Movies Like How It Ends (2018)

How It Ends is a 2018 action, adventure, mystery, science fiction, thriller film from David M. Rosenthal with a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Geo-Disaster and Category 6: Day of Destruction.

Action Adventure Mystery Science Fiction Thriller

Geo-Disaster

2017

A chunk of dark matter shoots right through earth, causing various worldwide disasters. A family in Los Angeles struggles to survive the ordeal.

5.1

MagicScore

Category 6: Day of Destruction

2004

Three tornadoes converge to wreak havoc on Chicago, disrupting the power grid and creating the worst super-storm in history: a category 6 twister.

6.3

MagicScore

Krakatoa, East of Java

1968

A team of maritime salvage workers are about to embark on a recovery dive. However the 1883 Krakatoa Volcano eruption provides more pressing problems.

5.9

MagicScore

San Andreas

2015

In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.

6.2

MagicScore

America Is Sinking

2023

When glacial flooding causes a ripple effect of earthquakes and tsunamis, scientists must create sinkholes to absorb the water and make the Arctic cold once more.

4.0

MagicScore

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

2023

A lost cat, a giant talkative frog and a tsunami help a bank employee without ambition, his frustrated wife and a schizophrenic accountant to save Tokyo from an earthquake and find a meaning to their lives.

6.7

MagicScore

Fukushima 50

2020

Workers at the Fukushima Daiichi facility in Japan risk their lives and stay at the nuclear power plant to prevent total destruction after the region is devastated by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011.

6.5

MagicScore

End of the World

2018

As mass of solar storms causes tsunamis, volcanoes, and flooding, a city-dwelling family attempts to flee to the relative safety of a group of high-elevation caves several miles away.

4.4

MagicScore

Aftershock

2012

Mayhem and death follow when an earthquake traps a group of tourists in a Chilean town.

5.1

MagicScore

#10

2012

2009

Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth's core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world's population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world's leaders race to build "arks" to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

5.9

MagicScore

#11

The Parades

2024

A mother searches for her missing son after a devastating calamity, only to realize that she has died and is now confined to a realm of restless spirits.

7.5

MagicScore

#12

Voices in the Wind

2020

Eight years after the devastating tsunami, the wounds it left in Japan have still not healed. In her touching search for answers, Haru sets out on a long, eventful journey to her home town, where she lost her family in the flood.

7.3

MagicScore

#13

Himizu

2011

After two teenagers from abusive households befriend each other, their lives take a dark adventure into existentialism, despair, and human frailty.

7.0

MagicScore

#14

Tokyo Shaking

2021

March 11, 2011. The biggest tsunami Japan has ever experienced triggers the Fukushima disaster. Risks are being downplayed but the foreign community in Tokyo is terrified by this tragic event and the fact that no one is capable of assessing its scope. Among them, Alexandra, a French executive newly arrived from Hong Kong to work in a bank, has to face this nuclear crisis. Torn apart between fol- lowing the company’s instructions and going back to her husband and children who are still in Hong Kong, she will find herself defending honor and given word, despite the pervading terror and chaos.

6.1

MagicScore

#15

Captive State

2019

Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored. In a working-class Chicago neighborhood occupied by an alien force for nine years, increased surveillance and the restriction of civil rights have given rise to an authoritarian system -- and dissent among the populace.

5.7

MagicScore

#16

Evil Dead Rise

2023

A reunion between two estranged sisters gets cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

7.0

MagicScore

#17

My Own Private Idaho

1991

In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor. Together, the two travel from Portland, Oregon to Idaho and finally to the coast of Italy in a quest to find Mike's estranged mother. Along the way they turn tricks for money and drugs, eventually attracting the attention of a wealthy benefactor and sexual deviant.

7.1

MagicScore

#18

Lucky 7

2003

Instead of really living her life since losing her mother at age 7, Seattle lawyer Amy Myer sticks to a foolproof 'timeline' her mother drew as a guideline to help plot the course of her life. The timeline, which proves to be accurate in all other respects, predicts that Amy should marry her seventh boyfriend. However, Amy must question her instincts when she feels that her sixth boyfriend is the one she should marry, not the predicted seventh. Now she must decide whether to follow her mother's advice, or follow her own heart.

5.7

MagicScore

#19

Chasers

1994

Military men Rock Reilly and Eddie Devane are tasked with taking a prisoner, blonde bombshell Toni Johnson, on what becomes an unforgettable road trip. Toni, an enlistee who's in trouble for deserting her unit, soon proves that she's craftier than most inmates.

5.4

MagicScore

#20

Sinister

2012

True-crime writer Ellison Oswald is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like How It Ends?

The top films similar to How It Ends by MovieMagicScore are Geo-Disaster (5.1), Category 6: Day of Destruction (6.3), Krakatoa, East of Java (5.9). Each shares action/adventure/mystery/science fiction/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is How It Ends worth watching?

How It Ends holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10 from 1,979 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is How It Ends?

How It Ends (2018) is a action, adventure, mystery, science fiction, thriller film directed by David M. Rosenthal, starring Theo James, Forest Whitaker, Kat Graham.

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About movies like How It Ends

This ranked list pairs How It Ends (2018), a action and adventure and mystery and science fiction and thriller film from David M. Rosenthal, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Theo James take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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