Movies Like The Quiet Earth
If you liked The Quiet Earth (1985), a drama and science fiction movie directed by Geoff Murphy, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Awake (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and science fictionAfter a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in…
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Sphere (1998)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thrillerA spacecraft is discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the ocean floor to investigate…
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Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fictionWhile on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he…
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The Omega Man (1971)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and dramaDue to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain; sensitive to light…
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Right at Your Door (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerA dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
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Hollow Man (2000)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and thrillerCocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the…
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UNABOMBER (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaFollow Ted Kaczynski's transformation from Harvard prodigy into the infamous Unabomber. Subjected to controversial psychological experiments by Professor Henry Murray, Kaczynski's troubled past resurfaces decades later…
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Twelve Monkeys (1995)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and thrillerIn the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground…
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After the Dark (2013)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fictionAt an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a…
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Warning Sign (1985)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fictionAn accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.
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Unthinkable (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and thrillerThe government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes…
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The Maze Runner (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also science fiction and thrillerA teenager with no memory of his past finds himself among a group of boys living in a walled enclosure surrounded by a massive, ever-changing maze. As he struggles to adapt to their rules and society, he begins to…
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The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and dramaThomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions…
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I Am Legend (2007)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and science fictionRobert 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…
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The Dog Stars (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also thriller and science fictionAfter the world's population has been ravaged by a pandemic, a man lives a lonesome existence in a Colorado airplane hangar with his dog and a dour gunman he has befriended. When a mysterious transmission comes through…
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Victor Frankenstein (2015)
★ 6/10Also drama and science fictionWhile searching for animal body parts at a London circus, radical scientist Victor Frankenstein meets gifted surgeon Igor Strausman. Not only does the brilliant doctor offer Strausman his friendship, but also a chance…
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and thrillerA crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline.
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The Island (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and science fictionIn 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly…
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Children of Men (2006)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and thrillerIn 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the…
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Spaceman (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and dramaSix months into a solo mission, a lonely astronaut confronts the cracks in his marriage with help from a mysterious creature he discovers on his ship.