# Movies like The Day the Earth Caught Fire

> Films most similar to The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961) — director DNA, mood, and decade spread.

Source: <https://nextmovie4u.com/like/the-day-the-earth-caught-fire-1961/>

## 12 films in this list

- **[The Quatermass Xperiment](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-quatermass-xperiment-1955/)** (1955) — ★ 6.6 · 225 votes · body-horror, dread
- **[Quatermass 2](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/quatermass-2-1957/)** (1957) — ★ 6.4 · 144 votes · dread, paranoid
- **[The Quiet Earth](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-quiet-earth-1985/)** (1985) — ★ 6.6 · 616 votes · dread, slow-burn
- **[Fahrenheit 451](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/fahrenheit-451-1966/)** (1966) — ★ 7.1 · 1,068 votes · dread, slow-burn
- **[Alphaville](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/alphaville-1965/)** (1965) — ★ 6.9 · 614 votes · cerebral, neon-soaked, paranoid
- **[Mothra vs. Godzilla](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/mothra-vs-godzilla-1964/)** (1964) — ★ 7.0 · 335 votes · cozy, playful
- **[Matango](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/matango-1963/)** (1963) — ★ 6.7 · 104 votes · dread, slow-burn, surreal
- **[Charly](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/charly-1968/)** (1968) — ★ 6.4 · 117 votes · bittersweet, cerebral
- **[The 10th Victim](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-10th-victim-1965/)** (1965) — ★ 6.6 · 229 votes
- **[The Last Man on Earth](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/the-last-man-on-earth-1964/)** (1964) — ★ 6.6 · 481 votes · dread, slow-burn
- **[Panic in Year Zero!](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/panic-in-year-zero-1962/)** (1962) — ★ 6.3 · 102 votes · dread, gut-punch, raw
- **[Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime](https://nextmovie4u.com/movie/je-t-aime-je-t-aime-1968/)** (1968) — ★ 6.5 · 100 votes · bittersweet, cerebral, surreal

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