6 A Quiet Place (2018)


One of the most recent additions to the post-apocalypse genre (and another hotly anticipated sequel), A Quiet Place's success is partly reliant on its very solid premise; remain as silent as possible, or risk being killed. Part of what makes TLOU so enjoyable is the sensory experience it gives to the player.

So many sequences are reliant on the player being able to hear where enemies are and remain as silent as possible as they sneak around them. With the sequel looking like it's ready to double-down on that mechanic, then perhaps this film could offer some useful hints.

5 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)


The surprise sequel to the surprise hit has more than enough tension to rival TLOU. Part of the game's best story mechanics is the way it plays with trust. Often entire sequences are played with characters who are highly ambiguous when it comes to their moral alignment.

10 Cloverfield Lane follows a group of people who, through a supposedly charitable act, find themselves sheltering from an alien invasion in an underground bunker. The film is a real pot-boiler of tension as personalities clash and people constantly lie to each other for the sake of survival.

4 Dawn Of The Dead (1978)


George A. Romero practically invented the zombie movie, and Dawn of the Dead may be his masterpiece. While TLOU is set well after the breakdown of society and Dawn of the Dead is right at the beginning, both movies use the zombie genre to discuss wider themes.

In the movie, a group of survivors finds themselves in a mall. After clearing out the zombies, they begin an idyllic life where their every need is fulfilled. A deadly indictment of American consumerism at the time, the film offers a bleak image of life that, ultimately, is not strong enough to survive the chaos.

3 The Book Of Eli (2010)


Denzel Washington and Mila Kunis each play a man and a woman who must cross an American wasteland, carrying a secret that could save all of humanity. While it is closer to something like Mad Max than a zombie film, The Book of Eli is full of oppressive and half-destroyed cityscapes that fill the backgrounds of TLOU.

Similarly, the action of the movie also resembles the game, with Washington as a brawler who attacks with a number of improvised weapons; including a machete and a bow.

2 Train To Busan (2016)


Naughty Dog is known for putting movie-quality set-pieces into their level design. Many sequences in their games make the player feel the way they would if they were a hero in a movie. The South-Korean zombie smash-hit Train to Busan often has the exact feeling that Naughty Dog is going for.