Movies Like Scanners
If Scanners (1981) worked for you, this list highlights close matches using Appears in similar user lists plus Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror. The strongest overlaps lean into Science Fiction and Horror storytelling.
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24 recommendations
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Possessor
2020
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
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Rabid
1977
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared cast: Robert A. Silverman
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde
1995
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
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Dead Ringers
1988
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared cast: Stephen Lack, Murray Cruchley
- Shared genres: Horror
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Stereo (Tile 3B of a CAEE Educational Mosaic)
1969
- Shared genres: Science Fiction
- Strong community rating
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The Brood
1979
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared cast: Robert A. Silverman
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
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Shivers
1975
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared cast: Fred Döderlein
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
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The Fly
1986
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
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Crimes of the Future
2022
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
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The Shrouds
2025
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
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Videodrome
1983
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
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From the Drain
1967
- Shared genres: Horror
- Strong community rating
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The Italian Machine
1976
- Shared cast: Géza Kovács
- Strong community rating
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The Death of David Cronenberg
2021
- Shared genres: Horror
- Strong community rating
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The Nest
2013
- Shared genres: Horror
- Strong community rating
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Four Unloved Women, Adrift on a Purposeless Sea, Experience the Ecstasy of Dissection
2023
- Shared genres: Horror
- Strong community rating
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Cosmopolis
2012
- Appears in similar user lists
- Strong community rating
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Carrie
2013
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared genres: Horror
- Strong community rating
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Surveillance
2008
- Shared cast: Michael Ironside
- Shared genres: Horror
- Strong community rating
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Strange Behavior
1981
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
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Nightbeast
1982
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
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Patrick Still Lives
1980
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
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Firestarter
1984
- Appears in similar user lists
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
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Patrick
1978
- Shared genres: Science Fiction, Horror
- Strong community rating
People Connected To Scanners
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Stephen Lack
Cameron Vale
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Jennifer O'Neill
Kim Obrist
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Michael Ironside
Darryl Revok
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Patrick McGoohan
Dr. Paul Ruth
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Lawrence Dane
Braedon Keller
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Robert A. Silverman
Benjamin Pierce
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Lee Broker
Security One
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Mavor Moore
Trevellyan
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Adam Ludwig
Arno Crostic
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Murray Cruchley
Programmer 1
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Fred Döderlein
Dieter Tautz
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Géza Kovács
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