20 movies like The Day After, ordered by similarity : The Swerve(2018), Hounds of Love(2016), Sobibor(2018), Adrift(2018), Waterloo Road(1945), Blind Alley(1939), Threads(1984), The Blot(1921), They Shall Not Grow Old(2018), WarGames(1983), The Deer Hunter(1978), Dunkirk(2017) ...
Drama
1983
126 Minutes
Jason Robards JoBeth Williams John Cullum John Lithgow William Allen Young Amy Madigan Steve Guttenberg Bibi Besch Calvin Jung Lin McCarthy Dennis Lipscomb
doctor wife professor soldier student disturbing frightening melodramatic lawrence, kan. household apocalypse nuclear attack small-town life survival mass hysteria escape quest 1980s
A doctor (Jason Robards) cares for survivors roaming scorched Kansas in the aftermath of a Russian nuclear attack, while others face hopelessness for the future.
Drama
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Azura Skye Bryce Pinkham Ashley Bell Zach Rand Taen Phillips Liam Seib Deborah Hedwall Dan Daily Lindsay Jackson Jason Gupton
woman insomniac teacher mother wife husband teen boy bleak uneasy tense somber shocking frightening eerie disturbing brooding house school town united states
A woman with a seemingly ideal life battles insomnia.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Australia
2016
108 Minutes
Emma Booth Ashleigh Cummings Stephen Curry Susie Porter Damian de Montemas Harrison Gilbertson Fletcher Humphrys Michael Muntz
couple murderer teen girl bleak disturbing creepy intense emotional house room neighborhood yard kidnapping murder plot escape survival escape pursuit quest 1980s
Vicki Maloney is randomly abducted from a suburban street by a disturbed couple. As she observes the dynamic between her captors she quickly realises she must drive a wedge between them if she is to survive.
Drama, Biography, War
Russia|Germany|Lithuania|Poland
2018
120 Minutes
Konstantin Khabensky Christopher Lambert Felice Jankell Dainius Kazlauskas Sergey Godin Roman Ageev
prisoner of war soviet soldier concentration camp survivor lieutenant nazi sergeant dark chilling intense disturbing frightening raw poland concentration camp survival nazis prisoners of war world war ii concentration camp uprising
Soviet officer Alexander Pechersky organizes a revolt and mass escape of prisoners from Sobibór extermination camp in October 1943.
Romance, Adventure, Drama
Hong Kong|Iceland|USA
2018
120 Minutes
Shailene Woodley Sam Claflin Jeffrey Thomas Elizabeth Hawthorne Grace Palmer Marisiale Tunoka Kael Damlamian Neil Andrea Apakuki Nalawa Tim Solomon
sailor husband wife shipwreck survivor shipmate couple thrilling gripping frightening emotional incredible suspenseful boat ocean sea shipwreck ship pacific ocean shipwreck survival
A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
Comedy, Drama
UK
1945
76 Minutes
John Mills Stewart Granger Alastair Sim Joy Shelton Alison Leggatt Beatrice Varley
soldier draft dodger wife doctor ex-girlfriend air raid warden spirited cheeky engaging intense heartwarming london train station air-raid shelter office street household world war ii marriage deception
A drama set during World War II. A tale of adultery and desertion.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
71 Minutes
Chester Morris Ralph Bellamy Ann Dvorak Joan Perry Melville Cooper Rose Stradner John Eldredge Ann Doran Marc Lawrence Stanley Brown Scotty Beckett
murderer henchman psychologist student wife son brooding intense frightening prison house basement pier hostage situation fugitives psychology paralysis murder abuse quest
Gangster Hal Wilson takes psychiatrist Dr. Shelby hostage. While captive, the doctor analyzes Wilson as though he were a patient.
Drama
1984
110 Minutes
Reece Dinsdale Karen Meagher Rita May David Brierley Nicholas Lane Jane Hazlegrove
survivors city official farmer newlywed bleak frightening sheffield, england fallout shelter town hall nuclear attack apocalypse pregnancy quest transformation 1980s
Young lovers Ruth and Jimmy find their quiet lives in Sheffield, England, threatened when the Soviet Union and United States go to war.
