Movies like The Returned 2013

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The Returned (2013)
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The Returned (2013)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In a post-zombie world, where the infected live normal lives, their retroviral drug is running out.
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, bleak, scary, psychological thriller, apocalyptic, grindhouse
Plot: zombie, infected, apocalypse, infection, deadly virus, lethal injection, coping, supernatural, plague, couples, epidemic, drug, undead, virus, writers, babies and infants, post apocalyptic, dystopian future, profanity, chases and races, couple relations, walking dead, zombie apocalypse, sexual abuse, race against time ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: spain

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, apocalyptic and serious films with plots about zombie, survival, supernatural, infected, virus, apocalypse and epidemic mostly in Horror, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Returned: The Cured (2017), 28 Days Later (2002), Autumn (2009), State of Emergency (2011), Contagion (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Cured (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: What happens when the undead return to life? In a world ravaged for years by a virus that turns the infected into zombie-like cannibals, a cure is at last found and the wrenching process of reintegrating the survivors back into society begins.
Style: suspenseful, serious, bleak, queer horror, apocalyptic ...
Plot: zombie, infection, infected, cure, survival, murder, danger, relatives, saving a life, medical research, disaster, undead ...
Place: ireland
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 7.5
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28 Days Later (2002)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
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, atmospheric, rough, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: zombie, virus, survival, apocalypse, epidemic, post apocalypse, infected, fear, zombie apocalypse, plague, end of the world, rage ...
Time: year 2002, year 2000, year 2003, distant future, near future ...
Place: london, britain, england, bolivia, europe ...
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Autumn (2009)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: The virus came so fast no one had time to prepare. Before the day was over, entire towns were decimated, and large cities became monumental tombs. Left with nothing but fading hope and the will to live, reclusive software consultant Michael (Dexter ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, bleak, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Plot: apocalypse, zombie, plague, virus, isolation, survival, chaos, save the world, danger, deadly creature, post apocalypse, epidemic ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: canada
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Extinction: The G.M.O. Chronicles (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A Retrovirus, which was conceived as a tool for industrial genetic engineering, has gotten out of control and is spreading rapidly. While it crosses all organisms within our ecological system completely indiscriminately (mixing plant with animal and ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Plot: zombie, epidemic, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, extinction, infection, survivor, isolation, death, chaos, danger, mutant ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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State of Emergency (2011)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Chaos consumes a small town when a chemical facility explodes releasing a deadly toxin. Moments after the leak, the town's residents show signs of mutation, causing the military to quarantine the area leaving any survivors helpless and trapped ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic ...
Plot: zombie, plague, chaos, quarantine, isolation, danger, small town, infection, virus, infected, monster, apocalypse ...
Time: 21st century
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Contagion (2011)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
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, bleak, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: epidemic, virus, deadly virus, pandemic, infection, infected, quarantine, survival, plague, disaster, medical, natural disaster ...
Time: 2010s, future, distant future, year 2000, year 2011 ...
Place: minnesota, hong kong, san francisco, california, bay area ...
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Dead Within (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Set six months after a deadly outbreak has all but ended the human race, a man and woman have survived by isolating themselves in a remote cabin and never opening the door. Now they don’t have a choice. Starved for resources, they must confront ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, grindhouse ...
Plot: infection, zombie, supernatural, isolation, survival, plague, danger, couple relations, apocalypse, post apocalypse, undead, house ...
Time: 21st century
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35%
Rammbock: Berlin Undead (2010)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 63 min.
Story: When lovelorn Michael arrives in Berlin to return a set of keys to his ex-girlfriend, Gabi, as an excuse to see her again, he finds her apartment empty save for a couple of plumbers making repairs to the central heating. Just as Michael learns from ...
Style: serious, scary, bleak, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie, deadly virus, apocalypse, virus, zombie survival, zombie apocalypse, zombie attack, danger, chaos, rage, fear, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Cargo (2017)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
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, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, bleak ...
