Movies Like State of Emergency

If you liked State of Emergency (2012), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Turner Clay, 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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Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller and science fiction
Lost 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…
2
Hidden (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
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Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and thriller
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.
4
Resident Evil (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction
Medical courier Bryan unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
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Resident Evil (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain…
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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
★ 7/10Also thriller and science fiction
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
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The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save…
8
Land of the Dead (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction and thriller
The 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.
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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil brewing below the surface. When that evil…
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Worldbreaker (2025)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for…
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The Omega Man (1971)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and thriller
Due 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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World War Z (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also science fiction
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…
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Daybreakers (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of…
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Cold Storage (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction
When a mutating, highly contagious fungus escapes a sealed facility, two employees – joined by a grizzled bioterror operative – must survive the wildest night shift ever to save humanity from extinction.
15
The Thing (1982)
★ 8.1/10Also science fiction
A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and thriller
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as…
17
Warning Sign (1985)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and thriller
An accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.
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Arcadian (2024)
★ 6/10Also science fiction
In the near future, on a decimated Earth, Paul and his twin sons face terror at night when ferocious creatures awaken. When Paul is nearly killed, the boys come up with a plan for survival, using everything their…
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The Bay (2012)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and thriller
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
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Cloverfield (2008)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and science fiction
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their…