Drama
USA
1921
78 Minutes
Philip Hubbard Margaret McWade Claire Windsor Louis Calhern Marie Walcamp
professor wife librarian student reverend neighbor bleak inspiring touching house college poverty illness theft young love class struggle sacrifice underdog escape 1920s
The Professor dispenses the wisdom of the ages and does not make a living wage. The sons of the rich and powerful are students lacking any motivation. The next door neighbor of the ... See full summary »
Documentary, War, Drama, History
UK|New Zealand
2018
99 Minutes
soldier army recruit british officer british soldier british soldiers german soldier german troops bleak emotional moving patriotic powerful sad somber war zone france belgium united kingdom trenches training camp
A documentary about World War I with never-before-seen footage to commemorate the centennial of the end of the war.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Action
USA
1983
113 Minutes
Matthew Broderick Dabney Coleman Ally Sheedy John Wood Barry Corbin Juanin Clay Kent Williams Dennis Lipscomb Joe Dorsey Irving Metzman
hacker girlfriend friend doctor programmer military officer tense thrilling seattle household cheyenne mountain facility oregon island supercomputer world war iii video games nuclear attack high school responsibility
A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
War, Drama
USA
1978
183 Minutes
Robert De Niro Christopher Walken John Savage John Cazale Meryl Streep George Dzundza Chuck Aspegren Shirley Stoler
soldier friend girlfriend wife enemy blue-collar worker bleak disturbing powerful intense emotional brutal clairton, pa. battlefield vietnam pow camp wedding town horrors of war vietnam war
An in-depth examination of the ways in which the U.S. Vietnam War impacts and disrupts the lives of people in a small industrial town in Pennsylvania.
War, Drama, History
UK|Netherlands|France|USA
2017
107 Minutes
Fionn Whitehead Tom Glynn-Carney Jack Lowden Harry Styles Aneurin Barnard James D'Arcy Barry Keoghan Kenneth Branagh Cillian Murphy Mark Rylance Tom Hardy
soldier enemy captain pilot chilling emotional gripping inspiring intense beach europe boat world war ii invasion escape battle rescue survival escape rescue
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2018
92 Minutes
Lulu Antariksa Colin O'Donoghue Mimi Rogers Dohn Norwood Jeff Kober Peter O'Brien Roshon Fegan Siena Goines
survivor traveler young woman sick person stranger leader uneasy tense disturbing brutal bleak post-apocalyptic wasteland woods forest lake shop city post-apocalypse survival cult
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long destroyed by disease.
Drama, Romance
India
1987
150 Minutes
doctor laborer wife villager emotional intense melodramatic moving gripping india village house street farm assault molestation attempted rape quest pursuit 1980s
While traveling Dr. Vijay Verma witness some men assaulting a laborer; he intervenes and mercilessly beat them up. A few days later he is approached by the village Sarpanch, Dharamraj and ... See full summary »
Adventure, Drama
USA
1972
109 Minutes
Jon Voight Burt Reynolds Ned Beatty Ronny Cox Bill McKinney Herbert Coward James Dickey Ed Ramey Seamon Glass
salesman hillbilly best friend police officer madman city slicker creepy brutal dark disturbing tense frightening georgia river wilderness small town tent american south escape survival
Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's dammed and turned into a lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a canoeing trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.
Drama, Comedy
UK|France|USA
2009
105 Minutes
Michael Stuhlbarg Ethan Coen Richard Kind Fred Melamed Sari Lennick Aaron Wolff Jessica McManus Amy Landecker Peter Breitmayer Brent Braunschweig David Kang
professor wife brother rabbi student co-worker disheartening somber amusing minnesota household school temple suburbia judaism infidelity divorce religion paranoia love triangle
Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern physics teacher, watches his life unravel over multiple sudden incidents. Though seeking meaning and answers amidst his turmoils, he seems to keep sinking.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Canada|USA
2016
89 Minutes
Joel Kinnaman Tom Holland Percy Hynes-White Rachelle Lefevre Shiloh Fernandez Rossif Sutherland Shaun Benson Patrick Garrow
son sibling brother mother ex-wife ex-husband estranged father unstable man chilling dark disturbing frightening intense cabin weekend getaway mental breakdown enemies survival survival skills sibling relationship
When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.
Animation, Drama
1986
85 Minutes
retiree wife husband amusing disheartening sad sussex, england rural community house nuclear attack survival radiation old age government illness love quest fall cold war
War, Drama, History
2010
85 Minutes
Shinobu Terajima Keigo Kasuya Emi Masuda Sabu Kawahara Shima Ônishi
soldier husband wife villager war hero disabled person disheartening melodramatic sad japan village household second sino-japanese war military disfigurement marriage heroism disability quest transformation
In 1940s Japan a villager must fulfill her duty to her husband, a decorated soldier who returned from war a quadruple amputee.
Action, Drama
USA
2011
139 Minutes
Joel Edgerton Tom Hardy Nick Nolte Jennifer Morrison Frank Grillo Kevin Dunn Maximiliano Hernandez Kurt Angle Erik Apple Denzel Whitaker Fernando Funan Chien
soldier teacher father wife principal fighter gripping melodramatic brutal inspiring house gym ring las vegas pittsburgh casino family dysfunction alcoholism iraq war tournament
The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.