Movies like Attack the Block

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Attack the Block (2011)
 6.7
 111K
Attack the Block (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A teen gang in a grim South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.
Style: horror comedy, dark comedy, cult classic, bleak, unusual plot structure, exciting, humorous, bloody, scary, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, date night, family friendly, manly, boys' night, kids
Plot: gang, alien invasion, creature, alien, space and aliens, deadly creature, chase, children, teenage life, danger, violence, gangster, brutality, creature feature, stoner, survival, monster, teenager, drug dealer, alien encounter, youth, urban, black, friends, protector ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century, contemporary
Place: london, england, somalia
Keyword: gangsters, attack, visit, british horror, challenge

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Most similar movies to Attack the Block

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, cult classic, epic and surprise ending films with plots about alien, alien invasion, space, ufo, monster, danger and extraterrestrial mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Attack the Block: The Watch (2012), Grabbers (2012), Rim of the World (2019), Beyond Skyline (2017), Evolution (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 5.7
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The Watch (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Four everyday suburban guys come together as an excuse to escape their humdrum lives one night a week. But when they accidentally discover that their town has become overrun with aliens posing as ordinary suburbanites, they have no choice but to ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, not serious, hilarious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, alien invasion, father daughter relationship, invasion, friendship, space and aliens, creature, farce, profanity, disguise, silly humor, lifestyle ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa
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100%
 6.3
 19K
Grabbers (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Something sinister has come to the shores of Erin Island, unbeknownst to the quaint population of this sleepy fishing village resting somewhere off Ireland’s coast. First, some fishermen go missing. Then there is the rash of whale carcasses ...
Style: scary, humorous, horror comedy, parody, funny ...
Audience: date night, family friendly, teens, boys' night
Plot: monster, alien invasion, island, creature, survival, drunk, space and aliens, evil alien, kaiju, partner, alcohol abuse, village ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Rim of the World (2019)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Stranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.
Style: action adventure, humorous, light, satirical, enigmatic ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: obsessive quest, child protagonist, summer camp, alien invasion, alien encounter, alien, end of the world, interracial friendship, social misfits, space, apocalypse, post apocalyptic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: pasadena california, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.3
 23K
Beyond Skyline (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, Indonesia, UK, China, Singapore
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an alliance with a band of survivors to take back the planet once and for all.
Style: captivating, exciting, suspense, disturbing, space horror ...
Plot: alien, alien invasion, rescue, spaceship, ufo, monster, invasion, evil alien, abduction, evolution, brutality, survival ...
Time: future, 2010s
Place: laos, southeast asia, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 6.1
 136K
Evolution (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the ...
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, absurd, light ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, alien, evolution, heroic mission, save the world, giant monster, monster, space and aliens, disaster, disorder, alien contact, evil alien ...
Time: future, 2000s, year 2001, post world war two, 21st century
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 118K
The Host (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free ...
Style: futuristic, exciting, romantic, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: alien invasion, teenage girl, apocalypse, interspecies romance, true love, youth, evil alien, invasion, self sacrifice, teenage love, love and romance, power of love ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2013
Place: usa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
I Am Number Four (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him in this sci-fi action thriller. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly ...
Style: exciting, teen, romantic, touching, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: alien, supernatural, supernatural romance, youth, superpower, alien invasion, good versus evil, supernatural ability, young heroes, high school, friendship, teenage love ...
Time: year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ohio, pittsburgh, usa, florida, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.9
 714K
District 9 (2009)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United ...
Style: mockumentary, serious, suspense, biting, futuristic ...
Audience: chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, alien invasion, extraterrestrial, distopia, space and aliens, alien encounter, apocalypse, transformation, mutation, metamorphosis, refugee, society ...
Time: year 2009, future, 2000s, year 2000, year 1982 ...
Place: africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, UK, Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: When scientists discover something in the Arctic that appears to be a buried Pyramid, they send a research team out to investigate. Little do they know that they are about to step into a hunting ground where Aliens are grown as sport for the ...
