Movies and TV shows like The Purge 2018
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The Purge (2018)
21K
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in the balance, each character is forced to reckon with their pasts as they discover how far they will go to survive the night.
Style:
brutal, tense, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, rough, bloody, bleak, intellectual, slasher ...
Plot:
masked killer, distopia, brutality, survival horror, mass murder, serial killer, massacre, psycho killer, nightmare, gunfight, murder, social injustice, terrorism, serial murder, threat, murderer, party, betrayal, rebellion, evil, revolution, blood, night, killing spree, dark killer ...
Time:
near future, 2040s, 21st century
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Most similar movies to The Purge
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, scary and tense films and TV series with plots about murder, violence, death, serial killer, blood, survival and danger mostly in Thriller, Horror and Drama genres. Some movies like The Purge: The Last of Us (2023), The Purge: Anarchy (2014), The Purge: Election Year (2016), Castle Rock (2018), Squid Game (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
259K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Given the country's overcrowded prisons, the U.S. government begins to allow 12-hour periods of time in which all illegal activity is legal. During one of these free-for-alls, a family must protect themselves from a home invasion.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, brutal, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
home invasion, survival, survival horror, self defense, danger, violence spree, security system, dystopia, family in danger, society, killing spree, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s, year 2000 ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
To push the crime rate below one percent for the rest of the year, the New Founding Fathers of America test a sociological theory that vents aggression for one night in one isolated community. But when the violence of oppressors meets the rage of ...
Style:
psychological thriller, rough, suspenseful, hood, saga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
blood, survival horror, social injustice, abuse of power, murder, atrocity, massacre, politics, nightmare, racism, killing spree, resistance movement ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014, year 2017
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Three groups of people are trying to survive Purge Night, when their stories intertwine and are left stranded in The Purge trying to survive the chaos and violence that occurs.
Style:
tense, breathtaking, saga, suspense, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival horror, home invasion, distopia, masked man, dystopian future, group of strangers, dystopia, graphic violence, violent content, survival, violence, violent ...
Time:
year 2014, 2020s, near future, year 2000, 2010s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On ...
Style:
brutal, suspense, intense, psychological, bloody ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
politics, vigilante, revenge, gunfight, election, death, murder, violence, distopia, survival, brutality, vengeance ...
Time:
near future, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
washington d.c., florida
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: China, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their harsh historical past.
Style:
suspense, scary, saga, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival horror, killing spree, immigrant, social decay, desert, civil war, racist, racism, murder, dystopia, pregnant woman, distopia ...
Time:
2040s, 2020s, near future, 21st century
Place:
mexico, el paso texas, texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, anthology, enigmatic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stephen king, murder, violence, danger, death, investigation, paranormal phenomena, small town, blood, supernatural power, mysticism, interracial adoption ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
100%
744K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
"Round Six" is a story of people who fail at life for various reasons, but suddenly receive a mysterious invitation to participate in a survival game to win ten million US dollars. The game takes place at an unknown location, and the ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, saga, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, game of death, cruelty, prize, brutality, game, sole survivor, contests and competitions, graphic violence, violence, violent man, most dangerous game ...
Time:
2020s, 80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, asia
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
305K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, cannibalism, mind game, murder, psychiatrist, death, manipulation, graphic violence, mental patient, fbi ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set seven years after the world has become a frozen wasteland, the remnants of humanity inhabit a gigantic, perpetually-moving train that circles the globe. Class warfare, social injustice and the politics of survival are questioned in this riveting ...
Style:
apocalyptic, unusual plot structure, captivating, depressing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
train, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, rebellion, class system, inequality, disaster, distopia, humanity, forces of nature, caste system ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer's country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
Style:
slasher, scary, brutal, suspense, bloody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, torture, home invasion, trap, psychopath, gory, maniac, macabre, massacre, sadistic horror, terror, psycho killer ...
Time:
year 2009, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, detroit
Similarity:
100%
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Thirty years ago, in the sleepy community of Waterbury, a killer known as “The Executioner” murdered Sarah Bennett's parents. Now Sarah and her husband Dylan have returned to town, only to find herself the centerpiece in a series of ...
Style:
anthology, slasher, tense, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, murder, friendship, survival, teenager, serial killer, betrayal, forest, fight, pursuit, blood, gay ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a near-dystopian future, a former cop is forced to take part in a death race where the cars run on human blood. You lose a leg and you lose your head.
Style:
bloody, tense, road movie, funny, absurd ...
Plot:
survival, macabre, murder, rivalry, danger, ex cop, rescue, police investigation, surrealism, dishonesty, post apocalypse, distopia ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
15%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
These are the terrifying tales of the unwanted neighbors who turn home sweet home into home sweet hell. A look inside the lives of horrific neighborly disputes and what happens when a simple issue turns into the worst night of a family's life. ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, true crime, neighbor, investigation, killer on the loose, terror, killer, serial killer, sole survivor, evil, blood, evil man ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
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, danger, society, chaos, plague, post apocalypse, survival, post-apocalyptic future, family in danger, gory ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 10 min.
