Movies like Diverge

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Diverge (2016)
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Diverge (2016)
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: psychological, thought provoking, captivating, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic
Plot: epidemic, virus, time travel, pandemic, choice, save the world, scientific experiment, deadly virus, struggle for survival, saving a life, fate of humanity, apocalypse, distopia, disaster

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, captivating, apocalyptic and disturbing films with plots about apocalypse, epidemic, disaster, distopia, virus, survival and post apocalypse mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Diverge: The Blackout (2014), Before the Fire (2020), Deranged (2012), Rubikon (2022), COVID-21: Lethal Virus (2021). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Blackout (2014)
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: apocalyptic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: post apocalypse, blackout, solar eclipse, struggle for survival, student, fight, survival, apocalypse, white trash, eclipse, pandemic, distopia ...
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95%
Before the Fire (2020)
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 ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Plot: small town, chores, homecoming, danger, quarantine, dark past, female protagonist, troubled past, fear, epidemic, survival, chaos and mayhem ...
Place: usa
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92%
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 3K
Deranged (2012)
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: apocalyptic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot: parasite, epidemic, survival, virus, apocalypse, deadly virus, drowning, victim, pandemic, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia ...
Place: south korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
 5.0
 4K
Rubikon (2022)
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: futuristic, captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: space station, planet, space, apocalypse, save the world, rescue, struggle for survival, fate of humanity, rescue mission, humanity, human in outer space, moral dilemma ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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COVID-21: Lethal Virus (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The climate change has released an ancient rabies virus trapped in the Antarctica ice. A female scientist tries to get to the laboratory to create a cure to save the world, protected by an eccentric and two members of the special forces.
Style: apocalyptic, disturbing, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: walking dead, virus, infection, deadly virus, fate of humanity, humanity in peril, survival horror, apocalypse, undead, zombie, scientist, death threat ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
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Embers (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.
Style: apocalyptic, disturbing, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot: distopia, memory loss, dystopian future, epidemic, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, fate of humanity, memory lapse, vestiges of humanity, memory, humanity, struggle for survival ...
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83%
 7.7
 5K
Virus (2019)
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, disturbing, rough, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: virus, epidemic, deadly virus, infection, quarantine, pandemic, doctor, nurse, life is a bitch, infected, fate of humanity, plague ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Plague (1979)
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, psychotronic, atmospheric, independent film
Plot: disease, virus, disaster, pandemic, post apocalypse, epidemic, quarantine, plague, apocalypse, distopia, natural disaster, dystopia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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 5.3
 346
Pandemic (2009)
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, serious, psychological, sad
Plot: epidemic, quarantine, disaster, plague, disease, virus, infection, research, doctor, danger, investigation, society ...
Time: near future, 2010s
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Light of My Life (2019)
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, ambiguous ending, bleak, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot: post apocalypse, epidemic, father daughter relationship, virus, distopia, deadly virus, post apocalyptic, child in peril, forest, girl, immunity, parents and children ...
Time: year 2019
Place: persia
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
The Quiet Hour (2014)
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: tense, disturbing, captivating, apocalyptic, suspense
Plot: alien invasion, siblings, distopia, survival, evil alien, vestiges of humanity, teenager, struggle for survival, extraterrestrial, human alien relationship, alien encounter, against humanity ...
Time: future
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 3.3
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Pandemic (2009)
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 ⇓
76%
 2.7
 1K
Toxin (2015)
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, psychological, suspense, psychological thriller
Plot: virus, conspiracy, vaccine, war veteran, scientist, danger, murder, supernatural, epidemic, apocalypse, distopia, bare chested male ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Story: Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It deals with Dr James Niven's attempts to deal with the 1918 flu pandemic in Manchester. Its screenplay was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along ...
Style: thought provoking, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: illness, epidemic, deadly virus, virus, humanity in peril, historical event, society, fate of humanity, against humanity, quarantine, public health, medicine ...
Time: post world war one
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
 5.3
 6K
Terminus (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Following a near-fatal accident, David Chamberlain makes an unprecedented discovery that will not only determine the fate of his family, but of mankind.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense, apocalyptic ...
Plot: car accident, problem, discovery, fate of humanity, destiny, post apocalyptic, disaster, parallel universe, alien abduction, apocalypse, space, epidemic ...
Time: 2010s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 5.1
 4K
Only (2019)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: After a comet releases a mysterious virus that begins to kill all of the women in the world, a young couple's relationship is severely tested. They hide out (from both the illness and the savages who hunt the remaining women) in their ...
Style: serious, intense, realistic, emotional
Plot: epidemic, virus, post apocalypse, distopia, infection, fight, apocalypse, health situation, humanity in peril, save the world, infected, panic ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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 329
Lockdown 2025 (2021)
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, captivating, serious, disturbing, suspenseful ...