Plot: zombie, pandemic, post apocalypse, survival, infection, father daughter relationship, boat, infected, baby, aborigine, danger, protection ...
Time: near future, 2010s
Place: australia, oceania, south australia
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Antisocial (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Five university friends gather at a house party to ring in the New Year. Unbeknownst to them, an epidemic has erupted outside, causing outbreaks around the world. With nowhere else to turn, they barricade themselves indoors with only their phones, ...
Style: scary, tense, suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: infection, zombie, buddies, survival, virus, plague, chaos, friendship, isolation, college, epidemic, internet ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: canada
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33%
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Mutants (2009)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A nasty virus has spread throughout the human race turning the population into something ...else. After a brief setup (and a messy hit and run) we’re introduced to an ambulance and its four occupants. Sonia (Helene de Fougerolles) and Marco ...
Style: scary, tense, bleak, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mutation, mutant, infection, zombie apocalypse, snow, survival, deadly virus, zombie, love and romance, life is a bitch, supernatural, danger ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, france
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32%
Fear the Walking Dead (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Story: What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, surreal, captivating, apocalyptic ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: zombie, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, plague, danger, life is a bitch, undead, society, chaos, post apocalypse, survival, parents and children ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Zombie Diaries (2006)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the early part of the 21st Century, an unknown virus began spreading among the populous. Within weeks it had engulfed the entire planet, from the smallest communities to the greatest cities. Upon the death of its host, the virus would reanimate ...
Style: serious, rough, suspenseful, apocalyptic, scary ...
Plot: found footage, infection, zombie, survival, dystopian future, deadly creature, rescue, experiment gone awry, danger, chaos and mayhem, gory, on the run ...
Time: 21st century
Place: united kingdom, england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1 min.
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Story: The web series tells the story of a group of passengers aboard a commercial airplane during the earliest moments of the outbreak. Over the course of the series, the plane and the lives of its passengers are put in jeopardy once they discover an ...
Style: apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, scary, rough
Plot: zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, zombie, epidemic, walking dead, survival, survivor, virus, mutation, worldwide chaos, deadly virus, dystopia ...
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Humans vs Zombies (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Dark Comedy and Horror unite in this satirical thriller based on the "Live Action Role-Playing" game of the same name. Students on summer break are exposed to a deadly virus that is spread rapidly through direct human contact. The infected ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, scary, serious, satirical ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, epidemic, supernatural, survival, gory, chaos, heroes, danger, virus, infected, zombie apocalypse, zombie outbreak ...
Place: texas
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31%
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Here Alone (2016)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After a terrible virus ravages human civilization, Ann finds herself living alone in a forest, foraging for supplies, and accompanied only by a radio that broadcasts a single transmission in French. Few animals even remain; the only survivors seem ...
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, disturbing, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot: zombie, survivalist, infection, virus, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, female protagonist, epidemic, determination, grief, wilderness, forest ...
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31%
The Dead 2: India (2013)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The Sequel to the Ford brothers The Dead. The action moves to India.
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, bleak, rough ...
Plot: apocalypse, plague, zombie, life is a bitch, chaos and mayhem, danger, on the run, farm, pregnancy, infected, zombie apocalypse, future war ...
Time: 21st century
Place: india, africa
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31%
 5.3
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The Rezort (2015)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The ReZort, a post apocalyptic safari, offers paying guests the opportunity to kill zombies in the wake of an outbreak.
Style: apocalyptic, spooky, captivating, suspense, tense ...
Plot: zombie, survival, island, resort, epidemic, virus, woman, post apocalyptic, human nature, undead, infected, infection ...
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31%
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Remains (2011)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The story centers on two lone survivors of a bizarre accident that reduced most of the world's population to zombies. They take refuge in a vacant casino and fight a losing battle against the undead.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, rough, futuristic, scenic ...
Plot: apocalypse, survival, supernatural, chaos, life is a bitch, danger, gambling, zombie, dystopian future, escapades, gory, casino ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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Zone 261 (2018)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A town in south of Sweden is isolated after a viral outbreak. The Swedes and immigrants still inside must band together to survive the onslaught.
