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Movies that feel likeThe Mist (2007)

After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.

If you loved The Mist, the closest films we have are 28 Years Later (2025), A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) and Companion (2025). All three share The Mist'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… 74% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Frank Darabontdreadunsettlingcerebraltense
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix Β· HBO Max Β· Amazon Prime Video

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28 Years Later
2025 Β· dir. Danny Boyle
πŸ… 88%β˜… 6.6horror Β· thriller Β· science fictionNetflix

One thread runs through both: survival

Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.

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A Quiet Place: Day One
2024 Β· dir. Michael Sarnoski
πŸ… 86%β˜… 6.2horror Β· science fiction Β· thrillerNetflixPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: survival

As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.

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Companion
2025 Β· dir. Drew Hancock
πŸ… 93%β˜… 6.9horror Β· science fiction Β· thrillerMax

Both land dread and unease at once

During a weekend getaway at a secluded lakeside estate, a group of friends finds themselves entangled in a web of secrets, deception, and advanced technology. As tensions rise and loyalties are tested, they uncover unsettling truths about themselves and the world around them.

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Signs
2002 Β· dir. M. Night Shyamalan
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.8thriller Β· science fiction Β· horrorHulu

Both are built on the same subject: faith

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

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Godzilla
1954 · dir. Ishirō Honda
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.6thriller Β· horror Β· science fictionMax

The same preoccupation in both: giant monster

The difference: 53 years apart, and the 1950s show

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

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The Host
2006 Β· dir. Bong Joon Ho
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.1horror Β· drama Β· science fictionPrime Video

Common ground: monster

The difference: Takes it somewhere less tense than The Mist does

A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.

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

Cerebral and tense in the same breath

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

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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Superdeep
2020 Β· dir. Arseny Syukhin
πŸ… 25%β˜… 4.9horror Β· science fiction Β· thrillerRent or buy

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

In 1984, a Russian research team goes below the surface to find out what secret the world's deepest borehole is hiding. On their expedition, something unexpectedly gruesome awaits the researchers.

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Aliens vs Predator: Requiem
2007 Β· dir. Colin Strause
πŸ… 12%β˜… 4.6action Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Science fiction built on unease, twice over

The difference: Leans harder into action than The Mist does

After a horrifying PredAlien crash-lands near a small Colorado town, killing everyone it encounters and producing countless Alien offspring, a lone Predator arrives to "clean up" the infestation.

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

Thriller with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

The difference: Trades the tension of The Mist for an angle of its own

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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Orphan
2009 Β· dir. Jaume Collet-Serra
πŸ… 59%β˜… 7horror Β· thrillerMax

Both lean on tension more than on horror

After losing their baby, a married couple adopt 9-year old Esther, who may not be as innocent as she seems.

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30 Days of Night
2007 Β· dir. David Slade
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.6horror Β· thriller

Dread-soaked thriller in both cases

This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.

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