Movies Like Melaleuca
If you liked Melaleuca (2026), a drama and thriller movie directed by Jeremy Guenette, 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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Leave the World Behind (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and thrillerA family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
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The Dog Stars (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also thrillerAfter 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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Songbird (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerDuring a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara.
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Doomsday (2008)
★ 5.9/10Also thrillerThe lethal Reaper virus spreads throughout Britain—infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. Authorities brutally and successfully quarantine the country but, three decades later, the virus resurfaces in a…
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Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and thrillerA young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.
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Contagion (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and thrillerAs 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.
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I Am Legend (2007)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and thrillerRobert 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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Light It Up (1999)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and thrillerOn a winter day in a southside Queens high school, events collide and six students are suddenly in an armed standoff with the NYPD. At the school, classrooms freeze, teachers come and go, resources are scant.
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Foe (2023)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaHenrietta and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling…
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The Omega Man (1971)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and thrillerDue 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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The Book of Eli (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also thrillerA post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
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Fortress (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerIn the future, the inmates of a private underground prison are computer-controlled with cameras, dream readers, and devices that can cause pain or death. John and his illegally pregnant wife Karen are locked inside…
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Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also thrillerA young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
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Last Man Down (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also thrillerAfter civilization succumbs to a deadly pandemic and his wife is murdered, a special forces soldier abandons his duty and becomes a hermit in the Nordic wilderness. Years later, a wounded woman appears on his doorstep…
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Hungry Hearts (2015)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaThe relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
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6 Below: Miracle on the Mountain (2017)
★ 5.8/10Also thriller and dramaAn adrenaline seeking snowboarder gets lost in a massive winter storm in the back country of the High Sierras where he is pushed to the limits of human endurance and forced to battle his own personal demons as he…
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Not Without Hope (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller and dramaA group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
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Greenland (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also thrillerJohn Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys…
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SAS: Red Notice (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thrillerAn off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the…
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also thrillerThomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled…