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Before the Fire (2020)
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Deep in the throes of a global pandemic, up and coming TV star, Ava Boone, is forced to flee the mounting chaos in Los Angeles and return to her rural hometown. But as she struggles to acclimate to a way of life she left behind long ago, her homecoming attracts a dangerous figure from her past – threatening both her and the family that serves as her only sanctuary.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, captivating, apocalyptic, tense
Plot:
small town, homecoming, chores, danger, epidemic, quarantine, fear, female protagonist, dark past, troubled past, survival, chaos and mayhem, apocalypse, distopia, disaster, deadly virus, chore, bare chested male, virus, pandemic
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Before the Fire
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspenseful, suspense and captivating films with plots about apocalypse, epidemic, distopia, disaster, survival, danger and catastrophe mostly in Thriller, Sci-Fi and Drama genres. Some movies like Before the Fire: Light of My Life (2019), Pandemic (2009), Deranged (2012), Empty (2011), Lockdown 2025 (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.
Style:
apocalyptic, bleak, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, child in peril, father daughter relationship, forest, girl, survival, immunity, virus, epidemic, distopia, post apocalyptic, fight ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
persia
Similarity:
100%
930
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A slow-paced, action thriller about a virus that strikes a New Mexico county and the local veterinarian who gets caught in the middle.
Style:
suspense, bleak, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
quarantine, danger, plague, dishonesty, disaster, save the day, epidemic, virus, rivalry, apocalypse, disease, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jae-hyuk is a pharmaceutical worker for a medical supplies company. When a series of dead bodies are found floating in the Han River. The public is shocked to discovered that the deaths are related to a fatal outbreak of virus-infected mutant ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Plot:
parasite, epidemic, virus, survival, apocalypse, deadly virus, victim, drowning, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, pandemic ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
32%
732
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A suspenseful drama about a young couple on a road trip who get caught in the midst of a worldwide gas shortage.
Style:
tense, serious, suspenseful, exciting, suspense ...
Plot:
on the road, couple relations, couples, social differences, chaos, life is a bitch, escapades, danger, global warming, distopia, apocalypse, epidemic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
30%
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When martial law is declared, a family seeks shelter in the safety of its own home during a nationwide lockdown for a highly contagious virus.
Style:
suspense, bleak, captivating, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
martial law, distopia, pandemic, quarantine, deadly virus, biohazard, house, virus, evil, coronavirus, isolation, fear ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long-since destroyed by disease; but when a lonely traveler offers her a place in his community, she must decide if the promise of a better life is worth the risk of ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, intense, tense
Plot:
post apocalypse, plague, community, distopia, survival, secrets, female protagonist, weapons, religious, quarantine, post apocalyptic, disaster ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Duke Evans, out of work NSA analyst, is evicted from his home he moves his family to his grandfather's old cabin. However here they are also threatened when a hellish cyber-attack is unleashed on the US rendering anything with a computer ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
post apocalypse, invasion, chaos and mayhem, danger, escapades, immigrant, society, racism, unemployment, government agency, apocalypse, distopia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
china, mexico
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human. When a master computer program, ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, robot, computer program, danger, destruction, military, society, chaos and mayhem, humanity in peril, distopia, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
A pharmaceutical company recruits a well-known scientist to help develop a vaccine against a deadly virus.
Style:
captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, psychological thriller
Plot:
virus, conspiracy, vaccine, war veteran, scientist, danger, supernatural, murder, epidemic, apocalypse, distopia, bare chested male ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A series of freak weather occurrences around Washington D.C. reunites two estranged brothers who are the sons of a once prestigious climate scientist. One of them suspects their father is behind it and upon further investigation, they discover that ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
disaster, storm, chaos, chaos and mayhem, escapades, danger, save the day, family relations, disorder, siblings relations, parents and children, forces of nature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
27%
776
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
ZOMBEX tells the story of a post-Katrina New Orleans as it deals with a new disaster, a zombie apocalypse. NOLA residents are no longer experiencing the depression and post-traumatic stress due to the trauma of the hurricane, thanks to the ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
chaos, supernatural, profanity, escapades, danger, zombie, anti depressant, post traumatic stress, fear, graphic violence, epidemic, undead ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new orleans, louisiana
Similarity:
27%
921
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The survivor of a deadly virus is given the chance to reclaim his lost life by stopping the man responsible for the disease.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, post apocalyptic, time travel, choice, saving a life, fate of humanity, deadly virus, scientific experiment, save the world, struggle for survival ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An expecting couple, a survival expert and four teenagers deal with a global blackout and the disintegration of society around them. In their plight for survival, they must endure the worst of human behavior.
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
blackout, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, solar eclipse, white trash, student, fight, eclipse, human nature, fear ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A meteorite will destroy the world in three days. For Ale (Victor Clavijo), that means 72 hours of alone time, getting as drunk as possible. But when a mysterious drifter (Eduard Fernández) appears, the self-serving Ale faces a more immediate ...
Style:
disturbing, futuristic, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, chaos, criminal heroes, danger, criminal's revenge, small town life, heroes, redemption, vengeance, save the world, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
26%
352
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An outbreak of a bacteria called M-3 causes people to die in extreme pain via body spasms. A woman who is a carrier escapes from a hospital and goes on the run, spreading the plague to people she encounters, and onto food in fast food stops etc. She ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic, grim ...
