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10 Best Movies Like Brainscan

If you loved Brainscan, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Boxcar Bertha

Boxcar Bertha

1972★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainscan for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

"Boxcar" Bertha Thompson, a transient woman in Arkansas during the violence-filled Depression of the early '30s, meets up with rabble-rousing union man "Big" Bill Shelly and the tw...

#2
School Society

School Society

2022★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainscan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Virginie Thévenot, a somewhat special math teacher, takes advantage of a general strike in a college to try an extraordinary experiment with a small group of students. She takes a ...

#3
Savage Messiah

Savage Messiah

2002★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainscan for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As a small-town social worker investigates a commune headed by a spiritual leader calling himself Moses, she discovers a dead child, sadistic rituals, and ruthless mental and physi...

#4
Brain Smasher... A Love Story

Brain Smasher... A Love Story

1993★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainscan for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A professional model, Sam Crain, is asked by her sister to smuggle a package from Europe to Portland Oregon, where she discovers that her sister is battling Chinese Shaolin Monks (...

#5
Pablo Francisco: Bits and Pieces

Pablo Francisco: Bits and Pieces

2004★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainscan for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Comedian Pablo Francisco brings his offbeat impressions, sound effects and observational humor to the Irvine Improv in California, featuring material about love songs, psychotic wo...

#6
Jimmy and Judy

Jimmy and Judy

2006★ 4.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainscan for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Two misunderstood suburban kids challenge society and run from the police while documenting all of their deeds with a digital camera....