Movies like Edge of Extinction
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Edge of Extinction (2020)
2K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
15 years after a global apocalypse, mankind is on the verge of extinction. Civilisation no longer exists, food is scarce and most eke out a living by stealing and killing. One boy clings onto life in the desolate British countryside, where staying away from others has been key to his survival. But this self-imposed isolation comes to an abrupt end when he crosses paths with another group of survivors and faces an enemy far more savage than any of them could imagine.
Style:
disturbing, apocalyptic, psychological, tense, suspense, suspenseful, splatter
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, end of the world, survivalist, survivor, survival horror, survival, characters in danger, virus, violence, death, chase, fear, society, chaos, danger, panic, fate of humanity, vestiges of humanity, dystopian future, epidemic, disaster, dystopia, social change, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe
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Most similar movies to Edge of Extinction
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, tense and disturbing films with plots about survival, apocalypse, survivor, post apocalypse, danger, dystopian future and epidemic mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Edge of Extinction: Armageddon Tales (2021), The Domestics (2018), Road Wars (2015), Doomsday (2008), The Last of Us (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After surviving a worldwide pandemic, two men with different agendas, two women from a survival colony, and young girl and a man each form alliances as they cross post-apocalyptic landscapes.
Style:
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plague, friends, survival horror, human existence, camaraderie, human nature, peril, survival, insanity, characters in danger, moral dilemma, society ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young husband and wife must fight to return home in a post-apocalyptic mid-western landscape ravaged by gangs.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, futuristic, bleak ...
Plot:
survival horror, post apocalypse, cannibalism, supermarket, survival, dystopian future, gang, cannibal, chaos and mayhem, social decay, danger, violence ...
Time:
future
Place:
milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After the earth’s water supply is depleted, the survivors form roving road gangs, armed to the teeth and desperate to find and protect water supplies. But when a new breed of blood-drinking humans emerges, the survivors must contend with a whole ...
Style:
psychotronic, scary, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival horror, chase, pandemic, supernatural, death, characters in danger, life is a bitch, survival, courage, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
82K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, cannibalism, virus, rescue, infected, danger, distopia, epidemic, female fighter, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 2030s, year 2008, 2010s, 80s ...
Place:
scotland, britain, london, england, europe ...
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100%
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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:
55%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 64 min.
Story:
After witnessing the apocalypse from a research bunker in the Scottish highlands, Jack survives with only the station's AI mainframe computer ( J.I.M. ) to keep him company. When the food supplies run out 8 years later, Jack & JIM set out ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, gang, cyberpunk, survival, survival horror, characters in danger, survivor, killing, camaraderie, escape, evil ...
Place:
europe
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A bad night out just got a fair bit worse, it's the end of the world! Something terrible has happened, the undead are out in force; roaming the streets and devouring all who get in their way. A group of soldiers, civilians and teenagers take ...
Style:
psychotronic, scary, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
zombie apocalypse, survival horror, survival, walking dead, killing, chase, characters in danger, supernatural, virus, peril, graphic violence, vestiges of humanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Teenagers Glen and Randa are members of a tribe that lives in a rural area, several decades after nuclear war has devastated the planet. They know nothing of the outside world, except that Glen has read about and seen pictures of a great city in ...
Style:
apocalyptic, independent film, contemplative, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, coming of age, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, acid, post apocalyptic, nuclear holocaust, male nudity, distopia, nuclear disaster, dystopia, epidemic ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When drones arrive in a flash, slaughtering humanity and stripping the Earth of its resources, a small team of scientists hiding in Los Angeles works to expel the drone menace once and for all.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
drone, invasion, end of the world, alien invasion, fictional war, alien technology, humanity in peril, man versus machine, human existence, fear, evil alien, destruction ...
Time:
future
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
England has been overrun by a pandemic with no apparent cure. As the infection continues to spread, safety - for a lucky few - looms in the form of a damaged 747 set to seek solace abroad. It's only once the plane is airborne that the ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, scary, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, post apocalypse, survival horror, sabotage, trapped, aviation, chaos, vengeance, hiding place, plague, panic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Sara is a research student who wants to make an immunity booster to save humanity. Her experiment however turns people into zombies and in comes Dhruva to save the day.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
fate of humanity, survival, walking dead, virus, zombie apocalypse, dystopian future, death, human existence, vestiges of humanity, insanity, vaccine, pandemic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two years after the nuclear bombs dropped and welcome to the future, where there’s no fuel or power, and society is a barbaric mess. Survivors Kate, husband Sam, and daughter Suzi are searching for a rumoured bunker that people say is full of food ...
Style:
sincere, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, tense
Plot:
post apocalypse, heroes, woman, family relations, survival, parents and children, plague, society, human existence, death, fear, human nature ...
Place:
europe
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In 2030 the world is in a permanent state of economic recession and facing serious environmental problems as a result of global warming.
Style:
apocalyptic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, road movie ...
Plot:
dystopia, hidden truth, deception, government agent, dystopian future, life is a bitch, pursuit, runaway, human existence, life risking, conspiracy, single mother ...
Time:
2030s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Thriller
Country: China
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A group of seemingly unrelated individuals fight their way out of a virus-infested hotel, only to find themselves at a worse place than before.
