Movies and TV shows like On the Run 2026
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On the Run (2026)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Five years post-apocalypse, a group flees continuously, seeking safety from an insidious new threat stalking the wasteland while navigating treacherous terrain and scavenging to survive.
Style:
tense, bleak, dark, suspenseful, grim, road movie, dystopian
Plot:
survival, wasteland, on the run, pursuit, post apocalyptic, stalker, resilience, dystopia, isolation, desperation, survival horror, moral ambiguity, wilderness, apocalypse
Time:
near future
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Most similar movies to On the Run
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, bleak, suspenseful and grim films and TV series with plots about survival, isolation, post apocalyptic, dystopia, desperation, survival horror and moral ambiguity mostly in Drama, Action and Horror genres. Some movies like On the Run: The Dark: Forever Winter (2020), The Walking Dead: Dead City (2023), Delta Zulu (2012), The Sky Has Fallen (2009), Into the Abyss (2022). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
It is the last days and the Forever Winter has begun. Surviving in the deep woods, 15-year-old Lizzy is no longer a child but has been hardened by her experiences in a world that's quickly going to hell.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
struggle for survival, survival, post apocalyptic, abduction, kidnapping, child abduction, end of the world, life is a bitch, kidnapped, apocalypse, child kidnapping, post apocalypse ...
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Story:
Maggie and Negan travel to post-apocalyptic Manhattan - long ago cut off from the mainland. The crumbling city is filled with the dead and denizens who have made it a world full of anarchy, danger, beauty, and terror.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, disturbing ...
Plot:
walking dead, anarchy, supernatural, survival horror, post apocalyptic, dead man, danger, living dead, post apocalypse, evil dead, ruins, zombie ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Humanity has survived what seemed to be the apocalypse, but a threat still remains. Delta Zulu follows Clark, a freelance reporter who will be amongst the few civilians ever allowed into a Red Zone, a lawless quarantined area that still breathes ...
Style:
bleak, tense, grim, tension, dark ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, survival, lawlessness, dystopia, violence, isolation, combat, moral ambiguity, government corruption, post war, investigative journalism, black ops ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
Follows the USS Pennsylvania as Riley and crew survive the apocalypse in the submarine.
Style:
tense, apocalyptic, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
submarine, zombie, apocalypse, infected, walking dead, post apocalyptic, isolation, fear, survival horror, catastrophe, struggle for survival, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Within a couple of hours, a new disease wipes out almost all of mankind. Trying to avoid infection, people flee to remote locations, but they start seeing mysterious black figures, carrying away the dead and experimenting on them. Now, Lance and ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
infection, apocalypse, post apocalypse, mutation, disease, nightmare, creature, death, post apocalyptic, pandemic, survival, medieval ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Trying to escape danger in a post-apocalyptic world, Bannon realizes that his very existence will be put to the test.
Style:
tense, bleak, grim, dark, suspense
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, desperation, escape, danger, struggle for survival, desolation, wasteland, dystopia, journey, isolation, loneliness ...
Similarity:
58%
519
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A dystopian coming-of-age movie focused on three kids who find themselves in an abandoned amusement park, aiming to unite whoever remains. With dangers lurking around every corner, they will do whatever it takes to survive their hellish Neverland.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
dystopia, distopia, coming of age, children, virus, post apocalyptic, survival, dystopian society, battles, post-apocalyptic future, fate of humanity, deadly virus ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
When a prison transport plane crashes in the remote Alaskan wilderness—freeing dozens of violent inmates—the region's lone marshal must protect the town he's vowed to keep safe.
Style:
suspense, crime thriller, action thriller, tense, bleak
Plot:
desperation, law enforcement, isolation, man versus nature, survival, small town, winter, marshal, search and rescue, vigilantism, rescue mission, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
56%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In 2023 unidentifiable radiation left 99.5% of the world's female population sterile. Man's fate is now divided in to two paths: extinction or the beginning of a new dawn.
Style:
grim, bleak, tense, emotional, road movie ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, loss, desolation, isolation, fatherhood, journey, moral ambiguity, wilderness, male bonding, violence ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Six original one-hour standalone episodes focused on both new and established characters within the walker apocalypse. Each episode has its own distinct tone and point of view — but the stakes are high in each story, pushing new, indelible ...
Style:
anthology, captivating, exciting, rough, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, halloween, walking dead, post apocalyptic, zombie, life & death, evil, fight, adaptation, humanity, mature ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Stranded in the aftermath of a deadly outbreak, a brother fights to protect his sister while he desperately searches to find refuge and avoid an infected population with a thirst for blood.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, scary, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, survival horror, infected, zombie survival, fear, struggle for survival, sister, fight, brother, pandemic ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A chemical blast at a military base sets off a supernatural disaster. As Sgt. Dash tries to keep the peace at the local police station, the explosion unleashes a toxic acid rain that dissolves the flesh of anyone trapped in it. Even worse, it causes ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, serious, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
zombie, police station, police, zombie outbreak, disaster, police officer, zombie attack, natural disaster, massive explosion, acid, survival horror, survival ...
Place:
long island
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A legion of demons have been unleashed creating an apocalyptic America. Pike leads a group of survivors fighting demonically possessed corpses through the wasteland trying to make it to Jawbone, while The Magistrate is creating an army of cannibal ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, suspense, apocalyptic, dark ...
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, zombie, undead, demon, cannibalism, post apocalypse, desert, post apocalyptic, violence, battles, struggle for survival ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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 survival and the battles to come. ...
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, tense, intense, grim ...
