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Movies that feel like The Quiet Earth (1985)

If you loved The Quiet Earth, the closest films we have are Blade Runner (1982), I Am Legend (2007) and The Andromeda Strain (1971). All three share The Quiet Earth's contemplative and cerebral feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Howdy Amazon Channel, Philo and HBO Max Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

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

πŸ… 75% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Geoff Murphycontemplativecerebraltensebleak

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If The Quiet Earth hit the spot, these will too

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Blade Runner
1982 Β· dir. Ridley Scott
πŸ… 89%β˜… 8.1science fiction Β· drama Β· thriller

Both land stillness and ideas at once

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

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I Am Legend
2007 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2drama Β· science fiction Β· thriller

The same two preoccupations: life after the end, and alone

The difference: A 2000s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

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The Andromeda Strain
1971 Β· dir. Robert Wise
πŸ… 68%β˜… 7.2science fiction Β· thriller Β· drama

Disaster sits at the heart of each

The difference: None of the bleakness that defines The Quiet Earth

When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scrambles to a secure laboratory and tries first to isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form, unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents.

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Primer
2004 Β· dir. Shane Carruth
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.7science fiction Β· drama Β· thriller

Tense drama, and it commits to that

A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.

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Sleep Dealer
2008 Β· dir. Alex Rivera
πŸ… 73%β˜… 6drama Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Science fiction with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.

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The Omega Man
1971 Β· dir. Boris Sagal
πŸ… 65%β˜… 6.4science fiction Β· action Β· drama

Both built around life after the end

The difference: Leans action where The Quiet Earth does not

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.

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Contagion
2011 Β· dir. Steven Soderbergh
πŸ… 85%β˜… 6.8drama Β· thriller Β· science fiction

Thriller built on stillness, twice over

As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.

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Under the Skin
2014 Β· dir. Jonathan Glazer
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.3thriller Β· science fiction Β· drama

Cerebral drama in both cases

A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

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The Platform
2019 Β· dir. Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia
πŸ… 81%β˜… 7drama Β· science fiction Β· thriller

Both trade on tension more than on being science fiction

A slab of food descends down a vertical facility. The residents above eat heartily, leaving those below starving and desperate. A rebellion is imminent.

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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
2014 Β· dir. Matt Reeves
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.6science fiction Β· action Β· drama

Thriller with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

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THX 1138
1971 Β· dir. George Lucas
πŸ… 72%β˜… 6.6science fiction Β· drama

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

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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Fight Club
1999 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 81%β˜… 8.8drama Β· thriller

Tense thriller in both cases

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

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