20 best movies like Spectral (2016)

List of the best movies like Spectral (2016): The Predator, Battleship, Far Cry, Special Forces, Alien Outpost, Fantastic Four, World War Z, American Warships, Battle of Los Angeles, Forbidden World.

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Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada
Duration02:06

When a kid accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled female scientist can prevent the end of the human race.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, Japan, Hong Kong
Duration02:05

    When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential his brother, and his fiancée's father, Admiral Shane, expect of him.

    Markimdb: 3.1
    Genrefantastic, action, adventure
    CountryGermany, Canada
    Duration01:35

    Jack Carver, a former member of the Special Forces takes the journalist Valerie Cardinal to an Island to visit her uncle Max who is working in a Military complex on the Island. As they arrive Valerie gets captured by the minions of Doctor Krüger. After the destruction of his boat Jack finds out about the true purpose of the Facilities on the Island, which is the creation of genetic soldiers.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genreaction, drama, military
    CountryFrance
    Duration01:44

      Afghanistan. War correspondent Elsa Casanova is taken hostage by the Taliban. Faced with her imminent execution, a Special Forces unit is dispatched to free her. In some of the world’s most breathtaking yet hostile landscapes, a relentless pursuit begins between her kidnappers who have no intention of letting their prey escape them and a group of soldiers who risk their lives in pursuit of their single aim – to bring her home alive. This strong, independent woman and these men of duty are thrown together and forced to confront situations of great danger that inextricably bind them – emotionally, violently and intimately.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom, South Africa
      Duration01:30

      A documentary crew follows an elite unit of soldiers in the wake of an alien invasion.

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, Germany, United Kingdom
      Duration02:40

      Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

        Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.

        Markimdb: 2.8
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure, military
        CountryUSA

        When an alien force wages war on Earth, only the crew of the USS Iowa - the last American battleship, stands in their way.

        Markimdb: 1.9
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        In February 1942 Us forces engaged an unidentified flying object above Los Angeles. Now almost 70 years later, the alien invaders have returned.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:26

        In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.

        Markimdb: 4.1
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, Lithuania, Italy
        Duration01:26

        Captain Martin Stone is leading a finely-trained, elite platoon of Allied soldiers as they attack an enemy bunker. Underestimating their enemy's strength, they are quickly beaten back into the forest. As they try to regroup, they are suddenly attacked by the same soldiers they had just killed a few minutes earlier. Forced to flee deeper into Russian territory, they discover one of war's most terrifying secrets and realize they have woken up a far more deadlier enemy.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrefantastic, action, adventure, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration01:40

        It's the year 2707. Earth's natural resources have all but been exhausted by mankind. Battles rage for the remainder between the competing Corporations. During one such battle the seal is broken and awakens an ancient and deadly machine that was once defeated thousands of years ago. The order that awaited it's return must now lead a small group of soldiers to destroy it once and for all.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, Singapore
        Duration01:28

        Following a deadly viral outbreak, private military soldier Max Gatling leads a handful of survivors and a ragtag band of robots against an army of the infected.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:53

          Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.

          Markimdb: 3.1
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, Romania

          When most of the population of Earth is infected by a virus and transformed into flesh eaters and blood drinking creatures, a group of hunters lead by Tao and his sword chase the vampire zombies to eliminate them. Six non-infected survivors try to find the exit of an abandoned hospital crowded of the infected creatures. Meanwhile, the military is ready to bomb the whole area.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family
          CountryUSA

          In the early 21st century, mankind has colonized the oceans. The United Earth Oceans Organization enlists Captain Nathan Bridger and the submarine seaQuest DSV to keep the peace and explore the last frontier on Earth.

          Markimdb: 5.5
          Genrefantastic, action, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:39

          When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the treacherous and lawless region of 'The Zone', Treadwell learns the hard way that the perfect woman is made not of computer chips and diodes.

