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Movies that feel likeAnnihilation (2018)

A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

If you loved Annihilation, the closest films we have are The Endless (2017), Nope (2022) and Godzilla Minus One (2023). All three share Annihilation's cerebral and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Borderlands (2014).

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Alex Garlandcerebraldreadunsettlingmelancholy
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The Endless
2017 · dir. Aaron Moorhead
🍅 91%★ 6.5science fiction · horror · thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

Both land ideas and dread at once

The difference: Sits closer to thriller than Annihilation does

Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.

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Nope
2022 · dir. Jordan Peele
🍅 83%★ 6.8horror · science fiction · thrillerNetflix

Unsettling where it counts, melancholy underneath

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

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Godzilla Minus One
2023 · dir. Takashi Yamazaki
🍅 99%★ 7.7science fiction · horror · actionNetflix

Cerebral science fiction, and it commits to that

In postwar Japan, Godzilla brings new devastation to an already scorched landscape. With no military intervention or government help in sight, the survivors must join together in the face of despair and fight back against an unrelenting horror.

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28 Weeks Later
2007 · dir. Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
🍅 73%★ 6.8horror · thriller · science fictionParamount+Peacock

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the virus has killed everyone there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.

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The Invisible Man
2020 · dir. Leigh Whannell
★ 7.1thriller · science fiction · horrorRent or buy

Sci-fi dread rooted in a woman nobody will believe

The difference: A taut stalker thriller — grounded fear, no cosmic strangeness

When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

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Signs
2002 · dir. M. Night Shyamalan
🍅 76%★ 6.8thriller · science fiction · horrorHulu

Unsettling science fiction in both cases

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

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Blade: Trinity
2004 · dir. David S. Goyer
🍅 24%★ 5.8action · horror · science fictionPeacock

Both lean on melancholy more than on horror

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of the night. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed—The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail and Hannibal, two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade follows a trail of blood to the ancient creature that is also hunting him—the original vampire, Dracula.

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Talk to Me
2023 · dir. Danny Philippou
★ 7.1horrorMax

Horror built on dread, twice over

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Annihilation

When a group of friends discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand, they become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

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The Borderlands
2014 · dir. Elliot Goldner
🍅 83%★ 5.8horror

Unsettling science fiction, and it commits to that

Vatican investigators are sent to the British West Country to investigate paranormal activity, and they find the events are more disturbing than they first imagined.

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The Curse of La Llorona
2019 · dir. Michael Chaves
🍅 26%★ 5.3horrorMax

The shared currency is melancholy

In 1970s Los Angeles, the legendary ghost La Llorona is stalking the night -- and the children. Ignoring the eerie warning of a troubled mother, a social worker and her own kids are drawn into a frightening supernatural realm. Their only hope of surviving La Llorona's deadly wrath is a disillusioned priest who practices mysticism to keep evil at bay.

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M3GAN
2022 · dir. Gerard Johnstone
🍅 93%★ 6.3science fiction · horrorNetflix

Science's creation slipping its leash in unnerving increments

The difference: A campy crowd-pleaser — winks where Garland stays deadly serious

A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.

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A Quiet Place Part II
2021 · dir. John Krasinski
🍅 91%★ 7.2science fiction · thriller · horrorNetflixParamount+

Both run cerebral where it counts

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

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