20 movies like The Quiet Earth, ordered by similarity : Hell(2011), The Fly(1986), Timecrimes(2007), These Are the Damned(1962), Android(1982), Melancholia(2011), On the Beach(1959), I Am Legend(2007), Domain(2017), The Fly(1958), Snowpiercer(2013), Source Code(2011) ...
Sci-Fi
New Zealand
1985
90 Minutes
Bruno Lawrence Alison Routledge Pete Smith Anzac Wallace Norman Fletcher Tom Hyde
scientist young woman maori survivor dreamy offbeat auckland, new zealand laboratory church countryside beach motel apocalypse isolation suicide attempt love triangle scientific experiments radiation mystery sacrifice
A man named Zac Hobson awakens to find himself alone in the world. In a desperate attempt to search for others, he finds only two who have their own agenda.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Indonesia
2011
89 Minutes
Hannah Herzsprung Stipe Erceg Angela Winkler Lars Eidinger Lisa Vicari Lilo Baur Anne Sarah Hartung Christoph Gaugler
young woman boyfriend sister survivor captive woman bleak dark intense suspenseful frightening gripping germany wasteland barn apocalypse survival relationships fear post-apocalypse
Two people meet by chance in Busan, South Korea. Indah works at the Indonesian Embassy in Busan. Abi, a sailor who suffers heart attack and Indah was assigned as his guardian.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA|UK|Canada
1986
95 Minutes
Jeff Goldblum Geena Davis John Getz Joy Boushel Leslie Carlson George Chuvalo Michael Copeman David Cronenberg Carol Lazare Shawn Hewitt
scientist girlfriend reporter editor mutant creepy tense thrilling laboratory apartment clinic teleportation experiments mutation abortion relationships failure quest love fall
A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Drama, Action, Mystery & Thriller
Spain
2007
88 Minutes
Karra Elejalde Candela Fernández Bárbara Goenaga Juan Inciarte Nacho Vigalondo Libby Brien Nicole Dionne Philip Hersh
man woman wife scientist attacker gripping intense household forest laboratory time travel crime accident death mystery quest 2000s
A man accidentally gets into a time machine and travels back in time nearly an hour. Finding himself will be the first of a series of disasters of unforeseeable consequences.
Sci-Fi
1962
96 Minutes
Macdonald Carey Shirley Anne Field Viveca Lindfors Alexander Knox Oliver Reed Walter Gotell James Villiers Kenneth Cope Brian Oulton Barbara Everest James Maxwell
american man child scientist prisoner captor young woman bleak brooding dark disturbing gripping cave england coast military base experiments exploitation imprisonment radiation escape
An American man (Macdonald Carey) and an Englishwoman (Shirley Anne Field) discover genetically engineered children who can survive a nuclear war.
Sci-Fi
USA
1982
80 Minutes
Klaus Kinski Don Opper Brie Howard Norbert Weisser Crofton Hardester Kendra Kirchner Gary Corarito Mary Ann Fisher
scientist android beautiful woman criminal offbeat eerie space station laboratory technology robots jealousy obsession isolation love triangle quest rivalry forbidden love future
A strange doctor secretly experiments with androids on his space station. His assistant is Max, a curious android who wants to see the world and meet a girl. Criminals hide on their station and soon violence erupts.
Sci-Fi, Drama
Denmark|Sweden|France|Germany
2011
135 Minutes
Kirsten Dunst Charlotte Gainsbourg Alexander Skarsgård Brady Corbet Cameron Spurr Charlotte Rampling Jesper Christensen John Hurt Stellan Skarsgård Udo Kier Kiefer Sutherland
sister bride husband brother-in-law family member friend brooding emotional intense church mansion field forest laboratory cab extinction depression sister relationship stress wedding
Two sisters find their already strained relationship challenged as a mysterious new planet threatens to collide with Earth.
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.
Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2007
101 Minutes
Will Smith Alice Braga Dash Mihok Charlie Tahan Salli Richardson-Whitfield Willow Smith Darrell Foster April Grace Joanna Numata Samuel Glen James McCauley
scientist survivor dog mutant biologist dark gritty tense bleak thrilling frightening new york city apartment laboratory abandoned town street safe house death survival kidnapping
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
2017
97 Minutes
Britt Lower Ryan Merriman William Gregory Lee Kevin Sizemore Nick Gomez Sonja Sohn Cedric Sanders Beth Grant
survivor missing person sick person captive captor bleak brooding uneasy thrilling gripping unrestrained bunker room cell survival isolation virus disappearance relationships mystery
The survivors of a global virus are forced to live alone in bunkers. They communicate through a networked video interface, but their new social ecosystem is threatened when, one by one, they begin vanishing from their bunkers.
Horror, Sci-Fi
USA
1958
94 Minutes
Al Hedison Patricia Owens Vincent Price Herbert Marshall Kathleen Freeman Betty Lou Gerson Charles Herbert Eugene Borden Torben Meyer Harry Carter Charles Tannen
scientist wife brother son mutant inspector dark shocking canada laboratory household factory teleportation experiments family death housefly quest metamorphosis sacrifice
A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
Sci-Fi, Action
South Korea|Czech Republic
2013
125 Minutes
Chris Evans Song Kang-ho Tilda Swinton Jamie Bell Octavia Spencer John Hurt Ed Harris Ewen Bremner Ah-sung Ko Alison Pill Vlad Ivanov
survivor man train revolutionary soldier leader brooding brash intense train classroom barracks office train station train tracks apocalypse train travel survival control determination
In a future where a failed climate-change experiment has killed all life except for the lucky few who boarded the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe, a new class system emerges.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
USA|Canada|France|Germany
2011
89 Minutes
Jake Gyllenhaal Michelle Monaghan Vera Farmiga Jeffrey Wright Brent Skagford Cas Anvar Russell Peters Michael Arden Craig Thomas Gordon Masten Susan Bain
pilot officer scientist woman father bomber frenetic suspenseful train afghanistan chamber mission time travel out-of-body experience computer program death the past pursuit sacrifice metamorphosis
A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train within 8 minutes.
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
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, Horror
USA
1959
69 Minutes
James Best Ingrid Goude Baruch Lumet Ken Curtis Gordon McLendon Alfredo DeSoto
mad scientist ship captain fiancé daughter researcher cook creepy outlandish offbeat island compound laboratory boat uncontrollable experiment animal attack love triangle survival trapped man vs. beast escape
On an isolated island, a small group of people are terrorized by giant voracious shrews in the midst of a hurricane.
Sci-Fi
USA
1973
85 Minutes
Angela Dorian William Smith Anitra Ford Ben Hammer Anna Aries Cliff Osmond Wright King
woman man bee scientist seductress hedonistic sultry campy california research station facility motel sex killer bees killing spree seduction mystery transformation 1970s
A powerful cosmic force is turning Earth women into queen bees who kill men by wearing them out sexually.
Sci-Fi
UK
1976
118 Minutes
David Bowie Candy Clark Buck Henry Rip Torn Bernie Casey Jackson D. Kane Rick Riccardo Tony Mascia
alien lawyer scientist maid dreamy brooding fascinating disheartening offbeat new mexico apartment laboratory loneliness inventions betrayal aspirations government rescue temptation transformation
An alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.
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
USA
1984
93 Minutes
Catherine Mary Stewart Kelli Maroney Robert Beltran Geoffrey Lewis Mary Woronov John Achorn Sharon Farrell Michael Bowen Ivan Roth
teen girl sister survivor boyfriend zombie scientist amusing brutal tense southern california family home bunker zombies comet sighting survival supernatural apocalypse good versus evil pursuit quest
A comet wipes out most of life on Earth, leaving two Valley Girls fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
Sci-Fi
USA
1940
75 Minutes
Albert Van Dekker Janice Logan Thomas Coley Charles Halton Victor Kilian Frank Yaconelli Billy Wilkerson Allen Fox Paul Fix Frank Reicher
biologist scientist doctor mineralist professor servant chilling creepy amazon jungle laboratory house bedroom experiments biology madness murder self-sacrifice shrinking quest
A mad scientist working in the South American jungle miniaturizes his colleagues when he feels his megalomania is threatened.