TV show
Story:
Horror legend Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th Part 7-X, Hatchet 1-3) and the author of his biography, Mike Aloisi, travel the world and have insane adventures.
Style:
humorous, suspenseful, scary, slasher, suspense ...
Plot:
murder, killer, humiliation, violence, serial killer, psycho terror, homicidal maniac, friends, maniac, killing spree, escapades, violent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The saga of Michael Myers and Laurie Strode continues in the next thrilling chapter of the Halloween series.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, slasher horror, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, masked killer, holiday horror, killing spree, psycho, halloween, evil, gory, killer, psycho killer, hospital, brutality ...
Time:
2020s, year 1978, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A successful art gallery coordinator, living a double life as a serial killer, preys on the hopeless as she attempts to find meaning behind the voices she hears. When she believes she is falling in love with a depressed comic book artist; she ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, psychotronic, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, serial murder, guts, fear, murder, female protagonist, violence, woman in danger, brutality, characters killed one by one, threat, homicidal maniac ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Movie in collections
110K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, blindness, survival, clan, distopia, blind character, medieval, warrior, tribe, blind man, lesbian, loss of eyesight ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.
Style:
anthology, atmospheric, scary, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
nightmare, haunted house, supernatural, paranormal activity, supernatural power, blood, death, ghost, danger, fear, murder, suspicion ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
328
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Methodic tells the story of a boy who becomes demonically possessed by an ominous presence known as "The Dollman". Forced to obey his dark half, the boy ultimately murders his parents on his birthday and is sentenced to a life under a ...
Style:
slasher, suspenseful, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
masked killer, possession, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, danger, human host, mental institution, killer clown, murder, violence, psychiatrist, demon ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Colombia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a twisted social experiment, a group of 80 Americans are locked in their high-rise corporate office in Bogotá, Colombia and ordered by an unknown voice coming from the company's intercom system to participate in a deadly game of kill or be ...
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, slasher, psychological thriller, bloody ...
Plot:
game of death, social experiment, killing spree, office, trapped in a building, last man standing, cruelty, human experiment, murder, mass murder, corporation, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
colombia
Similarity:
24%
66K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the year 2455, Old Earth is now a contaminated planet abandoned for centuries -- a brown world of violent storms, toxic landmasses and poisonous seas. Yet humans have returned to the deadly place that they once fled, not to live, but to research ...
Style:
suspense, slasher, sexy, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
masked killer, killer, friday the 13th, survival horror, murder, violent, halloween, gory, space travel, survival, male victim, masked man ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
24%
Movie in collections
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:
24%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Whilst celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.
Style:
scary, independent film, slasher, surprise ending, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychopath, torture, murder, group of friends, mind game, psycho killer, trap, trapped, female nudity, game of death, friendship, confined ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
24%
259
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Leaving the city behind for a weekend of booze, bud and bonding at the coast, seven friends find themselves stranded en route to South Padre Island when a big storm interferes with their plans. The town of Middle Spring is more than happy to welcome ...
Style:
bleak, disturbing, suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense ...
Plot:
cannibalism, gay slur, gay couple, revenge, psycho killer, sadistic psychopath, true crime, violence, killing spree, chase, brutality, murder victim ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two brothers intercept 911 calls in their Father's beat up old Ambulance to exact revenge on a group of careless teen drivers.
Style:
brutal, slasher, disturbing, sadistic, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
serial killer, ambulance, masked killer, masked man, maniac, characters killed one by one, torture, murder, brother brother relationship, sadism, wilderness, child abuse ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A series of six 2 minute internet web episodes from 3 June to 19 June 2014; prior "The Last Ship" screening on 22 June 2014; featuring Rhona Mitra as Doctor Rachel Scott. In these episodes, Doctor Scott sets some of the background to the ...
Style:
bleak, exciting, suspense, scary, suspenseful
Plot:
virus, navy, plague, apocalypse, killing, chaos, escapades, vengeance, graphic violence, human nature, desperation, peril ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
538
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
The television crew of the "Scary Antics" hidden camera show sets up a disturbed young man for a practical joke, but the joke is on them when heads roll.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
mentally unstable, murder, manhunt, danger, survival, isolation, violence, found footage, jack the ripper, prank, contamination, killer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of family and friends travels to a secluded island for a destination wedding. They've come to laugh... to love... and, though they don't know it... to die. As the wedding festivities begin, friendships are tested and secrets ...
Style:
serious, tense, scary, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, multiple suspects, murder, serial murder, friends, murderer, wedding, island, danger, whodunit, gory, threat ...
Place:
washington state
Similarity:
24%
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