Movies like Lockdown 2021
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Lockdown (2021)
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Original name: Covid-19: Invasion
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, serious, captivating, suspenseful, dark, suspense
Plot:
virus, homelessness, distopia, pandemic, quarantine, rescue, salvation, homeless, society, deadly virus, coronavirus, survival, vigilantism, isolation, desperation, sibling relationship, underdog, moral ambiguity, urban decay, intense violence, revenge, manhunt, civil unrest, anti hero, epidemic ...
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Most similar movies to Lockdown
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, suspense, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about survival, isolation, moral ambiguity, revenge, violence, desperation and struggle for survival mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Lockdown: The Blackout (2014), Before the Fire (2020), Transit 17 (2019), The Park (2023), The Abyss (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
95%
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 ...
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82%
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:
68%
Genre: Action
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The movie is set in the future, 2026, Europe is no longer the same and separated from the rest of the world after a deadly virus spreads.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
zombie, survival, post apocalyptic, distopia, virus, pandemic, resistance, struggle for survival, post apocalypse, zombie outbreak, zombie apocalypse, soldier ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
europe
Similarity:
63%
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519
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A dystopian coming-of-age movie focused on three kids who find themselves in an abandoned amusement park, aiming to unite whoever remains. With dangers lurking around every corner, they will do whatever it takes to survive their hellish Neverland.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
dystopia, distopia, coming of age, children, virus, post apocalyptic, survival, dystopian society, battles, post-apocalyptic future, fate of humanity, deadly virus ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
59%
11K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Finland, Belgium, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Frigga tries to balance her risky job as a security manager in the Kiirunavaara mine with her family life, her new love, and her ex, who doesn’t want to let go. But when the ground suddenly starts to shake under their feet, the puzzle of life ...
Style:
serious, bleak, tense, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
disaster, mine, job, family relations, survival, manager, family life, danger, workplace, miner, jeopardy, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
59%
341
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Sully is a psychotic criminal who has just been released from prison. Now he has only one goal: revenge against police detective Elaine Reynolds, who he blames for the death of his wife's unborn child.
Style:
psychological thriller, tension, intense, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
revenge, obsession, vengeance, police detective, trauma, cat and mouse, fear, paranoia, law enforcement, stalking, isolation, violence ...
Similarity:
58%
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:
57%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Story:
A drifter is a town's last hope of salvation from outlaws, but he can't escape the past he's trying to forget.
Style:
period piece, neo western, tense, suspense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drifter, showdown, sheriff, wasteland, gunslinger, post apocalypse, criminal, outlaw, redemption, small town, moral ambiguity, vigilantism ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
After losing his job, Aby and his wife, Priya, move back to the latter's family estate in Kerala. However, things go from bad to worse for the couple as they encounter a new set of challenges..
Style:
dark, suspense, tense, psychological thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
home invasion, revenge, moral ambiguity, isolation, vigilantism, domestic drama, male protagonist, violence, survival, machismo, social conflict, social commentary ...
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Follows a group of male hunters who regularly lure women to their island with the chance to win 100K in a hunt, only to discover that they are the hunted, but this time they mess with the wrong girls and must deal with the consequences.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, scary, captivating ...
Plot:
hunting, survival game, survival, survival horror, gory, women, group, manhunt, bloody violence, carnage, struggle for survival, hunter ...
Similarity:
54%
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:
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An outlaw kills a marshal and steals his identity; a Pinkerton pursues him across the open country. He must be ruthless to survive.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating, tension ...
Plot:
marshal, manhunt, bounty hunter, outlaw, old west, murder, pursuit, criminal, murderer, burglar, stolen identity, personality change ...
Time:
19th century
Similarity:
50%
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:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Story:
A former Marine, Chuck, copes with PTSD by living alone in the woods. He's a work-for-hire contractor taking care of peoples' problems. When a teenage girl mysteriously disappears, her desperate parents hire Chuck to find her. They tell ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, dark, crime drama ...
Plot:
ptsd, backwoods, investigation, moral ambiguity, anti hero, haunting, vigilante, lone wolves, search and rescue, family tragedy, manhunt, private investigator ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Romania, Sweden
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Mircea, former Intelligence officer, finds out that his son from has gone missing in the mountains. He travels there to find him. After days of searches, Mircea put his own rescue team together, leading to conflict with the local squad.
Style:
tense, intense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
search and rescue, father son relationship, missing person, lost, mountain, rescue mission, father, rescue, tragic event, squad, family relations, manhunt ...
