Movies Like Scorched Earth

If you liked Scorched Earth (2022), a science fiction and thriller movie directed by Jethro Randell and Joshua Morrison, 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
My Zoe (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and science fiction
Isabelle, a geneticist recovering from a toxic marriage, is raising her only daughter, Zoe, with her contentious ex-husband. Zoe means everything to her mother and so when tragedy strikes the fractured family, Isabelle…
2
Right at Your Door (2006)
★ 5.8/10Also drama and thriller
A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
3
Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and drama
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
4
Awake (2021)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and science fiction
After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in…
5
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…
6
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 &…
7
Light of My Life (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and drama
Years after a pandemic wipes out most of the female population, a father struggles to shield his daughter from a dangerous and predatory world.
8
Fortress (1992)
★ 6.1/10Also action and thriller
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…
9
The Assessment (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also 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.
10
Stormageddon (2015)
★ 6/10Also action and drama
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human…
11
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
★ 6.7/10Also science fiction and action
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled…
12
The Darkest Minds (2018)
★ 7/10Also action and drama
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the…
13
Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and science fiction
While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he…
14
Advantageous (2015)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and drama
In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.
15
The Giver (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and science fiction
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
16
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction and thriller
After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of…
17
Titan A.E. (2000)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and action
A young man finds out that he holds the key to restoring hope and ensuring survival for the human race, while an alien species called the Drej are bent on mankind's destruction.
18
Greenland 2: Migration (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also thriller and science fiction
Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.
19
The Last Survivors (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also thriller and action
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
20
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
★ 7.5/10Also action and science fiction
When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.