Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Cargo

If you loved Cargo, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Afterburn

Afterburn

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cargo for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Set against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. T...

#2
Zygote

Zygote

2017★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cargo for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The two remaining crew members of a mining operation in the Arctic Circle fight to survive against an alien creature....

#3
Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers - To Live and Die in Starlight

2002★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cargo for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After being punished for retreat from combat, Ranger David Martel is given command of the Liandra, a haunted 20-year old Minbari fighting ship. He's escorting ambassadors to a secr...

#4
Asteroid-a-Geddon

Asteroid-a-Geddon

2020★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cargo for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A global scientific summit debates and fails on a plan to stop a massive asteroid heading straight for Earth, with all countries blaming each other for the impeding disaster. With ...

#5
Timescape

Timescape

1992★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cargo for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Before they can complete renovations on their new inn, a father and daughter are visited by a woman seeking immediate lodging for her strange group of travelers....

#6
Riddick

Riddick

2013★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cargo for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon ...

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