Plot:
survival, end of the world, struggle for survival, protective parent, post apocalyptic, family drama, father daughter relationship, alternate dimension, isolation, dystopia, desperation, sacrifice ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After the fall of civilization, the few survivors have been driven to cannibalism. A young man must confront a violent tribe that has murdered his father and stolen the medicine that keeps his girlfriend alive.
Style:
tense, brutal, bleak, grim, dark ...
Plot:
cannibalism, survival, post apocalyptic, revenge, desperation, violence, dystopia, rescue mission, isolation, moral ambiguity, lawlessness, barbarism ...
Similarity:
45%
705
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 870 min.
TV show
Story:
America has been bloodlessly taken over by the Soviet Union, leading to slave-labor camps for some, collaboration for others and rebellion for yet others.
Style:
political thriller, tense, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
alternate history, cold war, dystopia, cold war era, resistance, occupation, oppression, totalitarianism, spy, president, u.s. president, propaganda ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Hungary
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In a zombie-ravaged world, a resourceful teen and her protector fight for survival, facing relentless dangers and testing the limits of hope and loyalty.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, bleak, emotional
Plot:
zombie, survival, post apocalyptic, desperation, bonding, loyalty, dystopian future, wasteland, hopes, coming of age, isolation, ruse ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hope, a researcher who studies infectious diseases, the struggle for survival in a world where a deadly virus but decimated the population .
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, intense, grim ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, virus outbreak, infection, pandemic, survival, dystopia, quarantine, biohazard, medical research, isolation, contamination, claustrophobia ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, apocalyptic, psychological ...
Plot:
survival horror, survival, pandemic, deadly virus, threat, humanity, post apocalypse, virus, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, apocalypse, post apocalyptic ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Far into the future a group of young adults are stranded on a hostile alien planet with no hope of getting home.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
stranded, alien planet, young adult, survival, survival horror, space, young woman, young man, planet, struggle for survival, fight, desperation ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2010s
Similarity:
43%
357
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After a meteor collides into Earth, a lonely rancher and a lost young girl are on the run from vicious mercenaries.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, meteorite, survival horror, struggle for survival, crash survivor, young woman, end of civilization, armageddon, chase, pursuit, isolation, post apocalyptic ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Months after we last saw him in "The Walking Dead," Daryl Dixon finds himself transported across the Atlantic to France.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspenseful, dread, suspense ...
Plot:
zombie, survival, walking dead, supernatural, post apocalyptic, male protagonist, survivalist, journey, anti hero, lone wolves, trauma, loyalty ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe, france, paris france
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After a devastating toxic snowfall kills millions, Juan Salvo and a group of survivors in Buenos Aires must resist an invisible threat from another world.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak, heroic
Plot:
snow, alien invasion, survival, post apocalyptic, reluctant hero, alien, resistance, desperation, snowstorm, isolation, claustrophobia, dystopia ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
By 2115, the world has been plagued by severe environmental disasters, civil unrest, anarchy and governmental collapse, and pure chaos. Society no longer has easy access to the basic needs of survival, and everyday is a fight to survive. Elixir ...
Style:
grim, bleak, tense, suspenseful, action thriller
Plot:
survival, dystopia, post apocalyptic, anarchy, lawlessness, violent, paranoia, fear, fight, water, life, environmental ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
It Crawls Beneath is a horror-thriller from Dale Fabrigar. Michael Pare (The Lincoln Lawyer) and Joseph Almani (Law of Attraction) star in the story of a young cop working on his uncle’s classic vintage car on a secluded ranch when a major ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, serious, disturbing, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
claustrophobia, survival, creature feature, survival horror, deadly creature, fight, trapped, nightmare, trap, deathtrap, panic, isolation ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
Harvesters is an action-packed thriller about a small-time gang of misfits led by lesbian Gulf War veteran Frankie Falzone. After she thrashes a redneck at a strip club, she and her gang move on to a small town where they rob a liquor store and kill ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, grim, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
violence, murder, survival, home invasion, law enforcement, isolation, backwoods, small town, outlaw gang, chase, manhunt, survival horror ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of criminals on the run in a cold, winter forest find themselves caught in the middle of an ancient feud between the monsters that rule the day and the creatures that rule the night.
Style:
suspense, dark fantasy, tense, crime thriller, grim ...
Plot:
forest, survival, desperation, survival horror, isolation, supernatural, cat and mouse, man versus nature, violent, folk horror, moral ambiguity, snow ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a post apocalyptic world run by vampires, only the strong survive. John Shepard, Vampire Hunter, is one of them. John has to track down and eliminate the master vampire before he himself gets turned.
Style:
grim, dark, tense, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
vampire, vampire hunter, survival, blood, post apocalyptic, violent, dystopia, survivalist, revenge, gunfight, cat and mouse, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
TV show
Story:
Helgoland. Here, on Germany's only offshore island, a small community of survivors of an apocalypse that has overrun the rest of the world and plunged it into chaos is holed up. But the price of their survival is high. The resources on the ...
Style:
bleak, grim, suspense, tense
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, island, isolation, dystopia, end of the world, human nature, rationing, moral ambiguity, community, claustrophobia
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Trapped on an island, a team of mercenaries on a rescue mission begin to question everything around them as they encounter threatening creatures living in the shadows.
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, captivating, exciting, scary ...
Plot:
monster, island, survival, scientist, survival horror, remote island, struggle for survival, teaching, female scientist, claustrophobia, isolation, rehearsal ...
Place:
fictional island
Similarity:
38%
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