Movies like Decoder: 20 to watch next
If you loved Decoder (1984) — a horror, mystery and science fiction film directed by Muscha — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Decoder most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 5 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Return 2020★ 6.7
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
After the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dark Light 2019★ 6.2
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
A woman returns to her family home and discovers it to be inhabited by monsters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Signal 2007★ 5.9
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Containment 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
Stream in India on Hungama Play, Plex
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Monster Hunters 2020★ 6.2
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror
When an alien prison ship crash lands and unleashes creature after creature in the California desert, they make quick work of the army that tries to stop them. Now, the only hope of stopping the aliens rests with a secret branch of the government specializing in alien weaponry. But with the team untested in actual combat, the battle for Earth will be brutal.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Books of Blood 2020★ 6.2
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Abduction 2019★ 6.1
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blood and Snow 2023★ 6.2
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror
When researchers rescue a fellow scientist who survived a meteorite strike in the Arctic, they discover she may not be who they think she is. Is she some-how changed?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Slash/Back 2022★ 6.4
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror
In a remote Arctic community, a group of Inuit girls fight off an alien invasion, all while trying to make it to the coolest party in town.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Black Rainbow 1989★ 5.9
Shares: Mystery, Horror
Martha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her husband, Tom. But Tom isn't dead... yet. And Martha not only knows he will die, she also knows who killed him. And the murderer knows she knows...
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Margaux 2022★ 5.9
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
As a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a dystopian nightmare as they realize Margaux's plans to eliminate her tenants one way or another. Time begins to run out as the group desperately tries to survive and outsmart the smart home.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Color Out of Space 2010★ 6.3
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror
Arkham, 1975: Jonathan Davis' father has disappeared. His tracks lead to Germany, to the Swabian-Franconian Forest where he was stationed after the Second World War. Jonathan sets out to find him and bring him home, but deep in the woods he discovers a dark mystery from the past. Based on H.P. Lovecraft's short novel "The Colour Out of Space".
Stream in India on JustWatch TV Beta, Plex
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Extinction 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Resurrected 1991★ 6.1
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Daylight's End 2016★ 5.8
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to help them defend themselves and escape to the sanctuary they so desperately need.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Osiris 2025★ 6.1
Shares: Science Fiction, Horror
Special Forces commandos on a mission are abducted mid-operation by a mysterious spacecraft. Upon waking aboard, they find themselves prey to a relentless alien race in a fight for survival.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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Nocebo 2022★ 6.0
Shares: Mystery, Horror
A fashion designer suffers from a mysterious illness that puzzles her doctors and frustrates her husband until help arrives in the form of a Filipino caregiver who uses traditional folk healing to reveal a horrifying truth.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Die Alone 2024★ 6.5
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Mae, a hardened and eccentric survivor. Together, Ethan and Mae face threats both human and otherwise before a fateful encounter with Kai unravels a secret that lies just beyond Ethan's fractured memory.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Year 10 2024★ 6.2
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
After the fall of civilization, the few survivors have been driven to cannibalism. A young man must confront a violent tribe that has murdered his father and stolen the medicine that keeps his girlfriend alive.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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Southbound 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Horror, Science Fiction
On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers — two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation — are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in these interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now