20 best movies like The Ruins (2008)

List of the best movies like The Ruins (2008): Circle, As Above, So Below, Mandrake, Chernobyl Diaries, The Jungle Book, A Sound of Thunder, Alien Origin, Dragon Wasps, The Bye Bye Man, Crawl or Die.

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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: 6.2
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

When a team of explorers ventures into the catacombs that lie beneath the streets of Paris, they uncover the dark secret that lies within this city of the dead.

Markimdb: 3.5
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA

An expedition led by adventurer Darren McCall and funded by the wealthy Harry Vargas braves the impenetrable jungle to retrieve a fabled bejeweled dagger from an ancient burial ground. But pulling the dagger from its rightful resting place awakens the long-dormant plant creature - part plant, part animal, and all bloodthirsty -- and sends it on a feeding frenzy from which there seems scant hope of survival or escape...

Markimdb: 5
Genrehorror, thriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:26

    A group of six tourists looking to go off the beaten path, hire an 'extreme tour guide'. Ignoring warnings, he takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years earlier. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, the group members find themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, family
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:45

    A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.

    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: 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: 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: 4.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, China
      Duration02:22

      When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while keeping The Bye Bye Man's existence a secret to save others from the same deadly fate.

      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: 5.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Japan, Germany
      Duration01:50

      A homicide detective and an anthropologist try to destroy a South American lizard-like god, who's on a people eating rampage in a Chicago museum.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountrySpain, USA
      Duration01:22

      An experimental submarine, the "Siren II", with a very experienced crew is sent to find out what happened to the "Siren I" after it mysteriously dissapeared in a submarine rift. Things go awry when they begin to find things that shouldn't be there...

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure, detective
      CountrySpain
      Duration01:35

      Ángela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the firemen, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don't know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. An old oil tanker, miles off shore and surrounded by water on all sides, has been especially equipped for the quarantine.

      Markimdb: 3.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      The Most Dangerous Game formula gets a monstrous twist as the mythical Hydra turns the tables on a group of wealthy human-hunters. Kidnapped along with three ex-convicts, former Marine Tim Nolan is transported to a deserted island where the super rich pay a fortune to hunt human prey. But this island isn't exactly deserted; it's actually home to Hydra the Beast!

      Markimdb: 4.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:22

      When plans for a weekend vacation hit a dead end, a group of close-knit friends find themselves stranded in unfamiliar territory, pursued by a menacing predator. Holed up in an isolated cabin, tensions mount as long-buried secrets are revealed. As the body count rises, the group must put their differences aside and fight for survival.

      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: 3.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA

      A Marine Biologist is assigned to investigate the mysterious deaths of some marine life in an inland salt water lake that has been attributed to a creature thought to have been the stuff of a legend.

      Markimdb: 3.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:34

      In the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure, detective
      CountryUSA

      Passengers on a murder mystery train that crashes into a river must decide whether to risk waiting for help in the wreckage or take their chances in the murky depths below.

      Markimdb: 3.7
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      In this grisly remake of the 2002 horror hit, five college chums rent an isolated woodland cabin for a party. But their fun quickly ends when the group is exposed to a hideous flesh-eating virus, and survival becomes the name of the game.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:29

        On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration03:11

          Two full-length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez put together as a two-film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
          CountryCanada, USA
          Duration01:26

          Two friends' tour of Europe takes a dark turn when one of them contracts a mysterious illness. They race to find out what it is and how to cure it before the sickness consumes him completely.

          Markimdb: 4.9
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
          CountryAustralia
          Duration01:40

          A year after the boys crossed dimensions, discovered magic and battled the restoring demon, they are back home in Bremin and are struggling with everyday teenage life. Felix has high hopes for the four heroes. He wants them to push the limits of their magical ability, working as a team to become masters of the arcane. But although he's unwilling to admit it, the boys have grown apart. The boys, once in perfect magical and elemental alignment, are a tangle of rivalry and distrust. On the verge of separating, the Nowhere Boys are drawn together for one last spell when Felix discovers a magically sealed 'Book of Shadows'. Unwittingly this releases a powerful force of chaos, and the gang is reluctantly drawn into a showdown that threatens their world and all they love...

          Markimdb: 5.1
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:25

            After the mysterious, brutal death of an old friend, a group of teenagers find themselves in possession of "Stay Alive," an ultra-realistic 3-D videogame based on the spine-chilling true story of a 17th century noblewoman, known as "The Blood Countess." The gamers don't know anything about the game other than they're not supposed to have it... and they're dying to play it. Not able to resist temptation, the kids begin to play the grisly game but soon make a chilling connection -- they are each being murdered one-by-one in the same way as the characters they played in the game. As the line between the game world and the real world disappears, the teens must find a way to defeat the vicious and merciless Blood Countess, all the while trying to... stay alive.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom

            When renowned director Werner Herzog and fellow filmmaker Zak Penn set off to explore the legend of Scotland's Loch Ness monster, they uncover much more than they bargained for. Unexplained sightings of the creature and chaos among the crew create an uneasy feeling that things aren't what they seem.