Style: scary, exciting, splatter, action packed, breathtaking ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, monster, deadly creature, survival, save the world, predator, space, alien invasion, evil alien, first contact, creature, human sacrifice ...
Time: future, year 2004, 2000s, 20th century, jurassic ...
Place: antarctica, nepal, nebraska, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 265K
Paul (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing ...
Style: funny, entertaining, unusual plot structure, hilarious, road movie ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: alien, road trip, benign alien, ufo, friendship, first contact, space and aliens, alien invasion, alien encounter, space travel, buddies, chase ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, 1940s, 80s, future ...
Place: nevada, arizona, usa, austin texas, wyoming ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 366K
Super 8 (2011)
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, exciting, entertaining, apocalyptic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: childhood, monster, ufo, alien, small town, creature, train crash, young heroes, friendship, youth, boy, coming of age ...
Time: 70s, 2010s, year 1979, future, year 2011 ...
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.8
 256K
Battleship (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story: When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of ...
Style: exciting, serious, entertaining, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: alien invasion, alien, military, u.s. navy, ufo, battleship, navy, ship, evil alien, invasion, sea battle, battles ...
Time: year 2012, future, 2010s, year 2006, year 2005 ...
Place: hawaii, london, pacific ocean, tokyo, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator, the iconic creatures from two of the scariest film franchises in movie history wage their most brutal battle ever - in our own backyard. The small town of Gunnison, Colorado becomes a war zone between two ...
Style: suspense, serious, rough, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, alien invasion, gory, evil alien, survival, monster, predator, small town, space, creature, space and aliens, extraterrestrial ...
Time: future, year 2007, 2000s, 20th century, year 2004 ...
Place: colorado, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 6.4
 177K
Riddick (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to ...
Style: suspenseful, stylized, rough, space horror, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, survival, space opera, tough heroes, distopia, one man army, space and aliens, outer space, danger, mysterious planet, mercenary, heroes ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 8.2
 107K
Misfits (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.
Style: exciting, witty, cynical, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, time travel, superhero, friendship, supernatural power, teenage life, swearing, friends, danger, superhuman powers ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.8
 533K
Hot Fuzz (2007)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Top London cop, PC Nicholas Angel is good. Too good. To stop the rest of his team from looking bad, he is reassigned to the quiet town of Sandford, paired with simple country cop, and everything seems quiet until two actors are found decapitated. ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, dark comedy, hilarious ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, teens, adult
Plot: murder, police, partner, conspiracy, chase, buddy, buddy cop, cop, small town, secret society, gunfight, investigation ...
Time: year 2007, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 7.6
 590K
Kick-Ass (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan who one day decides to become a super-hero, even though he has no powers, training or meaningful reason to do so.
Style: stylized, funny, entertaining, dark comedy, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, manly, chick flick, boys' night, date night ...
Plot: superhero, heroes, vigilante, young heroes, vigilantism, double life, lifestyle, youth, teenager, friends, courage, misfit ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.9
 297K
The World's End (2013)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Five friends who reunite in an attempt to top their epic pub crawl from 20 years earlier unwittingly become humankind's only hope for survival.
Style: witty, absurd, humorous, funny, parody ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: alien invasion, apocalypse, robot, beer, end of the world, alcoholic, fight scenes, violence, small town, british, satire, obsessive quest ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 1990, 21st century
Place: england, britain, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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 7.0
 252K
Pitch Black (2000)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is ...
Style: suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, harsh, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, creature, survival, alien, space travel, alien life-form, one man army, outer space, dark hero, tough guy, anti hero, deadly creature ...
Time: future, year 2000, y2k, 2000s
Place: oceania, space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
Style: action packed, futuristic, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, manly
Plot: alien, space, dystopia, lone hero, outer space, bounty hunter, tough guy, space and aliens, space opera, distant planet, one man army, one against many ...
Time: future, year 2004, near future, 2000s
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Battle Los Angeles (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story: The Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a ...
Style: serious, futuristic, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, apocalypse, alien encounter, survival, evil alien, military, invasion, save the world, battlefield, heroic mission, extraterrestrial, ufo ...
