Movies like [REC]²

28 Days Later is a British-American post-apocalyptic film featuring a potent virus that turns people into aggressive zombie-like creatures. The film's gritty approach to the zombie genre and the explorations of a desolate and chaotic world will engage viewers who are enamored with the intensity of [REC]².

Cloverfield stands out for its found-footage narration and intense action sequences similar to [REC]². It places viewers right in the middle of a disaster scenario in New York City, where a group of friends attempts to survive a monstrous attack, capturing the chaos through the lens of a handheld camera.

Although not a found-footage film, World War Z delivers on the widespread pandemic and action front, showcasing a global zombie outbreak with frenetic scenes of societal collapse. Enthusiasts of the panic and fast-moving infected in [REC]² would enjoy the large-scale undead chaos in World War Z.

The Crazies offers a terrifying look at a small American town subjected to a military virus that induces insanity and death among its population. Its eerie atmosphere, government conspiracy angle, and tense survival situations resonate well with themes explored in [REC]².

Quarantine is the American remake of the original Spanish horror film [REC], which [REC]² directly follows. Fans of [REC]²'s intense, claustrophobic atmosphere and found-footage style will find more of the same heart-pumping terror in this retelling of a deadly virus outbreak in a Los Angeles apartment building.