Movies like I Am Legend
I Am Legend (2007) is a sci-fi movie directed by Francis Lawrence. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)
★ 6.7 · 11,295 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Thriller
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD’s vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
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2. World War Z (2013)
★ 6.9 · 17,167 votes · Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
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.
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3. Contagion (2011)
★ 6.7 · 6,767 votes · Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi
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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4. 28 Days Later (2002)
★ 7.2 · 8,972 votes · Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
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.
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5. Twelve Monkeys (1995)
★ 7.6 · 9,469 votes · Sci-Fi, Thriller, Mystery
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly and the son of a famous virus expert who may hold the key to the Army of the 12 Monkeys; thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
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6. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
★ 7.6 · 24,768 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
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7. #Alive (2020)
★ 7.2 · 2,131 votes · Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
As a grisly virus rampages a city, a lone man stays locked inside his apartment, digitally cut off from seeking help and desperate to find a way out.
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8. Train to Busan (2016)
★ 7.8 · 8,838 votes · Action, Horror, Thriller
When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.
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9. The Fifth Element (1997)
★ 7.6 · 12,248 votes · Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
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10. The Book of Eli (2010)
★ 6.8 · 6,947 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
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.
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11. Dawn of the Dead (2004)
★ 7.1 · 4,759 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi, Action
A group of survivors take refuge in a shopping mall after the world is taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies.
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12. War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
★ 7.2 · 10,031 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi, War
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
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13. The Terminator (1984)
★ 7.7 · 15,278 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
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14. The Matrix (1999)
★ 8.3 · 28,961 votes · Action, Sci-Fi
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
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15. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
★ 6.8 · 19,233 votes · Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
A teenage Peter Parker grapples with both high school and amazing super-human crises as his alter-ego Spider-Man.
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16. Warm Bodies (2013)
★ 6.5 · 6,520 votes · Horror, Comedy, Romance
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
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17. Snowpiercer (2013)
★ 6.9 · 10,757 votes · Action, Sci-Fi, Drama
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
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18. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)
★ 6.8 · 17,097 votes · Sci-Fi, Adventure, Thriller
After surviving the Quarter Quell, Katniss finds herself in the hidden stronghold of District 13, where the rebellion against the Capitol is gaining momentum. Struggling with the weight of becoming the symbol of resistance, she must navigate fragile alliances while trying to protect those she loves. As propaganda battles rage and Panem moves closer to full-scale war, Katniss is forced to confront the true cost of revolution.
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19. The Quiet Earth (1985)
★ 6.7 · 666 votes · Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
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20. The Martian (2015)
★ 7.7 · 21,956 votes · Sci-Fi, Drama, Adventure
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
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