Movies like Resident Evil 2026
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Resident Evil (2026)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Story:
Described as a reboot that won't retell a story from the game series, but will return to the franchise's suspense/horror roots and be more faithful to the spirit of the early games. The film will attempt to capture “the moment that comes in every Resident Evil game where you find yourself standing in the mouth of a dark passageway with one shot left in the gun, and you know something horrible is waiting for you in that darkness – that awful moment where you have to will yourself forward.” The film will “follow one central protagonist from point A to point B, as they descend deeper into hell.”
Style:
psychological horror
Plot:
body horror, isolation, zombie outbreak, struggle for survival, survival horror, extreme violence, moral ambiguity, urban decay, virus, supernatural horror, folk horror, resident evil, midnight
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Most similar movies to Resident Evil
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, psychological horror and suspense films with plots about body horror, isolation, moral ambiguity, survival, gore, claustrophobia and survival horror mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Resident Evil: Live or Let Die (2020), Consumed (2024), Iron Lung (2026), Control Freak (2025), Brainjacked (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A man sets out to find his wife in an apocalyptic world overrun by the living dead, and where the living are just as dangerous and deadly as the relentless living dead.
Style:
suspenseful, dread, captivating, serious, scary ...
Plot:
survival, survival horror, thief, post apocalypse, virus, epidemic, post apocalyptic, murderer, struggle for survival, survivalist, zombie survival, infection ...
Similarity:
95%
839
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Married couple Jay and Beth take a celebratory camping trip a year after Beth's cancer remission but find themselves trapped between a wild madman and a skin-stealing monster.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, intense, dark, psychological horror
Plot:
creature feature, struggle for survival, body horror, isolation, survival horror, survival, graphic violence, hunted, camping trip, cat and mouse, wilderness, blood ...
Similarity:
93%
14K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
The stars are gone. The planets have disappeared. Only individuals aboard space stations or starships were left to give the end a name -- The Quiet Rapture. After decades of decay and crumbling infrastructure, the Consolidation of Iron has made a ...
Style:
psychological horror, independent film, suspenseful, complex
Plot:
post apocalypse, body horror, blood, cosmic horror, space, submarine, post-apocalyptic future, mysterious disappearance, claustrophobia, slow burn, hallucination, moon ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
When zombies go on a rampage, terrorizing a town, the residents are determined to take down the undead before it's too late in this indie flick.
Style:
suspenseful, independent film, bleak, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
zombie, survival, struggle for survival, infection, virus, undead, zombie attack, zombie survival, flesh eating zombie, zombie apocalypse, survival horror, zombie outbreak ...
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A motivational speaker, plagued by an uncontrollable itch on her head, becomes infected with a parasitic demon from her homeland.
Style:
psychological horror, suspense
Plot:
loss of control, demonic possession, supernatural, body horror, paranoia, isolation, identity crisis, mature, body transformation, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, dark humor ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A man suffering from debilitating migraines uses trepanation to cure his condition and realize his mind’s full potential, and discovers the dark side of the ancient surgical practice. By drilling a hole into his skull, Tristan will not only ...
Style:
psychological horror, intense, suspense, medical horror, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mind control, conspiracy, self surgery, paranoia, isolation, secret society, hallucination, brainwashing, runaway teen, obsession, claustrophobia, survival ...
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In an ancient Redwood Forest, unsuspecting players are trapped in a treacherous Augmented Reality game, MURMUR, fighting for their survival in a brave, deadly new world. This isn’t the future. It’s now.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological horror, indie film
Plot:
social media, survival game, forest, social commentary, survival horror, privacy invasion, mature, found footage, dystopia, claustrophobia, cat and mouse, surveillance ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When an alien contagion is released aboard a spaceship transforming its victims into demonic flesh-eaters, the crew must either destroy the infected or join them.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, psychotronic, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
space, mutant, spacecraft, virus, space pirate, spaceship, struggle for survival, infection, danger, pirate ship, ship, pirate ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
65%
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14K
Genre: Horror
Country: France, USA, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Residents of a rundown French apartment building battle against an army of deadly, rapidly reproducing spiders.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological horror, captivating, dread ...
