Movies like The Darkest Hour 2011
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The Darkest Hour (2011)
66K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.
Style:
suspense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, stylized, absurd, philosophical, scenic, action thriller ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, post apocalypse, demolished city, end of the world, evil alien, creature, apocalypse, disaster, post apocalyptic, chase, alien, fantasy world, humanity, alien contact, american abroad, chaos, space and aliens, life is a bitch, chases and races, unstoppable, escapades, danger, on the run, friendship, rescue ...
Time:
2010s, year 2000, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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Most similar movies to The Darkest Hour
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, apocalyptic, exciting and suspenseful films with plots about alien, danger, space, apocalypse, distopia, post apocalypse and end of the world mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Darkest Hour: Skyline (2010), The 5th Wave (2016), Battle Los Angeles (2011), A Quiet Place Part II (2020), Super 8 (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
94K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight ...
Style:
suspense, futuristic, apocalyptic, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ufo, apocalypse, evil alien, alien invasion, alien, alien abduction, space and aliens, vestiges of humanity, alien encounter, fantasy world, creature, catastrophe ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, california, london ...
Similarity:
80%
126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, teen, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, end of the world, alien, invasion, post apocalypse, danger, survival, virus, obsessive quest, escapades, humanity in peril ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
ohio, usa, bangkok thailand, london, tower bridge london ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, evil alien, alien encounter, survival, battlefield, invasion, military, heroic mission, chaos, alien attack, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, mojave desert, america, santa monica california ...
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, creature, deaf, monster, alien, survival horror, silence, survival, alien creature, alien invasion, deafness, alien monster ...
Time:
near future, future, 2010s, 2020s
Place:
usa, new york, atlantic ocean, new york state, america
Similarity:
100%
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379K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, entertaining, retro ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, small town, monster, ufo, creature, alien, friendship, coming of age, train crash, young heroes, investigation, youth ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1979, future, year 2011 ...
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
71%
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: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
Style:
action packed, saga, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
dystopia, alien, bounty hunter, lone hero, outer space, space and aliens, one man army, distant planet, space opera, one against many, tough guy, space ...
Time:
future, year 2004, near future, 2000s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
disaster, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, apocalypse, climate change, survival, environmental, post apocalypse, tsunami, global warming, environment ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, future, 20th century, distant future ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., los angeles, antarctic, california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Indonesia, UK, China, Singapore
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an alliance with a band of survivors to take back the planet once and for all.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspense, disturbing, smart ...
Plot:
alien, rescue, alien technology, spaceship, brutality, alien invasion, invasion, evil alien, monster, abduction, police officer, alien creature ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
laos, southeast asia, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
185K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, saga, space horror, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, survival, tough heroes, space, space opera, one man army, space and aliens, danger, alien planet, mysterious planet, heroes, mercenary ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
583K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Iceland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, visually appealing, visually stunning, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopian future, alien invasion, survival, cloning, danger, space travel, dystopia, resistance, mysterious character, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, year 2000, distant future ...
Place:
peru, seattle, empire state building manhattan new york city, new york, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him in this sci-fi action thriller. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly ...
Style:
exciting, teen, suspenseful, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
superpower, supernatural, alien, youth, supernatural romance, supernatural ability, good versus evil, young heroes, friendship, teenage love, high school, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
ohio, pittsburgh, usa, florida, africa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspense, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, survival, maze, epidemic, young heroes, apocalypse, dystopia, immunity, danger, zombie, on the run ...
Time:
future, year 2015, near future, 2010s
Similarity:
60%
121K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free ...
Style:
romantic, futuristic, exciting, teen, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
interspecies romance, alien invasion, teenage girl, apocalypse, dystopia, true love, youth, evil alien, self sacrifice, teenage love, alien, love and romance ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013
Place:
usa, paris france
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, scary, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, disaster, survival, end of the world, alien, invasion, space and aliens, evil alien, extraterrestrial, catastrophe, humanity in peril ...
