Movies Similar to The 2nd Wave

The 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.

I Am Legend(2007)

Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville has faithfully sent out daily radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. But he is not alone.

Nueva Tierra(2024)

Alone(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.

Exam(2009)

Eight talented candidates have reached the final stage of selection to join the ranks of a mysterious and powerful corporation. Entering a windowless room, where an armed guard keeps watch, they are given 80 minutes to answer one simple question.

The Documents!(2025)

In March 2020, an ambitious tabloid reporter cooped up in quarantine must look into rumors of leaked UFO documents to keep her job, but she gets swept up in a conspiracy that could make or break her career.

DEATH SENTENCE: LUCIDITY(2025)

In this short drama and intense psychological horror film, the young Arthur demonstrates that it is possible to cope with his problems in the worst possible way.

Sea of Death(2009)

In the German North Sea a new cellular life form endangers mankind.

Self Isolated(2021)

After awakening from a coma, a woman searches for clues into her missing husband's disappearance.

Carriers(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.

Cuando no quede nada

Patient Zero(2018)

After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent infected beings, Morgan, a man gifted with the ability to speak the infected's new language, leads the last survivors on a hunt for patient zero and a cure.

The Damnation(2025)

Struggling debt collector, Jefri, awaits the birth of his second child with Ella in her 8-month pregnancy. Haunted by the loss of their first child, their high hopes for the baby’s arrival. When complications arise, they unknowingly turn to an illegal maternity clinic run by a twisted doctor and nurse couple, Iwan and Sandra. Jefri and Ella must fight for their survival as the clinic sacrifices unborn children to demonic forces. A terrifying night of damnation ensues, with them battling the survival of Ella and their unborn child from the clock-ticking and unexpected horrors.

Contagion(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.

Se7en Green Bottles(2021)

Seven political activists meet in secret online then the doorbell rings.

Songbird(2020)

During a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara.

End Day(2005)

Made in the form of a faux documentary, these are four possibilities - set within the circumstances of a single day replayed over four separate times - that civilization could be brought to an abrupt end...

Black Box(2020)

A scientist is sent forward into the future to retrieve collected information from an age of ruin that might save the human race - or destroy it.

Stay Home(2020)

During the COVID quarantine some of the biggest names in horror are targeted by a suspected killer. With no one able to leave their homes, will any of the genre legends make it until morning?

Like a Dirty French Novel(2021)

During a surreal lockdown where an airborne plague topples bodies to the floor, two estranged twin brothers—one newly freed, the other who stole his name and fate—find themselves entangled in a feverish web of deceit. A cosplaying femme fatale, a seductive voice on the line, and a gang of trickster pookas stir the smoke and shadows of this campy pulp-noir.