
Movies that feel like28 Years Later (2025)
If you loved 28 Years Later, the closest films we have are A Quiet Place: Day One (2024), Companion (2025) and Resident Evil (2026). All three share 28 Years Later's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Endless (2017).
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If 28 Years Later hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: 28 Days Later (2002) · 28 Weeks Later (2007)

Two things both keep coming back to: survival and survival horror

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

The same two preoccupations: zombie, and zombie apocalypse
The difference: Easier on the tension than 28 Years Later

Both keep coming back to the same thing: survival

Common ground: cult

Cerebral horror, and it commits to that
The difference: Trades the tension of 28 Years Later for an angle of its own

Thriller with a pulse of tension, in both cases
The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

Both lean on dread more than on science fiction

One thread runs through both: cult

Horror built on unease, twice over
The difference: Sits closer to mystery than 28 Years Later does

Both are built on the same subject: zombie
The difference: Leans harder into action than 28 Years Later does

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