Movies like The 5th Wave
24 films close to The 5th Wave (2016) on how it feels, not just what shelf it sits on — with what each one shares with it underneath.
alien invasion, human subjugation, based on novel or book · Adventure, Science Fiction
based on young adult novel, based on novel or book, dystopia · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
based on novel or book, dystopia, based on young adult novel · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
based on novel or book, dystopia, based on young adult novel · Action, Adventure
dystopia, alien, alien invasion · Action, Science Fiction
based on novel or book, dystopia, based on young adult novel · Adventure, Science Fiction
alien, alien invasion · Action, Science Fiction · Columbia Pictures
based on novel or book, dystopia, based on young adult novel · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
based on novel or book, dystopia, based on young adult novel · Adventure, Science Fiction
based on novel or book, based on young adult novel, alien · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
alien invasion · Action, Science Fiction
based on novel or book, based on young adult novel · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
based on novel or book, dystopia, based on young adult novel · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
based on novel or book, dystopia · Action, Science Fiction · GK Films
dystopia, alien · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction · Columbia Pictures
alien, alien invasion · Action, Science Fiction
based on novel or book, dystopia, based on young adult novel · Action, Science Fiction
based on novel or book, dystopia, based on young adult novel · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
alien invasion · Action, Science Fiction
dystopia · Action, Science Fiction
alien invasion · Action, Science Fiction
dystopia, alien · Action, Science Fiction
alien, alien invasion · Action, Science Fiction
based on young adult novel, based on novel or book, dystopia · Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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Matches are drawn from Cinnamon DB’s emotional fingerprint — a reading of how a film actually plays rather than how it is catalogued — then weighted by shared subject, cast, studio and era. That is why a documentary can sit beside a space epic, and why the same director appears at most twice.