Time: year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, mojave desert, america ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.0
 16K
Split Second (1992)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a futuristic London, the rising sea levels mean that large areas are under feet of water. Hauer plays a cop who previously lost his partner to some strange creature. Now the creature is back and its after him.
Style: futuristic, suspense, black comedy, independent film, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, cyberpunk, post apocalypse, creature, post apocalyptic, global warming, supernatural, water, alien invasion, police detective, brutality, female nudity ...
Time: future, year 2008, 90s, year 1992, 2000s ...
Place: england, london, europe, big ben london
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, China, Japan, USA, Mexico
Duration: 111 min.
Story: It has been ten years since The Battle of the Breach and the oceans are still, but restless. Vindicated by the victory at the Breach, the Jaeger program has evolved into the most powerful global defense force in human history. The PPDC now calls ...
Style: futuristic, psychotronic, mecha, anamorphic, tense ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: monster, giant monster, kaiju, robot, giant robot, giant creature, alien, creature, chinawoman, killer robot, alien monster, end of the world ...
Time: 2010s, future, near future
Place: mount fuji, china, australia, asia, santa monica california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
Style: saga, futuristic, scenic, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: teens, family outing, boys' night, adult
Plot: star wars, alien, space opera, space travel, obesity, resistance fighter, fantasy world, space, space and aliens, female protagonist, super weapon, good versus evil ...
Time: future, year 2015, 2010s
Place: space western
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Independence Day (1996)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style: exciting, entertaining, suspense, apocalyptic, futuristic ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, boys' night
Plot: alien invasion, end of the world, invasion, extraterrestrial, survival, ufo, space and aliens, alien, evil alien, first contact, alien encounter, save the world ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, jurassic, future
Place: new york, washington d.c., usa, houston texas, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.3
 181K
Predator 2 (1990)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Ten years after a band of mercenaries first battled a vicious alien, the invisible creature from another world has returned to Earth -- and this time, it's drawn to the gang-ruled and ravaged city of Los Angeles. When it starts murdering drug ...
Style: suspense, futuristic, suspenseful, rough, scary ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: alien, alien invasion, monster, deadly creature, evil alien, predator, drug lord, gory, survival, space and aliens, creature, extraterrestrial ...
Time: 90s, future, 20th century, year 1997
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 5.3
 143K
The Predator (2018)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: From the outer reaches of space to the small-town streets of suburbia, the hunt comes home. Now, the universe’s most lethal hunters are stronger, smarter and deadlier than ever before, having genetically upgraded themselves with DNA from other ...
Style: tense, exciting, slasher, psychotronic, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: alien, predator, alien monster, hunter, ufo, monster, soldier, survival, chase, alien contact, warrior, alien invasion ...
Time: 2010s, future, 20th century, 21st century
Place: xian, georgia, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Africa, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: The war against the Bugs continues! A Federation Starship crash-lands on the distant Alien planet OM-1, stranding beloved leader Sky Marshal Anoke and several others, including comely but tough pilot Lola Beck. It's up to Colonel/General Johnny ...
Style: futuristic, absurd, exciting, semi serious, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, space wars, space, space travel, space and aliens, evil alien, marauder, soldier, space marine, battles, supernatural, survival ...
Time: 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.4
 242K
Mars Attacks! (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: 'We come in peace' is not what those green men from Mars mean when they invade our planet, armed with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor. This star studded cast must play victim to the alien’s fun and games in this comedy ...
Style: parody, spoof, dark comedy, humorous, absurd ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: mars, ufo, alien invasion, alien, space and aliens, evil alien, disaster, save the world, dark humor, outer space, flying saucer, invasion ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, future, year 1996
Place: washington d.c., usa, las vegas, kentucky, kansas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
 6.1
 39K
Critters (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A massive ball of furry creatures from another world eat their way through a small mid-western town followed by intergalactic bounty hunters opposed only by militant townspeople.
Style: scary, humorous, cult classic, horror comedy, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, creature, alien invasion, alien monster, small town, intergalactic, creature feature, little creatures, evil alien, space and aliens, space, chaos ...
Time: 80s
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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