40. The Mist (2007)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (290,993 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 65% (198,490 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 71% (146 reviews)
> Directed by: Frank Darabont
Based on a book by Stephen King, “The Mist” centers around a small town in Maine that is struck by a severe thunderstorm one night. The next morning, protagonist David Drayton notices a thick mist near his house and heads into town with his son to get supplies from the local grocery store – but the mist, which hides horrific creatures, envelopes the town.
39. Hidden (2015)
> IMDb user rating: 6.4/10 (20,779 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 65% (73 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 80% (5 reviews)
> Directed by: Matt & Ross Duffer
In this film from the creators of the smash Netflix sci-fi-horror series “Stranger Things,” a viral outbreak has swept through the United States, turning people into zombie-like “breathers.” A family of three takes refuge in a bomb shelter to hide from the infected – but they quickly run into issues that threaten their fragile security.
38. I Am Legend (2007)
> IMDb user rating: 7.2/10 (712,870 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 68% (1,130,096 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 68% (215 reviews)
> Directed by: Francis Lawrence
A medical breakthrough is revealed to be a catastrophe when its unforeseen side effects turn humans into a kind of zombies. Based on the 1954 novel of the same name, “I Am Legend” follows one of the survivors who is trying to find a cure for the afflicted. Virologist Robert Neville roams the empty streets of Manhattan with his dog, capturing and experimenting on the infected.
37. Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
> IMDb user rating: 6.2/10 (162,727 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 82% (13,011 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 70% (347 reviews)
> Directed by: Tim Miller
The sixth movie in the “Terminator” series sees the franchise’s original stars Linda Hamilton and Arnold Schwarzenegger reprise their roles as resistance fighter Sarah Connor and a killer T-800 Terminator robot, respectively. The pair set out to save a man who will one day help in the fight against sentient machines.
36. Soylent Green (1973)
> IMDb user rating: 7.1/10 (61,132 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes audience score: 70% (23,798 votes)
> Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer score: 71% (38 reviews)
> Directed by: Richard Fleischer
In 2022, global warming, pollution, and overpopulation have caused extreme shortages of food, water, and housing. Those that can’t afford luxuries like clean water, comfortable housing, and natural food eat processed food wafers known as Soylent Red, Soylent Yellow, and the latest, Soylent Green. A police detective investigating the murder of a wealthy businessman begins to learn what is really going on at the Soylent Corporation.
