20 movies like Panic in Year Zero, ordered by similarity : After Darkness(2018), Fast Color(2018), The White King(2016), Repo Man(1984), Bumblebee(2018), Attack the Block(2011), The Man With the X-Ray Eyes(1963), Prospect(2018), Flight of the Navigator(1986), The Hunger Games(2012), Jupiter's Moon(2017), Midnight Special(2016) ...
Sci-Fi
USA
1962
95 Minutes
Ray Milland Jean Hagen Frankie Avalon Mary Mitchel Joan Freeman Richard Bakalyan Rex Holman Richard Garland
father mother teen boy teen girl storekeeper chilling dark tense los angeles car vacation home store nuclear attack survival family uncertainty lawlessness mass hysteria fall transformation
A family leaves L.A. for a camping trip - just before a nuclear bomb destroys the city. As the city descends into chaos, the father must fight to keep his family alive.
Sci-Fi, Drama
Mexico|USA
2018
98 Minutes
Kyra Sedgwick Tim Daly Natalia Dyer John Patrick Amedori Valorie Curry Sam Daly Roberto Aguire Jeremy Childs Christina Mandrell
family family member father child dark disheartening engaging emotional frightful gripping intense uneasy earth apocalypse relationships family dysfunction family feud family fall escape
As the SUN burns out, an American family gathers at the end of the world, their hopes for rescue slowly crumbling as they also confront long lasting divides amongst each other.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lorraine Toussaint Saniyya Sidney David Strathairn Christopher Denham Hannah Kauffmann Avery Akerson Levi Dylan Monique Straw Ramona King Richard L. Olsen
mother daughter grandmother cop sheriff scientist bleak brooding dreamy somber spirited desert cottage car small town family home on the run super powers apocalypse energy field
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Sci-Fi, Drama
UK|Germany|Sweden|Hungary
2016
89 Minutes
Jörg Tittel
young boy father guard mother colonel general tense chilling engaging intense gripping emotional fictional city dystopia dictatorship dystopia saving the day father/son relationship missing father search
Djata is a care-free 12-year-old growing up in a brutal dictatorship shut off from the outside world. When the government imprisons his father, Peter, and Djata and his mother Hannah are ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
USA
1984
93 Minutes
Emilio Estevez Harry Dean Stanton Tracey Walter Olivia Barash Sy Richardson Susan Barnes Fox Harris Tom Finnegan Del Zamora Eddie Velez Jennifer Balgobin
repo man government official mother father mad scientist beautiful woman offbeat wild quirky los angeles supermarket car road house restaurant cars repossession reward chase aliens
A young punk recruited by a car repossession agency finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu that is wanted for a $20,000 bounty - and has something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
China|USA
2018
114 Minutes
Hailee Steinfeld John Cena Jorge Lendeborg Jr. John Ortiz Jason Drucker Pamela Adlon Stephen Schneider Ricardo Hoyos Gracie Dzienny
robot car teen girl parent younger brother neighbor engaging spectacular thrilling intense california coast beach town vehicle docks transformation battle robots good versus evil
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small California beach town. On the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, Charlie Watson discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Action
UK
2011
88 Minutes
John Boyega Jodie Whittaker Alex Esmail Leeon Jones Simon Howard Luke Treadaway Nick Frost Jumayn Hunter Franz Drameh
teenager teen girl teen boy gang member nurse creature bleak brutal intense suspenseful shocking thrilling street car apartment london united kingdom horror street gang meteorite
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1963
79 Minutes
Ray Milland Diana Van der Vlis Harold J. Stone John Hoyt Don Rickles Morris Ankrum Lorie Summers Dick Miller Kathryn Hart Jonathan Haze John Dierkes
scientist friend colleague pastor murderer creepy dark laboratory carnival church casino science experiments alienation madness sight discovery transformation fall 1960s
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
Canada|USA
2018
98 Minutes
Pedro Pascal Chris Caldwell Sophie Thatcher Jay Duplass Andre Royo Sheila Vand Anwan Glover Trick Danneker Luke Pitzrick Doug Dawson Arthur Deranleau
teen girl father space traveler prospector hostage mercenary thrilling intense engaging uneasy striking gripping alien planet greed survival father/daughter relationship space exploration prospecting science fiction adventure
A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive. Forced to contend not only with the forest's other ruthless inhabitants, but with her own ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Kids & Family, Adventure
USA
1986
89 Minutes
Joey Cramer Veronica Cartwright Cliff De Young Sarah Jessica Parker Matt Adler Howard Hesseman Paul Reubens Robert Small Albie Whitaker Jonathan Sanger Iris Acker
boy father mother scientist brother spaceship emotional campy florida fort lauderdale, fla. nasa facility abduction family father/son relationship aliens nasa cover-up adventure escape 1980s
In 1978, a boy travels 8 years into the future and has an adventure with an intelligent, wisecracking alien ship.
