Movies like Only (2020)
The best movies like Only (2020) are The Crazies (2010), Contracted: Phase II (2015) and Parts Per Billion (2014). If Only hooked you with its science fiction and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedHidden (2015)6.9/10 from 1,296 votes
- NewestLove Me (2025)Released 2025
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 action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisContracted: Phase II (2015)
Picking up directly where the previous film left off, the story follows Riley, one of the last people to come in contact with Samantha, as he scrambles to track down those responsible for the outbreak before the highly contagious disease not only consumes his body, but the world as we know it.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisParts Per Billion (2014)
The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life-altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the billions who are facing this human-made biological disaster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies 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 action & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat We Become (2015)
A family of four is quarantined in their home as a virulent strand of the flu spreads into town and they are forced to the extreme to escape alive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisViral (2016)
Following the outbreak of a virus that wipes out the majority of the human population, a young woman documents her family's new life in quarantine and tries to protect her infected sister.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDomain (2017)
After a deadly virus wipes out most of humanity, the survivors are forced to wait alone in self-sustaining bunkers while the viral threat runs its course. Able to communicate through a networked video interface, the survivors wait for years and slowly become a motley family of sorts. But their fragile social ecosystem is shattered when, one by one, they start mysteriously disappearing from their bunkers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisHidden (2015)
A family takes refuge in a fallout shelter to avoid a dangerous outbreak.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisContagion (2011)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZ for Zachariah (2015)
In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly been driven mad by radiation exposure and his desperate search for others. A fragile, imperative strand of trust connects them. But when a stranger enters the valley, their precarious bond begins to unravel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisRed River Road (2021)
A family of four isolating against a pandemic virus that spreads through the internet and robs you of your ability to perceive reality - often violently - begins to unravel when they suspect one or all of them might be infected.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Into the Forest (2016)
In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness & starvation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & 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 action & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Survivalist (2015)
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEradication (2022)
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting them down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAlone (2020)
When an outbreak hits, Aidan barricades himself inside his apartment and starts rationing food. His complex is overrun by infected Screamers, and with the world falling apart into chaos, he is left completely alone fighting for his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies 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 science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhat Still Remains (2018)
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long-since destroyed by disease; but when a lonely traveler offers her a place in his community, she must decide if the promise of a better life is worth the risk of trusting him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisP1H: A New World Begins (2020)
The story of boys who are scattered in the past, present, and future to find the star of hope in order to save the Earth which is devastated by a virus spread by a group of evil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & science fiction
The Last Days (2013)
A mysterious epidemic spreads across the planet. Humanity develops an irrational fear of open spaces that causes instant death. Soon, the world population is trapped inside buildings. As Barcelona descends into chaos, Marc sets off on a quest to find Julia, his missing girlfriend, without ever going outside.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHomestead (2024)
A nuclear bomb is detonated in Los Angeles, and the nation devolves into unprecedented chaos. Ex-Green Beret Jeff Eriksson and his family escape to The Homestead, an eccentric prepper’s fortress nestled in the mountains. As violent threats and apocalyptic conditions creep toward their borders, the residents of The Homestead are left to wonder: how long can a group of people resist both the dangers of human nature and the bloodshed at their doorstep?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPerfect Sense (2011)
In Glasgow, Scotland, while a mysterious pandemic begins to spread around the world, Susan, a brilliant epidemiologist, falls in love with Michael, a skillful cook.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHere Alone (2016)
A woman struggles to survive on her own in the wake of a mysterious epidemic, which has decimated society and forced her deep into the unforgiving wild.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Deal (2022)
A mother fights to save her ailing daughter after a global pandemic worse than any seen before ravaged the planet, leaving resources so scarce you must pay for them with your life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction
Refuge (2013)
A post-apocalyptic thriller set in the ruins of a collapsed America, Refuge follows a family’s struggle to survive and rebuild a life in the absence of civilization. In the wake of a catastrophic plague, the family lives a lonely existence, struggling to maintain a sense of normalcy amidst a lawless world of roaming gangs and dwindling resources.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Awake (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: Fans watch both · both drama & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisLove Me (2025)
In a story that spans billions of years, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover themselves and what it means to be alive and in love.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFingernails (2023)
Anna and Ryan have found true love together. It's been proven by a controversial test. There's just one problem: Anna still isn't sure. Then she meets Amir.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies 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 & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Discovery (2017)
In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & romance
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Only?
The closest matches to Only are The Crazies (2010), Contracted: Phase II (2015) and Parts Per Billion (2014). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Only?
People who watched Only most often go on to The Crazies (2010), Contracted: Phase II (2015) and Parts Per Billion (2014).
What is the highest-rated movie like Only?
Hidden (2015), rated 6.9/10 by 1,296 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Only?
Love Me (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Only?
Yes: The Crazies (2010), Contracted: Phase II (2015) and Parts Per Billion (2014).
How are movies similar to Only chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Only, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.