15 Movies Like Alienoid: Return to the Future

Loved Alienoid: Return to the Future? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Colony
#1

Colony

Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

Train to Busan
#2

Train to Busan

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

EXIT
#3

EXIT

At his mother's 70th birthday party, Yong-nam runs into Eui-joo, who rejected him in college. When the city is engulfed in toxic gas from a terrorist attack, the two must find a way to escape using all the techniques they learned in their college rock climbing club.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil
#4

The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil

After barely surviving a brutal attack by a sadistic serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su is left humiliated. Determined to catch the killer known as K, he forms an uneasy alliance with Jung Tae-seok, a relentless and incorruptible detective who often disrupts his illegal business. However, while Jang Dong-su wants K dead, Jung Tae-suk is determined to bring him to justice. With a deal in place—whoever finds K first will decide his fate—the hunt begins, blurring the lines between crime and law.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

Humint
#5

Humint

A South Korean agent hunts a drug ring in Russia and goes head-to-head with a North Korean operative — pulling both into peril and tangled secrets.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
#6

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.

💡Why it's a match: Recommended because both films perfectly capture the Popcorn Entertainment and Epic Scale feel you're looking for.

A Tale of Legendary Libido
#7

A Tale of Legendary Libido

A monk gives an impaired man the secret to a strong arousal. The man had been teased and tortured until the travelling man decides to help him out.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

Oldboy
#8

Oldboy

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
#9

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Alienoid: Return to the Future.

The Roundup
#10

The Roundup

The 'Beast Cop' Ma Seok-do heads to a foreign country to extradite a suspect, but soon after his arrival, he discovers additional murder cases and hears about a vicious killer who has been committing crimes against tourists for several years.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

Project Wolf Hunting
#11

Project Wolf Hunting

While under heavily armed guard, the dangerous convicts aboard a cargo ship unite in a coordinated escape attempt that soon escalates into a bloody, all-out riot. But as the fugitives continue their brutal campaign of terror, they soon discover that not even the most vicious among them is safe from the horror they unknowingly unleashed from the darkness below deck.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

The Witch: Part 2. The Other One
#12

The Witch: Part 2. The Other One

A girl wakes up in a huge secret laboratory, then accidentally meets another girl who is trying to protect her house from a gang. The mystery girl overthrows the gang with her unexpected powers, and laboratory staff set out to find her.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

The Pirates
#13

The Pirates

At the cusp of the founding of Joseon Dynasty, an envoy from China is delivering Emperor’s Ming’s Royal Seal. But nature in the form of a giant whale intervenes and swallows the royal seal. When a generous reward is offered to whomever can retrieve the royal seal from the belly of the whale, the race is on. A group of mountain bandits led by Jang Sa Jung and a group of pirates led by Yeo Wol go after the lost treasure, but who will get to to it first?

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion
#14

The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion

Ja-yoon is a high school student who struggles with memory loss after she endured some unknown trauma during her childhood. While trying to uncover the truth, she is unwittingly dragged into a world of crime and finds herself on a journey that will awaken many secrets hidden deep within.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

The Roundup: Punishment
#15

The Roundup: Punishment

'Monster Cop' Ma Seok-do investigates an illegal online gambling business led by a former STS Baek and an IT genius CEO Chang. Ma proposes an unexpected alliance to Jang and begins hunting down the criminals.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Alienoid: Return to the Future.

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