Movies Like The Doctor

If you liked The Doctor (1918), a movie directed by Fritz Magnussen, 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
Daylight's End (2016)
★ 5.8/10
Years 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…
2
The Omega Man (1971)
★ 6.2/10
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…
3
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
★ 6.1/10
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.
4
Contagion (2011)
★ 6.7/10
As 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.
5
Slither (2006)
★ 6.5/10
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
6
Renfield (2023)
★ 6.4/10
Having grown sick and tired of his centuries as Dracula's lackey, Renfield finds a new lease on life — and maybe even redemption — when he falls for feisty, perennially angry traffic cop Rebecca Quincy.
7
Awakenings (1990)
★ 7.8/10
Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversial treatment. His awakening, filled…
8
The Andromeda Strain (1971)
★ 7.1/10
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent…
9
Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10
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.
10
Mickey 17 (2025)
★ 6.8/10
Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
11
The Bay (2012)
★ 5.8/10
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
12
Code 3 (2025)
★ 7.1/10
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
13
The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
★ 6.7/10
The crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship.
14
Sea Fever (2020)
★ 6.1/10
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
15
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
★ 6.3/10
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
16
Shivers (1975)
★ 6.4/10
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.
17
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
★ 5.9/10
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
18
The Boogeyman (2023)
★ 6.4/10
Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before…
19
The Thing (2011)
★ 6.3/10
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as…
20
Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
★ 6.5/10
Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life – starting with the heart of…