          Markimdb: 4.6
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Canada, Germany
          Duration01:33

          A sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator, the iconic creatures from two of the scariest film franchises in movie history wage their most brutal battle ever - in our own backyard. The small town of Gunnison, Colorado becomes a war zone between two of the deadliest extra-terrestrial life forms - the Alien and the Predator. When a Predator scout ship crash-lands in the hills outside the town, Alien Facehuggers and a hybrid Alien/Predator are released and begin to terrorize the town.

          Markimdb: 3.3
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, Bulgaria
          Duration01:28

          It is 2020 and the impending apocalypse is inevitable. Due to a rapidly growing Black Hole headed straight for the sun, Earth begins to fall into darkness, waves rise above Los Angeles, Paris is rocked by extreme earthquakes and Japan is crumbling. Governments around the world race to build massive space arks for the lucky few who will escape Earth's tragic fate, though billions of people will be left behind. At the same time in the ruins of a Mayan temple a solution is discovered: 12 ancient skulls, that when brought together can stop the destruction. A team of scientists set out to find the hidden skulls and rescue mankind from imminent destruction.

          Markimdb: 3.6
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure
          CountryCanada, USA
          Duration01:26

          Just in time for the joyous holiday season, this film connects the ancient Mayan prophecy of worldwide destruction at the end of 2012, and the iconic holiday song, The 12 Days of Christmas. But there is hope: a father learns that his daughter is really the "Chosen One" who, alone, can stop further catastrophe - if he can stave off the lunatic townspeople blaming her for the community's destruction.

          Markimdb: 3.7
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration00:30

          Doom: Annihilation follows a group of space marines as they respond to a distress call from a base on a Martian moon, only to discover it’s been overrun by demonic creatures who threaten to create Hell on Earth.

          Markimdb: 4.7
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:17

          When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist in a battle that could save the world – or destroy it.

          Markimdb: 3.3
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA

          A group of refugees from Earth land on an exotic planet, where they must fight ruthless aliens to survive.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrefantastic, action
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:38

          The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:46

          A group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first.

          Markimdb: 4.3
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama
          CountryUSA

          Captured by a secret society known as the Faith and mentally controlled with a powerful spell, ancient demoness Lilith now lives as a young woman with no memory of her agless past. However, the terrifying plague unleashed by a rampaging monster, the Demonicos, forces one human to recruit her mystical power known as the Darklight to fight this terrifying beast...

          Markimdb: 4.5
          Genreaction, drama, adventure, military
          CountryUnited Kingdom

          Different factions in WWII-era Holland race to find a stash of Nazi gold.

          Markimdb: 7.1
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:11

          When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

          Markimdb: 4.8
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA, Spain

          A former pilot rebels against his creator, teaming up with the scientist responsible for android technology, her pet robot Spot, a rough-and-tumble riverboat guide, and a martial arts warrior.

          Markimdb: 5.2
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration04:31

          We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only the ingenuity of a few brave men and women can bring our world back from the brink of extinction.

          Markimdb: 3
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:21

          A scientist enlists the help of the US army to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father, deep in the Belizean jungle. Caught in the crossfire between a brutal guerrilla army controlled by a mystical warlord, they are also confronted by an even bigger terror giant mutated wasps that are, for some reason, thirsty for blood.

          Markimdb: 4
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
          CountryUSA

          During their search for a habitable planet the last living humans crash-land on a barren world, inhabited by bloodthirsty aliens and mysterious post-apocalyptic warriors.

          Markimdb: 5.8
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family, cartoon
          CountryUSA, Singapore, India

          Based on the original animated series Ben 10. Ben becomes targeted by an evil Mechamorph Warrior, named "Retaliator," who mistakenly blames Ben for something he did not do and attempts to destroy all aliens.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrefantastic, action, adventure
          CountryUSA, Japan, Canada
          Duration02:28

          When Alita awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, she is taken in by Ido, a compassionate doctor who realizes that somewhere in this abandoned cyborg shell is the heart and soul of a young woman with an extraordinary past.

