20 movies like The Happening, ordered by similarity : Mimic(1997), Annihilation(2018), Brightburn(2019), At First Light(2018), Hardwired(2009), Maze Runner: The Death Cure(2018), Arrival(2016), Domain(2017), Source Code(2011), The Endless(2017), What Keeps You Alive(2018), Timecrimes(2007) ...
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|India
2008
89 Minutes
Mark Wahlberg Zooey Deschanel John Alberto Leguizamo Betty Buckley Ashlyn Sanchez Spencer Breslin Robert Bailey Jr. Frank Collison Jeremy Strong Alan Ruck M. Night Shyamalan
teacher wife young girl colleague police officer scientist dark suspenseful somber creepy school central park train car philadelphia new jersey mysterious deaths epidemic toxic chemicals suicide
A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
1997
105 Minutes
Mira Sorvino Jeremy Northam Josh Brolin Giancarlo Giannini Charles S. Dutton Alexander Goodwin Alix Koromzay F. Murray Abraham
scientist colleague husband humanoid child transit worker suspenseful frightening melodramatic new york city subway train station laboratory underground apartment epidemic science disappearance unlikely allies evolution
Three years ago, entomologist Dr. Susan Tyler genetically created an insect to kill cockroaches carrying a virulent disease. Now, the insects are out to destroy their only predator, mankind.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
UK
2018
115 Minutes
Natalie Portman Jennifer Jason Leigh Gina Rodriguez Tessa Thompson Tuva Novotny Oscar Isaac Benedict Wong David Gyasi Sonoya Mizuno John Schwab
biologist soldier husband monster creature scientist creepy dark uneasy frightening thrilling base camp house woods forest secret location cabin creatures mutation saving the planet
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2019
91 Minutes
Elizabeth Banks David Denman Jackson A. Dunn Matt Jones Meredith Hagner Emmie Hunter Becky Wahlstrom Gregory Alan Williams Annie Humphrey Jennifer Holland Steve Agee
adopted son adoptive mother adoptive father classmate teacher waitress creepy uneasy frightening dark gory house farm school restaurant airplane evil child adoption mysterious deaths parent/child relationship
What if a child from another world crash-landed on Earth, but instead of becoming a hero to mankind, he proved to be something far more sinister?
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Canada
2018
91 Minutes
Stefanie Scott Théodore Pellerin Saïd Taghmaoui James Wotherspoon Kate Burton Josh Cruddas
high-school student superhuman friend stranger scientist government agent thrilling uneasy tense brooding house trailer car store desert abduction running friendship mysterious strangers mystery
Alex is floating unconscious in a lake when light from a UFO of light saves her by enhancing her abilities such as telekinesis and healing power. Her friend Sean helps her. The authorities want her - not just for stealing a police car.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Action
Canada|USA
2009
94 Minutes
Cuba Gooding Jr. Val Kilmer Michael Ironside Robert Clarke Dave Cote Alastair Gamble Rachel Luttrell Tatiana Maslany
survivor executive hacker nurse detective husband thrilling intense suspenseful hospital house office car amnesia injury technology secrets survival brain implants discovery
After a tragic accident nearly claims Luke Gibson's life the Hexx Corporation hardwire an implant into his brain to save him, but Luke soon finds out that this new technology comes at price.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure, Action
USA
2018
142 Minutes
Dylan O'Brien Thomas Brodie-Sangster Kaya Scodelario Giancarlo Esposito Rosa Salazar Aidan Gillen Walton Goggins Ki Hong Lee Barry Pepper Will Poulter Patricia Clarkson
friend leader officer monster young man young woman brooding dark intense thrilling suspenseful bleak field desert city maze camp train escape survival
Young hero Thomas embarks on a mission to find a cure for a deadly disease known as "The Flare".
Drama, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2016
116 Minutes
Amy Adams Jeremy Renner Forest Whitaker Michael Stuhlbarg Mark O'Brien Tzi Ma Abigail Pniowsky Julia Scarlett Dan Jadyn Malone Frank Schorpion Nathaly Thibault
linguist army commander teammate alien civilian president fascinating creative intense moving inspiring heartwarming house helicopter spaceship office street car alien landing language
A linguist works with the military to communicate with alien lifeforms after twelve mysterious spacecrafts appear around the world.
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.
