Movies like How I Live Now: 20 to watch next
If you loved How I Live Now (2013) — a drama, romance and science fiction film directed by Kevin Macdonald — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of How I Live Now most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like countryside, based on novel or book and post-apocalyptic future. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Vesper 2022★ 6.2
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the possibility of a future.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Survivalist 2015★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
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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Right at Your Door 2006★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Foe 2023★ 5.8
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
Henrietta and Junior farm a secluded piece of land that has been in Junior's family for generations, but their quiet life is thrown into turmoil when an uninvited stranger shows up at their door with a startling proposal. Will they risk their relationship & personal identity for a chance to survive in a new world?
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Love Me Love Me 2026★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Drama
After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in clandestine MMA fights—sparks a rivalry that quickly turns into irresistible attraction, June must choose between safety and a love that upends everything she thought she wanted.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Blue Story 2019★ 7.3
Shares: Drama, Romance
Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to school in Peckham where he strikes up a friendship with Marco, a charismatic, streetwise kid from the local area. Although from warring postcodes, the two quickly form a firm friendship until it is tested and they wind up on rival sides of a street war. Blue Story depicts elements of Rapman's own personal experiences and aspects of his childhood.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Love Me 2025★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Drama, Science Fiction
In a story that spans billions of years, a buoy and a satellite meet online long after humanity’s extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover themselves and what it means to be alive and in love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Snow Angels 2007★ 6.5
Shares: Drama, Romance
Waitress Annie has separated from her suicidal alcoholic husband, Glenn. Glenn has become an evangelical Christian, but his erratic attempts at getting back into Annie's life have alarmed her. High school student Arthur works at Annie's restaurant, growing closer to a new kid in town, Lila, after class. When Glenn and Annie's daughter goes missing, the whole town searches for her, as he increasingly spirals out of control.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Harmony 2018★ 6.2
Shares: Romance, Science Fiction
Born with an energetic power to absorb fear from others, a young woman must find love to balance the fears of her own and fight an ever growing storm of negative energy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Omega Man 1971★ 6.2
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Into the Forest 2016★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness & starvation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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After the Dark 2013★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Panic in Year Zero! 1962★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be the first casualties.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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These Final Hours 2014★ 6.4
Shares: Science Fiction, Drama
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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The Outsider 2002★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
Montana sheep farmer Rebecca Yoder offers sanctuary to an on-the-lam outlaw, Johnny Gault, who is suffering from a gunshot wound. Yoder is a recent widow, and her decision to help the outsider doesn't sit well with her Quaker community. As a romance brews between her and Gault, it puts in jeopardy her standing among her devout neighbors. But when an evil rancher makes a play for the community's land, Gault's sharpshooting skills might prove his worth after all.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Wuthering Heights 2011★ 5.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
Yorkshire moorlands, northern England, in the late 18th century. Young Heathcliff, rescued from the streets of Liverpool by Mr. Earnshaw, the owner of Wuthering Heights, an isolated farm, develops over the years an insane passion for Cathy, his foster sister, a sick obsession destined to end tragically.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Awake 2021★ 5.8
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
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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No Escape 1994★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of murdering a commanding officer, is determined to escape the island in order to reveal the truth behind his murderous actions and clear his name.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Congress 2013★ 6.4
Shares: Drama, Science Fiction
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fire with Fire 1986★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Romance
A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now