Adventure, Sci-Fi, Action
USA
2012
142 Minutes
Jennifer Lawrence Josh Hutcherson Liam Hemsworth Woody Harrelson Elizabeth Banks Lenny Kravitz Stanley Tucci Donald Sutherland Wes Bentley Toby Jones Alexander Ludwig
teen girl teen boy sister government official television executive competitor bleak dark emotional tense north america mining town wilderness dystopia panem dictatorship media survival fame death
Katniss Everdeen voluntarily takes her younger sister's place in the Hunger Games: a televised competition in which two teenagers from each of the twelve Districts of Panem are chosen at random to fight to the death.
Sci-Fi, Drama
Hungary|Germany|France
2017
123 Minutes
Merab Ninidze Zsombor Jéger György Cserhalmi Mónika Balsai Ákos Birkás Péter Haumann Judit Meszléry Enikö Mihalik
refugee syrian boy father doctor terrorist dark gritty intense suspenseful wild hungary refugee camp syria hospital budapest, hungary city refugees levitation superhuman abilities
Aryan is a Syrian refugee trying to make his way into Hungary from Serbia, along with his father and many other wretched souls. They are all caught, and find themselves in a web of cynicism and corruption.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Greece
2016
111 Minutes
Michael Shannon Joel Edgerton Kirsten Dunst Jaeden Martell Adam Driver Sam Shepard Bill Camp Scott Haze Sean Bridgers Dana Gourrier Paul Sparks
father son cult member young boy army officer tense thrilling on the run road army base family home car government building united states escape cult father/son relationship special power government secrets running away
A father and son go on the run, pursued by the government and a cult drawn to the child's special powers.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2009
113 Minutes
Cameron Diaz James Marsden Frank Langella James Rebhorn Holmes Osborne Sam Stone Gillian Jacobs Celia Weston Deborah Rush Lisa K. Wyatt Mark Cartier
mother father son grandfather mysterious man sister eerie shocking chilling melodramatic household wedding car police station suburb home moral dilemma unintended consequences greed mysterious deaths
A small wooden box arrives on the doorstep of a married couple, who know that opening it will grant them a million dollars and kill someone they don't know.
Sci-Fi
USA
1959
133 Minutes
Gregory Peck Ava Gardner Fred Astaire Anthony Perkins Donna Anderson John Tate Lola Brooks John Meillon Lou Vernon Guy Doleman Harp McGuire
commander alcoholic scientist newlywed lieutenant survivor dark tense emotional australia submarine deep sea hotel san francisco san diego nuclear war radiation survival reconnaissance denial
After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Horror
UK
1965
78 Minutes
Boris Karloff Nick Adams Freda Jackson Suzan Farmer Terence de Marney Patrick Magee Paul Farrell Leslie Dwyer
scientist townsperson girlfriend father mother servant creepy offbeat intense estate england village mutation experiments science gone awry meteorite family transformation discovery love
A young man visits his fiancée's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
2015
118 Minutes
Shailene Woodley Theo James Octavia Spencer Jai Courtney Ray Stevenson Zoë Kravitz Miles Teller Ansel Elgort Maggie Q Naomi Watts Kate Winslet
teen girl enemy friend family member soldier partner brooding dark intense bleak thrilling destroyed city camp battlefield chicago street apartment dystopia survival friendship
Fugitives Tris (Shailene Woodley) and Four (Theo James) search for allies and answers among the ruins of Chicago while arduously trying to evade Jeanine (Kate Winslet), leader of the Erudites.
Sci-Fi
USA
1964
109 Minutes
astronaut space traveler alien slave monkey commander chilling creative dark engaging tense suspenseful mars mars stranded alien attack human-animal friendship survival space exploration quest
Stranded on Mars with only a monkey as a companion, an astronaut must figure out how to find oxygen, water, and food on the lifeless planet.
Sci-Fi, Horror
USA|Australia
2000
108 Minutes
Radha Mitchell Vin Diesel Cole Hauser Keith David Lewis Fitz-Gerald Claudia Black Rhiana Griffith John Moore Simon Burke Les Chantery Sam Sari
convict bounty hunter pilot survivor young girl alien intense thrilling tense chilling brutal spaceship alien planet settlement cave desert survival light darkness redemption
A commercial transport ship and its crew are marooned on a planet full of bloodthirsty creatures that only come out to feast at night. But then, they learn that a month-long eclipse is about to occur.
Sci-Fi
1954
98 Minutes
Takashi Shimura Momoko Kochi Akira Takarada Akihiko Hirata Sachio Sakai Fuyuki Murakami Ren Yamamoto
godzilla japanese man japanese woman japanese soldier child scientist brooding emotional intense ocean japan tokyo laboratory street car atomic bomb monsters destruction survival danger
A fire-breathing behemoth terrorizes Japan after an atomic bomb awakens it from its centuries-old sleep.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Canada
2017
87 Minutes
Diego Klattenhoff Charlotte Sullivan Nazariy Demkowicz Brett Donahue Bradley Sawatzky Bj Verot Andrea del Campo Kristen Sawatzky
man amnesiac brooding eerie chilling creepy dark disturbing town unexplained deaths car crash mystery fall 2010s
A man wakes up with no memory of who he is, and finds that everyone who comes within a certain distance of him suddenly dies.