Movies like Dead Within

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Dead Within (2014)
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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 the horrors that threaten them… but what’s inside may be even more toxic than what remains outside. When it all ends, this is what remains.
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic
Plot: infection, zombie, supernatural, isolation, survival, plague, danger, couple relations, apocalypse, post apocalypse, house, undead, body horror, delusion, domestic disturbance, female nudity, woman, catastrophe, cabin, deadly, female full frontal nudity
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Keyword: outburst

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Most similar movies to Dead Within

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, serious and suspense films with plots about supernatural, danger, zombie, deadly, survival, plague and apocalypse mostly in Horror, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Dead Within: I Am Omega (2006), Autumn (2009), Contracted: Phase II (2015), After the Dawn (2012), The Returned (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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I Am Omega (2006)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: The Last Man Alive Must Battle a Planet of the Dead. [An Asylum film.]
Style: mockbuster, suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: virus, rescue, survival, post apocalypse, chaos, plague, life is a bitch, danger, supernatural, rivalry, dystopian future, society ...
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Contracted: Phase II (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Picking up directly where the previous film left off, the story follows Riley, one of the last people to come in contact with Samantha, as he scrambles to track down those responsible for the outbreak before the highly contagious disease not only ...
Style: scary, disturbing, suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot: body horror, infection, virus, pandemic, parasite, zombie, undead, apocalypse, disease, epidemic, characters in danger, struggle for survival ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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After the Dawn (2012)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A survivor of warfare born chemical attack, Cassie Becker faces a new world of terrible realization. The Human race has suffered terrible recourse in the wake of an attack that never should have been leaving the remaining inhabitants in a state far ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: zombie, survival, mutant, danger, supernatural, chaos, bio weapon, post apocalypse, graphic violence, post apocalyptic, violent content, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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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, grindhouse ...
Plot: zombie, infected, apocalypse, infection, deadly virus, lethal injection, coping, couples, plague, supernatural, epidemic, drug ...
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Zombie Apocalypse (2010)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: There is a new evil, and you have no idea what's coming... When college roommates Mark and Tom go out for a night at the bar, the last thing they expected to find was a machete wielding stranger and a horde of the undead. With the help of ...
Style: touching, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, serious ...
Plot: survival, undead, chaos, danger, plague, apocalypse, supernatural, rivalry, experiment gone awry, zombie, infected, secret agent ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Dead Creatures (2001)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of women afflicted with a horrible disease (which forces them to cannibalism) try to support one another.
Style: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful
Plot: zombie, life is a bitch, survival, rivalry, supernatural, chaos, gory, imaginary, danger, curses spells and rituals, plague, murder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Days of Darkness (2007)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When a comet strikes Earth and kicks up a cloud of toxic dust, hundreds of humans join the ranks of the living dead. But there's bad news for the survivors: The newly minted zombies are hell-bent on eradicating every last person from the ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, bleak, scary, apocalyptic ...
Plot: plague, survival, deadly creature, supernatural, danger, rescue, chaos, gory, zombie, post apocalypse, epidemic, living dead ...
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41%
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The Roost (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Part of a "special" late-nite television program...Four friends on their way to a wedding find themselves marooned on a mysterious farm. Creatures of the night awaken and the undead rise, as a night of relentless horror...Begins!
Style: scary, suspense, suspenseful, serious, mumblecore ...
Plot: zombie, road trip, survival, gory, isolation, deadly creature, danger, supernatural, on the road, redneck, killer bat, free spirited ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
A Capital dos Mortos 2: Mundo Morto (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Five years after the events of "The Capital of the Dead", Lucas joins forces with the traumatized Denise. Together they attempt to keep their sanity while fighting off the undead in a world where zombies are not the most dangerous beings.
Style: suspense, scary, psychotronic, disturbing, suspenseful
Plot: zombie, undead, apocalypse, walking dead, death, survival, vestiges of humanity, dystopian future, escapades, graphic violence, society, human nature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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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 ⇓
40%
Island of the Dead (2000)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Stranded on a deserted island, a group of people struggle to survive against a swarm of supernatural flies.
Style: suspense, serious, scary, suspenseful, natural horror ...
Plot: confined, supernatural, survival, isolation, deadly creature, danger, island, killer animal, zombie, rapper, siege, dangerous animal ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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39%
 4.0
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Survivors (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Kate Meadows (Joanne Gale) and her cameraman Duke (Simon Burbage) embark on a mission to uncover whether or not a government weapons contractor has secretly been using humans as their test subjects. As they dig deeper, they realise the brutal ...
Style: disturbing, psychotronic, suspense, scary, suspenseful
Plot: zombie, virus, fate of humanity, death, violence, apocalypse, chaos, killings, survival, society, plague, camaraderie ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Infection (2019)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Venezuela, Mexico
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Film about an epidemic outbreak of a new rabies virus in Venezuela and a father trying to save his son from contagion. A Russian man is in Caracas under the influence of the Krokodil drug, when he gets infected with the rabies virus and starts an ...
Style: suspense, rough, suspenseful, scary, apocalyptic
Plot: infection, virus, post apocalypse, disease, zombie apocalypse, zombie, pandemic, survival, danger, gory, body horror, brutality ...
