consumed with trying to track the devil down and ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
afterlife, good versus evil, supernatural, imaginary, obsession, deadly creature, survival, danger, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, woman in danger, curses spells and rituals ...
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Two thieves (Rodney Rowland, Kevin Patrick Walls) compete with a madman in their search for an ancient relic which can create an army of evil souls.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, humorous, queer horror, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, deadly creature, treasure hunt, heroic mission, danger, good versus evil, escapades, rivalry, gory, supernatural ability, parallel world, curses spells and rituals ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Four young college students agree to fix up an abandoned home for rent, only to discover the demons within and an open doorway... to Hell.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, erotic, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
making love, demon, afterlife, haunted house, heroic mission, supernatural ability, danger, ghost, uncover truth, curses spells and rituals, obsessive quest, rivalry ...
Time:
90s
Place:
ireland, europe, usa, new england
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Hunted by raiders, a band of crusading knights escort the holy grail through a valley of black death where they must hack and slash their way to freedom.
Style:
rough, stylized, scary, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
plague, survival, supernatural, holy grail, knight, danger, heroes, rivalry, clergy, gory, escapades, chases and races ...
Time:
middle ages
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
He threw their loved ones into a swamp. Now they want revenge... But when a demon does their dirty work, it comes at a price.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
small town, curses spells and rituals, demon, vengeance, creature, murder, supernatural ability, supernatural, monster, police, imaginary, swamp ...
Time:
year 1988
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
The hero, Hyakkimaru is a wandering "demon hunter" whose extra body parts -- 48 to be exact -- were grafted onto his head and trunk by a herb doctor who discovered him as an infant, in a process that echoes "Frankenstein" and ...
Style:
anime, tense, captivating, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
samurai, curse, martial arts, destiny, shaman, good versus evil, demon, danger, rivalry, decapitation, vengeance, friendship ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A chief physician at a large metropolitan hospital is formulating a serum to resurrect recently deceased "patients".When his facility comes under inspection from the federal government, the doctor is forced to dispose of the ...
Style:
suspense, serious, scary, rough, grindhouse ...
Plot:
zombie, martial arts, experiment gone awry, survival, gory, mad scientist, supernatural, escapades, deadly creature, danger, rivalry, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
23%
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