Movies like Bird Box: 20 to watch next
If you loved Bird Box (2018) — a horror, thriller and drama film directed by Susanne Bier — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Bird Box most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like based on novel or book, post-apocalyptic future and blindfold. 11 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Leave the World Behind 2023★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Thriller
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Dead Sea 2024★ 6.4
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Stranded in the open sea after a fatal accident, a young woman and her two friends are rescued by a fishing vessel's captain, unaware that the ship harbors a chilling secret.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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The Hunt 2020★ 6.7
Shares: Thriller, Horror
Twelve strangers wake up in a clearing. They don't know where they are—or how they got there. In the shadow of a dark internet conspiracy theory, ruthless elitists gather at a remote location to hunt humans for sport. But their master plan is about to be derailed when one of the hunted turns the tables on her pursuers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Stranger in the Woods 2024★ 5.9
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Olivia and her friends go on a vacation. After Olivia nearly drowns with a slit wrist in her bathtub after her fiancé's funeral, her friends suspect that she tried to kill herself, but she believes someone attacked her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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10 Cloverfield Lane 2016★ 7.0
Shares: Thriller, Drama, Horror
After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Awake 2021★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Thriller
After a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep, chaos quickly begins to consume the world. Only Jill, an ex-soldier with a troubled past, may hold the key to a cure in the form of her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind.
Stream in India on Netflix
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28 Years Later 2025★ 6.6
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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God Is a Bullet 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller, Horror
Vice detective Bob Hightower finds his ex-wife murdered and daughter kidnapped by a cult. Frustrated by the botched official investigations, he quits the force and infiltrates the cult to hunt down the leader with the help of the cult’s only female victim escapee, Case Hardin.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Monstrous 2022★ 5.9
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Laura, traumatized by an abusive relationship, runs away from her former husband with her seven-year-old son Cody. But in their new, idyllic and remote sanctuary, they find they have another, bigger and more terrifying monster to deal with…
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Survivalist 2015★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Thriller
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Cargo 2017★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Thriller, Horror
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Knock at the Cabin 2023★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller, Horror
While vacationing at a remote cabin, a young girl and her two fathers are taken hostage by four armed strangers who demand that the family make an unthinkable choice to avert the apocalypse. With limited access to the outside world, the family must decide what they believe before all is lost.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Die Alone 2024★ 6.5
Shares: Horror, Thriller
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 and otherwise before a fateful encounter with Kai unravels a secret that lies just beyond Ethan's fractured memory.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Descent: Part 2 2009★ 6.0
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Distraught, confused, and half-wild with fear, Sarah Carter emerges alone from the Appalachian cave system where she encountered unspeakable terrors. Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened - or why she's covered in her friends' blood - Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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Hunting Season 2025★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Thriller
When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 2026★ 7.1
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Dr. Kelson finds himself in a shocking new relationship - with consequences that could change the world as they know it - and Spike's encounter with Jimmy Crystal becomes a nightmare he can't escape.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Domestics 2018★ 6.2
Shares: Horror, Thriller
A young husband and wife must fight to return home in a post-apocalyptic mid-western landscape ravaged by gangs.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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The Purge: Election Year 2016★ 6.4
Shares: Horror, Thriller
Seventeen years after choosing not to kill the man who killed his son, former police sergeant Leo Barnes has become head of security for Senator Charlene Roan, the front runner in the next Presidential election due to her vow to eliminate the Purge. On the night of what should be the final Purge, a betrayal from within the government forces Barnes and Roan out onto the street where they must fight to survive the night.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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These Final Hours 2014★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Thriller
With the end of the world only hours away, self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing father. This simple act sets James on a path to redemption.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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It Comes at Night 2017★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Horror
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads