Movies Like Death Watch

If you liked Death Watch (1980), a drama and science fiction movie directed by Bertrand Tavernier, 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
Daybreakers (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also science fiction
In 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…
2
The Assessment (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also science fiction and drama
In a climate change-ravaged world, a utopian society optimizes life, including parenthood assessments. A successful couple faces scrutiny by an evaluator over seven days to determine their fitness for childbearing.
3
Natural Born Killers (1994)
★ 7/10Also drama
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
4
Greenland (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction
John 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…
5
Melancholia (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and science fiction
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
6
The Island (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction
In 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…
7
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
★ 7/10Also drama
Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who…
8
Swan Song (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and science fiction
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate in this thought-provoking…
9
Fortress (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
In 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…
10
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama
Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who has come to Earth in search of water to save his home planet. Aided by lawyer Oliver Farnsworth, Thomas uses his knowledge of advanced technology to create profitable inventions…
11
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground…
12
The Zero Theorem (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and science fiction
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
13
Ares (2016)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and drama
In a near future, the world order has changed. With its 10 millions of unemployed citizens, France has now become a poor country. Its people wavers between rebellion and resignation and find an outlet in the shape of…
14
The Animal Kingdom (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and science fiction
In a world hit by a wave of mutations transforming humans into animals, François does everything he can to save his wife. As some of the creatures disappear into a nearby forest, he and their son Émile embark on a…
15
Die My Love (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
After inheriting a remote Montana house, Jackson moves there from New York with his partner Grace, and the couple soon welcome a child. As Jackson becomes increasingly absent and rural isolation sets in, Grace…
16
Right at Your Door (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and science fiction
A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
17
These Final Hours (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama
With 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…
18
Into the Forest (2016)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and science fiction
In 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 &…
19
Aporia (2023)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and drama
Since losing her husband, Sophie has struggled to manage grief, a full-time job, and parenting her devastated daughter, but when a former physicist reveals a secret time-bending machine, Sophie will be faced with an…
20
Zardoz (1974)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.