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Plot Summary:
Nearly three decades after the discovery of the T-virus, an outbreak reveals the Umbrella Corporation's dark secrets. Based on the horror franchise.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, dark, gothic
Best tv shows and movies like Resident Evil (2022):
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Block Z (2020)
Plot Summary:
A pre-med student and her friends encounter the death of a patient that exhibited symptoms of rabies. They are soon faced with an even bigger problem as their patient comes back from the dead and infects the people on campus, causing a lockdown and trapping the students inside.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 370
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Philippines
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, exciting, suspense, suspenseful
Similar in 87%
Fear (2021)
Plot Summary:
A lethal virus forces humanity to remote regions for survival, one family fights to try to save its children from a band of marauders bent on revenge.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 614
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, scary
Similar in 90%
Zomboat! (2019)
Plot Summary:
We follow two sisters contending with the recent zombie apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic, psychotronic, horror comedy
Similar in 81%
Zombie Resurrection (2014)
Plot Summary:
15 months after the apocalypse, a group of survivors are forced to take refuge in an abandoned school, where they encounter a mysterious zombie with the power to bring the undead back to life.
IMDB Rating: 2.8
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 87%
Infected (2016)
Plot Summary:
When Marcus Smith's whole life turns completely upside down due to an Infectious disease that turns the dead into walking dead, he must ban together with his old friend Shane Valdez and a group of Survivors. Together they learn the new way of life while thriving for survival everyday in a horrific world where almost everything is trying to kill them.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 33
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic
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Disaster L.A.: The Last Zombie Apocalypse Begins Here (2014)
Plot Summary:
After a meteor shower strikes Los Angeles, toxic smoke is released across the city causing people to physically change and become violent. A small group of survivors plans to vacate the city by heading to the coast.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: scary, exciting, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, breathtaking, suspense
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The Day of the Triffids (2009)
Plot Summary:
It's an up-to-date setting of the 1951 sci-fi thriller. With the world blinded and the Triffids set loose, it falls upon a band of scattered, sighted survivors to fight this carnivorous plant invasion. With a brave new world of maniacs, warring factions and renegades, the battle on the streets is not only directed at the purple-headed organisms but a battle to survive the sinister street-army headed by megalomaniac Torrence.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 186 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, scary, disaster movie
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Hidden (2015)
Plot Summary:
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, scary, suspenseful, dark, surprise ending, tricky, apocalyptic, splatter, creepy
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Zombie Apocalypse (2011)
Plot Summary:
Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, tense, mockbuster, natural horror, psychotronic, disaster movie
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Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a world overrun by zombies, military personnel and survivalists live in an underground bunker while they seek a cure.
IMDB Rating: 3.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, apocalyptic, exciting, tense, rough, disturbing, retro, perverse, thrilling, psychotronic
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Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010)
Plot Summary:
When lovelorn Michael arrives in Berlin to return a set of keys to his ex-girlfriend, Gabi, as an excuse to see her again, he finds her apartment empty save for a couple of plumbers making repairs to the central heating. Just as Michael learns from the plumber’s apprentice, Harper, that Gabi has popped out for a while but will return soon, the apprentice is attacked by his boss who has unexpectedly and inexplicably transformed into a raging madman. Together, Michael and Harper manage to bundle the crazed plumber out of the apartment and barricade themselves safely inside. Within minutes, they find themselves trapped in apartment block under siege from a horde of similarly insane people, apparently hungry for human flesh.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 63 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, serious, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, enigmatic, disturbing, apocalyptic, deep
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Peninsula (2020)
Plot Summary:
A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, atmospheric, dark, tense, suspenseful, emotional, exciting, rough, captivating
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Happiness (2021)
Plot Summary:
A new type of deadly virus spread throughout the city, and the apartment where has different social classes of people is sealed off. With the fear of the virus, and the conflicts of the different classes, the residents have to spend and survive in the new habitation.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, dorama, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
Similar in 78%
Kingdom (2019)
Plot Summary:
In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty, a crown prince is sent on a suicide mission to investigate a mysterious outbreak.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 52000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bloody, dark fantasy, dorama, spooky, tense, disturbing, gothic, epic, apocalyptic
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Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 (2015)
Plot Summary:
The web series tells the story of a group of passengers aboard a commercial airplane during the earliest moments of the outbreak. Over the course of the series, the plane and the lives of its passengers are put in jeopardy once they discover an infected traveler.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, scary, rough, suspense, suspenseful, epic
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Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Plot Summary:
What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 141000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: captivating, tense, suspenseful, surreal, apocalyptic, grindhouse, creepy, scary, bleak, serious
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Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Plot Summary:
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, stylized, splatter, suspenseful, serious, visual, action packed, spectacular, saga
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Extinction (2015)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Hungary, France
Duration: 112 min
Plot tags: scary, apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, retro, intense, bad ending, bloody, entertaining, dramatic
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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
Plot Summary:
A reboot of the "Resident Evil" franchise. Set in 1998, the intention is to re-create the 'terrifying visceral experience' of the first two games in the series, exploring 'the secrets hidden in the walls of the Spenser Mansion and Raccoon City' while also 'telling a grounded human story about a small dying American town.'.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, disturbing, apocalyptic, exciting, suspenseful, splatter, anamorphic, perverse, thrilling
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Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)
Plot Summary:
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice (Milla Jovovich) is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 99000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Canada
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: exciting, apocalyptic, splatter, saga, psychological, entertaining, satanic, action adventure, disgusting, serious
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Land of the Dead (2005)
Plot Summary:
The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse, apocalyptic, atmospheric, stylized, splatter
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Plot Summary:
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines and the most sinister foe yet.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 208000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, gothic, scary, suspense, splatter, action packed, exciting, rough, serious, stylized
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Daylight's End (2016)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: tense, suspenseful, rough, brutal, bleak, fantasy adventure, psychotronic, independent film, apocalyptic
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Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
Plot Summary:
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by new found allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, stylized, apocalyptic, exciting, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, bleak, serious, splatter
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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Plot Summary:
Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, apocalyptic, suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, suspense, splatter, action packed, serious, action adventure
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Black Summer (2019)
Plot Summary:
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, disturbing, tense, apocalyptic, spooky, supernatural thriller, dark, bleak
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All of Us Are Dead (2022)
Plot Summary:
A high school becomes ground zero for a zombie virus outbreak. Trapped students must fight their way out — or turn into one of the rabid infected.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: dorama, dark fantasy, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, scenic
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#Alive (2020)
Plot Summary:
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, captivating, exciting, disturbing, psychological, splatter, atmospheric, scary, rough
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The Walking Dead (2010)
Plot Summary:
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, tense, captivating, scary, apocalyptic, serious, epic, bloody, psychological, exciting
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Resident Evil (2002)
Plot Summary:
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain are charged with leading the mission. But they only have three hours before the pathogen becomes airborne and infects the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 284000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, atmospheric, splatter, bloody, cult classic, action packed, entertaining, grindhouse, futuristic