Movies like Quarantine 2000
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Quarantine (2000)
350
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The president of the United States declares a state of emergency after a deadly virus developed as a bio-weapon is accidentally released across the globe.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, dark, grim, political drama, disaster movie
Plot:
quarantine, bio weapon, pandemic, virus, terrorism, epidemic, disease, terrorist attack, virus outbreak, terrorist, deadly virus, war on terror, threat, terror, terrorizing, president, isolation, island, plague, biological warfare, catastrophe, biohazard, survival, laboratory, moral dilemma ...
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Most similar movies to Quarantine
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, suspenseful and captivating films with plots about quarantine, pandemic, isolation, virus, claustrophobia, survival and epidemic mostly in Thriller, Drama and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Quarantine: Factor 8 (2009), The Audition (2022), Contagion of Fear (2023), Lockdown 2025 (2021), Plague (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
318
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:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, tension
Plot:
epidemic, airplane, quarantine, moral dilemma, disaster, isolation, passenger, pandemic, virus outbreak, deadly virus, isolated place, virus ...
Place:
germany
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the midst of a global pandemic, an actor who enters an audition must pass a series of tests in order to keep those around him alive.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, tense, intense, grim ...
Plot:
pandemic, survival, moral dilemma, psychological manipulation, social commentary, isolation, survival game, intimate, claustrophobia, character study, single, minimalism ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A catastrophic train derailment sends the city spiraling into chaos. But the derailment is just the beginning. A biological gas attack sees crash survivors collapsing and dying within minutes. And the sickness is rapidly spreading.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
train wreck, biohazard, pandemic, infection, problem, survival, catastrophe, freight train, struggle for survival, chaos, apocalypse, train ...
Similarity:
71%
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:
71%
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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:
65%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A psychopath uses a family's high tech security system with a ticking time bomb to terrorize them for 90 minutes demanding an answer to his question; 'WHO AM I?'
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating
Plot:
terrorist, psycho killer, phone terror, bomb, security system, terrorizing, threatening telephone call, race against time, mentally unstable, terrorism, anonymous telephone call, psychopath ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Set in 1995. A helicopter, operated remotely, is hovering in the sky over a nuclear power plant. The power company, prefectural government and media all receive a fax. The fax contains a threat that if the nuclear power plant is not taken offline ...
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
terrorism, helicopter, hostage, rescue, nuclear power, threat, race against time, terror, terrorist, terrorist attack, risk, saving a life ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, china
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Thriller
Country: South Korea
TV show
Story:
Lee Myung-hyun and his disease control task force investigate a mutant virus that has a 100% fatality rate and kills the infected within three days. Not only must they find an antidote, they must also stop the epidemic from spreading and killing all ...
Style:
medical drama, psychological, thrilling, captivating, intense ...
Plot:
epidemic, infection, quarantine, pandemic, disease, plague, investigation, deadly virus, virus, scientist, problem, biohazard ...
Place:
korea, south korea, seoul
Similarity:
59%
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255
Genre: Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A female Army doctor and a journalist team up to track a killer virus.
Plot:
epidemic, quarantine, virus, pandemic, virus outbreak, disaster, writers, biological warfare, doctor, military, dead boy, genetic engineering ...
Place:
delaware, usa, boston
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An infectious disease researcher is on a cruise with her daughter when an ebola-type virus attacks the ship's passengers and crew.
Style:
suspense, tension, tense, grim
Plot:
quarantine, disaster, cruise ship, virus outbreak, ocean, mutiny, mother daughter relationship, biohazard, confined, panic, isolation, pandemic ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
53%
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:
52%
838
Genre: Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
One evening, while her parents go out for dinner, 18-year-old Louise, alone in her hotel room at Taj Mahal Mumbai, hears strange noises out in the corridor. Within minutes, she realises that a terrorist attack is underway. Her only connection to the ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, unusual plot structure, tense ...
Plot:
terrorist attack, terrorist, hotel, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, terror, terrorism, teenager, teenage girl, 18 year old, teenage protagonist, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
taj mahal, mumbai india, india
Similarity:
49%
329K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, medical horror, bleak, clever ...
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, deadly virus, infected, infection, death, quarantine, plague, survival, disaster, medical ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2000, distant future, future ...
Place:
hong kong, minnesota, san francisco, california, bay area ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A publicity seeking radio DJ is driven to the edge of insanity when he attempts to break the 11 day world record for staying awake-under the threat of a deranged caller who will kill him if he falls asleep.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, psychological thriller, intense ...
