Movies Like The Happening

If you liked The Happening (2008), a thriller and science fiction movie directed by M. Night Shyamalan, 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
28 Weeks Later (2007)
★ 6.6/10Also thriller 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…
2
Open Grave (2013)
★ 6/10Also thriller
A man awakes -- without memory -- in a pit full of bodies and must figure out if the people who rescued him are the killers, or if he is the murderer.
3
Hidden (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also thriller
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
4
Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also thriller 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…
5
Forgive Us All (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also thriller
In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus has transformed humans into violently deranged cannibals. A bereaved mother has lost everything and takes refuge in an isolated mountain cabin, until a desperate wounded stranger…
6
The Crazies (1973)
★ 6.1/10Also science fiction
The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
7
Significant Other (2022)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and thriller
Ruth and Harry decide to take a romantic backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest, but amongst the beautiful scenery, Ruth makes an unexpected discovery that sets her off on a strange, frightening new path. The…
8
Hunted (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
A woman flees two serial killers who are hot on her heels in a forest.
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Greenland (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also thriller and 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…
10
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…
11
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
★ 7.6/10Also science fiction and thriller
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 Bay (2012)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and thriller
Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.
13
Natural Born Killers (1994)
★ 7/10Also thriller
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
14
Kill List (2011)
★ 6.2/10Also thriller
Nearly a year after a botched job, a hitman takes a new assignment with the promise of a big payoff for three killings. What starts off as an easy task soon unravels, sending the killer into the heart of darkness.
15
Cargo (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
16
Little Fish (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also science fiction
A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.
17
The Invitation (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that…
18
Old (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also thriller
A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.
19
Caddo Lake (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also science fiction and thriller
When an 8-year-old girl mysteriously vanishes on Caddo Lake, a series of past deaths and disappearances begin to link together, forever altering a broken family’s history.
20
4 Horsemen: Apocalypse (2022)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction
A small team of scientists must race against time to stop what seems to be a cascade of global disasters signaling the possible apocalypse and end of days.