            Markimdb: 4.7
            Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, detective
            CountryUSA

            A fishing community on a remote Maine island finds itself suddenly cut off from the rest of the world after the ferry stops coming. When people start to vanish, the terrified survivors realize that someone - or something - is hunting them.

            Markimdb: 3.4
            Genrehorror, thriller, detective
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:35

              After learning of an urban legend in which a demented serial killer named SMILEY can be summoned through the Internet, mentally fragile Ashley must decide whether she is losing her mind or becoming Smiley's next victim.

              Markimdb: 5.4
              Genrehorror, thriller, drama, adventure, detective
              CountryUSA

              A crew of coal miners becomes trapped 600 feet below ground after a disastrous collapse. As the air grows more toxic and time runs out, they slowly descend into madness and begin to turn on one another. Inspired by true events.

              Markimdb: 3.6
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
              CountryUSA, Canada
              Duration01:30

              Scientists discover a giant creature under the Earth that is wrapped around the entire planet. When the creature wakes all grumpy, it causes worldwide destruction.

              Markimdb: 3.1
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, detective, military
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:26

              A group of researchers in Antarctica are abducted by a platoon of masked soldiers and dragged into a hidden continent in the center of the Earth. There, they discover that surviving Nazi soldiers are plotting an invasion of Earth to revive the Third Reich.

              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: 4.5
              Genrehorror, action, thriller, drama, adventure
              CountryAustralia

              An adventure-loving couple convince their friends to explore a remote, uncharted cave system in the forests of Northern Australia. With a tropical storm approaching, they abseil into the mouth of the cave, but when the caves start to flood, tensions rise as oxygen levels fall and the friends find themselves trapped. Unknown to them, the storm has also brought in a pack of dangerous and hungry crocodiles.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration00:59

              Set in the late 1980s, school is out for the summer, and a sun-drenched season of firsts beckons the counselors at Camp Clearwater, a seemingly idyllic Midwestern summer camp, including first loves, first kisses – and first kills. Clearwater’s dark, ancient mythology awakens, and what was supposed to be a summer of fun soon turns into one of unforgettable scares and evil at every turn.

              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: 4.4
              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: 4.6
              Genrehorror, thriller, detective
              CountryUSA, Czech Republic
              Duration01:28

              Set in Las Vegas, the film centers on a man who attends his best friend's bachelor party, unaware of an insidious agenda that plays into hunting humans.

              Markimdb: 3.1
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
              CountryUSA, Germany

              When a young ski team training for the Olympics arrives at the remote and isolated Lost Mountain Ski Resort to focus on training, they're thrilled to find a retired Olympic skier is there to help them train. But their plans are halted when a scientist working at a nearby government lab arrives with the horrifying news that a top secret Government project has produced giant spiders and they have escaped, killing and eating everything in sight.

              Markimdb: 3.2
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, adventure
              CountryUnited Kingdom
              Duration01:43

              The amazing footage you will see in this documentary was recorded during an expedition to the Amazon in South America. It has been assembled as per the camera time codes. It has not been altered or tampered with in any way and after extensive testing has been considered absolutely genuine. What you will see will change the way you view the natural world. Are you ready for that? For in the heart of the rainforest, a team of researchers led by the respected Professor John Howson strived to protect endangered and vulnerable species from extinction. But their guides abandoned them after a series of strange and unexplainable events and the team soon got hopelessly lost in the jungle. When events took a horrifying turn, the team realized that they were in the hunting grounds of an apex predator. And now they were the ones on the endangered species list.

              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: 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: 6.5
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:58

              Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.

              Markimdb: 4
              Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration01:35

              Late one night, a mysterious car is brought into the Chicago police impound garage after a deadly traffic accident. The on-call mechanics soon discover the car has a mind of its own. With hundreds of horsepower and two tons of reinforced steel at its command, it's a seemingly unstoppable killing machine capable of outrunning -- and outwitting -- humans.

              Markimdb: 4.9
              Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:31

              A group of college friends discover a 15th century coffin that allows them to experience the world as ghosts. While their first adventures in the spirit world are playful and innocent, the "Box of Shadows" soon brings out the group's most dangerous impulses and desires. The friends find themselves pulled into a world of evil where they learn the line between life and death is there for a reason.

              Markimdb: 5.5
              Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:26

              Communication is the key to the survival for nine strangers who have been kidnapped by a masked gunman and told that one of them will die every ten minutes until they discover how they are all connected. Who of the nine lives and who dies?

              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 Farrow’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: 3.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:29

              When a tour guide breaks into America's Most Haunted House, a bit of amateur ghost hunting with friends turns into more horror than they could have ever imagined.

              Markimdb: 4.7
              Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure
              CountryUSA

              When the body of a man is found completely destroyed in the swamps in Louisiana, the medical investigator Sam Rivers is assigned to investigate the murder. He travels with the biologist Mary Callahan to the location where the victim lived in a floating house and he meets his family and friends. They find that Chinese snake-heads genetically engineered that belong to a wealthy hunter are attacking and killing the locals. While the group fights to survive, the hunter Jeff arrives with his team to hunt the predators.

              Markimdb: 4.8
              Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:28

              A young woman fights the spirit that is slowly taking possession of her.

              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.




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