Time:
year 2005, future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, boston, los angeles ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Five friends set out to a cabin in the woods for a fun weekend getaway that is, until extraterrestrial visitors turn it into a fight for their lives. The group is pulled from their reverie when a flickering object crashes deep in the woods. As they ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, suspense, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, paranoia, evil alien, woods, extraterrestrial, macabre, ufo, scarecrow, space and aliens, alien encounter, flying saucer ...
Time:
year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
835K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, suspense, space horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, strong female character, space travel, creature, female warrior, survival, space and aliens, outer space, monster, space, creature feature, spaceship ...
Time:
22nd century, 20th century, year 1986, future
Place:
space western
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
32K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When the crew of an American tugboat boards an abandoned Russian research vessel, the alien life form aboard regards them as a virus which must be destroyed.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, bleak, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, virus, robot, ship, ghost ship, cyborgs, ocean, deadly creature, rescue, alien invasion, survival, violence ...
Time:
90s
Place:
pacific ocean
Similarity:
100%
216K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, tense, inspirational ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
jungle, survival, post apocalypse, apocalypse, danger, giant bird, heroic mission, real life father and son playing father and son, disaster, alien, alien invasion, humanity ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 22nd century, 2010s
Place:
philadelphia, seattle
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Stranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.
Style:
action adventure, light, humorous, satirical, enigmatic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
alien invasion, child protagonist, summer camp, alien, alien encounter, camp counselor, obsessive quest, interracial friendship, social misfits, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, space ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pasadena california, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
alien invasion, extraterrestrial, invasion, end of the world, ufo, space and aliens, evil alien, first contact, survival, alien encounter, alien, creature ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future, year 1996, jurassic
Place:
new york, washington d.c., usa, bombay india, london ...
Similarity:
21%
261K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, scary, futuristic, exciting ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, supernatural, catastrophe, cataclysm, prophecy, foreknowledge, metaphysics, professor, prediction, extraterrestrial ...
Time:
year 2009, future, september 11 2001, 20th century, year 1959 ...
Place:
massachusetts, boston, new york, usa
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A sci-fi thriller about a space mission sent to terraform a distant planet. However, the mission encounters something unknown that has its own plan for the planet.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, exciting, suspense, dark ...
Plot:
alien encounter, evil alien, space and aliens, apocalypse, ufo, alien, alien invasion, spacecraft, monster, extraterrestrial, alien creature, solar system ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Hundreds of massive intergalactic robots appear in all of the world's major capitals with an ultimatum: Prove the value of human civilization or be destroyed.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, bleak, mockbuster, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, evil alien, apocalypse, dystopian future, man versus machine, danger, imaginary, alien, giant monster, extraterrestrial, alien invasion, distopia ...
Time:
50s
Similarity:
36%
648
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Earth's position in the universe has become of vital strategic importance to those who have, until now, only studied us from the far reaches of space. Knowing our weaknesses, they have planned their attack, and now, in just 5 days, life on ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, apocalypse, human versus alien, alien attack, alien technology, society, end of the world, chase, mercilessness, alien race, humanity ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
33K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ...
Style:
surreal, suspense, ambiguous ending, scary, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
virus, zombie, apocalypse, epidemic, stephen king, life & death, post apocalypse, end of the world, zombie apocalypse, survival, paranoia, on the road ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
boston, new england, maine
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, saga, suspense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, creature, human versus alien, technology, end of the world, independence day, ufo, president, psychic, apocalypse, chinawoman ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, paris france, minnesota, nevada, china ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the near future the earth has become desolate and dangerous. Now inhabited by by a mysterious race of creatures, humanity has been forced to find refuge in the SkyArk, a man-made city in the sky. As the population grows, space becomes scarce and ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
invasion, heroic mission, spacecraft, alien invasion, battles, war, evil alien, save the world, post apocalypse, extraterrestrial, chaos, alien encounter ...
Similarity:
35%
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