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.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
USA
2017
111 Minutes
Aaron Moorhead Aaron Moorhead Justin Benson Callie Hernandez Tate Ellington Lew Temple James Jordan Shane Brady Kira Powell Emily Montague Peter Cilella
brother cult leader cult member creature camper chilling dark thrilling intense suspenseful disturbing camp woods lake compound boat forest cult mystery mythical creatures
As kids, they escaped a UFO death cult. Now, two adult brothers seek answers after an old videotape surfaces and brings them back to where they began.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Gay & Lesbian
Canada
2018
99 Minutes
Hannah Anderson Brittany Allen Martha MacIsaac Joey Klein Charlotte Lindsay Marron
couple wife lesbian family member psychopath serial killer brooding dark creepy intense shocking unrestrained cabin woods anniversary darkness revelation survival struggle evil
Majestic mountains, a still lake and venomous betrayals engulf a female married couple attempting to celebrate their one-year anniversary.
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, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|Canada|Hungary|Spain|Mexico
2017
164 Minutes
Ryan Gosling Harrison Ford Ana de Armas Sylvia Hoeks Robin Wright Jared Leto Mackenzie Davis Carla Juri Lennie James Dave Bautista Hiam Abbass
young man investigator police detective android old man brooding gripping profound somber thrilling suspenseful los angeles office apartment abandoned building desert secrets societal decay past crimes discovery
Young Blade Runner K's discovery of a long-buried secret leads him to track down former Blade Runner Rick Deckard, who's been missing for thirty years.
Sci-Fi, Action, Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK
2010
148 Minutes
Leonardo DiCaprio Joseph Gordon-Levitt Elliot Page Tom Hardy Ken Watanabe Dileep Rao Cillian Murphy Tom Berenger Marion Cotillard Michael Caine Pete Postlethwaite
con artist architect chemist forger billionaire wife creative engaging suspenseful intricate somber subconscious mind los angeles paris japan morocco dreamworld dreams corporate espionage guilt
A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi
Canada
2018
102 Minutes
Katie Douglas Celina Martin Sara Canning Peter Outerbridge Amalia Williamson Kate Vickery Josette Halpert Yasmin Lau Kiana Madeira Sydney Meyer Sarah DaSilva
girl student orphan headmistress former friend teen girl disheartening bleak thrilling dark chilling frightening boarding school prison classroom dystopia on the run toronto dystopia boarding-school life
In a highly regimented boarding school, a pair of students discover that things are not as they seem.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2011
112 Minutes
Kyle Chandler Elle Fanning Joel Courtney Gabriel Basso Ron Eldard Noah Emmerich Riley Griffiths Ryan Lee Zach Mills AJ Michalka Glynn Turman
teen boy teen girl friend father deputy military officer thrilling emotional endearing suspenseful gripping heartwarming ohio train tracks lair small town household military base train crash filmmaking
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
UK
2013
91 Minutes
Caity Lotz Toby Stephens Denis Lawson Lee Nicholas Harris Sam Hazeldine Helen Griffin Sule Rimi Jonathan Byrne Ben McGregor Jade Croot Pooneh Hajimohammadi
scientist soldier researcher cyborg android mother brutal disturbing patriotic suspenseful tense uneasy military base secret location underground office ocean laboratory cyborgs artificial intelligence
In efforts to construct perfect android killing machines in a war against China, UK scientists exceed their goal and create a sentient robot.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Spain
2007
100 Minutes
Robert Carlyle Rose Byrne Jeremy Renner Harold Perrineau Catherine McCormack Mackintosh Muggleton Imogen Poots Idris Elba Emily Beecham Amanda Walker Shahid Ahmed
soldier scientist victim zombie mother creepy dark tense stadium london farm spain genocide death epidemic deadly virus bomb survival mystery transformation
Six months after the rage virus was inflicted on the population of Great Britain, the US Army helps to secure a small area of London for the survivors to repopulate and start again. But not everything goes according to plan.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2009
98 Minutes
Teri Polo David Rees Snell Elaine Hendrix Nick Sowell Marnette Patterson Michael Ironside Ken Howard
parent death ghost parapsychologist police officer child thrilling creepy dark emotional shocking suspenseful united states texas dallas villa mansion home childhood trauma death of child
A bipolar, small-time scam artist gets mixed up with some wacky pornographers and takes on the run after being falsely accused of a murder.
Mystery & Thriller
France
2000
106 Minutes
Jean Reno Vincent Cassel Nadia Farès Dominique Sanda Karim Belkhadra Jean-Pierre Cassel Didier Flamand François Levantal Francine Bergé Philippe Nahon Laurent Lafitte
investigator scientist victim colleague inspector dean creepy dark gory suspenseful thrilling intricate france alps university small town cave mountain murder case mystery
A murder detective must follow the footsteps of a brutal killer within the secrets of a classist college.