Movies Like After the Dark
If you liked After the Dark (2013), a drama and fantasy movie directed by John Huddles, 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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These Final Hours (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and dramaWith the end of the world only hours away, self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing…
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The Quiet Earth (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and science fictionAfter a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
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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 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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The Last Survivors (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and science fictionIn the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
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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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Daybreakers (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and science fictionIn 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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Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and dramaAfter the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
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Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and 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…
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The Survivalist (2015)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and science fictionIn a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.
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Blindness (2008)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and science fictionWhen a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
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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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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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Into the Forest (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and science fictionIn the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness &…
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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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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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Nine Days (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasyA bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
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The Running Man (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also thriller and science fictionDesperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and…
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Zardoz (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and thrillerIn the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.