
Movies that feel likeResident Evil (2002)
If you loved Resident Evil, the closest films we have are Minority Report (2002), World War Z (2013) and Deep Blue Sea (1999). All three share Resident Evil's kinetic and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Colony (2026).
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If Resident Evil hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) · Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) · Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) · Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) · Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2016)

Two things both keep coming back to: dystopia and hologram
The difference: Reviewed even better

One thread runs through both: zombie
The difference: Trades the paranoia of Resident Evil for an angle of its own

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

The same preoccupation in both: zombie
The difference: Leans harder into thriller than Resident Evil does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: dystopia

Both land momentum and ideas at once
The difference: 24 years apart, and the 2020s show

The same two preoccupations: biological weapon, and mutant

Horror built on bleakness, twice over

Science fiction with a pulse of paranoia, in both cases

The same hand behind both of them: Paul W. S. Anderson

Paul W. S. Anderson directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

Common ground: special forces
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