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, Bulgaria
          Duration01:32

          Government agents find evidence of extraterrestrial life at the South Pole.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genreaction, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:16

          The Soviets have developed a revolutionary new jet fighter, called 'Firefox'. Worried that the jet will be used as a first-strike weapon—as there are rumours that it is undetectable by radar—the British send ex-Vietnam War pilot, Mitchell Gant on a covert mission into the Soviet Union to steal the Firefox.

          Markimdb: 6.1
          Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom
          Duration01:30

          Already deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a programming bug causes the prototype to decimate his lab, McCarthy takes his obsessive efforts underground, far away from inquisitive eyes.

          Markimdb: 3.1
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
          CountryUSA, Japan
          Duration01:20

          On a lush tropical island, working under a secret government charter, Martin Drake has not only grown sprawling acres of giant vegetables, but inadvertently spawned two mammoth reptiles as well. Now they've broken free of their enclosures, and Drake has only one option: kill the creatures before word gets back to Washington and they close him down. When Drake's first team of well-armed mercenaries gets wiped out within hours of setting down in the jungle, he turns to one lone hunter, The Cajun, to go in single-handedly. But will The Cajun be cunning enough to find the creatures and destroy them before they turn the blue waters red with the blood of tourists. The only hope is to bring the monsters together and make them fight. When one emerges victorious, that will be the time to strike and kill the other. It's a risky plan, but ultimately the only one that may work. One of David Carradine's last movies.

          Markimdb: 4.2
          Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
          CountryUSA, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany
          Duration01:41

            When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways.

            Markimdb: 2.1
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
            CountryUSA

            Aliens invade, this time delivering a clear ultimatum. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the U.S. President and citizens decide if these aliens are to be trusted… or feared.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrefantastic, action, drama, adventure
            CountryJapan
            Duration02:18

            In 2199, five years after the Gamilons began an invasion of Earth, the planet has been ravaged by the aliens' bombs. The remnants of humanity have fled underground to escape the irradiated surface. One day, former pilot Susumu Kodai discovers a capsule sent from the planet Iscandar that tells of a device that can remove the radiation from the Earth's surface. The Earth Defense Force rebuilds the battleship Yamato with a new type of propulsion system to make the 148,000 light year trip to Iscandar in hopes of saving the Earth. Within one year, the radiation will drive the rest of humanity to extinction.

            Markimdb: 5.1
            Genrefantastic, action, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:40

            In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.

            Markimdb: 3.8
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:34

            When zombies overrun San Francisco, a desperate group survives by locking themselves inside Alcatraz Prison. When the undead breach the island, our heros are forced to return to the mainland overrun with the undead.

            Markimdb: 3.9
            Genrefantastic, action, adventure
            CountryUSA, Italy
            Duration01:34

            A pair of smugglers manage to pick up a castaway while running from the authorities, who turns out to be the only survivor from a secret mission to destroy a mysterious superweapon designed by the evil Count Zartharn. The smugglers are soon recruited by the Emperor to complete the mission, as well as to rescue the Emperor's son, who has gone missing.

            Markimdb: 3.4
            Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
            CountryUSA

            After Air Force One goes down during a storm over the Bermuda Triangle, the United States Navy is dispatched to find the escape pod holding the President. A giant monster beneath the ocean awakens and attacks the fleet.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:41

              An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.

              Markimdb: 4.5
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:37

              This future-set sci-adventure follows a band of brave soldiers in an epic battle against a government-created monster.

              Markimdb: 3.5
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:25

              A team of climbers is assembled by a rich and eccentric man to rescue a missing expedition he sent up to a forbidden mountain who disappeared after sending out one last disturbing radio message.

              Markimdb: 3.9
              Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
              CountryAustralia, Canada
              Duration01:30

              When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super chilled air towards the earth, it then sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice and begin a new Ice Age.

              Markimdb: 1.9
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:28

              A movie created from "found footage" of a lost military expedition that exposes the origins of life on earth.




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