Movies like War of the Worlds: 20 to watch next
If you loved War of the Worlds (2025) — a science fiction and thriller film directed by Rich Lee — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of War of the Worlds most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like government, attack and privacy. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Den 2013★ 6.1
Shares: Thriller
A young woman studying the habits of webcam chat users from the apparent safety of her apartment witnesses a brutal murder online and is quickly immersed in a nightmare in which she and her loved ones are targeted for the same grisly fate as the first victim.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Fifth Estate 2013★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Alone With Her 2006★ 6.0
Shares: Thriller
The harrowing story of a disturbed young man's attempts to win the affections of an unsuspecting young woman. When Doug first sees Amy, he instantly falls for her and begins to watch her every move, going so far as to set up spy cameras in her apartment. However, as his fascination grows into obsession he's no longer satisfied with just watching.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Firewall 2006★ 5.8
Shares: Thriller
State-of-the-art security system creator Jack Stanfield has cemented his reputation as a man who's thought of everything. But when a criminal finds a way into his personal life, everything Jack holds dear is suddenly at stake.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Good Neighbor 2016★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller
Two high school filmmakers decide to create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting neighbor.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Enemy of the State 1998★ 7.1
Shares: Thriller
When the videotape of the murder of a congressman unknowingly ends up in the hands of labor lawyer and dedicated family man Robert Clayton Dean, he is framed for the murder. With the help of the mysterious Brill, Dean attempts to throw the NSA off his trail and prove his innocence.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kandahar 2023★ 6.8
Shares: Thriller
After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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The Operative 2019★ 5.8
Shares: Thriller
A young Western woman is recruited by the Mossad to go undercover in Tehran where she becomes entangled in a complex triangle with her handler and her subject.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Assassination Nation 2018★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller
After an anonymous hacker begins leaking the private data of thousands living in a small American town, the townspeople spiral into madness, with four high school seniors at the center of the maelstrom.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Die Alone 2024★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller, 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 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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Off the Grid 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Thriller
After a morally-bankrupt company tries to weaponize a brilliant scientist's revolutionary technology, he goes off the grid to safeguard humanity. When the company sends a strike force to find him, they make their biggest mistake of all – they weaponize the man they are trying to catch.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, JioHotstar
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Eye in the Sky 2016★ 7.0
Shares: Thriller
A UK-based military officer in command of a top secret drone operation to capture terrorists in Kenya discovers the targets are planning a suicide bombing and the mission escalates from “capture” to “kill.” As American pilot Steve Watts is about to engage, a nine-year old girl enters the kill zone, triggering an international dispute reaching the highest levels of US and British government over the moral, political, and personal implications of modern warfare.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Contagion of Fear 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
A catastrophic train derailment sends the city spiraling into chaos. But the derailment is just the beginning. A biological gas attack sees crash survivors collapsing and dying within minutes. And the sickness is rapidly spreading.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Containment 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Thriller, Science Fiction
Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight to escape?
Stream in India on Hungama Play, Plex
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The Island 2005★ 6.7
Shares: Thriller, 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 his existence is a lie.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Canary Black 2024★ 6.2
Shares: Thriller
Top level CIA agent Avery Graves is blackmailed by terrorists into betraying her own country to save her kidnapped husband. Cut off from her team, she turns to her underworld contacts to survive and help locate the coveted intelligence that the kidnappers want.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Outside the Wire 2021★ 6.3
Shares: Thriller, Science Fiction
In the near future, a drone pilot is sent into a deadly militarized zone and must work with an android officer to locate a doomsday device.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Warning Sign 1985★ 6.0
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
An accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Anon 2018★ 6.0
Shares: Science Fiction, Thriller
Set in a near-future world where there is no privacy, ignorance or anonymity, our private memories are recorded and crime almost ceases to exist. In trying to solve a series of unsolved murders, Sal Frieland stumbles onto a young woman who appears to have subverted the system and disappeared. She has no identity, no history and no record. Sal realizes it may not be the end of crime but the beginning. Known only as 'The Girl', Sal must find her before he becomes the next victim.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Recruit 2003★ 6.4
Shares: Thriller
A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now