Style:
psychotronic, disturbing, scary, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
walking dead, virus, zombie, apocalypse, survival, zombie apocalypse, killing, dystopian future, catastrophe, danger, heroes, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
china
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The world has been devastated by the virus that has reanimated the dead to consume the living. Australia has so far remained unscathed through a brutal border protection policy and internment facilities. Derek Jones and the High Risk Response Unit ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, scary, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot:
zombie, deadly virus, survival horror, military, dystopian future, violence, evil, virus, survival, plague, pandemic, human existence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
22%
699
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States inspires his fellow survivors to fight for humanity. The bomb has dropped, and in the blink of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, apocalyptic, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, missing person, danger, chaos, society, escapades, life is a bitch, post apocalypse, plague, journey, violence ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The war between mankind and intelligent machines has begun - and the machines are winning. Tomasz is a deserter who tries to hide as far away from the battle as possible. In the vast emptiness of northern Scandinavia he meets Lilja, the last ...
Style:
unusual plot structure, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, apocalypse, robot, machine, man versus machine, humanity in peril, heroes, invasion, end of the world, good versus evil, vengeance, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future
Place:
scandinavia
Similarity:
22%
171
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Not much left since the world died. That's what they called it the day the virus took over and people went inside, never to leave their homes again. Soon after that, the last of the food was gone, the last drop of gas was used up, the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
distopia, isolation, mosquito, survival, chaos, danger, plague, confined, post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopia, dystopian future ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
For 5 billion years the Earth's core has operated like a giant, nuclear reactor. Now it's overheated, melting down like a bomb that's about to explode. The earth is being ripped apart at the seams and beneath LA, pressure is building. ...
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, natural disaster, weather, survival, race against time, love, demolished city, global warming, destruction, evacuation, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
21%
552
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It is the year 2037. Our world is dying, slowly, from a virus that has rendered mankind infertile. Not a single child has been born in 25 years. Governments are now powerless puppets for the biggest corporations and Biocorp, the world's ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival horror, dystopia, escapades, quarantine, corporation, death, post apocalypse, plague, powerful corporation, bio weapon, laboratory, survival ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: Malaysia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After Hassan discovers Zidik living alone on the streets, he takes him in and cares for him like a son. Zidik now works together with Hassan in the junkyard but both men are stuck in the past. 15 years ago, they lost their loved ones to a virus that ...
Style:
suspense, psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
zombie apocalypse, zombie, panic, human nature, family relations, undead, characters in danger, chaos, youth, death, society, dystopian future ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
malaysia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An alien spaceship crash-lands in an isolated town in the middle of the Australian desert, releasing an insidious parasite that attacks the brain of all creatures including humans, making them disorientated, unnaturally strong and violent. Sargeant ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
australian outback, epidemic, death of child, zombie apocalypse, walking dead, killing, dystopian future, graphic violence, plague, violence, youth, peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
A VIRUS IS LOOSE. In rural village where crime is non existent, a police sergeant is retiring out of boredom. He is sent a young recruit fresh out of police school. All hell is about to break loose in this apocalyptic horror film.
Style:
psychotronic, humorous, suspense, tense, scary ...
Plot:
zombie, zombie apocalypse, survival horror, camaraderie, friendship between men, friends, human existence, supernatural, plague, graphic violence, chase, fear ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Five Spec Ops, Alpha Squad, head a simple Recon Mission that turns into an all out war for survival against a wave of undead experiments. Alpha Squad must fight, not just for the sake of their own survival, but the fate of the world.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, suspense ...
Plot:
military, apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, evil scientist, fight, plague, graphic violence, survival, walking dead, danger, peril, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
46K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, exciting, apocalyptic, compassionate ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
post apocalypse, virus, apocalypse, pandemic, survival, vestiges of humanity, brother sister relationship, illness, danger, distopia, life is a bitch, desperation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
denmark
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In the wastelands of post-apocalyptic England, two young brothers turn to cannibalism to survive, only to fall for their prey, a teenage girl... and possibly the last female left alive.
Style:
suspense, bleak, rough, tense, psychological
Plot:
cannibal, cannibalism, survival horror, brothers, survival, brother brother relationship, post apocalypse, distopia, family relations, graphic violence, characters in danger, human existence ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
As the apocalypse evolves, US Marshals are sent to a remote farmhouse in Colorado to retrieve a scientist in the Witness Protection Program who may hold the key to solving the unfolding pandemic.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, tense, suspenseful, scary
Plot:
scientist, fate of humanity, escapades, fear, virus, supernatural, survivor, post apocalypse, pandemic, dystopian future, chaos, society ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
15 months after the apocalypse, a group of survivors are forced to take refuge in an abandoned school, where they encounter a mysterious zombie with the power to bring the undead back to life.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
vestiges of humanity, survival, fate of humanity, walking dead, dystopian future, zombie attack, chase, danger, living dead, peril, characters in danger, virus ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
britain
Similarity:
19%
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, dramatic, retro ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, zombie apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, epidemic, wilderness, end of the world, father daughter relationship, virus, survival, infection ...
Time:
future, 80s
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, Romania
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A visually spectacular dystopian take on an Arab world torn apart by social disorder.
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, struggle for survival, life is a bitch, humanity, fate of humanity, cat versus mouse, city life, distopia, apocalypse, epidemic ...
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
19%
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