What to Watch Next If You Like The Gorge
The Gorge is Scott Derrickson’s genre-bending film that earned pretty decent ratings on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. Movies like
The Gorge is Scott Derrickson’s genre-bending film that earned pretty decent ratings on IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes. Movies like these bear the burden of coming as one of the awesome ones since the weight lies on the shoulders of two characters only.
We are here with a list of similar movies while you are wondering what to watch next if you like The Gorge. Although these films don’t rely on two characters solely, they are strikingly similar to the storyline and visuals as that of The Gorge.
Annihilation (2018)
As The Gorge makes use of Hollow Men before Levi and Drasa lunge deeper into what’s actually inside the gorge, Annihilation, one of the best sci-fi thrillers, unfurls the dangers at a slow pace, showing one creature at a time.
Annihilation is about a biologist and former soldier, played by Natalie Portman, to know what happened to her husband inside Area X. She witnesses unusual phenomena, mysterious as well as sinister, including rainbow palette, vile DNA hybrids, deformed plants and animals in the surroundings that make no sense.
Both movies pose the same questions: how the creatures were formed in the first place and how doomed relationships should be mended.
Genre: Sci-fi, adventure, mystery, thriller
IMDb rating: 6.8
Rotten Tomatoes: 88 percent on Tomatometer (critics’ score) and 67 percent on Popcornmeter
Cast: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny
Director: Alex Garland
Producers: Scott Rusin, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Eli Bush
Writers: Alex Garland, Jeff VanderMeer
Release date: February 23, 2018
Movie runtime: 1 hour 55 minutes
Monsters (2010)
Monsters, Gareth Edwards’ feature debut, is greatly similar to The Gorge as the giant tentacled creatures roam the area after a NASA crash. Rings some bells?
The story revolves around a photojournalist Andrew Kaulder (played by Scoot McNairy) who escorts his boss’s daughter, Samantha (played by Whitney Able) through the mentioned “infected zone”.
The lethal land with high alien threat becomes home to the harsh realities of survival, which was again seen in the survival settings for quests in The Gorge. The couple were running for their lives from the monstrous beings, raising questions about human relationships.
Genre: Sci-fi, mystery, thriller
IMDb rating: 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes: 74 percent on Tomatometer and 53 percent on Popcornmeter
Cast: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides, Annalee Jefferies, Justin Hall
Director: Gareth Edwards
Producers: Allan Niblo, James Richardson
Writer: Gareth Edwards
Release date: October 29, 2010
Movie runtime: 1 hour 34 minutes
The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
Another sci-fi feature from Scott Derrickson; why wouldn’t it be identical to The Gorge? The director is known for horror genre who loves to bring a specific cinematic style to his flicks; beautiful scenery with disturbing imagery.
Although the ratings don’t speak much of this film, the film comes out as a great attempt at the sci-fi genre. Saving the planet is literally the theme of the film where Keanu Reeves is seen indulging in a romantic plot as well.
Again, a genre-bending mastery by Scott, equivalent to The Gorge.
Genre: Sci-fi, alien adventure, thriller
IMDb rating: 5.5
Rotten Tomatoes: 21 percent on Tomatometer and 27 percent on Popcornmeter
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, John Cleese
Director: Scott Derrickson
Producers: Gregory Goodman, Paul Harris Boardman, Erwin Stoff
Writers: David Scarpa, Edmund H. North
Release date: December 12, 2008
Movie runtime: 1 hour 44 minutes
The Mist (2007)
While The Gorge saves some of the terrifying monster scenes for the end, The Mist keeps the audience at the edge of their seats throughout the movie. Thanks to its Lovecraftian creatures cloaked in the mist, a film with similar creatures as The Gorge.
A thick fog engulfs the town after a powerful storm damages the town of Maine, trapping the residents in a grocery store. The film retains a constant threat of dread, compelling the viewers to think what would be behind the mist.
The Mist is also about a military experiment gone wrong, creating an inter-dimensional rift, quite akin to The Gorge. The film doesn’t have a happy ending though- be prepared for heartbreak, we warn you.
Empire Magazine reviewed it as follows:
“Criminally overlooked in the States, this is one of the best horror movies of the last few years.”
Genre: Kaiju, monster horror, sci-fi, mystery, thriller
IMDb rating: 7.1
Rotten Tomatoes: 73 percent on Tomatometer and 65 percent on Popcornmeter
Cast: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden, Andre Brauggher, Toby Jones
Director: Frank Darabont
Producers: Frank Darabont, Liz Glotzer
Writers: Frank Darabont, Stephen King
Release date: November 21, 2007
Movie runtime: 2 hours 6 minutes
Resident Evil (2002)
Based on the video game series of the same name, Resident Evil is about a group of commandos who are assigned the task of shutting down a genetic laboratory where a virus breaks out, turning the employees and animals into deadly zombies.
Milla Jovovich became an emblematic character, Alice, for the Resident Evil films as she gets caught in the corporate deception inculcating infected zombies, mutant creatures, and what not.
A similar fascination with mysterious facilities is witnessed in The Gorge continuing with the layers of conspiracy. However, Resident Evil comes with claustrophobic battlegrounds within the facility that hide new threats at every step.
Genre: Zombie horror, action, sci-fi
IMDb rating: 6.6
Rotten Tomatoes: 36 percent on Tomatometer and 67 percent on Popcornmeter
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Eric Mabius, Ryan McCluskey, Oscar Pearce
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Producers: Jeremy Bolt, Bernd Eichinger, Samuel Hadida, Paul W.S. Anderson
Writer: Paul W.S. Anderson, Alan B. McElroy
Release date: March 15, 2002
Movie runtime: 1 hour 40 minutes
What to watch next if you like The Gorge? Other top favorites:
Overlord (2018), Underworld (2003), The Maze Runner (2014), Pandorum (2009), Spectral (2016)
Which one would you like to watch first? Comment to let us know.
