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The Blackout (2014)
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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, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, dark, tension, bleak ...
Plot:
blackout, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, solar eclipse, fight, student, eclipse, white trash, fear, human nature, isolation, morality, conflict, desperation, uncertainty, panic, paranoia, lawlessness, teenager, violence, betrayal, claustrophobia, emergency ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, captivating, suspense and tense films with plots about survival, isolation, violence, claustrophobia, struggle for survival, small town and desperation mostly in Thriller, Drama and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Blackout: Light of My Life (2019), Lockdown 2025 (2021), Coyotes (2025), Heart of the Storm (2004), Territory 8 (2013). 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
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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 ...
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40%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Trapped in their Hollywood Hills home, a family fights for survival when caught between a raging wildfire and a pack of savage coyotes.
Style:
suspense, tension, intense, tense, dark ...
Plot:
survival, survival horror, wildfire, struggle for survival, family drama, disaster, animal attack, home invasion, fear, family bonds, violent, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the eve of a hurricane threatening New Orleans a dangerous convict escapes from prison with two accomplices. When the high winds and flooding disrupt their escape plan they're forced to take shelter in the remote bayou home of Cassie and her ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
hurricane, storm, survival, struggle for survival, hostage, family relations, trap, trapped, mother daughter relationship, home invasion, danger, convict ...
Place:
new orleans
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Shortly after a chemical weapon explosion in the Nevada desert, two scientists find themselves confronting a sinister cover up, and a band of hostile survivors who are looking to escape the quarantined area known as Territory 8.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, dramatic ...
Plot:
quarantine, desert, chemical weapon, survival, survival horror, escape, post-apocalyptic future, adaptation, scientist, fight, struggle for survival, danger ...
Time:
future
Place:
nevada
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Seven strangers find themselves trapped inside an abandoned hospital after an unexplainable apocalyptic event. In addition to being haunted by what they've lost, the strangers must also fight off mysterious creatures that hunt them down one by ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, scary, bleak ...
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, danger, survival horror, supernatural, zombie, hospital, creature, monster, abandoned building, violence, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A cannabis farmer and his pregnant lover fight for their lives when ruthless criminals invade their property.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, intense ...
Plot:
home invasion, marijuana, criminal, survival, cannabis, fight, drug, struggle for survival, gang, bandit, isolation, fear ...
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36%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
It follows a troubled married couple as they imprison their six children due to their intense religious ideology.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, serious, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
religious fanaticism, religion, family drama, captivity, religions or cults, parent child relationship, kids and family, religious fanatic, children, religious education, religious, parents and children ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a reclusive backwoodsman finds a mute little girl wandering alone in the forest, he must protect her from the evil forces determined to end her life.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
forest, nature, struggle for survival, teenager fighting adult, recluse, violence, life risking, child fighting adult, child in peril, survival, backwoods, danger ...
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35%
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:
34%
584
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:
suspenseful, dramatic, bleak, serious, tension ...
Plot:
survival, disaster, trapped, post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, nuclear holocaust, survival horror, isolation, confined space, bunker ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
28-year-old medicine student Malina wakes up disoriented in a locked trunk and realizes, to her horror, that she is missing more than just her memory of what happened. With her phone as the only link to the outside world, the intelligent young woman ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
kidnapping, survival, female protagonist, memory loss, claustrophobia, car trunk, medical student, confined space, race against time, threat, abduction, amnesia ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, Italy, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Matthew and Elena are about to face the worst night of their lives when four burglars trespass into their home looking for easy money. But things don't go as planned. Tension and fear take over them all, victims and executioners, and mistrust, ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tension, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
home invasion, hostage, violence, husband wife relationship, robbery, burglary, fear, secret revealed, human nature, social decay, youth gang, antisocial behavior ...
Similarity:
33%
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:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Plot:
small town, chores, homecoming, danger, dark past, troubled past, quarantine, female protagonist, fear, epidemic, survival, chaos and mayhem ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A woman, looking after her ailing mother-in-law is at breaking point. What happens when she can't take any more?
Style:
psychological, captivating, psychological thriller, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, breaking point, problem, family problems, murderer, domestic drama, moral dilemma, character study, family conflict, female protagonist, intimate, claustrophobia ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The small town of Ismailpur suffers an apocalyptic night when a sudden riot breaks out and the town descends into anarchy. Four victims of the riots, rival to each other, take shelter in an old woman`s home. As the woman awaits her son`s arrival, ...