Plot:
insomnia, threat, radio dj, sleep disorder, sleep deprivation, paranoia, mental breakdown, psycho terror, terrorizing, problem, life is a bitch, terrorism ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When some shrimp from Mexico, tainted with Cholera, is served to some people on a plane bound for LA. An outbreak ensues. And a doctor sets out to find the source and contain it before it turns into a epidemic. And if things weren't bad enough, ...
Plot:
epidemic, pandemic, virus, disaster, quarantine, infection, apocalypse, hospital, doctor, cholera, deadly virus, camping ...
Place:
los angeles, colombia, taipei
Similarity:
45%
86
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two years ago, a chest appeared in the woods. It could not be moved. It could not be opened. Its contents were unknown. The dead began to appear within the week. Today, a police trainee is tasked with guarding the chest. And for the first time since ...
Style:
tense, suspense, sinister, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
religious cult, supernatural, trap, forest, threat, trapped, isolation, paranoia, paranormal, survival, imprisonment, superstition ...
Similarity:
44%
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:
44%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, Pakistan
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
While caring for his ailing wife, an American engineer in Pakistan stumbles upon a deadly pharmaceutical conspiracy.
Style:
apocalyptic, tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, virus, disease, engineer, conspiracy, deadly virus, loss of loved one, chaos and mayhem, chaos, survival, death, infected ...
Similarity:
42%
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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:
42%
131
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A couple quarantined across the country from one another during a pandemic are unsure if the strange events happening around them are side effects of a virus - or something altogether more sinister.
Style:
psychological horror, captivating, suspenseful, psychological, mystical ...
Plot:
pandemic, quarantine, isolation, found footage, paranormal phenomena, plague, couples, social isolation, supernatural horror, virus, mysticism, paranoia ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenage girl visits her mom on death row and gets lured into a dangerous trap to take the fall for her mother's crimes.
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, guilt, false accusation, manipulation, death row, murder, trap, family problems, trapped, murderer, parents and children, teenage girl ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Russian operatives hijack a commercial American jet, planning to crash it into a nuclear power plant near Washington, D.C. resulting in fallout that will devastate the Eastern seaboard. With little time for Air Force fighters to shoot it down, the ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hijacking, terrorism, propaganda, russophobia, terrorist, suicide mission, nuclear threat, suicide, terror, nuclear power plant, hostage situation, survival ...
Similarity:
38%
1K
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the pandemic lock-down, A motivational speaker named Kalidas moves into the thirteenth floor of an apartment in Kochi. Soon Kalidas begins to observe supernatural elements around him and he decides to investigate.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
quarantine, isolation, problem, social problems, loneliness, supernatural, supernatural horror, macabre, unsettling, claustrophobia, haunting, single ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Two contentious buddies head into the forest for a work retreat, stumble upon an isolated meth lab, and find themselves fighting for their lives.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, independent film, dark ...
Plot:
forest, meth lab, struggle for survival, reunited friends, hiking, threat, laboratory, shooting, conflict, survival, woods, danger ...
Similarity:
37%
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:
37%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three individuals whose loved ones were victims of crimes are about to get the chance to re-litigate the crime in a private setting, under the auspices of "Justice", a mysterious voice acting as judge, jury, and executioner.
Style:
tense, suspense, intense, psychological thriller, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, revenge, vigilante justice, retribution, lynching, criminal's revenge, framed for murder, murderer, murder, problem, accused of murder, social injustice ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Russian researchers in the late 1940s keep five people awake for fifteen days using an experimental stimulant. Based on the popular internet horror story (Creepypasta) “The Russian Sleep Experiment”.
Style:
disturbing, tense, suspense, psychological horror, dark ...
Plot:
scientific experiment, psychological torment, sleep deprivation, paranoia, insanity, isolation, experiment gone awry, threat, experiment, victim, ward, science runs amok ...
Time:
1940s
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
35%
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:
34%
423
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Bride-to-be Carina (Durance) decides to take four friends to an exotic Caribbean island for a hen party to remember. After arriving at the luxurious resort the women take a boat ride to an isolated island where they can bask in the sun and sand - ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
survival, remote island, bridesmaid, desert island, bachelorette party, stranded, girlfriend, female protagonist, fiancee, mysterious disappearance, problem, women ...
Place:
caribbean
Similarity:
33%
865
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones across the plains of Afghanistan. Their first day at work is awkward but polite, with Jack all too ...
Style:
suspense, serious, tense, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, desert, war on terror, terrorism, danger, us military, military, u.s. military, moral ambiguity, power struggle, responsibility, air force ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, afghanistan, iraq, nevada
Similarity:
32%
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