Movies Like The First Day

If you liked The First Day, a horror and thriller movie directed by Manu Pons, 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.

1
Hidden (2015)
★ 7/10Also thriller and horror
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
2
28 Days Later (2002)
★ 7.2/10Also horror and thriller
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…
3
Forgive Us All (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thriller
In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus has transformed humans into violently deranged cannibals. A bereaved mother has lost everything and takes refuge in an isolated mountain cabin, until a desperate wounded stranger…
4
28 Weeks Later (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thriller
Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the virus has killed everyone there. Six months later, a group of…
5
Eradication (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and…
6
Night of the Living Dead (1968)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
7
Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thriller
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…
8
Sick (2022)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
While quarantining at her family's lake house during the pandemic, Parker and her best friend are threatened by an unexpected visitor.
9
Evil Dead Rise (2023)
★ 7/10Also horror and thriller
A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.
10
Patients of a Saint (2020)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
There's a zombie outbreak after a medical trial in an international detention and medical facility on an isolated island. An ex US Special Forces/bodyguard woman inmate and a guard form a team.
11
Deadsight (2018)
★ 6/10Also horror
A man with partial blindness and a young pregnant police officer must work together to escape a deadly virus that has spread across Grey County.
12
The Invasion (2007)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and thriller
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a…
13
Songbird (2020)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller
During 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.
14
The Crazies (1973)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
15
The Blob (1988)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and thriller
In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.
16
Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thriller
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
17
The Bay (2012)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and thriller
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
18
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
A ragtag group barricade themselves in an old Pennsylvania farmhouse to remain safe from a horde of flesh-eating ghouls ravaging the Northeast.
19
Poltergeist (1982)
★ 7.2/10Also horror
The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.
20
World War Z (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
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…