Movies like I Am Legend
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I Am Legend (2007)
870K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.
Style:
intense, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, exciting, rough, futuristic, spectacular, suspense, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, infected, post apocalyptic, isolation, supernatural, plague, end of the world, secret hideout, chaos, dog, dystopian future, quarantine, deadly virus, post-apocalyptic future, pandemic, lone hero, deadly creature, danger, experiment, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future, year 2007, near future, distant future, year 2013, jurassic, 2000s ...
Place:
new york, america, usa, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city, vermont, north america ...
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Most similar movies to I Am Legend
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense and scary films with plots about distopia, post apocalypse, epidemic, apocalypse, disaster, survival and post apocalyptic mostly in Thriller, Sci-Fi and Drama genres. Some movies like I Am Legend: World War Z (2013), 28 Days Later (2002), The Book of Eli (2010), The Road (2009), Resident Evil (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
776K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, scary, tense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, virus, epidemic, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, deadly virus, post apocalyptic, infected, post apocalypse, pandemic, dystopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, jurassic ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, israel, philadelphia, seattle ...
Similarity:
94%
538K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
Style:
scary, frightening, atmospheric, dark, suspenseful ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, virus, survival, apocalypse, epidemic, infected, fear, zombie apocalypse, plague, end of the world, experiment gone awry ...
Time:
distant future, year 2003, near future, year 2000, year 2002 ...
Place:
london, england, bolivia, britain, europe ...
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Style:
futuristic, serious, apocalyptic, road movie, heroic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, lone hero, religion, protector, end of the world, dystopia, dystopic future, chaos ...
Time:
future, year 2010, near future, distant future, 2040s ...
Place:
indiana, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
92%
269K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, distopia, end of the world, cannibalism, starvation, dystopia, on the road, journey ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, distant future, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
82%
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307K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, UK, France, Japan, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain ...
Style:
scary, suspense, cult classic, splatter, saga ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, infected, virus, zombie apocalypse, artificial intelligence, monster, survival, experiment gone awry, post apocalyptic, woman with a gun, bio weapon, gory ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 2002, near future, 21st century
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to ...
Style:
scary, suspense, rough, tense, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, virus, infected, survival, end of the world, zombie apocalypse, plague, deadly virus, infection, post apocalypse, chaos, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, france ...
Similarity:
82%
651K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
Style:
suspense, scary, disturbing, visually stunning, frightening ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
creature, post apocalypse, sign language, monster, survival, creature feature, silence, survival horror, deafness, fear, alien invasion, self sacrifice ...
Time:
2010s, near future, distant future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york state
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
Style:
suspenseful, dark, tense, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, post apocalypse, starvation, epidemic, ice age, danger, survival horror, dystopia, cannibalism, underground bunker, distopia ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.
Style:
disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
creature, post apocalypse, apocalypse, silence, survival, deadly creature, saving a life, danger, farmhouse, deaf, macabre, deafness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
appalachia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Story:
Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, frightening, scary ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
zombie, survival, virus, post apocalypse, apocalypse, pandemic, walking dead, supernatural, zombie apocalypse, peril, plague, fear ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, atlanta georgia, georgia
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.
Style:
dark, suspense, scary, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, apocalypse, pandemic, military, infection, zombie apocalypse, teacher, scientist, zombie child, children, abandoned city ...
Time:
future, year 2016
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
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%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Hungary, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
Style:
scary, apocalyptic, suspense, dramatic, retro ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, epidemic, wilderness, end of the world, father daughter relationship, virus, survival, infection ...
Time:
future, 80s
Similarity:
100%
52K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA, United Arab Emirates, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
pandemic, zombie, post apocalypse, survival, boat, father daughter relationship, infected, virus, infection, danger, desert, aborigine ...
Time:
near future, 2010s
Place:
australia, oceania, south australia
Similarity:
100%
226K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife (Zooey Deschanel) flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it ...
Style:
tense, gloomy, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, survival, virus, natural disaster, end of the world, suicide, graphic violence, catastrophe, paranoia, danger, plague ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
new york, boston, philadelphia, west virginia, usa ...
Similarity:
79%
145K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
epidemic, plague, virus, quarantine, bio weapon, monkey, catastrophe, disaster, medical, infection, deadly virus, disease ...
Time:
jurassic, future, 60s, year 1967, 90s ...
Place:
africa, utah, northern california, usa, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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 & starvation.
Style:
disturbing, futuristic, erotic, melancholic, mysterious ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, forest, isolation, rape, dystopia, father daughter relationship, sisters, death of father, post apocalyptic, family bonds, humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
Style:
scary, creepy, cult classic, sexy, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, living dead, post apocalypse, virus, zombie apocalypse, survival, infected, zombie outbreak, blood, zombie attack, terror ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, future, year 2000, year 2003 ...
Place:
usa, midwest, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up to Mister, a death ...
Style:
brutal, tense, horrifying, sexy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
vampire, post apocalypse, vampire hunter, apocalypse, monster, survival, coming of age, religious fanaticism, blood, infected, vengeance, depression ...
Time:
future, 2010s, distant future
Place:
canada, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Joel and Ellie, a pair connected through the harshness of the world they live in, are forced to endure brutal circumstances and ruthless killers on a trek across post-pandemic America.
Style:
exciting, suspense, apocalyptic, scary, psychological ...
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, survival, infection, epidemic, survival horror, pandemic, post-apocalyptic future, survivor, violence, vestiges of humanity, zombie ...
Time:
2020s, future
Place:
usa, north america
Similarity:
80%
54K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, psychological, splatter ...
Plot:
zombie, survival, isolation, walking dead, infection, epidemic, apocalypse, zombie attack, zombie apocalypse, virus, zombie outbreak, zombie survival ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
seoul, south korea
Similarity:
67%
46K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, exciting, apocalyptic, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
post apocalypse, virus, apocalypse, pandemic, survival, vestiges of humanity, brother sister relationship, illness, danger, distopia, life is a bitch, desperation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Robert Neville, a doctor, due to an experimental vaccine, is the only survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. The plague caused by the war has killed everyone else except for a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people calling ...
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, scary, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, plague, isolation, infection, post apocalyptic, pandemic, virus, dystopia, transformation, loneliness, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 70s, year 1971, year 1975, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, china, woodstock, california ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, depressing, apocalyptic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, chaos, redemption, end of the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, post apocalyptic, dying ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
Similarity:
63%
329K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, medical horror, bleak, clever ...
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, deadly virus, infected, infection, death, quarantine, plague, survival, disaster, medical ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2000, distant future, future ...
Place:
hong kong, minnesota, san francisco, california, bay area ...
Similarity:
70%
53K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are more dangerous than any virus.A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe and no one can be trusted. Four young attractive people race through the back ...
Style:
scary, road movie, frightening, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
virus, survival, infection, pandemic, road trip, post apocalyptic, biohazard, post apocalypse, deadly virus, dystopia, apocalypse, blood ...
Time:
distant future, 21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
64%
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:
62%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, teenager, apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, distopia, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, youth ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
Similarity:
56%
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:
56%
82K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, cannibalism, virus, rescue, infected, danger, distopia, epidemic, female fighter, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 2030s, year 2008, 2010s, 80s ...
Place:
scotland, britain, london, england, europe ...
Similarity:
100%
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