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Afterburn (2025)
6K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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. The story revolves around a group of treasure hunters who extract such objects as the Mona Lisa, the Rosetta Stone and the Crown Jewels while facing rival hunters, mutants and pirates.
Style:
bleak, action adventure, tense, apocalyptic, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film, f word, dystopian
Plot:
survival, solar flare, mona lisa, dystopia, radiation, mutant, quest, wasteland, pirate, rivalry, redemption, moral dilemma, exploration, post apocalypse, distopia, dark humor, post-apocalyptic future, martial arts, tank, village, chess, airplane, combat, cannibal, fight ...
Place:
france, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film and f word films with plots about danger, fight, held at gunpoint, violence, death, brawl and murder mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Afterburn: The Killer's Game (2024), Equalizer 2000 (1987), Bounty Killer (2013), Raiders of the Sun (1992), Search and Destroy (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA, UK, Hungary
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When top hitman Joe Flood is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he decides to take matters into his own hands – by taking a hit out on himself. But when the very hitmen he hired also target his ex-girlfriend, he must fend off an army of assassin ...
Style:
action comedy, black comedy, neo noir, surprise ending, f word
Plot:
hitman, pregnant girlfriend, assassin, terminal illness, mexican standoff, profanity, death, motorcycle, church, bag of money, ballerina, shootout ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
budapest, transylvania, geneva switzerland, zurich switzerland, vienna ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a bleak, postnuclear future world, warring factions struggle to claim the Equalizer 2000, the one weapon powerful enough to guarantee survival.
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futuristic, apocalyptic, slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
wasteland, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, woman with a gun, distopia, exploitation, motorcycle gang, desert, machine gun ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
alaska
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It’s been 20 years since the corporations took over the world’s governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to the Corporate Wars, a fierce global battle that laid waste to society as we know it. Born from the ash, the Council of Nine ...
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exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
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Plot:
post apocalypse, bounty hunter, vigilante, hitman, female warrior, female assassin, female killer, dystopian future, danger, society, desert, shaolin ...
Time:
near future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Bloodthirsty factions rule the barren earth. It's the 21st Century and a biological disaster has ruined the planet. Here, in a world where gunpowder is more valuable than gold, a few hundred survivors wage the final conflict for power and ...
Style:
apocalyptic, independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse, f word
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, distopia, bondage, kidnapped wife, bare chested male, dwarf, exploitation, male female relationship, village, biological warfare ...
Time:
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When American Ranger John Cutter fails to save a family being held hostage and loses his entire team in a battle with infamous Ukrainian Arms Dealer Igor Rodin, John is discharged from the army. Three years later he is approached by his old General ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
eastern europe, africa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
2021 - 5 years after the outbreak of a mysterious virus that turned humans into bloodthirsty, undead beasts much of the world’s population has been decimated. When governments were unable to keep the disease at bay, the Contagion Special Unit was ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, intense, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
virus, female warrior, zombie apocalypse, military, rescue mission, battles, top secret, game, danger, tough guy, post apocalyptic, genetically altered ...
Time:
near future, 2020s
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Germany, USA, Switzerland, Poland, Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
powerful, bleak, psychotronic, independent film, surprise ending ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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311
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Over one hundred years ago, a cataclysmic chain of events plummeted the earth into the dark ages which destroyed most of civilization, and the remaining few survivors attempt to change the course of events that led to the destruction.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
time travel, female warrior, survival, danger, heroic mission, chaos, escapades, rivalry, apocalypse, imaginary, disaster, woman kills a man ...
Time:
future, year 1999, 90s
Place:
colombia, pentagon
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Set in a post-nuclear-holocaust future, this sci-fi western takes place in the frontier city of New Hope, the only place around with a working oil refinery. Ever since a megalomaniac general and his followers took over the place, life has been ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, perverse, scenic, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, post apocalyptic, life is a bitch, heroes, survival, cowboy, distopia, cyberpunk, anti hero, soldier ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, revenge, drought, female warrior, water shortage, murder, survival, thirst, strong female character, kickass women, teenage girl ...
Time:
near future
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
47%
11K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Every six years, an ancient order of jiu-jitsu fighters joins forces to battle a vicious race of alien invaders. But when a celebrated war hero goes down in defeat, the fate of the planet and mankind hangs in the balance.
Style:
light, stylized, intense, exciting, perverse ...
Plot:
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Place:
burma
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a not too distant future, a totalitarian state run by ‘The Director” (Seagal) controls all aspects of life. All enemies of the state are dealt in the harshest way. Most of them are executed by the secret government’s assassins. The best ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
martial arts, female warrior, coup d'etat, aikido, violence, assassination plot, revenge, murder, corruption, political corruption, spy, chase ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The continuing escapades of the Suicide Squad.
Style:
entertaining, funny, visually stunning, perverse, saga ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., south america, america, louisiana
Similarity:
44%
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, perverse, exciting, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles
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Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, captivating, futuristic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
futuristic, psychotronic, semi serious, suspenseful, tech noir ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, black comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
deaf mute, revenge, orphan, brother sister relationship, battles, mixed martial arts, warrior, martial arts, master warrior, violence, repression, hate ...
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a botched heist, Eddie a murderous crime boss, hunts down the seductive thief Karen who failed him. In order to win back Eddie’s trust, Karen recruits her ex-lover and premier thief Jack to steal a cargo of rare precious gems. But when the ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, mississippi
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: China, USA, Thailand
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
exciting, captivating, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
danger, escapades, blood, murder, war, survival, rescue, hopes, society, culture clash, catastrophe, gunfight ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
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Similarity:
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34K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
near future
Place:
maine, boston, new york
Similarity:
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70K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
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Style:
perverse, spiritual, suspense, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The year 2050 the planet has become overpopulated, to help control population the government develops a race. The Death Race. Annually competitors race across the country scoring points for killing people with their vehicles.
Style:
exciting, humorous, suspense, captivating, double entendre ...
Plot:
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Place:
new york, baltimore, las vegas, los angeles, new jersey ...
Similarity:
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Third entry in the "Deadpool" franchise. Plot TBA.
Style:
buddy comedy, raunchy comedy, entertaining, psychotronic, action packed ...
Plot:
multiverse, x men, avenger, masked hero, final battle, regeneration, epic battle, redemption, mind reading, vulgar language, heroes, bald woman ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
north dakota, new york, canada, north america
Similarity:
37%
98K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An LA vampire hunter has a week to come up with the cash to pay for his kid's tuition and braces. Trying to make a living these days just might kill him.
Style:
buddy comedy, exciting, realistic, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
vampire, vampire hunter, father, supernatural, monster, job, family relations, daughter, love, fight, brawl, vampirism ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
37%
301K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The fourth installment in The Matrix franchise. Plot unknown.
Style:
cerebral, psychological, saga, tech noir, cyber ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
virtual reality, dystopia, distopia, martial artist, artificial intelligence, female warrior, anti heroine, tough girl, therapist, mental health, robot, fight ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
usa, tokyo, paris france, san francisco
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, China, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.
Style:
suspense, perverse, disturbing, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Plot:
redemption, gunfight, reincarnation, spy, rescue, haunted by the past, revenge, dark hero, tragic hero, one against many, conspiracy, near death experience ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
south africa, cape town south africa, africa, hong kong, florida ...
Similarity:
35%
1.2M
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Deadpool tells the origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, manly ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
america, usa, new york
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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