Plot:
spider, infestation, survival horror, giant spider, cobweb, creature feature, claustrophobia, problem, creature, apartment building, panic, survival ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Horror
Country: Turkey, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Helen performs forbidden spells to win back her lover, unknowingly awakening the ancient curse of the Kulyas jinn. Set across Istanbul, Kars, and the U.S., she must fight terrifying forces to end the dark legacy threatening her bloodline.
Plot:
curse, djinn, supernatural horror, female protagonist, folk horror, family secret, occult ritual, haunting, survival horror, moral ambiguity
Place:
istanbul turkey, usa
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
suspense, tension, atmospheric, independent film, slasher
Plot:
zombie, transformation, fear, creature feature, body horror, mutation, isolation, survival, female monster, panic, cannibalism, forest ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Manhattan surgeon Franken rebuilds the broken body of a John Doe patient with spare parts.
Style:
medical horror, suspenseful, tense, medical drama, independent film ...
Plot:
transplant, mad scientist, reanimation, body horror, ethical dilemma, macabre, moral ambiguity, obsession, taboo, gory, identity crisis, isolation ...
Place:
manhattan new york city
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A private jet crashes in the Sierra Mountains leaving seven survivors stranded in a torrential snow storm. With no rescue team in sight, the group decides to search for the plane in hopes of fixing the radio to call for help. But what they find ...
Style:
suspense, tension, brutal, grim
Plot:
monster, survival, alien, predator, isolation, stranded, extraterrestrial, creature feature, struggle for survival, fear, mountain, desperation ...
Similarity:
47%
2K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A small town with secrets is terrorized by a demonic entity. As madness reigns questions are answered.
Style:
dark, creepy, suspenseful, gothic
Plot:
supernatural horror, small town, occult, paranoia, slow burn, folk horror, claustrophobia, isolation, possession, superstition, loss of innocence, investigation ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a young woman faces a deadly diagnosis, she seeks dark magic from a witch in the woods... but every cure has costs.
Style:
creepy, tense, grim, psychological horror, suspense ...
Plot:
terminal illness, folk horror, witchcraft, desperation, occult, disease, supernatural, superstition, haunting, ritual, isolation, curse ...
Similarity:
44%
170
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Developed by scientists Harry and Meg, the "Quadrant" helmet allows your mind to transport you into a world where all your phobias and nightmares are real, while also granting you the strength to defeat them, liberating you from their ...
Style:
psychological horror, dark, surreal, tense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
jack the ripper, virtual reality, madness, haunting, bloodbath, obsession, graphic violence, experimental technology, moral ambiguity, trauma, cat and mouse, mind control ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A rich actress who has gotten too old for leading roles employs a scientist who is working on a formula for eternal youth. The formula involves withdrawing certain fluids from the human brain. She takes the serum, but its unforeseen side effects ...
Style:
cult classic, psychological horror, medical horror, suspense, cult horror ...
Plot:
body horror, transformation, rejuvenation, actress, experiment gone awry, aging, mad scientist, creature feature, monster, obsession, vanity, serum ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An alien mother ship hovering in Earth's atmosphere is the base for an attempted alien invasion of Earth.
Style:
suspense, tension, retro, atmospheric, psychological horror ...
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, paranoia, outer space, invasion, conspiracy, survival, body horror, isolation, cold war era, flying saucer, distopia ...
Time:
80s
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The year is 1984. Researchers at the secretive Bentan Labs are celebrating the completion of their latest weapons project: a previously unknown type of mildew, capable of spreading and consuming any kind of vegetation... and ideal for attacking ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, splatter
Plot:
body horror, genetic mutation, alien life-form, dismemberment, secret laboratory, struggle for survival, survival horror, alien creature, research, survival, laboratory, mutant ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Remake of 'I Married a Monster From Outer Space'
Style:
creepy, suspenseful, tense, psychological horror, psychotronic ...
