Movies like War of the Worlds
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War of the Worlds (2025)
32K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Will Radford is a top analyst for Homeland Security who tracks potential threats through a mass surveillance program, until one day an attack by an unknown entity leads him to question whether the government is hiding something from him... and from the rest of the world.
Style:
suspense, tense, dark, political thriller, suspenseful, apocalyptic, bleak, grim, action packed, twist ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surveillance, alien invasion, government conspiracy, dystopia, urban, national security, paranoia, urban setting, survival, investigation, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, alien attack, spying, government, war, privacy, cybersecurity, alien, hacker, virus, ufo, police officer, military, pregnancy ...
Time:
near future, 21st century
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Most similar movies to War of the Worlds
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense and intense films with plots about survival, paranoia, monster, alien, apocalypse, catastrophe and danger mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Horror genres. Some movies like War of the Worlds: A Quiet Place Part II (2020), The Cloverfield Paradox (2018), Hidden (2015), The Mist (2007), The Changed (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, creature, deaf, monster, alien, survival horror, silence, survival, alien creature, alien invasion, deafness, alien monster ...
Time:
near future, future, 2010s, 2020s
Place:
usa, new york, atlantic ocean, new york state, america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.
Style:
suspense, lovecraft, apocalyptic, rough, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
trapped in space, space station, alternate reality, alternate dimension, scientist, alien, astronaut, giant monster, parallel world, parallel universe, multiverse, alternate world ...
Time:
near future, 2000s, 2010s, future, 2020s
Similarity:
100%
29K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
virus, post apocalypse, twists and turns, survival, father daughter relationship, murder, quarantine, epidemic, nightmare, infected, plot twist, isolation ...
Similarity:
100%
371K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bad ending, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, twists and turns, survival horror, cosmic horror, chaos and mayhem, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, distant future, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A group of ordinary people band together in a suburban home to battle imposters who have replaced their families, friends, and neighbors.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, thrilling, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
paranoia, mind control, battles, body snatcher, paranoid schizophrenia, secret, psychopath, survival, alien invasion, paranoid, isolation, home invasion ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A suburban family drives their new gadget, The Alpha Home Assistant, to a killing rampage after mistreating and abusing it, leading to a full A.I. uprising…
Style:
stylized, suspense, serious, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, human versus robot, science runs amok, murder, killer robot, revenge, robot as menace, dystopian future, technology gone awry, twists and turns, fight ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
100%
259K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, survival horror, self defense, danger, violence spree, security system, dystopia, family in danger, society, killing spree, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
alien invasion, resistance, extraterrestrial, distopia, post apocalypse, alien race, vestiges of humanity, dystopia, fight, alien technology, brutality, urban setting ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 2020s, year 2019
Place:
chicago, new york, london, north america, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, sexy, breathtaking, serious ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, virus, epidemic, psychiatrist, danger, invasion, infected, alien encounter, doctor, hysteria, save the world ...
Time:
year 2007, distant future, future
Place:
washington d.c., usa, kurdistan, russia
Similarity:
100%
49K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, slasher, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
body horror, evil alien, supernatural horror, monster, macabre, cheerleader, alien, death, small town, survival, space and aliens, quarantine ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids ...
Style:
scary, tense, suspense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
creepy child, space and aliens, alien, genetics, small town, pregnancy, mother daughter relationship, supernatural ability, mind game, alien invasion, danger, babies and infants ...
Time:
90s, 60s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing ...
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, twist ending, spooky ...
Plot:
supernatural, alien abduction, alien, danger, disorder, extraterrestrial, bird, ufo, abduction, family in danger, paranormal activity, evil alien ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2000, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
442K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
spooky, mysterious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, fear, survival horror, danger, creature, kaiju, deadly creature ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, september 11 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new york, bolivia, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator, the iconic creatures from two of the scariest film franchises in movie history wage their most brutal battle ever - in our own backyard. The small town of Gunnison, Colorado becomes a war zone between two ...
Style:
saga, suspense, serious, rough, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, evil alien, alien invasion, gory, predator, small town, space, creature, space and aliens, alien planet, survival, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
future, year 2007, 20th century, 2000s, year 2004 ...
Place:
colorado, usa, antarctica
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When professional gamer Hana, who suffers from acute agoraphobia, receives new equipment that enhances her game, she begins to wonder if it is reading her mind – or controlling it.