Place: venezuela
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Legion of the Dead (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: When the mummified remains of an evil Egyptian queen are brought back to life, she resurrects an army of living dead to help fulfill the prophecy that promises her all the powers of the Underworld.
Style: suspense, serious, rough, scary, offbeat
Plot: mummy, zombie, supernatural, undead, danger, escapades, rivalry, gory, tomb, death, female protagonist, police ...
Time: 21st century
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39%
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Blood Shed (2013)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Loosely based on the true events of a homeless loner who moves into a self-storage facility inhabited by a community of bizarre squatters until they are locked in for the night with a deranged female who hunts them down in search of her lost child.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, slasher, independent film
Plot: survival, supernatural, isolation, danger, deadly creature, serial killer, violent content, hooker, homelessness, female nudity, prostitute, stalker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Mr. Jones (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Scott (Jon Foster) is a filmmaker in need of inspiration. He and his girlfriend Penny (Sarah Jones) move into a desolate house hoping to make a breakthrough. Then they discover their neighbor, the elusive Mr. Jones. Famous for his haunting ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, serious, surreal, mockumentary ...
Plot: found footage, supernatural, privacy invasion, couples, danger, isolation, nightmare comes true, couple relations, wilderness, house, pagan, mental illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Exposure (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: We follow Sheriff Deputy Eric Weston in the wake of a Apocalypse as he struggles to survive the undead known as lurkers and put the pieces together to find his wife.
Style: tense, suspense, psychotronic, scary, disturbing ...
Plot: survival horror, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, sheriff, survival, walking dead, characters in danger, heroes, husband wife relationship, zombie, plague, human existence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: During a Day of the Dead celebration, the dead come to life to prey upon the living. In the remote Mexican village of Santa Bonita, a nightmare lay buried for over a century. But when a group of hard-partying students from the OC are stranded in ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, dark, suspense ...
Plot: human sacrifice, zombie, survival, danger, supernatural, gory, massacre, day of the dead, living dead, undead, ghost, nudity ...
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Zombie Killers: Elephant's Graveyard (2015)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A young militia is all that stands between a coming dead horde and their rural town decimated by the fracking industry.
Style: scary, serious, rough, bleak
Plot: zombie, creature, isolation, escapades, survival, heroes, danger, supernatural, gory, plague, zombie apocalypse, living dead ...
Time: 21st century
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37%
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Face of Evil (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On July 4th, private Jay Williams returns home from the Middle East, but a mysterious epidemic breaks out and infects his friends at his party. On the road to salvation, Jay is joined by his ex-sergeant, who reveals chilling secrets leading to a ...
Style: psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, suspense
Plot: zombie, epidemic, infection, survival horror, pandemic, characters in danger, soldier, violence, plague, zombie apocalypse, survival, walking dead ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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37%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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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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37%
 4.3
 773
Zombie Town (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Local mechanic Jake LaFond's life is suddenly disrupted when mysterious parasites transform the law-abiding citizens of his quaint hometown into hoards of cannibalistic zombies. Isolated from the outside world by an accident on the only road ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, scary, serious, suspense
Plot: zombie, plague, deadly creature, danger, chaos, survival, violence spree, experiment gone awry, isolation, disorder, toxic, mad scientist ...
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36%
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Entity (2013)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Eugene, a man dealing with the tragedy of his family's death by living at the vacation cabin that they last stayed, discovers he's completely snowbound. During Eugene's desperate attempts to dig himself out, he discovers he's not ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twisted ...
Plot: supernatural, danger, woods, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, catholic priest, fear
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Dark Souls (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Norway, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young girl, Johanna, is attacked and seemingly murdered. Her father receives a phone call from the police pronouncing her dead as he sees her walk in the front door of their house. Strange things begin to happen to Johanna; she is disorientated ...
Style: scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, cult horror ...
Plot: zombie, supernatural, murder, infection, uncover truth, psychopath, gory, danger, police investigation, vengeance, kids in trouble, dark humor ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Tooth and Nail (2007)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a post-apocalyptic world, a small group of survivors, who call themselves Foragers, plan to rebuild civilization from their headquarters in an empty hospital based in what is left of Philadelphia. But they're soon forced into a face-off war ...
Style: scary, apocalyptic, slasher, serious, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cannibalism, post apocalypse, survival, cannibal, isolation, dystopian future, danger, chaos, life is a bitch, murder, post apocalyptic, hospital ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Edges of Darkness (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Three interconnected tales of terror set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary, futuristic, anthology ...
Plot: zombie, apocalypse, survival, plague, chaos, rivalry, life is a bitch, obsession, danger, addiction, dystopian future, undead ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 4.7
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Dark Mirror (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The story about a photographer who moves her family into a home filled with mirrors which seem to reflect a different reality.
Style: suspenseful, atmospheric, scary, serious, psychological ...
Plot: ghost, haunted house, mental illness, mentally unstable, danger, zombie, family problems, woman in danger, stalking, supernatural, gory, curses spells and rituals ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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