10 Best Movies To Watch If You Miss Silo

Silo is one of the most innovative and creative sci-fi shows in recent memory, and while it draws inspiration from many other projects that came before it, the series manages to feel totally fresh at the same time. The show’s sophomore season aired in early 2025 to equally positive reviews, leaving us desperate for updates on Silo season 3 – which should hopefully wrap up most of the questions left over from the season 2 finale.

Silo centers around a dystopian future where Earth’s surface has been rendered uninhabitable, forcing humanity deep into an underground silo where they’re safe from the toxicity of the outside world. The show explores the endless problems and large-scale conflicts that would arise in this lawless society, offering some astute commentary on how strongly our governments and social structures influence our lives. There are countless theories about Silo season 3, but while we’re waiting for those next episodes, there are plenty of great movies to scratch the same itch.

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Greenland (2020)

Directed By Ric Roman Waugh

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July 29, 2020

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Although Greenland flew somewhat under the radar when it was released in 2022, Waugh’s dynamic thriller about the end of the world is one of the most captivating and authentic entries into this particular subgenre in a long time. The story focuses on Gerard Butler’s protagonist John, who travels with his family to a government facility to seek shelter from the impending apocalypse. What Greenland does really effectively, however, is blend this global catastrophe with a much more personal, intimate story about the lengths people will go to protect their families.

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Gerard Butler has done quite a few movies about end-of-the-world scenarios and larger-than-life problems, but Greenland is arguably the most interesting one. Although it is not exactly a post-acopalptic film since the end of the world is yet to happen, Greenland can be a fun watch for Silo fans.

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Life (2017)

Directed By Daniel Espinosa

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March 24, 2017

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Also starring Rebecca Ferguson in the lead role, Daniel Espinosa’s Life is a very creative addition to the sci-fi genre that explores the unanswerable question of how to quantify the value of one human life. The film takes place on a space shuttle that’s carrying a mysterious specimen back to Earth for analysis, but the astronauts on board quickly realize they’re out of their depth when the creature begins to rebel against them. With excellent performances from Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds and Jake Gyllenhaal, Life is a terrifying space thriller that’s clearly inspired by movies like Alien and The Thing.

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The Road (2009)

Directed By John Hillcoat

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The Road

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November 25, 2009

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Adapted from Cormac McCarthy’s iconic novel of the same name, The Road is not only one of the best movies about fatherhood and protecting the next generation, but also a timeless entry in the post-apocalyptic genre that fully capitalizes on the endless possibilities of its concept. It around a man and his young son, played by Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee respectively, who live in a dangerous wasteland where humans have turned to eating each other in order to survive. It’s a chilling story about the endurance of humanity in inhumane conditions.

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I Am Legend (2007)

Directed By Francis Lawrence

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I Am Legend

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December 14, 2007

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Starring Will Smith in one of his most iconic roles to date, I Am Legend is an undisputed classic of the post-apocalyptic genre. The film displays much of the same simplistic storytelling and atmospheric world-building as projects like Silo, but it’s much grittier and more pessimistic in its depictions of how humanity might respond to these events. The story follows the last American survivor of a viral epidemic who wanders the streets of New York with his dog and attempts to reverse-engineer his own immunity into a cure for the rest of the world.

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10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

Directed By Dan Trachtenberg

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10 Cloverfield Lane

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March 10, 2016

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10 Cloverfield Lane is much more self-contained than most post-apocalyptic stories, following a group of survivors in an underground bunker who don’t fully understand what they’re hiding from in the outside world. While this movie isn’t as strongly connected to the other Cloverfield movies as some had hoped, it’s a brilliant exercise in single-location storytelling that relies solely on the tension between its central characters to keep the audience engaged. It has a similar sense of foreboding and crushing atmosphere as Silo, though it’s much more fast-paced once it reaches its final act.

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War Of The Worlds (2005)

Directed By Steven Spielberg

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June 29, 2005

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Steven Spielberg can conquer any genre he tackles, including post-apocalyptic science fiction, as shown by his 2005 adaptation of War of the Worlds is some of his most engaging work to date. The film is a retelling of H.G. Wells’ iconic sci-fi novel, following Tom Cruise’s protagonist as he fights for survival in the immediate aftermath of an alien invasion. Where Wells’ novel is much slower-paced and more contemplative, Spielberg’s version is an action spectacle that fires on all cylinders with slick camera tricks and big-budget set pieces from start to finish.

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A Quiet Place Part II (2020)

Directed By John Krasinski

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A Quiet Place: Part II

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May 28, 2021

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While A Quiet Place is an excellent thriller in its own right, Krasinski’s 2020 sequel is an even stronger example of how to immerse audiences in a post-apocalyptic world without drowning them in exposition first. The movie does a great job of making this barren wasteland feel tactile and authentic, which is a trait it shares with Silo. Boasting excellent performances from Emily Blunt and Cillian Murphy, A Quiet Place Part II takes the fragile family dynamic of the first movie and applies it to a much larger-scale thriller.

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Snowpiercer (2013)

Directed By Bong Joon-ho

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Snowpiercer

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July 11, 2014

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Each of Bong Joon-ho’s movies is filled with rich social commentary and important messages about the world around us, and Snowpiercer is no different. The story follows a group of class-divided refugees on a futuristic train moving through a frozen wasteland, where resistance quickly emerges among the poorer passengers to overtake the first-class cabins.

Snowpiercer is a cinematic adaptation of the graphic novel Le Transperceneige by Jacques Lob.

Alongside its powerful commentary on capitalist greed and class segregation, Snowpiercer benefits from the same atmospheric storytelling and confined locations that make Silo such an engaging show. This story has also been adapted as a four-season TV show.

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28 Days Later (2002)

Directed By Danny Boyle

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28 Days Later

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June 27, 2003

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28 Days Later has spawned multiple sequels, including the upcoming 28 Years Later, but none of them compare to the gritty storytelling of the original. The film is a brilliant demonstration of how easily human civilization could fall apart in the wake of a destructive event, following a group of survivors as they navigate the immediate fallout of a zombie apocalypse in London. While the details of its narrative may be very different, Boyle’s commentary on human greed and selfishness in 28 Days Later is very similar to Silo’s dark cynicism.

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Children Of Men (2006)

Directed By Alfonso Cuaron

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Children of Men

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January 5, 2007

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109 minutes

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Children of Men is often remembered for having one of the best opening scenes in movie history, but even that explosive opening doesn’t compare to the rich, mature exploration of humanity that follows. The story centers around a world where a global virus has rendered humanity completely infertile until one pregnant woman offers a beacon of hope for the survival of our species. It’s an extremely powerful film about humanity’s purpose in the universe, and how our greed and selfishness often blind us to why we’re here in the first place.

Much like Silo, Cuaron’s Children of Men is an extremely philosophical and “elevated” form of sci-fi that asks important questions about the foundations of society.

Much like Silo, Cuaron’s Children of Men is an extremely philosophical and “elevated” form of sci-fi that asks important questions about the foundations of society. The film uses this post-apocalyptic setting to interrogate what our world would look like without any government or social structure, putting the human species under a damning microscope and placing the audience face-to-face with the harsh truths of the world around them.

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Silo

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Drama

Mystery

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Release Date

May 7, 2021

Runtime

77 minutes

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Marshall Josh Burnette

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Jason Williamson

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Ilan Ulmer

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