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Plot Summary:
Three groups of people are trying to survive Purge Night, when their stories intertwine and are left stranded in The Purge trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 160000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, breathtaking, grindhouse, action thriller, psychological, exciting, thought provoking, intellectual, brutal
Best tv shows and movies like The Purge: Anarchy (2014):
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Turkey Shoot (1982)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, after an unspecified holocaust, survivors are herded into prison camps. There, they are hunted for sport by the leaders of the camp. Paul, one of the newest prisoners, is determined not to go down as quietly as the others.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, apocalyptic, cult classic, psychotronic, bloody, slasher, mysterious, surreal, art house, cult horror
Similar in 81%
Silent Rage (1982)
Plot Summary:
A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, suspenseful, suspense, detective, grindhouse, medical horror, perverse, cult classic, rough
Similar in 88%
Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Plot Summary:
The lone inhabitants of an abandoned police station are under attack by the overwhelming numbers of a seemingly unstoppable street gang.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, atmospheric, grindhouse, tense, suspenseful, cult classic, talky, exciting, rough, serious
Similar in 87%
The Purge (2018)
Plot Summary:
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: brutal, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, bloody, bleak, intellectual, slasher
Similar in 77%
Predator 2 (1990)
Plot Summary:
Ten years after a band of mercenaries first battled a vicious alien, the invisible creature from another world has returned to Earth -- and this time, it's drawn to the gang-ruled and ravaged city of Los Angeles. When it starts murdering drug dealers, detective-lieutenant Mike Harrigan and his police force set out to capture the creature, ignoring warnings from a mysterious government agent to stay away.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 179000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, scary, rough, suspenseful, bloody, cult classic, action packed, slasher, saga
Similar in 83%
The Forever Purge (2021)
Plot Summary:
All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their harsh historical past.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 42000
Genere: Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, tense, disturbing, psychological, bloody, slasher, saga, splatter, grindhouse
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The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Plot Summary:
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, brutal, intense, psychological, bloody, grindhouse, slasher, psychological thriller, suspenseful, scary
Similar in 86%
The Crazies (1973)
Plot Summary:
Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: grindhouse, scary, intense, suspenseful, rough, creepy, cult classic, psychotronic, apocalyptic, black comedy
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The Domestics (2018)
Plot Summary:
A young husband and wife must fight to return home in a post-apocalyptic mid-western landscape ravaged by gangs.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspense, apocalyptic, bleak, futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, scary
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Halloween Kills (2021)
Plot Summary:
The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 96000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, slasher horror, atmospheric, bloody, intense, thrilling, psychological thriller, suspenseful
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Would You Rather (2012)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to help her ailing brother, a young woman agrees to compete in a deadly game of "Would You Rather," hosted by a sadistic aristocrat.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, disturbing, psychological, tense, sadistic, rough, twist ending, bloody, suspense
Similar in 76%
Eden Lake (2008)
Plot Summary:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. Rowdiness quickly turns to rage as the teens terrorize the couple in unimaginable ways, and a weekend outing becomes a bloody battle for survival.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 93000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, brutal, slasher, scary, bleak, bad ending, disturbing, suspenseful, bloody, harsh
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The Collection (2012)
Plot Summary:
Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of "The Collector" during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his "Collection." Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena's wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector's booby trapped warehouse and save Elena.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 53000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: slasher, bloody, scary, suspenseful, brutal, disturbing, intense, suspense, splatter, clever
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The First Purge (2018)
Plot Summary:
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of the others, the contagion will explode from the trial-city borders and spread across the nation.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 69000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Japan
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: suspense, psychological thriller, rough, suspenseful, hood, slasher, psychological, scary, retro, intellectual
Similar in 82%
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)
Plot Summary:
On New Year's Eve, inside a police station that's about to be closed for good, officer Jake Roenick must cobble together a force made up cops and criminals to save themselves from a mob looking to kill mobster Marion Bishop.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, intense, entertaining, neo noir, psychotronic
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The Purge (2013)
Plot Summary:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 237000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, psychological, twist ending, brutal, suspenseful, futuristic, bloody, slasher
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The Collector (2009)
Plot Summary:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 71000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, rough, sadistic, splatter, bloody
Similar in 87%
You're Next (2011)
Plot Summary:
When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of their victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 108000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspenseful, psychological, twist ending, suspense, rough, disturbing, intense, dark comedy
Similar in 76%
Day of the Dead (2008)
Plot Summary:
Day of the Dead is a horror film which is nominally a quasi-remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film of the same name, which was the third in Romero's Dead series. The film is directed by Steve Miner (who also directed Friday the 13th Part 2 & 3 and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later) and written by Jeffrey Reddick.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, stylized, rough, intense, apocalyptic, retro, dark, scenic, classic horror
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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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Doomsday (2008)
Plot Summary:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three decades later, the Reaper virus violently resurfaces in a major city. An elite group of specialists is urgently dispatched into the still-quarantined country to retrieve a cure by any means necessary. Shut off from the rest of the world, the unit must battle through a landscape that has become a waking nightmare.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 79000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, rough, grindhouse, serious, road movie, splatter, cult classic
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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
Similar in 84%
No Escape (2015)
Plot Summary:
In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, tense, scary, serious, realistic, action thriller, suspense thriller, psychological
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Kill Command (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for Captain Bukes and his tight-knit unit, descends into a terrifying battle to the death, as the marines discover the island is overrun by an enemy that transcends the human concept of evil.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: futuristic, suspense, intense, cyber, minimal cast, romantic, scenic, apocalyptic, smart, clever
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Pitch Black (2000)
Plot Summary:
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 251000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, harsh, tense, dark, light, exciting, atmospheric, intense
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Pandemic (2016)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, a virus of epic proportions has overtaken the planet. There are more infected than uninfected, and humanity is losing its grip on survival. Its only hope is finding a cure and keeping the infected contained. Lauren is a doctor who, after the fall of New York, arrives in Los Angeles to lead the hunt for uncontaminated civilian survivors. But nothing can prepare her crack team for the blood-soaked mayhem they are about to witness as they head into the Californian mean streets where everything is considered a trap… From director John (THE SCRIBBLER) Suits, a boundary-crashing, game-changing science fiction thriller featuring non-stop action from a first person shooter perspective, putting the audience in the middle of every fight whilst feeling in control of every punch thrown and shot fired. Welcome to the new model of immersive action thriller for the hardcore video game generation.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, serious, rough, disturbing, apocalyptic, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, scenic, surprise ending
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The Omega Man (1971)
Plot Summary:
Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling themselves "The Family". The plague has caused them to become sensitive to light, as well as homicidally psychotic.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 34000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: futuristic, bleak, apocalyptic, intense, suspenseful, scary, bad ending, cult classic, grindhouse, depressing
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The Colony (2013)
Plot Summary:
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, bleak, tense, dark, suspense, apocalyptic, harsh, intense, scary, futuristic
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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Plot Summary:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order. There's Max, a man of action and a man of few words, who seeks peace of mind following the loss of his wife and child in the aftermath of the chaos. And Furiosa, a woman of action and a woman who believes her path to survival may be achieved if she can make it across the desert back to her childhood homeland.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: road movie, visually stunning, exciting, surreal, suspense, apocalyptic, cult classic, stylized, epic, visually appealing
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Demolition Man (1993)
Plot Summary:
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been cryogenically frozen when wrongfully accused of killing 30 innocent people while apprehending Phoenix.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min
Plot tags: futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious, rough, entertaining, apocalyptic, humorous, epic