Movies Like World War Z

If you liked World War Z (2013), a action and horror movie directed by Marc Forster, 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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Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and science fiction
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…
2
The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
★ 6.6/10Also action and horror
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into thoughtless, flesh-eating monsters. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save…
3
Worldbreaker (2025)
★ 6/10Also action and horror
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for…
4
Lifeforce (1985)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
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The Bay (2012)
★ 5.8/10Also horror and science fiction
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
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Re-Kill (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction
Five years after a zombie outbreak, the men and women of R-Division hunt down and destroy the undead. When they see signs of a second outbreak, they fear humanity may not survive.
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28 Years Later (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and science fiction
Twenty-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…
8
The Book of Eli (2010)
★ 6.8/10Also action and science fiction
A 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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Resident Evil (2002)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and action
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain…
10
Daybreakers (2010)
★ 6.3/10Also action and 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…
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The Crazies (1973)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction and horror
The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
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The First Purge (2018)
★ 6/10Also action and horror
To 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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Pontypool (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and science fiction
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy…
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28 Days Later (2002)
★ 7.2/10Also horror and science fiction
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…
15
Land of the Dead (2005)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fiction
The 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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Terminator Salvation (2009)
★ 6.1/10Also action and science fiction
All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as…
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Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and science fiction
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.
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Dawn of the Dead (1978)
★ 7.5/10Also horror and science fiction
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
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Daylight's End (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also action and horror
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…
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28 Weeks Later (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and science fiction
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…