Movies Like The Purge: Election Year
If you liked The Purge: Election Year (2016), a action and horror movie directed by James DeMonaco, 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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The Purge: Anarchy (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thrillerOne night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish -- including murder -- without fear of punishment or imprisonment. Leo, a sergeant who lost his son, plans…
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The First Purge (2018)
★ 6/10Also action and horrorTo push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of…
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The Hunt (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also action and thrillerTwelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport…
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Rampage: Capital Punishment (2014)
★ 6/10Also action and thrillerA man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
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28 Years Later (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and thrillerTwenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into the dark heart of the mainland, he…
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also horror and thrillerDr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
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The Forever Purge (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also action and horrorAll the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their…
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Land of the Dead (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerThe 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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Jigsaw (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerLaw enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.
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Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thrillerLost 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…
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Jason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and thrillerTommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
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Daylight's End (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also action and horrorYears 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…
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Hunted (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also action and horrorA woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
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Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerRetired military commander Colonel Dale Murphy hosts the simulated post-apocalyptic reality show where participants are challenged to survive a remote West Virginia wasteland. But the show turns into a nightmarish…
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The Book of Eli (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also action and 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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God Is a Bullet (2023)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller and actionVice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the…
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Saw V (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerFollowing Jigsaw's grisly demise, Detective Mark Hoffman is commended as a hero, but Agent Strahm is suspicious, and delves into Hoffman's past. Meanwhile, another group of people are put through a series of gruesome…
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The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerAfter learning that one of their victims, Maya, is still alive, The Strangers return to finish the job. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya soon finds herself in a brutal fight for survival against…
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The Strangers: Chapter 3 (2026)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and thrillerTethered by a frightening conclusion, Maya and the Strangers are locked on an unavoidable, unforgiving collision course — a showdown that proves they’re far from strangers now.
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Death Race: Inferno (2013)
★ 5.9/10Also action and thrillerCarl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and all, are transferred to another prison where they will compete in a…