Movies like Dead Air (2009)
The best movies like Dead Air (2009) are The Crazies (2010), Quarantine (2008) and Day of the Dead (2008). If Dead Air hooked you with its horror and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest rated28 Days Later (2002)7.2/10 from 9,060 votes
- NewestThe Night Eats the World (2018)Released 2018
The Crazies (2010)
Four friends find themselves trapped in their small hometown after they discover their friends and neighbors going quickly and horrifically insane.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisQuarantine (2008)
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDay of the Dead (2008)
When a small Colorado town is overrun by the flesh hungry dead, a small group of survivors try to escape in a last ditch effort to stay alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisVenom (1981)
International terrorists attempt to kidnap a wealthy couple's child. Their plan comes unstuck, however, when a deadly Black Mamba, sent by mistake instead of a harmless snake, escapes and terrorizes both them and their hostages.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like this[REC]² (2009)
The action continues from [REC], with the medical officer and a SWAT team outfitted with video cameras are sent into the sealed off apartment to control the situation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRammbock: Berlin Undead (2010)
When lovelorn Michael arrives in Berlin to return a set of keys to his ex-girlfriend, Gabi, as an excuse to see her again, he finds her apartment empty save for a couple of plumbers making repairs to the central heating. Just as Michael learns from the plumber’s apprentice, Harper, that Gabi has popped out for a while but will return soon, the apprentice is attacked by his boss who has unexpectedly and inexplicably transformed into a raging madman. Together, Michael and Harper manage to bundle the crazed plumber out of the apartment and barricade themselves safely inside. Within minutes, they find themselves trapped in apartment block under siege from a horde of similarly insane people, apparently hungry for human flesh.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like this28 Days Later (2002)
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the virus turns those it infects into homicidal maniacs -- and it's absolutely impossible to contain.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCarriers (2009)
A deadly virus has spread across the globe. Contagion is everywhere, no one is safe, and no one can be trusted. Four friends race through the back roads of the American West on their way to a secluded utopian beach in the Gulf of Mexico where they could peacefully wait out the pandemic. Their plans take a grim turn when their car breaks down on an isolated road starting a chain of events that will seal their fates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like this28 Weeks Later (2007)
Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the virus has killed everyone there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Happening (2008)
When a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States, teacher Elliot Moore and his wife Alma flee from contaminated cities into the countryside in a fight to discover the truth. Is it terrorism, the accidental release of some toxic military bio weapon -- or something even more sinister?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisPandemic (2016)
After a virus of epic proportions overwhelms the planet—with more infected than uninfected—humanity is losing its grip on survival and its only hope is finding a cure and keeping the infected contained. Lauren, a doctor, arrives in Los Angeles with her crack team to lead the hunt for uncontaminated civilian survivors, but nothing can prepare them for the blood-soaked mayhem they witness as they head into the Californian streets where everything is considered a trap.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisQuarantine 2: Terminal (2011)
A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisPontypool (2009)
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dead (2010)
When the last evacuation flight out of war-torn Africa crashes off the coast, American Air Force Engineer Lieutenant Brian Murphy emerges as the sole survivor in a land where the dead are returning to life and attacking the living.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisLand of the Dead (2005)
The living dead have taken over the world, and the remaining humans live in a walled city to protect themselves as they cope with the situation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisState of Emergency (2012)
Chaos consumes a small town when a chemical facility explodes releasing a deadly toxin. Moments after the leak, the town's residents show signs of mutation, causing the military to quarantine the area leaving any survivors helpless and trapped inside. The story follows Jim, a young man isolated within the red zone, as he eludes flesh eating zombies in an attempt to win back his freedom.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisFlight of the Living Dead (2007)
On a flight from Los Angeles to Paris, a mad scientist on the run from the CIA is transporting a coffin containing the body of a colleague infected with a genetically modified virus. While the 747 crosses a violent thunderstorm, the instability of the aircraft allows the corpse to get out of its container.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisWorld War Z (2013)
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDawn of the Dead (2004)
A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like this[REC] (2007)
A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like this[REC]³ Genesis (2012)
A pair of newlyweds must fight to survive when their wedding reception descends into chaos and carnage when their guests become infected by a virus that turns them into hungry zombies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Killing Strain (2010)
A man-made virus, 'The Killing Strain'-- an out-of-control swine flu-- turns infected humans into raging monsters. As it rapidly spreads, a group of uninfected survivors must make life-or-death decisions before the U.S. military firebombs the area in a desperate attempt contain the contagion. The survivors are unaware that the virus has already reached their group-- by infecting one of them-- and now the merciless metamorphic process has begun.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Extinction (2015)
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Night Eats the World (2018)
After waking up to find himself all alone in an apartment where a massive party was being held the night before, Sam is immediately forced to face a terrifying reality: the living dead have invaded the streets of Paris.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCabin Fever (2003)
A group of five college graduates rent a cabin in the woods and begin to fall victim to a horrifying flesh-eating virus, which attracts the unwanted attention of the homicidal locals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDoghouse (2009)
A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHardware (1990)
Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeath Machine (1995)
Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliable and has killed a number of innocent people. The genius behind this project is Jack who lives in a world of models, toys and magazines. When he is fired by Cale for killing a few corporate officers, he unleashes the ultimate killing machine called the 'Warbeast' against Cale and those who would help her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Resurrected (1991)
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Divide (2012)
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like this
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![[REC] (2007) poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/hgyJR4sgMsee6xMFM3xYiG6cDCh.jpg)
![[REC]³ Genesis (2012) poster](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w342/tI1534q0Up7PBcLdXdFerLmIXn3.jpg)
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Dead Air?
The closest matches to Dead Air are The Crazies (2010), Quarantine (2008) and Day of the Dead (2008). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Dead Air?
People who watched Dead Air most often go on to The Crazies (2010), Quarantine (2008) and Day of the Dead (2008).
What is the highest-rated movie like Dead Air?
28 Days Later (2002), rated 7.2/10 by 9,060 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Dead Air?
The Night Eats the World (2018) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Dead Air?
Yes: The Crazies (2010), Quarantine (2008) and Day of the Dead (2008).
How are movies similar to Dead Air chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Dead Air, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.