Plot: distopia, biohazard, house, virus, coronavirus, evil, deadly virus, martial law
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 5.1
 13K
Air (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared, and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state of suspended animation. Two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, ambiguous ending, dark, apocalyptic ...
Plot: distopia, isolation, post apocalypse, humanity, science, freezing, dystopia, disaster, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, alternate reality, bunker ...
Time: future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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The Survivalist (2021)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A year and a half after the fall of civilization from a virus outbreak, a former FBI agent is forced to protect a young woman, who is immune to the disease, from a dangerous gang hunting her led by a psychopath who believes he’s going to use her ...
Style: disturbing, tense, apocalyptic, captivating, suspense
Plot: deadly virus, immunity, criminal gang, gang leader, struggle for survival, battles, virus, fight, post apocalypse, survival, gang, post apocalyptic ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
 7.6
 34K
Station Eleven (2021)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 507 min.
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Story: A post apocalyptic saga spanning multiple timelines telling the stories of survivors of a devastating flu as they attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew while holding on to the best of what's been lost.
Style: apocalyptic, suspense, disturbing, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: virus, survival, post apocalypse, disaster, pandemic, dystopia, theatrical troupe, struggle for survival, theatre group, introspection, life & death, actor ...
Time: future, 2020s
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71%
 3.0
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Earthfall (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story: As a rogue planet roars through our solar system, it acts as an intergalactic magnet that pulls Earth in its wake. Meteors destroy major cities. Fire and ice storms engulf the land. Casualties are in the millions. And as the situation grows even ...
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, suspenseful, suspense
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, meteorite, apocalypse, outer space, destruction, asteroid, distopia, end of the world, save the world, one last chance, fate of humanity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
2149: The Aftermath (2016)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In an oppressive future, where everyone's only contact is their computer, one lonely young man is forced to venture forth in search of human contact.
Style: disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, futuristic, captivating ...
Plot: dystopian future, virtual reality, computers and web, real world, life, society, social issues, social problems, disaster, apocalypse, evolution, epidemic
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Disaster Wars: Earthquake vs. Tsunami (2013)
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, serious, captivating, tense
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, catastrophe, apocalypse, earthquake, tsunami, panic, evacuation, water, scientist, giant wave, survival ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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The Humanity Bureau (2017)
Genre: 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, captivating ...
Plot: distopia, dystopia, government agent, hidden truth, deception, dystopian future, pursuit, runaway, life is a bitch, life risking, conspiracy, fleeing ...
Time: 2030s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 3.6
 539
Supercollider (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Bulgaria
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A scientist working on an energy project discovers his family have undergone strange changes in their personalities, while a series of natural disasters are happening across the globe. He realises that his work has accidentally pushed the planet ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot: disaster, experiment gone awry, save the world, forces of nature, chaos, space travel, danger, time travel, escapades, distopia, epidemic, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 4.9
 21K
Mother/Android (2021)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Georgia and her boyfriend Sam go on a treacherous journey to escape their country, which is caught in an unexpected war with artificial intelligence. Days away from the arrival of their first child, the couple must face No Man’s Land—a ...
Style: dramatic, suspense, thought provoking, disturbing, tragic ending ...
Plot: robot, pregnant woman, apocalypse, couple relations, couples, female protagonist, survival, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, runaway, youth, family relations, pregnancy ...
Time: near future, future
Place: korea
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69%
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Factor 8 (2009)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A presumed virus outbreak during a flight from south Asia to Munich. Most of all, the scientific premise is utterly wrong. Retroviruses is shown as multiplying in erythrocytes, which lack a) DNA (necessary for retrovirus replication) and b) the ...
Style: suspenseful, captivating, suspense, disturbing
Plot: epidemic, airplane, disaster, quarantine, passenger, moral dilemma, virus, deadly virus, isolated place, isolation, stewardess, scientist ...
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
 4.8
 564
Shelter (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After a cataclysmic event, five strangers sealed inside an emergency shelter with all the comforts of home must learn to cope with their situation and with each other.
Style: dramatic, suspenseful, serious, bleak
Plot: disaster, apocalypse, trapped, survival, post apocalypse, distopia, nuclear holocaust, survival horror, post nuclear, struggle for survival, epidemic, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Oceans Rising (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A scientist builds a massive ark after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. But when it's evident the disaster will occur, those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, boarding the ark and seeking his ...
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: disaster, natural disaster, end of the world, boat, scientist, sea, hopes, danger, adaptation, society, destiny, heroes ...
Time: future, year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
What Still Remains (2018)
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: apocalyptic, captivating, suspenseful, tense, intense
Plot: post apocalypse, community, secrets, survival, distopia, plague, female protagonist, religious, epidemic, dystopia, apocalypse, disaster ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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