Movies Like How I Live Now

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

28 Days Later

2002·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Danny Boyle

TMDB recommendsThemes: post-apocalyptic future, survival

The Survivalist

2015·1h 44m·★ 6.4·Stephen Fingleton

Themes: post-apocalyptic future, survivalFans also likedDrama & Science Fiction

The Last Survivors

2014·1h 35m·★ 5.3·Tom Hammock

Themes: post-apocalyptic future, survivalFans also liked

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

2013·2h 26m·★ 7.5·Francis Lawrence

Themes: based on young adult novel, survivalFans also liked

28 Years Later

2025·1h 55m·★ 6.6·Danny Boyle

Themes: post-apocalyptic future, survivalStarring Stella Gonet

Dangerous Liaisons

1988·1h 59m·★ 7.5·Stephen Frears

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Mifune

1999·1h 38m·★ 7.1·Søren Kragh-Jacobsen

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The People

1972·1h 14m·★ 5.8·John Korty

TMDB recommendsDrama & Science Fiction

Hostile

2018·1h 22m·★ 5.3·Mathieu Turi

Fans also likedDrama & Romance & Science Fiction

Apocalypse Now

1979·2h 27m·★ 8.4·Francis Ford Coppola

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Back to the Future

1985·1h 56m·★ 8.5·Robert Zemeckis

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A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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2001: A Space Odyssey

1968·2h 29m·★ 8.3·Stanley Kubrick

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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

2003·1h 43m·★ 8.0·Kim Ki-duk

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Rosemary's Baby

1968·2h 18m·★ 8.0·Roman Polanski

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The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957·2h 42m·★ 8.1·David Lean

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Brazil

1985·2h 23m·★ 7.8·Terry Gilliam

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Mad Max: Fury Road

2015·2h 1m·★ 8.1·George Miller

Themes: post-apocalyptic future, survival

Hero

2002·1h 39m·★ 7.9·Zhang Yimou

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Lolita

1962·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Stanley Kubrick

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