Style: tense, bleak, rough, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: zombie, infected, survival, infection, supernatural, danger, plague, confined, isolation, military, virus, monster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
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30%
Day of the Dead: Bloodline (2017)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a world overrun by zombies, military personnel and survivalists live in an underground bunker while they seek a cure.
Style: scary, apocalyptic, tense, disturbing, rough ...
Plot: zombie, infected, zombie outbreak, post apocalypse, zombie attack, zombie apocalypse, virus, vaccine, survival horror, child, military, living dead ...
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The Dead (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: When the last evacuation flight out of war-torn Africa crashes off the coast, American Air Force Engineer Lieutenant Brian Murphy (ROB FREEMAN) emerges as the sole survivor in a land where the dead are returning to life and attacking the living.
Style: suspenseful, tense, scary, apocalyptic, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie, infected, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, danger, survival, survival horror, undead, eaten alive, cannibalism, violence, living dead ...
Time: 21st century
Place: sierra leone, west africa, africa
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30%
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Extinction (2015)
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, suspenseful, retro ...
Plot: zombie, post apocalypse, epidemic, post apocalyptic, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, wilderness, father daughter relationship, dystopia, virus, monster, survival ...
Time: future
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30%
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Ravenous (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story: In a village, things have changed. Some of the people are not what they were anymore. They start attacking their families, their friends, their neighbours... We call them "Les Affamés" (The Hungry). A few survivors go deep into the forest ...
Style: scary, suspense, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot: zombie apocalypse, epidemic, infection, survival, infected, zombie outbreak, zombie, survivor, small town, apocalypse, undead, post apocalypse ...
Place: quebec, canada
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29%
Exit Humanity (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 114 min.
Story: A decade after the American Civil War, Edward Young returns home from a hunting trip to find a horrific reanimation of his wife and that their son Adam has disappeared. He must battle his way through an unexplainable outbreak of the walking dead.
Style: suspense, serious, rough, bleak, tense ...
Plot: zombie, supernatural, survival, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, civil war, chaos, escapades, danger, life is a bitch, good versus evil, american civil war ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s
Place: usa, tennessee
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29%
 5.4
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The End? (2017)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Claudio Verona is a young and cynical businessman. One day he gets locked in his Roman office elevator before an important meeting with a client. Soon this annoying obstacle will turn into a nightmare. For outside that metal cage, a deadly virus has ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, scary ...
Plot: zombie, virus, trapped in an elevator, zombie apocalypse, trapped, infection, zombie survival, zombie attack, trapped in a building, zombie outbreak, infected, epidemic ...
Place: rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.0
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Toxic Skies (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A doctor must find a cure for a viral epidemic that is spreading through vapors from jets.
Style: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Plot: disaster, dystopia, supernatural, save the world, life is a bitch, survival, dystopian future, escapades, chaos, danger, plague, terminal illness ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Deadlands 2: Trapped (2008)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: The United States Government has developed a highly effective nerve gas that is unleashed upon the residents of a small Maryland City. During the top secret exercise the infected citizens begin to convert each resident into a sort of living zombie, ...
Style: scary, serious, rough, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: zombie, danger, supernatural, escapades, chases and races, bio weapon, chaos, u.s. military, government, infected, undead, virus ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Zombie Apocalypse (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Months after a zombie plague has wiped out 90 percent of the American population, a small group of survivors fight their way cross-country to a rumored refuge on the island of Catalina.
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, suspenseful, serious, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: zombie apocalypse, zombie, supernatural, gory, survival, plague, zombie outbreak, undead, apocalypse, violent content, escapades, danger ...
Place: usa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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 2K
Severed (2005)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A multi-national forestry company engages in genetic experimentation to increase logging yield in a remote section of forest...
Style: bleak, scary, suspenseful, suspense, rough ...
Plot: zombie, murder, experiment gone awry, danger, supernatural, attempted rape, chaos, environmentalism, disorder, escapades, survival, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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