Best tv shows like The Stand
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Plot Summary:
After the world is decimated by a man-made plague, a battle of literally Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 29000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 510 min
Plot tags: suspense, rough, apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful, action adventure, dark fantasy, supernatural thriller, epic fantasy
Best tv shows and movies like The Stand (2020):
Similar in 87%
Tales of the Walking Dead (2022)
Plot Summary:
Six original one-hour standalone episodes focused on both new and established characters within the walker apocalypse. Each episode has its own distinct tone and point of view — but the stakes are high in each story, pushing new, indelible characters with relentless, life-threatening choices and situations. We get to see the apocalypse through different eyes, discovering more worlds, mythos, and mysteries of the Walking Dead.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: anthology, captivating, exciting, rough, suspense, anime
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 83%
Storm of the Century (1999)
Plot Summary:
A very powerful blizzard hits the fictional small town of Little Tall Island off the coast of Maine. All access off the island is blocked, and no one is able to leave the island until the storm is over. While trying to deal with the storm, tragedy strikes when one of the town's residents is brutally murdered.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 257 min
Plot tags: scary, tense, suspenseful, creepy, intense, psychological, atmospheric, suspense, splatter, clever
Similar in 80%
Sweet Tooth (2021)
Plot Summary:
On a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and half-deer searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 65000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, tense, captivating, disturbing, atmospheric, dark fantasy
Similar in 77%
The Stand (1994)
Plot Summary:
The human race is wiped out by a government invented super flu. The remaining survivors take sides in the forces of good and evil. A mysterious old woman who is a servant of God and a powerful and deadly man who might be the devil himself. A gas station attendant, a rock star, a mute, a professor, a farmer, a socialite, a mildly retarded man, a judge, a teenager, a mother, and a nerd take forces.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 38000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 361 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, apocalyptic, suspense, serious, futuristic, tense, rough, captivating, suspenseful
Similar in 85%
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
Similar in 89%
2084 (2009)
Plot Summary:
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the government collapsed. Chaos... on a global scale.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 163
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, psychological, tense, apocalyptic, captivating, suspense, exciting, rough, bleak
Similar in 81%
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
Similar in 77%
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
Similar in 82%
I Am Omega (2006)
Plot Summary:
The Last Man Alive Must Battle a Planet of the Dead. [An Asylum film.].
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: mockbuster, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, suspense, cyber, futuristic, fast, disaster movie
Similar in 78%
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
Similar in 75%
The Last Man on Earth (1964)
Plot Summary:
Robert Morgan is the last man on earth, as far as he can tell. A plague killed everyone else on the planet several years ago. He was immune to it, and can only guess why. Vampires that were formerly human attack Morgan's home every night.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, grindhouse, scary, atmospheric, suspense, apocalyptic, classic horror, black and white, tense, bleak
Similar in 89%
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
Similar in 82%
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
Similar in 87%
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
Similar in 81%
Z Nation (2014)
Plot Summary:
Three years after the zombie virus has gutted the country, a team of everyday heroes must transport the only known survivor of the plague from New York to California, where the last functioning viral lab waits for his blood.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 39000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, scary, exciting, absurd, tense, apocalyptic, satirical, serious, spooky, weird
Similar in 89%
The Last of Us (2023)
Plot Summary:
Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 475000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspense, apocalyptic, scary, psychological, epic, slasher, crying, spectacular, neo western
Similar in 87%
Dominion (2014)
Plot Summary:
Dominion is an epic supernatural drama set in the near future. Specifically, 25 years after "The Extinction War," when an army of lower angels, assembled by the archangel Gabriel, waged war against mankind. The archangel Michael, turning against his own kind, chose to side with humanity. Rising out of the ashes of this long battle are newly fortified cities which protect human survivors. At the center of the series is the city of Vega, a glistening empire that has formed from the ruins of what was once Las Vegas.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, suspenseful, serious, dark, sexy, apocalyptic, scary, dark fantasy, demonic, epic fantasy
Similar in 85%
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
Similar in 85%
12 Monkeys (2015)
Plot Summary:
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate the source of a deadly plague that will all but annihilate the human race.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 48000
Genere: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: futuristic, mind bending, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, mindfuck, intense, suspense, exciting, spiritual
Similar in 78%
Zoo (2015)
Plot Summary:
Set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet, a young renegade scientist is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery behind this pandemic before time runs out for animals and humans alike.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, cliffhanger, exciting, apocalyptic, costume drama, realistic
Similar in 75%
Y: The Last Man (2021)
Plot Summary:
Traverse a post-apocalyptic world in which a cataclysmic event decimates every mammal with a Y chromosome but for one cisgender man and his pet monkey. Follow the survivors in this new world as they struggle with their efforts to restore what was lost and the opportunity to build something better.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, exciting, political thriller, anime, dark, apocalyptic
Similar in 77%
The Passage (2019)
Plot Summary:
A post-apocalyptic story about a botched U.S. government experiment that turns a group of death row inmates into highly infectious vampires, and an orphan girl who might be the only person able to stop the ensuing crisis.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, disturbing, exciting, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, gothic, action adventure
Similar in 75%
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
Similar in 84%
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
Similar in 81%
Cargo (2017)
Plot Summary:
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 47000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, bleak, scary, dark, social, sad, tear jerker
Similar in 80%
28 Days Later (2002)
Plot Summary:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 436000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough, tense, dark, suspense, psychological, disturbing, creepy
Similar in 86%
World War Z (2013)
Plot Summary:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 706000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Malta
Duration: 116 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, suspenseful, scary, serious, tense, epic, splatter, suspense, entertaining, action packed
Similar in 79%
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
Similar in 84%
I Am Legend (2007)
Plot Summary:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 799000
Genere: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, intense, atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, rough, serious, suspense, bleak