Place:
romania
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A young, unassuming gold smuggler and his companion embark on an outrageously risky plan with the hope of gaining a fortune that could secure them a lifetime of wealth.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, serious, exciting, action adventure ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
smuggling, gold, heist, adventurer, smuggler, money, opportunist, adventure hero, escapades, wealth, plan, underworld ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
After retiring from being a hit man due to a physical disability, a man returns for one final job to take care of his struggling family.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
one last job, hitman, assassin, save the day, confronting the past, lifestyle change, family relations, eviction notice, violence, revenge, cat and mouse, desperation ...
Similarity:
46%
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764
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A lethal virus forces humanity to remote regions for survival, one family fights to try to save its children from a band of marauders bent on revenge.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
zombie apocalypse, zombie outbreak, survival horror, post apocalyptic, isolated place, escape attempt, struggle for survival, virus, zombie attack, violence, infection, family drama ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Recently released from prison, Billy will do whatever it takes to save the only person who has stuck by him, his mother Grace who desperately needs a liver transplant and she is all out of legal options.
Style:
tense, crime drama, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
cartel, desperation, moral dilemma, mother and son, organ trafficking, money problems, transplant, organ donation, blood donor, organ transplant, life is a bitch, family relations ...
Place:
texas, el paso texas, mexico
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
One day, Hye Lin, the five-year old daughter of a devoted pastor, Joo Young Soo, is kidnapped. Pastor Joo, who has a rock solid faith in God at this time, prays wholeheartedly for her safe comeback, but she does not return. Eight years later, Joo ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, realistic, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
kidnapping, missing child, rescue, society, starting over, clergy, chase, father daughter relationship, family tragedy, uncover truth, danger, desperation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
south korea, seoul
Similarity:
45%
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:
44%
271
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When raw gold is discovered deep in the woods, a group of gold hunters arrive to mine it. Several neighbors in the area witness the hunters by chance and find themselves in danger. Among the witnesses, hunter Ki-sung risks his life to protect the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, brutal ...
Plot:
murder, hunting, survival, greed, forest, struggle for survival, murder witness, threat, witness, murderer, witnessing a crime, treasure hunt ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
43%
Movie in collections
595
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Story:
The story of Shikkar takes place at Chittazha, a mountainous terrain where bamboo reeds flourish. After much wandering from place to place, Balraman (Mohanlal) a lorry driver has finally settled down with his daughter (Ananya) at Chittazha. Peace ...
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
revenge, father daughter relationship, police officer, protection, protective father, starting over, haunted by the past, one against many, daring rescue, danger, dark past, family drama ...
Time:
year 2010
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
American war veteran Will Spalding has tracked the sadistic Nazi Colonel who executed his bomber crew during WWII to a remote location in South America. But he is in for more than he bargained for when he uncovers a secret Nazi headquarters known as ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, action drama, period drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
revenge, secret, nazi, world war two veteran, ex soldier, war veteran, hunt down, world war two, secret headquarters, retribution, manhunt, conspiracy ...
Place:
south america
Similarity:
42%
805
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two Step is a fast-paced Texas thriller in which the lives of James, a directionless college dropout, and Webb, a career criminal with his back against the wall, violently collide.
Style:
tense, suspense, fast paced, intense, dark ...
Plot:
college dropout, violence, desperation, chase, moral ambiguity, cat and mouse, anti hero, loneliness, manhunt, small town, career criminal, stalking ...
Place:
texas, austin texas
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A weekend of fun becomes a fight for survival when three American women land in a Mexican jail. After being sexually molested by the guards, they attempt to escape with the help of a fellow prisoner.
Style:
erotic, intense, tense, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
making love, rape, sexual assault, violence, survival, escape, abuse, struggle for survival, trauma, revenge, prison escape, rape and revenge ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mexico, tijuana mexico
Similarity:
38%
364
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Tim has no job, but Tim ‘works’, selling stolen goods...In the face of mounting internal and external pressure, how far will he go to keep his head above water and protect those he loves?
Style:
suspenseful, serious, touching, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
youth, juvenile delinquency, society, parents and children, family relations, urban, working class, coming of age, moral ambiguity, survival, desperation, poverty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lone, struggling addict takes on a dangerous underground criminal ring in his small Southern town to retrieve a stolen pendant he believes will save his marriage.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, independent film, disturbing ...
Plot:
addiction, redemption, small town, hopes, life is a bitch, obsessive quest, danger, drug, desperation, loss, regret, anti hero ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana
Similarity:
37%
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:
37%
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