Movies like The Relic
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The Relic (1997)
32K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover gruesome murders on the cargo ship that brought the crates to the US and then another murder in the museum itself.
Style:
scary, exciting, serious, splatter, suspenseful, tense, art house, grindhouse, horror comedy, cult horror ...
Plot:
monster, human versus monster, museum, violence, deadly creature, gory, creature feature, fear, creature, superstition, police detective, police investigation, supernatural, beast, ship, decapitation, female scientist, macabre, anthropologist, danger, blood, alien, trapped, murder, chase ...
Time:
90s, jurassic
Place:
chicago, brazil, usa, american
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Most similar movies to The Relic
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, serious and suspense films with plots about monster, creature feature, deadly, creature, supernatural, danger and deadly creature mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Relic: Mimic (1997), DeepStar Six (1989), Proteus (1995), Bats (1999), The Blob (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
59K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A disease carried by common cockroaches is killing Manhattan children. In an effort to stop the epidemic an entomologist, Susan Tyler, creates a mutant breed of insect that secretes a fluid to kill the roaches. This mutant breed was engineered to ...
Style:
suspense, natural horror, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Plot:
insect, cockroach, virus, giant insect, disease, tunnel, eaten alive, entomologist, experiment gone awry, monster, creature, epidemic ...
Time:
90s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The crew of an experimental underwater nuclear base are forced to struggle for their lives when their explorations disturb a creature who threatens to destroy their base.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
underwater, sea monster, creature feature, race against time, giant monster, ghost ship, survival, disaster, sea creature, shark, ship, alien invasion ...
Time:
future, prehistory, 80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Group of heroin smugglers finds shelter on abandoned oil rig after their ship had exploded. Soon they find that the oil rig was just cover for biological experiment. One of the results is Charlie - shape-shifting monster with ability to absorb the ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, scary, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
monster, changing the past or future, mind control, gang, laboratory, mad scientist, deadly creature, experiment gone awry, danger, ocean, drug dealing, creature feature ...
Time:
90s
Place:
hong kong, asia, china
Similarity:
100%
12K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Genetically mutated bats escape and it's up to a bat expert and the local sheriff to stop them.
Style:
scary, intense, rough, suspenseful, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
bat, disaster, animal attack, mad scientist, small town, supernatural, creature feature, monster, dangerous animal, mutation, danger, save the day ...
Time:
90s, jurassic
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
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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:
83%
27K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by ...
Style:
scary, rough, exciting, suspense, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
ship, experiment gone awry, sea, monster, creature feature, race against time, sea monster, creature, shipwreck, survival horror, suicide, ocean ...
Time:
80s
Place:
atlantic ocean, italy, rome italy
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a cockroach-spread plague threatened to decimate the child population of New York City in the original Mimic, biologist Susan Tyler and her research associates developed a species of "Judas" bugs and introduced them into the ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, natural horror, cult horror ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, giant insect, creature, insect, school, child in peril, supernatural ability, mutation, creature feature, good versus evil, rescue, survival ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
167K
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, suspense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space travel, survival, isolation, creature, outer space, danger, survival horror, deadly creature, spacecraft, post apocalypse, spaceship, monster ...
Time:
future, year 2009, year 1969
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
44K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produced a new species, they hire the best American team of underwater cave explorers in the world. While ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, suspense, scary, dark ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cave, survival, deadly creature, diver, danger, creature, supernatural, parasite, underwater, diving, obsessive quest, transformation ...
Time:
year 2005, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe
Similarity:
100%
154K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
monster, gory, alien, deadly creature, alien invasion, blood, evil alien, body horror, survival horror, chase, survival, alien encounter ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2011, future, year 1982 ...
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A man enclosed in a plastic bubble, his sister, and their best friend must defend an apartment complex from the mutant Judas Breed insects.
Style:
scary, serious, psychological, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, apocalypse, creature, police, monster, creature feature, psychopath, mind game, danger, serial killer, plague, drug dealing ...
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, futuristic, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
deadly creature, monster, sea monster, creature feature, ship, ocean, tentacle, killer animal, creature, ghost ship, bermuda triangle, apocalypse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
bolivia, asia, china, pacific ocean
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the southwest!!
Style:
serious, suspenseful, natural horror, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
giant animal, gene manipulation, monster, creature feature, experiment gone awry, giant monster, chaos, dangerous animal, heroes, danger, mad scientist, kaiju ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s
Place:
arizona, usa
Similarity:
100%
16K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Sweden, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, rough ...