Style:
gaming, captivating, psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
agoraphobia, mind control, female protagonist, technology, secret, virtuality, advanced technology, game, gamer, paranoia, isolation, unsettling ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A former marine awakens to an apocalyptic sight outside of his window and barricades himself from evil creatures that surround his apartment door and terrorize the city.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
survival, demon, apartment building, fantasy world, fight, monster, post apocalypse, survival horror, isolation, claustrophobia, post apocalyptic, home invasion ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Three young astronomers fight to survive a deadly Martian invasion.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, intense, fast paced ...
Plot:
alien invasion, martian, evil alien, alien conspiracy, astronomer, survival, disaster, fight, alien contact, alien encounter, alien creature, alien life-form ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The first remake of the paranoid infiltration classic moves the setting for the invasion, from a small town to the city of San Francisco and starts as Matthew Bennell notices that several of his friends are complaining that their close relatives are ...
Style:
cult classic, disturbing, frightening, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, dystopia, doppelganger, extraterrestrial, alien parasite, supernatural, parasite, evil wins, monster, alien possession, body horror ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1978, 1950s, 50s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
As her life spirals out of control, a rebellious undergrad begins practicing a forbidden witchcraft to help her grades; but when she unknowingly unleashes a deadly curse that threatens her father's life, she will be forced to pass her biggest ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, serious, scary ...
Plot:
witchcraft, witch, cursed, college life, rock band, supernatural, female student, female college student, curses spells and rituals, sorceress, curse, occult ...
Similarity:
100%
275K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.
Style:
scary, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, tragic ending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, mars, space, space station, space travel, space exploration, astronaut, survival horror, alien life-form, alien creature, first contact, death ...
Time:
2010s, near future, year 2017, future
Similarity:
100%
263K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, suspense, cult classic, harsh ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, creature, survival, space travel, alien, alien life-form, one man army, dark hero, outer space, deadly creature, escape, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, year 2000, 2000s, y2k
Place:
oceania, space western
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship 'Covenant' discovers what is thought to be an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world – which has its sole inhabitant the ...
Style:
bad ending, futuristic, dark, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
alien, creature, space travel, outer space, extraterrestrial, alien life-form, alien parasite, space exploration, alien creature, human versus alien, androids, robot ...
Time:
future, near future, 22nd century, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
Style:
suspense, surprise ending, minimal cast, twist ending, psychological horror ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, post apocalypse, kidnapping, bunker, strong female character, alien, underground bunker, survivalist, end of the world, conspiracy theory, bomb shelter ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
louisiana, peru, new orleans, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, UK, Vietnam
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
chase, kidnapping, danger, abduction, amnesia, conspiracy, friendship, pursuit, identity, rescue mission, memory loss, martial arts ...
Place:
vietnam
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, cult classic, tense, grindhouse ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
alien invasion, evil alien, soldier, toxic, alien, research, paranoia, teenage life, emotionless, invasion, military, sleeping ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 50s, 1950s
Place:
alabama, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Blake Redding is trapped in this dark room wanting to protect his love so the only thing he will do is escape like no failed student has done before.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, social, rough, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
rebellion, life & death, heroic mission, escape, dystopia, good versus evil, injustice, confined, love and romance, twists and turns, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, escape attempt ...
Similarity:
100%
253
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Through various modes of surveillance we observe an overprotective young woman, Winnie, and her disabled brother, Stevie, caught in a web of intrigue involving a bomb plot, inept anarchists, ambitious police and a corrupt politician. The duplicity ...
Style:
political thriller, suspenseful, tension, intense, artsy ...
Plot:
surveillance, privacy invasion, sting operation, conspiracy, informant, deception, betrayal, mistrust, urban, family tragedy, corrupt politician, moral dilemma ...
Time:
near future
Place:
melbourne, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sarah, a struggling young woman, agrees to volunteer as a test subject and be implanted with the LEXX nanochip for a pharmaceutical company experiment. She hopes that the money received for her participation will solve her financial troubles. When ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, mind control, female protagonist, survival, nanotechnology, scientific experiment, loss of control, struggle for survival, experiment gone awry, family in danger, manipulation, human experiment ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In this modern retelling of H.G. Wells' classic sci-fi horror, civilization is laid to ruin when a super race of aliens invades Earth. In a blink of an eye, massive "walkers" cover the planet, annihilating all in their path. As cities ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, mockbuster, suspense, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, alien, space travel, introspection, heroic mission, supernatural, danger, dystopian future, mars, soldier, evil alien ...
Time:
year 2005
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
deadly virus, virus, disaster, medical, laboratory, science, race against time, plague, alien, pandemic, epidemic, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, distant future, year 1971, year 1970 ...
Place:
new mexico, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
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