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Movies that feel likeColony (2026)

Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside with no escape, Se-jeong along with a small group of survivors must fight to stay alive while the infected undergo horrific transformations.

If you loved Colony, the closest films we have are Shin Godzilla (2016), Ziam (2025) and Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (1991). All three share Colony's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

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

πŸ… 82% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Yeon Sang-hodreadunsettlingkineticcerebral
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Shin Godzilla
2016 Β· dir. Shinji Higuchi
πŸ… 87%β˜… 6.9action Β· science fiction Β· horrorMax

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of red tape to uncover the monster's weakness and its mysterious ties to a foreign superpower. But time is not on their side - the greatest catastrophe to ever befall the world is about to evolve right before their very eyes.

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Ziam
2025 Β· dir. Kulp Kaljareuk
πŸ… 77%β˜… 4.9horror Β· thriller Β· actionNetflix

Common ground: zombie

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than Colony does

In a fight for survival against a horrifying army of zombies, a former Muay Thai fighter must use skill, speed and grit to save his girlfriend.

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Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
1991 Β· dir. Lam Ngai Kai
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7action Β· science fiction Β· horror

Kinetic where it counts, cerebral underneath

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

In 2001, where all correctional facilities have been privatized, martial artist Ricky finds himself victim to the corrupt system, found "guilty" of the manslaughter of an infamous crime boss.

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Spring
2014 Β· dir. Justin Benson
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.7horror Β· romance Β· science fiction

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

The difference: Easier on the momentum than Colony

A young man in a personal tailspin flees the US to Italy, where he sparks up a romance with a woman harboring a dark, primordial secret.

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Resident Evil
2026 Β· dir. Zach Cregger
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.3horror Β· science fiction Β· adventureRent or buy

One thread runs through both: zombie

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Colony does

Medical courier Bryan unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.

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Deep Blue Sea
1999 Β· dir. Renny Harlin
πŸ… 60%β˜… 6action Β· horror Β· science fictionStarz

Action built on unease, twice over

Researchers on the undersea lab Aquatica have genetically altered the brains of captive sharks to develop a cure for Alzheimer's disease. But there's an unexpected side effect: the sharks got smarter, faster, and more dangerous. After a big storm damages their remote research facility, they must fight for their lives.

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#Alive
2020 Β· dir. Cho Il
β˜… 6.3action Β· horror Β· science fictionNetflix

Both lean on momentum more than on science fiction

As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.

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Meg 2: The Trench
2023 Β· dir. Ben Wheatley
πŸ… 27%β˜… 5action Β· science fiction Β· horrorMax

Cerebral horror in both cases

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

An exploratory dive into the deepest depths of the ocean of a daring research team spirals into chaos when a malevolent mining operation threatens their mission and forces them into a high-stakes battle for survival.

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Doom
2005 Β· dir. Andrzej Bartkowiak
πŸ… 18%β˜… 5.2action Β· horror Β· science fictionStarz

Dread-soaked action, and it commits to that

A team of space marines known as the Rapid Response Tactical Squad, led by Sarge, is sent to a science facility on Mars after somebody reports a security breach. There, they learn that the alert came after a test subject, a mass murderer purposefully injected with alien DNA, broke free and began killing people. Dr. Grimm, who is related to team member Reaper, informs them all that the chromosome can mutate humans into monsters -- and is highly infectious.

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Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End
2024 Β· dir. Carles Torrens
β˜… 6.1drama Β· action Β· horrorPrime Video

Unsettling science fiction, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Colony does

When a kind of rabies that transforms people into aggressive creatures spreads across the planet, Manel isolates himself at home with his cat, relying on his wits to survive; but soon they must go out in search of food, by land and by sea, dodging many dangers.

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Peninsula
2020 Β· dir. Yeon Sang-ho
πŸ… 55%β˜… 5.5horror Β· action Β· thrillerPrime VideoPeacock

The same hand behind both of them: Yeon Sang-ho

A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.

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The Platform 2
2024 Β· dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
πŸ… 36%β˜… 4.9science fiction Β· horror Β· thrillerNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: horrified

After a mysterious leader imposes his law in a brutal system of vertical cells, a new arrival battles against a dubious food distribution method.

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