20 best movies like Testament (1983)

List of the best movies like Testament (1983): The Day After, The Divide, Z for Zachariah, Threads, On the Beach, Steve Jobs, Radioflash, The 12 Disasters of Christmas, Bokeh, Five Easy Pieces.

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Markimdb: 7
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:06

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oakes maintains his busy schedule at the hospital, Denise Dahlberg prepares for her upcoming wedding, and Stephen Klein is deep in his graduate studies. When the unthinkable happens and the bombs come down, the town's residents are thrust into the horrors of nuclear winter.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration02:02

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
CountryIceland, Luxembourg, USA
Duration02:28

In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantastic, action, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
Duration02:05

Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrefantastic, drama
CountryAustralia, USA
Duration03:15

The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredrama, biography, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:31

    Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intimate portrait of the brilliant man at its epicenter.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    When a nuclear strike causes an electromagnetic pulse that cuts off all power, water, and communication to the entire western United States, Reese finds herself plunged into an all-too-real fight to survive. As pandemonium grips her city, Reese and her father set out on a desperate journey in search of safety--a perilous trek through a world gone mad where every encounter with a stranger could be your last.

    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: 5
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA, Iceland
    Duration01:53

    On a romantic getaway to Iceland, a young American couple wake up one morning to discover every person on Earth has disappeared. Their struggle to survive and to reconcile the mysterious event lead them to reconsider everything they know about themselves and the world.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

    A drop-out from upper-class America picks up work along the way on oil-rigs when his life isn't spent in a squalid succession of bars, motels, and other points of interest.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

    When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Open war against humanity rages. For five survivors – lost and on the run – the pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24-hour look into their lives.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genreaction, drama, military, biography, history, sport
    CountryUSA

    Zamperini returns to California where he wound up marrying Cynthia Applewhite while wrestling with untreated PTSD, suffering constant nightmares, angry, bitter and deeply depressed, his wife convinces Zamperini to attend the 1949 Billy Graham Crusade.

    Markimdb: 3.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:22

    A suspenseful drama about a young couple on a road trip who get caught in the midst of a worldwide gas shortage.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genreaction, drama, military
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, military, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:16

    The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the billions who are facing this human-made biological disaster.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    While staying at a picturesque village, a teen encounters the underground world of art forgery.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, biography
    CountryUSA, Hong Kong, Iceland
    Duration02:28

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:09

    On a small town college campus, a philosophy professor in existential crisis gives his life new purpose when he enters into a relationship with his student.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    After a deadly virus wipes out most of humanity, the survivors are forced to wait alone in self-sustaining bunkers while the viral threat runs its course. Able to communicate through a networked video interface, the survivors wait for years and slowly become a motley family of sorts. But their fragile social ecosystem is shattered when, one by one, they start mysteriously disappearing from their bunkers.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:30

    In a town of low-income and fractured families, a group of teens are lured into working for a dangerous drug dealer. A new girl arrives who hides a dangerous secret that will impact everybody and change their lives forever.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:35

    A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    The story of Karen Silkwood, a metallurgy worker at a plutonium processing plant who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller, comedy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War IV, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the desert-like wasteland. Vic and Blood eke out a meager existence, foraging for food and fighting gangs of cutthroats.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genredrama
    CountryFrance, Belgium, Algeria, USA

    A convict is released from prison in a small town in New Mexico. 18 years ago he killed a deputy. The then-and-now sheriff seeks revenge.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.

    Markimdb: 5.9
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, Luxembourg, United Kingdom
    Duration02:05

    A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free humans.

    Markimdb: 4.2
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:08

    Following an unparalleled series of meteor fireballs plummeting toward Earth, a renowned scientist, his assistant, and an on-target conspiracy theorist race against time to expose a government cover-up, reveal the truth, and prevent a massive meteor from destroying the planet.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryAustralia
    Duration02:14

    A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Australia, USA
    Duration02:06

    A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought for the truth to be known. Omalu's emotional quest puts him at dangerous odds with one of the most powerful institutions in the world.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:46

    Fifteen-year old John Cleaver is dangerous, and he knows it. He’s obsessed with serial killers, but really doesn’t want to become one. Terrible impulses constantly tempt him, so for his own sake, and the safety of those around, he lives by rigid rules to keep himself “good” and “normal”. However, when a real monster shows up in his town he has to let his dark side out in order to stop it – but without his rules to keep him in check, he might be more dangerous than the monster he’s trying to kill.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genredrama, military
    CountryUSA

    Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams of crack Green Berets for two missions in South Vietnam. The first is to strengthen a camp that is trying to be taken by the enemy. The second is to kidnap a North Vietnamese General.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:35

    Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.

    Markimdb: 3.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama
    CountryIsrael, USA
    Duration01:35

    After a massive earthquake destroys Los Angeles, a new order is formed. But disagreement among the ranks leads to more war and disruption, and The Last Patrol must bring order if there's to be any hope for the future.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Japan

    A group of families on a tropical holiday discover that the secluded beach where they are staying is somehow causing them to age rapidly – reducing their entire lives into a single day.

    Markimdb: 8.6
    Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
    Duration02:49

      Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genredrama, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:56

        On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room as a small site among friends soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        A mother travels cross-country to California to be with her son after he decides to drop out of school and become a surfer.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA

        Cara Rudland thought she’d left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind, but returns to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers after losing her job in Chicago. There, she reconnects with her mother Lovie, who has been caring for her young, pregnant friend Toy in her charming beach house.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:28

        Four couples meet for Sunday brunch only to discover they are stuck in a house together as the world may be about to end.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genredrama, adventure, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:55

        A woman with a tragic past decides to start her new life by hiking for one thousand miles on the Pacific Crest Trail.

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrehorror, fantastic, drama
        CountrySpain, USA, Hungary, France
        Duration01:53

        And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.

        Markimdb: 3.7
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, drama
        CountryGermany, Canada, USA

        In Guesta Verde University, the deranged Professor Curien is trying to bring back the dead, killing students for the experiment. There is an outbreak of zombies in the campus, and the government sends a NSA medical research team, formed by Dr. Alexandra Morgan a.k.a. Nightingale and lieutenant Ellis, with a special force leaded by lieutenant Dalton, trying to get the zero sample from the first generation zombie. The team has a very short time to accomplish their mission and leave the place before missiles are sent to destroy the area. However, the place is crowded of hyper sapiens and the group has to fight to survive.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genreaction, drama, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:20

        Spurred by a white woman's lie, vigilantes destroy a black Florida town and slay inhabitants in 1923.

        Markimdb: 2.8
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:05

        A pharmaceutical company recruits a well-known scientist to help develop a vaccine against a deadly virus.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genreaction, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:33

        A city in Washington state awakens to the surreal sight of foreign paratroopers dropping from the sky - shockingly, the U.S. has been invaded and their hometown is the initial target. Quickly and without warning, the citizens find themselves prisoners and their town under enemy occupation. Determined to fight back, a group of young patriots seek refuge in the surrounding woods, training and reorganizing themselves into a guerrilla group of fighters. Taking inspiration from their high school mascot, they call themselves the Wolverines, banding together to protect one another, liberate their town from its captors, and take back their freedom.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:27

        After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!




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