Plot:
wedding, small town, alien, pregnancy, female protagonist, paranoia, macabre, domestic drama, suspicion, transformation, isolation, body horror ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An artist, Robert Pickman, becomes obsessed by visions of unworldly horror, revealed to him through an ancient artifact discovered in an abandoned church.
Style:
lovecraft, disturbing, tense, psychological horror, suspense ...
Plot:
cosmic horror, painting, madness, driven mad, insane, possessed human, obsession, insanity, treasure, creative block, supernatural, macabre ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A scientist is testing a demonic drug on people in his secret lab. A cop and a female reporter try to stop him.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, uncover truth, mental institution, rivalry, good versus evil, dishonesty, mentally unstable, laboratory, life is a bitch, secret, mad scientist ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
41%
275
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The host of an ‘all-things-creepy’ podcast, who moves into her dying mother’s house to be her primary caregiver. When her podcast is sent 10 audio recordings of a young pregnant couple experiencing paranormal noises, she realizes the woman’s ...
Style:
psychological horror, psychological thriller, suspenseful, atmospheric
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, female protagonist, haunted house, driven mad, obsession, family secret, dying mother, mental illness, slow burn, isolation, claustrophobia, identity crisis ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A group of homeless misfits must fight for survival when they discover a plot to exterminate every homeless person in the city.
Style:
dark, bleak, tense, political, black comedy ...
Plot:
body horror, homelessness, urban decay, city, survival, class struggle, desperation, social commentary, conspiracy, angry, underdog, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
cape town south africa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Phaebon had been thought to be a safe and controlled research facility until a distress signal calls for Commander Kreiger and his robot Tinpan. Together, they try to save the planet from a spreading virus and an odd and growing cocoon. Remake of ...
Style:
futuristic, lovecraft, cult horror, cult classic, independent film ...
Plot:
monster, space, apocalypse, alien, body horror, virus, alien abduction, space opera, creature, alien invasion, distopia, struggle for survival ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A 21st-century genetic experiment goes chaotic, creating a race of genetically-violent mutants.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mutant, dystopia, genetic experiment, post apocalypse, laboratory, genetic engineering, mutation, survival, fear, survival horror, urban decay, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
near future, future, 21st century
Similarity:
39%
194
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
From legendary director, Jim Wynorski comes his latest feature involving killer robots and damsels in distress. When a sentient female robot goes on a berserk killing spree, a group of young people fight for their lives while the mad scientists who ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, slasher
Plot:
female robot, killer robot, killing, death threat, murderer, robot, female protagonist, threat, robot as menace, murder, carnage, slaughter ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After separating due to his unpredictable alcohol infused temper, Frank try to win his wife Laura back by giving her a beautiful antique necklace he finds in an old 1938 evidence bag at the station. Unfortunately, the necklace is a conduit for the ...
Style:
creepy, psychological thriller, psychological horror, period drama
Plot:
supernatural horror, haunting, family drama, alcoholism, mother daughter relationship, confronting the past, abusive husband, moral ambiguity, isolation, sisters, curse, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
60s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Horror
Country: Argentina, Uruguay
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A virus is unleashed and a chilling massacre runs through the streets of Montevideo.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tension, brutal ...
Plot:
zombie, zombie outbreak, zombie apocalypse, zombie survival, infected, zombie violence, zombie attack, mother daughter relationship, struggle for survival, death threat, deathtrap, chaos ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
uruguay
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When Collin Bastrow is found in the forest, alone and afraid, he has a shocking story to tell. As he struggles to recount the events of the previous night his memories return in a series of horrific flashes of what became of his friends and ...
Style:
tense, suspense, psychological, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, forest, sole survivor, camping, struggle for survival, danger, alien contact, murder, storytelling, fear, survival, supernatural ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
37%
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