Style:
tension, dark, suspense, intense, realistic
Plot:
religious conflict, violence, riot, anarchy, human nature, mistrust, small town, anger, fear, bloodbath, morality, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
33%
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:
33%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a massive hurricane threatens the Brody Peninsula, Abby Fields, a full-time nurse to a housebound coma patient, is forced to stay behind to care for her. This puts her directly in the hurricane's path, but even worse - it puts her directly ...
Style:
suspense, tense, tension, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
hurricane, serial killer, caregiver, storm, survival, killing, hidden truth, trap, death threat, serial murder, tsunami, murderer ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
33%
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641
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
While on vacation in rural Wisconsin, five friends seek refuge in a lone building after their vehicle crashes in a vicious snowstorm. With no cell service, the group splits up to find help but when they reunite, one of them is found dead.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
friends, murder, vacation, fleeing, murder investigation, murder mystery, group of friends, murderer, criminal, secret, fear, isolation ...
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Turkey
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A psychopath gunman breaks in and plants bombs in bigbrother house to change the rules of the game.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychopath, fear, home invasion, bombing, threat, terror, bomb threat, problem, desperation, paranoia, violence, panic ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Four strangers on a drunken wedding dash from LA to Vegas hit a mysterious woman in the desert and must overcome injuries, the elements, and ultimately each other to survive.
Style:
psychological, detective, disturbing, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
desert, road accident, road trip, woman, group of strangers, stranded in the desert, traffic accident, automobile, on the road, machine, stranger, car ...
Similarity:
32%
337
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After a botched suicide attempt Sam Hoffman finds herself trapped in an evil insane asylum
Style:
psychological horror, psychological thriller, intense, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
insane asylum, captivity, mental institution, suicide attempt, isolation, madness, escape, trauma, survival, paranoia, claustrophobia, mind game ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Lalo is a fourteen year old teenager who, from an naive approach, gets involved in the underground world of the gas theft mafia while he's trying to make money to buy a gift for Ana and win her heart.
Style:
tense, crime drama, suspenseful, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, survival, risk, innocence lost, criminal, money problems, juvenile delinquency, troubled youth, threat, teenage life, in love, struggle for survival ...
Place:
mexico
Similarity:
31%
417
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a violent, post-pandemic world, a peace-loving man is forced on a desperate journey to find life-saving drugs for his wife - but to get them he must first help an ornery old man defend his cabin against all-comers.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, psychological, thrilling, bleak ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, survival, illness, post apocalypse, distopia, struggle for survival, problem, life is a bitch, social problems, reluctant hero, isolation, lawlessness ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Inspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son and pregnant wife if they have ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, bleak, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
wildfire, survival, forest fire, fire, disaster, danger, natural disaster, father son relationship, family relations, struggle for survival, forest, family drama ...
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
How tenuous is man's hold on civilization when survival becomes an issue? When the lights go out and stay out for several days, suburbanites Matthew and Annie learn the hard way that man is "by nature" a predatory creature. ...
Style:
suspense, tense, psychological, bleak, action thriller ...
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, nudity, female nudity, suburbs, disaster, hot and sexy, dystopian future, neighbor, paranoia, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 70s
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a deadly virus wipes out most of humanity, the survivors are forced to wait alone in self-sustaining bunkers while the viral threat runs its course. Able to communicate through a networked video interface, the survivors wait for years and ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
communication, bunker, virus, survival, disappearance, trapped, epidemic, deadly virus, struggle for survival, quarantine, pandemic, locked in a room ...
Similarity:
31%
357
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After a meteor collides into Earth, a lonely rancher and a lost young girl are on the run from vicious mercenaries.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, meteorite, survival horror, struggle for survival, crash survivor, young woman, end of civilization, armageddon, chase, pursuit, isolation, post apocalyptic ...
Similarity:
31%
145
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a dying 1950s town, a mysterious traveler propositions a young farmhand, Donnie, to help take down the town's tyrannical leader in exchange for the release of Donnie's mother from a primitive mind-rehabilitation center.
Style:
suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
revenge, dystopia, hostage, threat, fight, problem, mysterious stranger, small town, moral dilemma, rehabilitation center, power struggle, tyranny ...
Time:
1950s
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Kuntol and Sudarshan meet at the railway track where they have come to commit suicide.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
life, desperation, suicide attempt, problem, game, escapades, threat, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, suicide, fatalism, isolation ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
30%
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