Movies and TV shows like Lord of the Flies 2026
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Lord of the Flies (2026)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
TV show
Story:
After a plane crash, a group of schoolboys find themselves stranded on a tropical island without adults. Ralph is elected leader and, with the help of the intelligent Piggy, strives to maintain order and civilization. Jack, responsible for the signal fire, becomes increasingly focused on hunting and power struggles. This leads to tensions within the group, gradually pushing the boys from hope and structure into chaos and tragedy.
Style:
allegory, tension, tropical, suspense, dark, psychological horror
Plot:
stranded, survival, children, island, anarchy, loss of innocence, chaos, violence, savage, fear, isolation, leadership, power struggle, boyhood, hunting, power, social experiment, rivalry, british, coming of age, symbolism, ethics, guilt, plane crash, tropical island ...
Time:
1950s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, dark, tense and intense films and TV series with plots about moral ambiguity, survival, power struggle, revenge, isolation, betrayal and urban mostly in Drama, Thriller and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Lord of the Flies: The New People (1969), Bad Boy (2023), Mad Unicorn (2025), Evil (2023), Queen's House (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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The New People is a short-lived 1969 American television series on ABC that focused on a group of young college students who were returning from a trip in Southeast Asia when their plane crashed on an island in the south Pacific Ocean. The crash ...
Style:
suspense, period piece, tense
Plot:
desert island, stranded, survivor, isolation, coming of age, generation gap, youth culture, island, law and order, young adult, survival, nuclear testing ...
Time:
60s
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
Dean, a young teen living with his mother and younger brother, prepares to turn in for the night when a knock on the door changes his life forever. Correctional officers storm into his room and haul him, barely clothed, out of the house.
Style:
intense, realistic, dark
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
juvenile detention, troubled youth, survival, psychological trauma, abuse, coming of age, friendship, corruption, resilience, isolation, mother son relationship, violence ...
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Duration: 60 min.
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An aspiring entrepreneur breaks new ground with the launch of a startup courier service that brings new opportunities — and powerful enemies.
Style:
crime thriller, intense, tense, dramatic, suspense ...
Plot:
startup, male protagonist, ambition, street life, risk, urban, entrepreneurship, youth, coming of age, corruption, power struggle, betrayal ...
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand
Similarity:
84%
3K
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
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Story:
It follows 16-year-old Erik, who is used to violence both at home and in the schoolyard. After being expelled from his school in Stockholm due to his violent behavior, he is transferred to the boarding school Stjernsberg. It is his last chance to ...
Style:
intense, bleak, dark, tense
Plot:
boarding school, bullying, violence, abuse, coming of age, moral ambiguity, forbidden romance, survival, teen romance, teen angst, domestic violence, secret relationship ...
Place:
stockholm sweden
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
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Story:
A wealthy designer yearning for a simpler life has her world turned upside down by a shocking event, drawing her into the path of a compassionate surgeon whose life is consumed by a quest for revenge after a heartbreaking loss.
Style:
suspense, tension
Plot:
revenge, grief, moral ambiguity, guilt, urban, class conflict, betrayal, power struggle, family secret, identity crisis, social commentary, forgiveness ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
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5 kids are working for a dark man called 'Çatal'. They find a baby in a trash bin, and because of Mercan's motherly instincts, they decide to take care of the baby; named 'Gülayşe'. Çatal, the bad guy notices the baby, ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, noir
Plot:
kidnapping, violence, poverty, child abandonment, survival, organized crime, family secret, urban, gang, drug, trauma, corruption ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The Casual Vacancy centres on Pagford, a seemingly idyllic English village with a cobbled market square and ancient abbey. Behind the pretty façade however, is a town at war: rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
village life, social relations, society, small town, uninhibited rivalry, under the surface, rivalry, rivals, murder, social inequality, class conflict, british ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 240 min.
TV show
Story:
British television movie in which a married lawyer's excursion into adultery leads to murder.
Style:
suspense, tense, crime thriller, emotional, period piece ...
Plot:
lawyer, murder, marriage, infidelity, affair, adultery, british, seduction, guilt, betrayal, television, morality ...
Time:
80s
Place:
britain, london
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The small town of Ismailpur suffers an apocalyptic night when a sudden riot breaks out and the town descends into anarchy. Four victims of the riots, rival to each other, take shelter in an old woman`s home. As the woman awaits her son`s arrival, ...
