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Plot Summary:
A deadly virus hits a small community living on an island in the North Sea.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Denmark
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic
Best tv shows and movies like The Island (2020):
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COVID-21: Lethal Virus (2021)
Plot Summary:
The climate change has released an ancient rabies virus trapped in the Antarctica ice. A female scientist tries to get to the laboratory to create a cure to save the world, protected by an eccentric and two members of the special forces.
IMDB Rating: 1.8
IMDB Votes: 989
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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Epidemic (2020)
Plot Summary:
-A dangerous virus is spreading in Montreal (in Canada) among a group of ostracized and vulnerable homeless people. How long will Anne-Marie Leclerc, infectious disease specialist and director of the Laboratory for Emergency Health, take before realizing the existence of this highly contagious disease? Will it be too late to prevent a deadly epidemic from spreading throughout the population?.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 379
Genere: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, bleak, enigmatic
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Day 5 (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a fortuitous drug bender saves his life, addict Jake ventures out into the quiet streets… unaware that most of the world already died in their beds. Now, battling sleepless fatigue and encroaching delirium, Jake teams with a scrappy teenager, overnight doctor and red-eye pilot to search for answers… and just maybe find a way to sleep again.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, intense, apocalyptic
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Plague (1979)
Plot Summary:
An outbreak of a bacteria called M-3 causes people to die in extreme pain via body spasms. A woman who is a carrier escapes from a hospital and goes on the run, spreading the plague to people she encounters, and onto food in fast food stops etc. She has no idea however that she is a carrier, and as such may carry a cure.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 326
Genere: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychotronic, atmospheric, independent film
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Before the Fire (2020)
Plot Summary:
Deep in the throes of a global pandemic, up and coming TV star, Ava Boone, is forced to flee the mounting chaos in Los Angeles and return to her rural hometown. But as she struggles to acclimate to a way of life she left behind long ago, her homecoming attracts a dangerous figure from her past – threatening both her and the family that serves as her only sanctuary.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, captivating, apocalyptic, tense
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What Still Remains (2018)
Plot Summary:
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long-since destroyed by disease; but when a lonely traveler offers her a place in his community, she must decide if the promise of a better life is worth the risk of trusting him.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, intense, dystopian
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The Blackout (2014)
Plot Summary:
An expecting couple, a survival expert and four teenagers deal with a global blackout and the disintegration of society around them. In their plight for survival, they must endure the worst of human behavior.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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The Commons (2019)
Plot Summary:
Set in a gripping vision of the near future, THE COMMONS is an absorbing character-driven relationship drama and a story about motherhood as the ultimate act of faith in humanity.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min
Plot tags: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing, apocalyptic
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Domain (2016)
Plot Summary:
After a deadly virus wipes out most of humanity, the survivors are forced to wait alone in self-sustaining bunkers while the viral threat runs its course. Able to communicate through a networked video interface, the survivors wait for years and slowly become a motley family of sorts. But their fragile social ecosystem is shattered when, one by one, they start mysteriously disappearing from their bunkers.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: tense, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, psychological thriller, surprise ending
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Pandemic (2009)
Plot Summary:
A slow-paced, action thriller about a virus that strikes a New Mexico county and the local veterinarian who gets caught in the middle.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 890
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: suspense, bleak, serious, tense, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, disaster movie, awful
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Between (2015)
Plot Summary:
Between is the story of a town under siege from a mysterious disease that has wiped out everybody except those 21 years old and under. The series explores the power vacuum that results when a government has quarantined a 10-mile diameter area and left the inhabitants to fend for themselves.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, tense, rough, bleak, apocalyptic, independent film
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Station Eleven (2021)
Plot Summary:
A post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines telling the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 507 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing, spiritual, anthology, iconic
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Into the Night (2020)
Plot Summary:
When the sun suddenly starts killing everything in its path, passengers on an overnight flight from Brussels attempt to survive by any means necessary.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, tense, suspense, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, futuristic, intellectual, twisted
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Virus (2019)
Plot Summary:
A real life account of the deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, and the courageous fight put on by several individuals which helped to contain the epidemic.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, captivating, realistic, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, offbeat, disaster movie
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Pandemic (2009)
Plot Summary:
ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other variety of virus? As the situation worsens and more cases begin arriving, a medical officer from the World Health Organization named Eiko Kobayashi is dispatched to the area. At the rate the virus is spreading, the entire city’s transportation system and infrastructure would be brought to a halt within 3 months. Within 6 months it could spread to tens of millions of people--reaching a death toll far worse than any war.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 343
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min
Plot tags: suspense, captivating, psychological, serious, sad
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Panic at Rock Island (2011)
Plot Summary:
An island on spectacular Sydney Harbour. Summer sun Top international artists. Tens of thousands of music fans from across the world Idyllic... Until unimaginable disaster strikes.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 690
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, rough, realistic
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The Andromeda Strain (2008)
Plot Summary:
A U.S. satellite crash-lands near a small town in Utah, unleashing a deadly plague that kills virtually everyone except two survivors, who may provide clues to immunizing the population. As the military attempts to quarantine the area, a team of highly specialized scientists is assembled to find a cure and stop the spread of the alien pathogen, code-named Andromeda.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 174 min
Plot tags: serious, tense, suspenseful, futuristic, melancholic, harsh, stylized, apocalyptic, exciting, suspense
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Containment (2016)
Plot Summary:
An epidemic breaks out in Atlanta leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives. This is the story of loved ones torn apart, and how the society that grows inside the quarantine reveals both the devolution of humanity and the birth of unlikely heroes.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic, suspense, disaster movie
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Helix (2014)
Plot Summary:
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying life-and-death struggle that holds the key to mankind's salvation...or total annihilation.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: serious, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, spooky, scary
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Deranged (2012)
Plot Summary:
Jae-hyuk is a pharmaceutical worker for a medical supplies company. When a series of dead bodies are found floating in the Han River. The public is shocked to discovered that the deaths are related to a fatal outbreak of virus-infected mutant parasitic horsehair worms, called 'Yeongasi', that can control the human brain. Those infected shows symptoms of hunger and thirst, hence jumps into the river to combat dehydration. Whilst the authorities work to find a cure, Jae-hyuk struggles to save his family when they also exhibits similar symptoms.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic, action thriller, twisted, disaster movie
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To the Lake (2019)
Plot Summary:
Mini-series in which an unknown virus turns Moscow into a city of the dead. There is no electricity, money has lost all value and those who are still not infected, are desperately fighting for food and fuel. The main character, Sergei, lives outside the city with the woman he loves and her autistic son. It's still safe there. In spite of that he rushes to Moscow to save his ex-wife and their son, although she hates Sergei . These people, who never believed they'd be under the same roof again, have to put the past behind them and set off on a long, dangerous journey north to find an isolated hunting lodge on a deserted island. The Outbreak is a family drama in the midst of a global disaster.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, serious
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Light of My Life (2019)
Plot Summary:
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, bleak, ambiguous ending, tense, touching, captivating, suspenseful, road movie, offbeat, suspense
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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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The Hot Zone (2019)
Plot Summary:
Heroic U.S. Army scientist Dr. Nancy Jaax, working with a secret military specialized team, puts her life on the line to head off an Ebola outbreak before it spread to the human population.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Drama, History, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: rough, suspenseful, psychological, apocalyptic, terrifying, anthology, stylized, grim, gloomy
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Survivors (2008)
Plot Summary:
Survivors was a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC. It depicts the lives of a group of people who survived a virulent unknown strain of influenza which has wiped out most of the human species. According to the producers, the series is not a remake of the 1970s BBC television series Survivors, created by Terry Nation, but is loosely based on the novel of the same name that Nation wrote following the first series of the 1970s series. Two series were produced of the new series. Series 1 ran on BBC One and BBC HD in November–December 2008, and series 2 ran in January–February 2010, ending with a cliffhanger. The BBC announced on 13 April 2010 that, due to poor viewing figures and other considerations, Survivors had been cancelled. The series had its premiere in South Africa on BBC Entertainment in September 2009, in France on DTTV channel NRJ 12 on 12 January 2010, and on BBC America in the United States on 13 February 2010. The series' Australian premiere was on Channel Nine, on 21 March 2010.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, serious, tense, captivating, stylized, atmospheric, cliffhanger, clever, bleak, suspenseful
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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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The Last Ship (2014)
Plot Summary:
Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, stylized, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, exciting, thought provoking, nautical, disaster movie
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The Rain (2018)
Plot Summary:
After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: captivating, atmospheric, exciting, apocalyptic, tense, bleak, suspenseful, stylized, compassionate, sitcom
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Contagion (2011)
Plot Summary:
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 313000
Genere: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspense, bleak, suspenseful, realistic, thought provoking, disturbing, emotional, exciting, clever