Movies Like Thorns
If you liked Thorns (2023), a horror and science fiction movie directed by Douglas Schulze, 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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Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionThe ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in…
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Books of Blood (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fictionA journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
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They Reach (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also horrorIn 1979, a young girl stumbles upon a possessed tape player. She unknowingly unleashes a demonic entity that haunts her family while slowly dragging the small town of Clarkston to Hell.
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Event Horizon (1997)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and science fictionIn 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something…
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Legion (2010)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorWhen God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel…
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Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and science fictionLost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…
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Daylight's End (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionYears 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…
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Timescape (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also science fictionBefore they can complete renovations on their new country inn, a widowed father and his young daughter are visited by a strange group of tourists. He soon makes a chilling discovery: they are disaster junkies from the…
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Year 10 (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fictionAfter the fall of civilization, the few survivors have been driven to cannibalism. A young man must confront a violent tribe that has murdered his father and stolen the medicine that keeps his girlfriend alive.
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The Return (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and science fictionAfter the death of his father, a brilliant college student returns to his family home where he learns that the horrors from his childhood aren't as dead and gone as he once thought.
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Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and science fictionAnd 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.
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The Signal (2007)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionA horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.
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Spectral (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also science fictionA special-ops team is dispatched to fight supernatural beings that have taken over a European city.
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Nightmares (1983)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionA collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to…
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Pandorum (2009)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and science fictionTwo crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their…
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Pitch Black (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also science fictionWhen 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…
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Margaux (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionAs a group of seniors celebrate their final college days at a smart house, the house's highly advanced AI system, Margaux, begins to take on a deadly presence of her own. A carefree weekend of partying turns into a…
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Black Rainbow (1989)
★ 5.9/10Also horrorMartha Travis is a medium who makes contact with spirits "on the other side" and connects them with their loved ones still alive, in public performances. Trouble begins when she gives a message to Mary Kuron from her…
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Parallel (2018)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and horrorA group of friends stumble upon a mirror that serves as a portal to a "multiverse", but soon discover that importing knowledge from the other side in order to better their lives brings increasingly dangerous…
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Land of the Dead (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fictionThe living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.