Plot:
pandemic, quarantine, plague, disaster, virus, disease, infection, bacteria, epidemic, post apocalypse, mass death, panic ...
Time:
year 1970
Similarity:
26%
284
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A rare astronomical event causes a permanent worldwide black out, forcing residents of a middle-class suburb to get by with no modern conveniences. The community pulls together and adapts to a simpler way of life, but their success draws the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, rivalry, society, dystopia, isolation, suburbs, danger, life turned upside down, chaos, confined, post apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
367
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
ER doctor Tsuyoshi Matsuoka receives a patient with a virus unlike anything he's seen before. His symptoms include high fever, convulsions, vomiting of blood and multiple organ failure. Could this be a new form of influenza or is it some other ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, psychological, serious, sad
Plot:
epidemic, quarantine, disaster, plague, disease, virus, infection, research, doctor, pandemic, investigation, danger ...
Time:
near future, 2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a remote part of rural, post-apocalyptic England, now occupied by unseen alien invaders, a feisty teenage girl sets out on a desperate attempt to fight back a group of bandits and defend her parents' farm, their remaining livestock, and the ...
Style:
disturbing, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
alien invasion, siblings, distopia, evil alien, survival, struggle for survival, against humanity, teenager, extraterrestrial, vestiges of humanity, alien attack, alien encounter ...
Time:
future
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When a piece of the massive comet "Copernicus" collides with the Earth, it knocks the planet off of its axis and unleashes a disaster never before witnessed. Dr. James Mayfield (Jack Coleman) and his highly trained research team are the ...
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, collision, comet, natural disaster, forces of nature, danger, family relations, one last chance, save the day, survival, apocalypse, space and aliens ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.
Style:
exciting, bleak, apocalyptic, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, asteroid, space and aliens, earth, chaos, race against time, bible, society, danger, heroes, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The company soldier Hannah and the scientists Gavin and Dimitri are researching an algae project on board the Rubikon space station, which is supposed to permanently supply humanity with oxygen and food. But suddenly the earth disappears below them ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, futuristic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
space station, planet, apocalypse, space, space shuttle, save the world, rescue mission, moral dilemma, struggle for survival, humanity, human in outer space, fate of humanity ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
An outbreak of avian flu mutates into a virus that becomes transmittable from human to human.
Style:
tense, serious, bleak, suspenseful
Plot:
epidemic, virus, heroic mission, disease, disaster, quarantine, isolation, experiment gone awry, plague, chaos, heroes, life is a bitch ...
Place:
angola, usa, virginia
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Deep underwater in the Marianas Trench an accident results in a devastating Tsunami that destroys the Hawaiian Islands as it continues toward the west coast. Panic ensues all up and down the western coast of North and South America. In an attempt to ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, tsunami, catastrophe, panic, survival, evacuation, apocalypse, scientist, struggle for survival, water, giant wave ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
26%
549
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A mystery surrounds a small town that was attacked on September 9, 2009. Now sixty years later, the last survivor, Sarah, sends a high profile reporter a letter suggesting what really happened on that day. The government calls 9/9/09 the start of ...
Style:
serious, tense, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
small town, danger, social relations, dishonesty, love triangle, creature, infection, government coverup, uncover truth, survival, virus, pandemic ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
6K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 152 min.
Story:
A real life account of the deadly Nipah virus outbreak in Kerala, and the courageous fight put on by several individuals which helped to contain the epidemic.
Style:
suspense, captivating, suspenseful, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot:
virus, deadly virus, epidemic, infection, quarantine, pandemic, doctor, nurse, virus outbreak, danger, fate of humanity, infected ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, New Zealand
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An island on spectacular Sydney Harbour. Summer sun Top international artists. Tens of thousands of music fans from across the world Idyllic... Until unimaginable disaster strikes.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
chaos, plague, family in danger, danger, antidote, quarantine, death, society, murder, apocalypse, distopia, pandemic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A massive influx of glacial melting triggers a new ice age in the Northern Hemisphere, forcing a family to make their way across the ice-covered landscape before they are frozen out for good.
Style:
exciting, compassionate, intense, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
natural disaster, ice age, forces of nature, arctic, husband and wife, struggle for survival, survival horror, disaster, destruction, family relations, cold, chaos and mayhem ...
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where a global airborne pandemic has wiped out 90% of the Earth's population and only the young and immune have endured as scavengers. For Ellie and Quinn, the daily challenges to stay alive are compounded when ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Plot:
pandemic, post apocalyptic, survival, distopia, epidemic, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, dystopia, coming of age, isolation, infection ...
Similarity:
25%
243
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rex and his men aim to kill the homeless people living in a local deserted school hoping it'll slow an ultra-deadly strand of COVID. Now, outnumbered 100 to 1, Hap must save his little sister.
Style:
tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
virus, homelessness, distopia, quarantine, pandemic, society, coronavirus, salvation, rescue, homeless, deadly virus, sibling relationship ...
Similarity:
25%
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