Style:
tension, dark, suspense, intense, realistic
Plot:
religious conflict, violence, riot, anarchy, human nature, mistrust, small town, anger, fear, bloodbath, morality, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 30 min.
Story:
After having been recently shipwrecked, a group of survivors begin dealing with both the reality of being stranded on a remote island as well as with feelings of alienation and isolation. Adapted from the novel by Johann Wyss, this was the pilot ...
Style:
tension, period piece, tv series pilot
Plot:
shipwreck, survival, desert island, isolation, stranded, adaptation, jungle, family drama, perseverance, exploration, rescue attempt, coming of age ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
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Story:
Haydar Ali after avenging his family’s murder, ends up in prison. There, he finds himself in the middle of one of Türkiye’s most dangerous underground cartels. However, the truly deadly confrontation begins three years later, when he regains ...
Style:
crime thriller, intense, suspense, dark, tension ...
Plot:
prison, violence, cartel, gang, revenge, family tragedy, betrayal, organized crime, male protagonist, betrayal by friend, loyalty, power struggle ...
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A young witch with extraordinary powers, Domino desperately seeks a community to help her understand who she is. Still, she doesn’t need to look far, as a coven of witches is already tracking her every move, convinced they must stop her before her ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, mystical, suspenseful ...
Plot:
witch, supernatural, magic, female protagonist, supernatural power, power, evil wizard, problem, supernatural ability, sorceress, witchcraft, magical girl ...
Similarity:
50%
57
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
Harry is a television drama series that was made by Union Pictures for the BBC, and shown on BBC One between 1993 and 1995. The programme concerned a journalist called Harry Salter who ran a news agency in the town of Darlington in England.
Style:
realistic, dark, controversial, suspense
Plot:
journalism, exploitation, manipulation, corruption, ambition, scheming, anti hero, office politics, bureaucracy, british, journalist, secretary ...
Time:
90s
Place:
northern england
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When young Daria enters rehab to kick the drug habit her first love left her with, her perceived innocence saves her from the sexual advances of the mostly male junkies inside and gains her their protection. Suddenly thrown into the spotlight and ...
Style:
intense, emotional, dark, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
drug rehab, addiction, trauma, female protagonist, recovery, manipulation, survival, abuse of power, sexual content, sexual manipulation, character study, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 312 min.
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The Charmer was a 1987 British television serial set in the 1930s, and starring Nigel Havers as Ralph Ernest Gorse, a seducing conman and murderer, Rosemary Leach as Joan Plumleigh-Bruce, the smitten victim widow and Bernard Hepton as Donald ...
Style:
crime drama, tension, atmospheric, suspense, stylized ...
Plot:
murder, deception, british, seducer, manipulation, revenge, betrayal, moral ambiguity, character study, adaptation, obsession, serial killer ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
england, london
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 396 min.
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The Last Place on Earth is a 1985 Central Television seven part serial, written by Trevor Griffiths based on the book Scott and Amundsen by Roland Huntford. The book is an exploration of the expeditions of Captain Robert F. Scott and his Norwegian ...
Style:
historical drama, grim, bleak, period piece, reflective ...
Plot:
survival, expedition, wilderness survival, wilderness, rivalry, isolation, man versus nature, heroism, biopic, tragedy, leadership, character study ...
Time:
edwardian era, 20th century, 1910s
Place:
south pole, antarctica
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bridges is the captain of a downed airliner who must help his crew and passengers survive on a deserted jungle island in the midst of a power struggle - an adult version of "Lord of the Flies."
Style:
tropical, suspense, tense, grim, period piece ...
Plot:
survival, disaster, air disaster, plane crash, stranded, leadership, power struggle, isolation, human nature, conflict, aviation, marooned ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 48 min.
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Story:
Human emotions like greed, fear, anger, loneliness, love and guilt can have a tremendous effect on one's life. This anthology series of five stories explores these emotions, blurring the lines between the real and the surreal.
Style:
anthology, psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
love, fear, greed, anger, supernatural, human nature, greedy man, social problems, life is a bitch, social issues, guilty conscience, loneliness ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
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Power corrupts. And the pursuit of power devastates. As the battle for Geilpur reaches its peak, thirst for power overpowers human conscience in this tragic tale of greed, lust and prophecies!
Style:
tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating, grim ...
