20 best movies like The Darkest Hour (2011)

List of the best movies like The Darkest Hour (2011): The 5th Wave, Maze Runner: The Death Cure, World War Z, Village of the Damned, The Divide, Crawl or Die, 5th Passenger, War of the Worlds, Alien Outpost, Age of Tomorrow.

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Markimdb: 5.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:30

16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:30

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

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: 5.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:39

    An American village is visited by some unknown life form which leaves the women of the village pregnant. Nine months later, the babies are born, and they all look normal, but it doesn't take the "parents" long to realize that the kids are not human or humane.

    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: 4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Earth as we know it is gone. A virus has destroyed the planet and rendered all its women infertile, all but one. An elite team of soldiers are tasked with bringing the woman to safety on the newly habitable Earth Two. But when they are forced underground they find themselves fighting for survival from an bloodthirsty creature in a maze of ever shrinking tunnels. As the team's ranks start to dwindle, the tunnels shrink and the ammunition run out, the crawl for survival becomes more and more desperate.

    Markimdb: 3.2
    Genrefantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA

    Set in the aftermath of an oppressive class war, a pregnant officer aboard an escape pod must struggle to survive with her remaining crew when a mysterious and vicious life form attacks, determined to become the dominant species.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

    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: 2.1
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard the mothership where they discover a portal to the aliens' home world. They manage to alert Earth before they are brutally murdered. Left with no other choice, Earth sends an elite military team of science and combat specialists through the portal where they attempt to stop the invasion from the inside out.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, western
    CountryUSA, India
    Duration01:59

    A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.

    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, heā€™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: 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 trustedā€¦ or feared.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:10

    Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.

    Markimdb: 3.1
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:45

    A small group of survivors are left behind after millions of people suddenly vanish during the rapture and the world is plunged into chaos and destruction.

    Markimdb: 2.4
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA

    When a colossal tectonic shift causes the sea level to start rising, a microbiologist gathers the DNA of as many species as she can, while the military creates an "ark" in a desperate attempt to preserve life on Earth.

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who roams the wastelands of the future waging a battle against overwhelming evil. With the spiritual guidance of his dead father, Kenshiro fights to free his stolen love from the brutal tyrant Lord Shin. Through his struggle he must confront his destiny.

    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: 5
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

      Aliens in human disguise commandeer a rural airport during a snowstorm. To survive, the people trapped inside must determine which of their own is not of this Earth.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:44

      Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

      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: 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: 4.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, melodrama, drama, adventure, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Mexico, Guatemala
      Duration01:59

      Seven years on from the events of Monsters, and the ā€˜Infected Zonesā€™ have spread worldwide. Humans have been knocked off the top of the food chain, with disparate communities struggling for survival. American soldiers are being sent abroad to protect US interests from the Monsters, but the war is far from being won.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrefantastic, thriller, adventure
      CountryGermany, South Africa, USA
      Duration01:30

      A group of post-apocalyptic survivors, struggle to survive in a world where jungles and forests and primeval wetlands and deserts have obliterated civilization. They staunchly face genetically mutating beasts and mysterious diseases in an attempt to re-establish the human race as masters of Earth.

      Markimdb: 4.3
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA

      In a white hot flash of light, and with no warning, one minute our moon is there, the next it's gone. Then, a second flash. And that's the last thing anyone on Earth can remember. 11 months later, it's not post- apocalyptic; it's apocalyptic as Earth has been sucked through a wormhole, literally ripping our planet from the inside out. With bizarre disasters and civilization collapsing, our heroes must find a way to survive and get to "safe ground" before it's too late.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:14

      The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft.They are the best of best, smart and logical, and the perfect choice to learn more about the spacecraft.

      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: 5.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryCanada, Germany
      Duration02:08

      With the world under attack by deadly creatures who hunt by sound, a teen and her family seek refuge outside the city and encounter a mysterious cult.

      Markimdb: 3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:35

      As a rogue planet roars through our solar system, it acts as an intergalactic magnet that pulls Earth in its wake. Meteors destroy major cities. Fire and ice storms engulf the land. Casualties are in the millions. And as the situation grows even worse, Steve Lannon is determined to reunite with his wife and teenage daughter. But when they stumble into a secret government installation, they'll uncover a nuclear mission that will either blast our planet back into orbit or guarantee front row seats to the end of the world.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryRussia

      No meteorites hit Earth, no terrorists put the world in danger, no atomic war was started, but something did go wrong. Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe even life is being reported from the Space. What military forces find outside the Ring is shocking. There are dead corpses everywhere: in stores, in cars, on roads, in hospitals and railway stations. Who or what is destroying all life on Earth? How long will the last outpost of mankind survive?