Plot:
sea, sea monster, biologist, crew, ship, expedition, beast, rescue from drowning, forces of nature, creature, collision, victim ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Morocco, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A team of U.S. archaeologists unearths an ancient pyramid buried deep beneath the Egyptian desert. As they search the pyramid's depths, they become hopelessly lost in its dark and endless catacombs. Searching for a way out, they become ...
Style:
scary, serious, intense, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, found footage, monster, archaeologist, creature, archaeology, pyramid, archeological dig, characters killed one by one, tomb, desert, death ...
Time:
year 2014, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
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%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A group of utility workers are trapped in a series of tunnels which, unfortunately, contain a scientist mutated by his own creation. The creature feeds instantly on a rat, becoming what it has eaten.
Style:
suspense, bleak, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
mutant, tunnel, monster, creature feature, dangerous animal, danger, chaos, supernatural, creature, murder, scientist, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A computer whiz named 'Bean' is among several people found dead with strange striations, odd puncture wounds and missing internal organs. Bean's brother Ted teams up with detective Gina to get to the bottom of it. With the help of a ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, experiment gone awry, danger, plague, supernatural, rivalry, deadly creature, murder, monster, creature feature, insect, creature ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
Style:
scary, medical horror, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
dystopian future, deadly creature, parasite, mad scientist, experiment gone awry, save the world, monster, survival, dystopia, bio weapon, danger, plague ...
Time:
future, year 1992, year 1982, 90s, near future ...
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
farm, infection, creature feature, quarantine, experiment gone awry, creature, monster, escapades, race against time, danger, isolation, genetic engineering ...
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a top secret Cold War military project an unstoppable, malignant organism who feeds on light and energy is unleashed threatening to destroy everything in it's path.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mythical creature, eye, heroic mission, supernatural, heroes, survival, rivalry, race against time, experiment gone awry, danger, escapades, government agency ...
Time:
60s, year 1969
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A man, crippled in an accident, returns to the woods after rehabilitation, certain that he'll not see Bigfoot again.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, serious, perverse ...
Plot:
bigfoot, sasquatch, woods, creature, supernatural, creature feature, survival, danger, monster, deadly creature, escapades, kaiju ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
At a climate research station in the Alps, the scientists are stunned as the nearby melting glacier is leaking a red liquid. It quickly turns to be very special juice — with unexpected genetic effects on the local wildlife.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, slasher ...
Plot:
mutant animal, deadly creature, scientist, creature feature, mountain, survival, danger, isolation, supernatural, insect, dog, snow ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
alps, austria, germany, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Geneticist seeks to make a name for herself by saving the planet from disease by using eons-old antibodies, harvested from enlarged six legged creatures. The creatures don't like being big and escape. Send for help.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, humorous, scary ...
Plot:
space and aliens, rivalry, heroes, escapades, danger, supernatural, chases and races, deadly creature, disorder, mutant, experiment gone awry, chaos ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
18K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A baby alligator is flushed down a Chicago toilet and survives by eating discarded lab rats, injected with growth hormones. The now gigantic animal, escapes the city sewers, and goes on a rampage, pursued by a cop and a big-game hunter.
Style:
cult classic, dark comedy, suspense, stylized, witty ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alligator, sewer, creature feature, crocodile, creature, animal attack, giant animal, urban legend, monster, toxic, reptile, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Romania
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A group of teenagers go on a excursion to the mountains. There, they are attacked by birds infected with a lethal virus. When the teens reach a nearby village, the haunting birds start passing their virus on to all the dwellers.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, natural horror ...
Plot:
virus, mutant, youth, chaos, survival, deadly creature, danger, teenage life, escapades, on the run, supernatural, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, rough, natural horror, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
human versus monster, sea monster, sea, sea creature, oil, creature feature, isolation, survival, deadly creature, forces of nature, dangerous animal, escapades ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A team of scientists go to a nuclear mining facility to investigate a possible meltdown and instead find a large amount of cloned dinosaurs.
Style:
scary, cult horror, independent film, fast, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dinosaur, monster, reptile, creature feature, kaiju, creature, animal attack, killer animal, giant monster, gory, exploitation, reptiles ...
Time:
jurassic, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa, nevada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Secretly engineered and blasted into space by government scientists, a vile monster crash-lands back on Earth and begins killing everyone it encounters. As the death toll rises, veteran cop McLemore (Charles Napier) bravely steps forward to crush ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, rough, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, technology gone awry, bio weapon, creature feature, outer space, satellite, rescue, evil alien, alien encounter, deadly creature, danger, supernatural ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Otherworldly creatures inhabit the bootleg tunnels underneath a small town mining community, and they kill any of the townsfolk who invade their home.
Style:
scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher ...
Plot:
creature, creature feature, deadly creature, gory, danger, social relations, escapades, mine, female nudity, monster, winter, snow ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
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