Movies like Left Behind (2014)
The best movies like Left Behind (2014) are Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997), End of the World (2013) and Christmas Icetastrophe (2014). If Left Behind hooked you with its thriller and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedGreenland (2020)7.1/10 from 5,635 votes
- NewestOn Fire (2023)Released 2023
- Same seriesLeft Behind: Rise of the Antichrist (2023)Left Behind (Reboot)
Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997)
A retired and disgruntled scientist is brought out of retirement to explain why tidal waves are wiping out coastal communities. But is he part of the problem?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
End of the World (2013)
In End of the World, the fate of humanity lies in the hands of two guys who run a video rental store and are “sci-fi obsessed” movie fans. And who better to save the world, than guys who have seen all the movies and all the “out there” ways to save it!?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisChristmas Icetastrophe (2014)
This Christmas, a super frozen object is going to slam into the Earth. In the middle of a small town, and very quickly, dreams of a "White Christmas" will turn into a FROZEN NIGHTMARE.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisInto the Storm (2014)
As a new day begins in the town of Silverton, its residents have little reason to believe it will be anything other than ordinary. Mother Nature, however has other plans. In the span of just a few hours, an unprecedented onslaught of powerful tornadoes ravages Silverton. Storm trackers predict that the worst is still to come, as terrified residents seek shelter, and professional storm-chasers run toward the danger, hoping to study the phenomenon close up and get a once-in-a-lifetime shot.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Day After Tomorrow (2004)
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLeft Behind: Rise of the Antichrist (2023)
After millions of people vanish and the world falls into chaos, a charismatic leader rises to lead the UN. However, his intentions are more sinister than they appear.
Why it matches: Same series: Left Behind (Reboot) · both science fiction & action
San Andreas (2015)
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGeostorm (2017)
After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone along with it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wave (2015)
Although theorised, no one is really ready when a mountain pass above the scenic and narrow Geiranger fjord in Norway collapses and creates a tsunami over 300 feet high. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like this2012 (2009)
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisVolcano (1997)
An earthquake shatters a peaceful Los Angeles morning and opens a fissure deep into the earth, causing lava to start bubbling up. As a volcano begins forming in the La Brea Tar Pits, the director of the city's emergency management service, working with a geologist, must then use every resource in the city to try and stop the volcano from consuming LA.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Core (2003)
Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes discovers that an unknown force has caused the earth's inner core to stop rotating. With the planet's magnetic field rapidly deteriorating, our atmosphere literally starts to come apart at the seams with catastrophic consequences. To resolve the crisis, Keyes, along with a team of the world's most gifted scientists, travel into the earth's core. Their mission: detonate a device that will reactivate the core.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGreenland (2020)
John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & action
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLeft Behind: World at War (2005)
A year and a half ago, the globe was hit with the biggest catastrophe it had ever seen. Without warning and without explanation, hundreds of millions simply vanished off the face of the Earth. The world was in chaos like never before. Yet somehow one man seemed to rise to the challenge. One man had the strength and conviction to unite a shattered world. One man gave the world hope. That man was Nicolae Carpathia, who now rules the entire world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Book of Eli (2010)
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEpoch: Evolution (2003)
10 years since the the first Alien object called Torus arose, two more have risen. The first torus changed the worlds view dramatically not just political but even on a religious basis. Dr. Mason Rand is on the run from religious zealots, Genesis Coalition, who fear the epidemic ramifications that will be brought on because of what DR. Rand knows.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
The Colony (2013)
Forced underground by the next ice age, a struggling outpost of survivors must fight to preserve humanity against a threat even more savage than nature.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisKnowing (2009)
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLeft Behind (2000)
After learning that millions have completely vanished, an airline pilot, a journalist, and others work together to unravel the mystery of those left behind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisArctic Blast (2010)
When a solar eclipse sends a colossal blast of super chilled air towards the earth, it then sets off a catastrophic chain of events that threatens to engulf the world in ice and begin a new Ice Age.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisThese Final Hours (2014)
With the end of the world only hours away, self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing father. This simple act sets James on a path to redemption.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWar of the Worlds (2005)
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHow It Ends (2018)
A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Last Man (2018)
Tov Matheson is a war veteran with PTSD who perceives that the apocalypse is coming. After starting a relationship with a dubious Messiah, he leaves his normal life and begins the construction of a shelter underground, training himself, in an extreme way, at the cost of losing everything and making people believe he is insane. When he also believes it, something extraordinary happens.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisGemini Man (2019)
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict his every move. To his horror, Brogan soon learns that the man who's trying to kill him is a younger, faster, cloned version of himself.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOn Fire (2023)
Inspired by true and harrowing events, an ordinary man finds his world suddenly torn apart as devastating wildfires rip through the surrounding countryside. With precious moments ticking by, he must flee with his son and pregnant wife if they have any hope of surviving the rapid forces of mother nature.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Darkest Minds (2018)
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCave Rescue (2019)
When a youth football team of 12 boys, aged 11-16, and their 25-year-old coach is trapped deep inside a cave in Northern Thailand, thousands of volunteers and soldiers from around the world unite in a race against time to find them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFigures in a Landscape (1970)
Two escaped convicts are on the run in an unnamed Latin American country. But everywhere they go, they are followed and hounded by a menacing black helicopter.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both thriller & action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Left Behind?
The closest matches to Left Behind are Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997), End of the World (2013) and Christmas Icetastrophe (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Left Behind?
People who watched Left Behind most often go on to Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997), End of the World (2013) and Christmas Icetastrophe (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Left Behind?
Greenland (2020), rated 7.1/10 by 5,635 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Left Behind?
On Fire (2023) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Left Behind part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Left Behind (Reboot), which includes Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist (2023).
Are there English movies like Left Behind?
Yes: Tidal Wave: No Escape (1997), End of the World (2013) and Christmas Icetastrophe (2014).
How are movies similar to Left Behind chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Left Behind, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.