Movies like Warning Sign (1985)
The best movies like Warning Sign (1985) are The Children (1980), Primal Rage (1988) and The Andromeda Strain (1971). If Warning Sign hooked you with its drama and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedThe Andromeda Strain (1971)7.1/10 from 861 votes
- NewestAwake (2021)Released 2021
The Children (1980)
A nuclear-plant leak turns a bus-load of children into murderous atomic zombies with black fingernails.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisPrimal Rage (1988)
A scientist at a Florida university inadvertently creates a "rage virus" while performing experiments intended to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. When a journalist for the college paper breaks into the campus lab, he's bitten by one of the infected baboons; the virus soon spreads to a trio of rapists and a valley girl, all of whom go on killing sprees.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Andromeda Strain (1971)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAndroid (1982)
Eccentric scientist Dr. Daniel and his shy assistant Max lead a quiet life on their space station, carrying out illegal research on androids, until they receive an unwelcome visit from three fugitives one of whom is female. Both Dr. Daniel and Max show an interest in her, but one of the other visitors has more sinister intentions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlue Monkey (1987)
A man pricks his finger while tending to an exotic plant and is rushed to the ER, where he is diagnosed with a bacterial infection before a worm-like parasite emerges from his mouth. As the infection spreads throughout the ER, the parasite is exposed to a genetic growth stimulant, which causes it grow to monstrous proportions and terrorize the hospital.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisBrainstorm (1983)
Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMr. Murder (1998)
A group of scientists are trying to produce the perfect soldier by cloning. The day the clone is born, Marty Stillwater, a mystery novel writer, feels that something strange is going on inside his body and mind. Seven years later, Marty discovers that his double has his same physical appearance but has the personality of a murderer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
The Terminal Man (1974)
As the result of a head injury, brilliant computer scientist Harry Benson begins to experience violent seizures. In an attempt to control the seizures, Benson undergoes a new surgical procedure in which a microcomputer is inserted into his brain. The procedure is not entirely successful.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Angel (1990)
Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. While involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner is killed, and a sinister newcomer enters the scene...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisImpulse (1984)
After a small earthquake in a tiny, quiet town, local citizens start to exhibit bizarre, violent and self-destructive behaviour.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisFlatliners (1990)
Five medical students experiment with "near death" experiences, until the dark consequences of past tragedies begin to jeopardize their lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVirus (1980)
Scientists in Antarctica desperately try to find a cure to a military virus that was released in a plane crash and has wiped out the rest of the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHolocaust 2000 (1977)
An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Crazies (1973)
The military attempts to contain a manmade virus causing death and permanent insanity in those infected, as it overtakes a small Pennsylvania town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBrain Dead (1990)
In a battle of man versus machine, Martin, a top neurosurgeon who's studying brain malfunctions that cause mental illness, delves deep into his own mind to save himself from a megalomaniacal corporation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisExtreme Measures (1996)
Guy Luthan, a British doctor working at a hospital in New York, starts making unwelcome enquiries when the body of a man who died in his emergency room disappears. After the trail leads Luthan to the door of an eminent surgeon at the hospital, Luthan soon finds himself in extreme danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStone Cold (1991)
Joe Huff is a tough, loner cop with a flair for infiltrating dangerous biker gangs. The FBI blackmail Huff into an undercover operation that entails infiltrating The Brotherhood – a powerful Mississippi biker gang linked in the murder of government officials as well as dealing drugs with the mafia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Nest (1988)
Horrifying shocker as a biological experiment goes haywire when meat-eating mutant roaches invade an island community, terrorizing a peaceful New England fishing village and hideously butchering its citizens.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDeep Red (1994)
After a young girl is accidently infected with an alien substance known as "Deep Red", the astonishing results attract the attention of the illustrious scientist Dr. Newmeyer. Disillusioned security expert Joe Keyes must team up with his estranged wife to protect the girl and her mother from the obsessed scientist who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & science fiction
By Dawn's Early Light (1990)
A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
Average American boy Chuck Murdock goes on a school outing to a nuclear weapons facility, where he learns about the destructive power that sits at the fingertips of the military. Knowing that the world could end with the push of a button, he protests against nuclear war by walking out on his Little League team during a game. Chuck's stunt ends up in the local paper, and as the story snowballs, basketball star "Amazing Grace" Smith decides to boycott sports, too.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Chain Reaction (1980)
Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisOutbreak (1995)
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Kindred (1987)
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mother's biggest fan. Together with some of John's friends they go to Amanda's house, but none are prepared for what they find there.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Manhattan Project (1986)
A gifted high school student steals plutonium from the secret nuclear weapons facility in his home town in order to construct his own nuclear bomb, win a national science fair, and expose the government's secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe 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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRight at Your Door (2006)
A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Quiet Earth (1985)
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAwake (2021)
After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisPanic in Year Zero! (1962)
While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be the first casualties.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Warning Sign?
The closest matches to Warning Sign are The Children (1980), Primal Rage (1988) and The Andromeda Strain (1971). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Warning Sign?
People who watched Warning Sign most often go on to The Children (1980), Primal Rage (1988) and The Andromeda Strain (1971).
What is the highest-rated movie like Warning Sign?
The Andromeda Strain (1971), rated 7.1/10 by 861 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Warning Sign?
Awake (2021) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Warning Sign?
Yes: The Children (1980), Primal Rage (1988) and The Andromeda Strain (1971).
How are movies similar to Warning Sign chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Warning Sign, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.