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration02:03

      When a group of elite online gamers each receive a mysterious invitation to trial a state-of-the-art virtual reality video game, itā€™s a dream come true and impossible to resist. Arriving at the test site, the group step into hi-tech gear and prepare for a revolutionary, next-level gaming experience that brings modern warfare to life with frightening realism. At first itā€™s a unique and exhilarating experience. But what starts out like a dream encounter with cutting edge technology quickly takes a turn for the sinister. Once the group are attacked by enemy combatants, they soon realize this is no game after all. Make a mistake here and you pay with your life. Now these masters of the shoot ā€˜em up will have to fight for survival within a game gone bad, but this time itā€™s for real.

      Markimdb: 4.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryCanada

      When five friends vacation at a remote lake house, they expect nothing less then a good time, unaware that Earth is under attack by an alien invasion and mass-abductions.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Spain
      Duration01:40

      Though no one can see him, Hollow Face lurks in the corners, desperately desiring love but only knowing how to spread fear and hate. He creeps into the life of John Farrow after Farrowā€™s beloved 13-year-old daughter Mia is assaulted in their home. The line between the real and the imaginary blurs as fissures start to open within the family unit. It seems that no security measure can keep Hollow Face out.

      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: 4.4
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller
      CountryUSA

      A group of wayward teens at a wilderness boot camp must fight for their lives against the attacks of a ruthless blood-sucking alien. The attacks begin after they discover a strange "orb" in the middle of the desert. With no communication, and nowhere to hide, they realize their only chance for survival is to fight.

      Markimdb: 3.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryCanada
      Duration01:22

      In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Their goal: escaping the city and traveling to the rural community they once called home. The constant threat of a violent death forcing them to stay as far away from civilization as possible, they take to the forest, soon to discover the danger posed by other survivors may be the least of their worries.

      Markimdb: 2.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      ZOMBEX tells the story of a post-Katrina New Orleans as it deals with a new disaster, a zombie apocalypse. NOLA residents are no longer experiencing the depression and post-traumatic stress due to the trauma of the hurricane, thanks to the revolutionary ZOMBEX - a rogue, yet, "clinically-proven" anti-depressant pharmaceutical manufactured by a nefarious organization. For those who call the Big Easy their home, everything is just now turning around for them. Or, could it just be the drug, ZOMBEX, talking... Just as things are turning around for the city and its people, they once again must face a disaster of epic proportions. Only this time, they're dealing with the prospect of losing the people of New Orleans as they turn into the city's walking dead.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA, Netherlands, United Kingdom
      Duration01:35

      In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:04

      After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also shepherding to safety his son, trapped in New York after the city is overwhelmed by the start of the new big freeze.

      Markimdb: 3.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:24

      Seven strangers wake up on the deserted streets of London with no knowledge of how they got there. Before long someone -or something - is picking them off, one by one....

      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.

      Markimdb: 5.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:16

      Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante ... and then overcome a threat to the bond that unites the four of them.

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:29

        Officially, Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973, three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage which the astronauts captured on that mission. While NASA denies it's authenticity, others say it's the real reason we've never gone back to the moon.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA, Germany, Canada

        It's tornadoes, hurricanes, electrical storms, and mass destruction as the effects of global warming brew into a super storm that threatens to rend the earth with an unprecedented power. Beautiful scientist Faith Clavell, storm chaser Tommy Tornado, and Judith Carr, the head of FEMA, can stop the inevitable from happening-if they have the courage to venture into the roiling blackness of the storm itself.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller
        CountryChina
        Duration01:55

        A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by mysterious figures.

        Markimdb: 4
        Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA

        In the desert area of Hat Creek, cows are found partially devoured and the farmers believe that a wolf is attacking the cattle. The alcoholic Sheriff Annie Flynn is called by the local farmer Rob Horn to witness the remains of an animal to request reimbursement from the government and for an accident with a tank truck that is blocking the road.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, India
        Duration01:26

        When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliott Moore (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife (Zooey Deschanel) flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister? John Leguizamo and Betty Buckley co-star in this thriller from writer-director M. Night Shyamalan.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, adventure
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:14

        After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a Hurricane headed towards the launch siteā€”and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:40

        A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from speaking to the United Nations, he decides humankind shall be exterminated so the planet can survive.

        Markimdb: 5.6
        Genrefantastic, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        It's the end of yet another night at Hastings Supermarket, a grocery store in Buck Lake, Arizona. But just before closing, a group of masked and armed to the teeth militants invades the store and take everyone hostage




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