If You Liked The Dog Stars, Watch These Next
Finished The Dog Stars (2026) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like The Dog Stars, most of them are science fiction, thriller, adventure.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.I Am Legend(2007)
7.2DramaScience FictionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
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…
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2.The Omega Man(1971)
6.2Science FictionActionDramaAlso science fiction and thriller
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.
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4.Twelve Monkeys(1995)
7.6Science FictionThrillerMysteryAlso science fiction and thriller
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…
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6.Greenland(2020)
7.1ThrillerActionScience FictionAlso thriller and science fiction
John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero,…
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7.Lord of the Flies(1990)
6.4AdventureDramaThrillerAlso adventure and thriller
When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.
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8.The Quiet Earth(1985)
6.7DramaScience FictionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
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9.Blade Runner(1982)
7.9Science FictionDramaThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
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10.The Last Survivors(2014)
6.1ThrillerActionScience FictionAlso thriller and science fiction
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
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11.Timescape(1992)
6.4Science FictionAdventureAlso science fiction and adventure
Before they can complete renovations on their new country inn, a widowed father and his young daughter are visited by a strange group of tourists. He soon makes a chilling discovery: they are disaster junkies from the future who visit the past to witness history's greatest catastrophes—and his small town is their…
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12.The Island(2005)
6.7ActionThrillerScience FictionAlso thriller and science fiction
In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last uncontaminated location on the planet. But Lincoln soon discovers that everything about…
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13.The 5th Wave(2016)
5.9Science FictionAdventureActionAlso science fiction and adventure
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
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14.Die Alone(2024)
6.4HorrorThrillerScience FictionAlso thriller and science fiction
Lost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he encounters Mae, a hardened and eccentric survivor. Together, Ethan and Mae face threats both human…
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15.Gold(2022)
6.2ActionAdventureThrillerAlso adventure and thriller
In the not-too-distant future, two drifters traveling through the desert stumble across the biggest gold nugget ever found and the dream of immense wealth and greed takes hold. They hatch a plan to excavate their bounty, with one man leaving to secure the necessary tools while the other remains with the gold. The man…
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16.The Running Man(2025)
6.7ActionThrillerScience FictionAlso thriller and science fiction
Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into an unexpected fan favorite — and a threat to the entire system. As ratings…
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17.The Book of Eli(2010)
6.8ActionThrillerScience FictionAlso thriller and science fiction
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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18.Children of Men(2006)
7.6Science FictionThrillerActionAlso science fiction and thriller
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
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19.Extinction(2015)
6.3HorrorScience FictionThrillerAlso science fiction and thriller
And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
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20.Pandorum(2009)
6.6ActionHorrorMysteryAlso science fiction and thriller
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more horrifying than they could have imagined.
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