Movies like Train to Busan
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Train to Busan (2016)
301K
Original name: 부산행
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, dark, emotional, spooky, suspenseful, tense, bloody, creepy, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, pandemic, survival, virus, apocalypse, train, epidemic, zombie attack, survival horror, zombie apocalypse, living dead, undead, quarantine, father daughter relationship, daughter, hot chick, self sacrifice, train crash, brutality, catastrophe, feminine wiles, death, knocked up, homeless, violence ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, y2k, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, busan, china, indiana, seoul, east asia ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, apocalyptic and tense films with plots about zombie, survival, epidemic, apocalypse, infection, infected and virus mostly in Horror, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Train to Busan: #Alive (2020), All of Us Are Dead (2022), Peninsula (2020), World War Z (2013), 28 Days Later (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
54K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
seoul, south korea
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95%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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43K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, dark, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
zombie, zombie apocalypse, survival, post apocalypse, living dead, death, virus, brutality, soldier, halloween, supernatural, plague ...
Time:
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Place:
busan, korea, south korea, hong kong
Similarity:
82%
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 ...
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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:
95%
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:
92%
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 ...
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100%
63K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
In this zombie thriller set in Korea's medieval Joseon dynasty, a crown prince is sent on a suicide mission to investigate a mysterious outbreak.
Style:
bloody, dorama, spooky, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
zombie, medieval, epidemic, rivalry, royal family, living dead, zombie apocalypse, joseon dynasty, twists and turns, walking dead, korean history, virus outbreak ...
Time:
2010s, 16th century
Place:
korea, thailand, busan, seoul
Similarity:
87%
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Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Years after a mysterious plague has devastated the planet and turned most of humanity into blood-hungry creatures, a rogue drifter on a vengeful hunt stumbles across a band of survivors in an abandoned police station and reluctantly agrees to try to ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, brutal, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, epidemic, virus, infection, pandemic, plague, deadly virus, living dead, undead, zombie violence, zombie apocalypse, vampire ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
In the dark, early days of a zombie apocalypse, complete strangers band together to find the strength they need to survive and get back to loved ones.
Style:
supernatural thriller, atmospheric, suspense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
zombie, panic, blood, death, zombie survival, apocalypse, survival, zombie apocalypse, escape, zombie outbreak, walking dead, running ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, rough, bleak, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Place:
japan, mount fuji
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88%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A reboot of the "Resident Evil" franchise. Set in 1998, the intention is to re-create the 'terrifying visceral experience' of the first two games in the series, exploring 'the secrets hidden in the walls of the Spenser ...
Style:
suspense, scary, disturbing, apocalyptic, perverse ...
Plot:
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Time:
future, year 1998, 2020s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
europe, usa
Similarity:
100%
137K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
Style:
scary, suspense, creepy, splatter, tense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
infected, insanity, chaos and mayhem, plague, deadly virus, epidemic, gory, survival, quarantine, survival horror, transformation, virus ...
Time:
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Place:
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77%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
near future
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100%
16K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
south korea, korea, asia
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100%
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
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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:
67%
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:
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Plot:
apocalypse, survival, post apocalypse, starvation, epidemic, ice age, danger, survival horror, dystopia, cannibalism, underground bunker, distopia ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
antarctica
Similarity:
75%
29K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
Style:
suspense, scary, suspenseful, psychological, dark ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
virus, post apocalypse, twists and turns, survival, father daughter relationship, murder, quarantine, epidemic, nightmare, infected, plot twist, isolation ...
Similarity:
100%
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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, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
zombie, virus, zombie apocalypse, trapped in an elevator, elevator, epidemic, infection, trapped, zombie survival, zombie attack, trapped in a building, infected ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Ángela Vidal the young television reporter who entered the building with the fireman, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don?t know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional ...
Style:
bloody, scary, suspense, splatter, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, zombie outbreak, quarantine, demonic possession, gory, virus, found footage, isolation, chaos, violence spree, danger, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona
Similarity:
83%
29K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A virus spreads through an office complex causing white collar workers to act out their worst impulses.
Style:
horror comedy, suspense, bloody, dark comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
virus, quarantine, infection, murder, office, ceo, isolation, corporation, bare breasts, office worker, workplace, fired from the job ...
Time:
year 2017
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, Hungary, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
scary, apocalyptic, suspense, dramatic, retro ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: South Korea
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Suk-gyu is desperately looking for his runaway daughter. He spares neither money nor effort and after a while his search leads to results. One of his contacts claims to have found the girl. But joy is replaced by shock when he finds out that she ...
Style:
adult animation, anime, tense, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
seoul, asia, south korea, north korea
Similarity:
100%
10K
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:
tense, suspenseful, scary, saga, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, infected, zombie apocalypse, danger, apocalypse, survival, scarecrow, eaten alive, survival horror, undead, zombie outbreak, cannibalism ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
west africa, africa, sierra leone
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Following a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, a group of mercenaries take the ultimate gamble: venturing into the quarantine zone to pull off the greatest heist ever attempted.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
zombie, undead, zombie apocalypse, zombie outbreak, apocalypse, walking dead, battlefield, living dead, mercenary, heist, female warrior, invulnerability ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, utah, las vegas
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Norway, Iceland, USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The gruesome Nazi Zombies are back to finish their mission, but our hero is not willing to die. He is gathering his own army to give them a final fight.
Style:
horror comedy, sexy, humorous, splatter, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe
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100%
215K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Style:
scary, dark, suspense, cult classic, frightening ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
found footage, fear, zombie, trapped, supernatural horror, epidemic, gory, nightmare, escapades, infected, videotaping, virus ...
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Place:
spain, usa, barcelona, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Day of the Dead is a horror film which is nominally a quasi-remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film of the same name, which was the third in Romero's Dead series. The film is directed by Steve Miner (who also directed Friday the ...
Style:
scary, stylized, suspense, intense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, virus, apocalypse, infection, quarantine, small town, epidemic, brutality, survival horror, eaten alive, transformation, soldier ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
Place:
colorado, usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted ...
Style:
scary, bloody, gothic, atmospheric, horrifying ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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