Plot:
greed, power struggle, power, corruption, fight, intrigue, greedy man, fight for supremacy, violence, betrayal, manipulation, deception ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
47%
9K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
A group of ER residents navigate medical crises and personal drama amid a divisive allegation at their Miami hospital.
Style:
medical drama, tension, emotional, intense, fast paced ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
doctor, hospital, ethical dilemma, urban, power struggle, investigation, morality, leadership, heartbreak, healing, guilt, emergency ...
Place:
miami
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
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Story:
Five women face extreme situations that will unleash their rage.
Style:
tense, intense, suspense, dark, noir
Plot:
butterfly effect, rage, cathartic, trauma, manipulation, oppression, mature, female empowerment, revenge, extortion, violence, survival ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Gloria's perfect life shatters when hitmen kill her fiancé at their wedding. Abandoned by family, pursued by enemies, and stripped of assets, she must enter the money laundering world to protect her son.
Style:
crime drama, tense, suspense, dark, soap opera ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, organized crime, hitman, money laundering, revenge, single mother, betrayal, survival, resilience, protective parent, moral ambiguity, underworld ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
A 12-year-old boy survives a plane crash that kills every other passenger on the flight, including his family. As he and others affected by the tragedy try to make sense of what happened, unexpected friendships, romances, and communities are formed.
Style:
emotional, psychological, captivating, thrilling, heartfelt ...
Plot:
plane crash, friendship, crash, sole survivor, grief, loss, tragedy, family relations, relationships, problem, friends, teenager ...
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
An egocentric artillery captain and his venomous wife engage in savage unremitting battles in their isolated island fortress of the coast of Sweden at the turn of the century. Alice, a former actress who sacrificed her career for secluded military ...
Style:
dark, grim, intense, art house, period piece ...
Plot:
mental illness, manipulation, power struggle, character study, psychological torment, betrayal, revenge, claustrophobia, military, love triangle, intimate, symbolism ...
Time:
turn of the century, 60s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Chiang Chih-heng, a former mercenary now known as “The Bodyguard,” is the owner of Krisis, a security consultancy company that protects public figures who are chased by the paparazzi. Ting Ruo-chin is nicknamed the “Variety Queen” for her ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, tension
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, bodyguard, teamwork, paparazzi, security guard, enemies to lovers, stranded, desert island, ambition, female journalist, competitor, journalism ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The bright sunlight shines on the small island of Arsinoe. Some secrets, betrayals, and crimes are revealed. The mirror has somehow turned upside down. Sotiris, who was let down by those closest to him, will go from being a victim to becoming a ...
Style:
tension, atmospheric, suspense, realistic, intense ...
Plot:
island, oppression, secrets, greek, betrayal, tradition, moral ambiguity, character study, patriarchy, family conflict, female protagonist, revenge ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Ann Ming is distraught when her 22-year-old daughter Julie goes missing. The police suggest that Julie must have fled to London to reunite with Julie's estranged husband, but Ann knows that Julie would never leave 5-year-old Kevin behind.
Style:
suspense, dark, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
true crime, miscarriage of justice, murder, missing person, cold case, acquittal, grief, mother daughter relationship, police investigation, haunting, missing child, confession ...
Time:
90s
Place:
london
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
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Story:
A talented young rapper, supported by his two childhood friends, finds himself overnight "validated" by one of the stars in the business. Only, this alliance quickly turns into a dangerous rivalry ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, tension, suspense
Plot:
rap, rivalry, friendship, aspiration, ambition, musician, music industry, hip hop, rapper, friends, music, life is a bitch ...
Place:
paris france
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
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Story:
The series explores the life of Irfan, an idealistic professor who is upset by his unfair dismissal and is trying to care for his sick son. As the doors close one by one, Irfan finds himself in the middle of a dark adventure that he can't ...
Style:
tense, dark, twisted, crime thriller, suspense ...
Plot:
betrayal, sick child, corruption, family drama, fatherhood, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, power struggle, loss, desperation, social injustice, moral dilemma ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
istanbul turkey
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hong Kong
TV show
Story:
As the co-founder of the Chinese law firm Donald & Co., Charles Cheuk, has been a chairman of its committee for many years. Though he had promised his managing partner KC Lau that he would step down, Charles hires the money-minded lawyer Kent ...
Style:
dramatic, captivating, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Plot:
law firm, lawyer, office politics, power struggle, power, rivalry, attorney, fight, office, relationships, office worker, ambition ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
hong kong
Similarity:
37%
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