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Movies that feel likeThe Omega Man (1971)

Due to an experimental vaccine, Dr. Robert Neville is the only human survivor of an apocalyptic war waged with biological weapons. Besides him, only a few hundred deformed, nocturnal people remain; sensitive to light, and homicidally psychotic.

If you loved The Omega Man, the closest films we have are The Quiet Earth (1985), Logan's Run (1976) and Mad Max (1979). All three share The Omega Man's cerebral and bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Slaughterhouse-Five (1972).

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The Quiet Earth
1985 · dir. Geoff Murphy
🍅 75%★ 6.7drama · science fiction · thriller

Both keep coming back to the same thing: life after the end

The difference: Trades the momentum of The Omega Man for an angle of its own

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.

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Logan's Run
1976 · dir. Michael Anderson
🍅 58%★ 6.8action · science fiction

Both are built on the same subject: dystopia

In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.

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Mad Max
1979 · dir. George Miller
🍅 89%★ 6.8action · thriller · science fiction

Common ground: dystopia

In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.

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The War of the Worlds
1953 · dir. Byron Haskin
★ 7science fiction · action

Cerebral and kinetic in the same breath

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

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Escape from New York
1981 · dir. John Carpenter
🍅 70%★ 7.1action · thriller · science fiction

Both land tension and bleakness at once

In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to bring him back.

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THX 1138
1971 · dir. George Lucas
🍅 72%★ 6.6science fiction · drama

Science fiction with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the first time he has feelings for a woman and they start a secret relationship.

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Zardoz
1974 · dir. John Boorman
🍅 49%★ 5.8fantasy · action · thrillerPrime Video

Cerebral action in both cases

The difference: Sits closer to fantasy than The Omega Man does

In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.

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Rollerball
1975 · dir. Norman Jewison
🍅 55%★ 6.5science fiction · drama

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.

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Code 46
2003 · dir. Michael Winterbottom
🍅 52%★ 6.1drama · science fiction · thriller

Tense thriller, and it commits to that

The difference: 32 years apart, and the 2000s show

In a dystopian future, insurance fraud investigator William Gold arrives in Shanghai to investigate a forgery ring for "papelles", futuristic passports that record people's identities and genetics. Gold falls for Maria Gonzalez, the woman in charge of the forgeries. After a passionate affair, Gold returns home, having named a coworker as the culprit. But when one of Gonzalez's customers is found dead, Gold is sent back to Shanghai to complete the investigation.

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The Running Man
1987 · dir. Paul Michael Glaser
🍅 59%★ 6.6action · thriller · science fictionParamount+Starz

Science fiction built on momentum, twice over

By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.

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Slaughterhouse-Five
1972 · dir. George Roy Hill
🍅 82%★ 6.8drama · science fiction · warPrime Video

Bleak drama, and it commits to that

Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.

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Fahrenheit 451
1966 · dir. François Truffaut
🍅 82%★ 7.2drama · science fiction

Action built on ideas, twice over

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…

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