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Alien: Rubicon (2024)
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An alien spacecraft lands near New York and destroys everything as it heads toward Washington D.C. If it reaches the capital, it will trigger an invasion. Scientists and the military must stop it before it's too late.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, apocalyptic, mockbuster, high tension, political drama
Plot:
alien invasion, extraterrestrial, president, catastrophe, survival, military, disaster, teamwork, first contact, evacuation, alien, apocalypse, helicopter
Time:
contemporary
Place:
new york, washington d.c.
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Most similar movies to Alien: Rubicon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, tense, suspense and apocalyptic films with plots about survival, disaster, apocalypse, evacuation, catastrophe, end of the world and danger mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Alien: Rubicon: Alien Apocalypse (2023), America Is Sinking (2023), Independents' Day (2016), Rapture (2019), Transmorphers: Mech Beasts (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An unmanned spaceship returns to Earth carrying samples from Proxima B in the Alpha Centauri system. As scientists study the specimens they discover the alien elements are alive! Soon, the scientists must fight back as the small creatures replicate ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, tension, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
extraterrestrial, alien space craft, laboratory, alien invasion, problem, space and aliens, space adventure, research, space station, explorer, space, scientist ...
Time:
21st century
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95%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A mother and son find themselves faced with a brutal alien invasion where survival will depend on discovering the unthinkable truth about the enemy.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, harsh, suspense ...
Plot:
survival, catastrophe, alien invasion, alien attack, invasion, fantasy world, evil, good versus evil, life & death, monster, rescue, disaster ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
When glacial flooding causes a ripple effect of earthquakes and tsunamis, scientists must create sinkholes to absorb the water and makethe Arctic cold once more.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
tsunami, catastrophe, survival, flood, disaster, glacier, climate change, global warming, natural disaster, flooding, ecological disaster, apocalypse ...
Time:
near future
Place:
north america
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Aliens invade, this time delivering a clear ultimatum. The fate of humanity hangs in the balance as the U.S. President and citizens decide if these aliens are to be trusted ...or feared.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, intense, suspense, mockbuster ...
Plot:
alien invasion, teamwork, invasion, evil alien, government official, alien encounter, cure, save the world, machismo, media coverage, danger, extraterrestrial ...
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Deep underwater in the Marianas Trench an accident results in a devastating Tsunami that destroys the Hawaiian Islands as it continues toward the west coast. Panic ensues all up and down the western coast of North and South America. In an attempt to ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, serious, tense ...
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, tsunami, catastrophe, panic, survival, evacuation, apocalypse, scientist, struggle for survival, water, giant wave ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
61%
494
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When an apocalyptic event strikes, a group of people caught on the outside of civilization must take a perilous journey to find refuge.
Style:
apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful, captivating, scary ...
Plot:
end of the world, disaster, lightning, acid, survival, extinction, journey, apocalypse, illness, lightning strike, disease, natural disaster ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
20 years after the events of Transmorphers, a newer, more advanced species of alien robot descends on a rebuilt Earth, threatening once again to destroy the planet.
Style:
mecha, captivating, dark, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
robot, alien invasion, giant robot, invasion, extraterrestrial, earth, robot as menace, alien technology, battles, human versus robot, alien, alien encounter ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Linda is trapped when the nuclear power plant in which she works threatens a meltdown, while her girlfriend takes on a major storm which could destroy their island home.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, serious, bleak, tension ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disaster, hurricane, storm, artificial intelligence, nuclear power plant, lesbian, computer, race against time, nuclear, power plant, computer system, evil computer ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
55%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a super-volcano threatens the island of Hawaii, a team of rescue and disaster experts who are called in to help must race against the clock to save those in the path of the molten lava and stop the volcano for good.
Style:
captivating, exciting, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Plot:
disaster, volcano, natural disaster, rescue, lava, island, salvation, rescue mission, lifeguard, rescue attempt, tropical island, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
hawaii, pacific ocean
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a seemingly abandoned alien spacecraft is discovered orbiting Neptune, a top secret expedition is sent to investigate. In the derelict hulk they discover two surviving alien life forms telepathically linked to one other. 13 years later a ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, exciting, captivating, action thriller ...
Plot:
extraterrestrial, alien, military, female fighter, monster, female fight, island, alien contact, space and aliens, alien encounter, alien monster, spacecraft ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
For 5 billion years the Earth's core has operated like a giant, nuclear reactor. Now it's overheated, melting down like a bomb that's about to explode. The earth is being ripped apart at the seams and beneath LA, pressure is building. ...
Style:
psychotronic, exciting, suspense, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, natural disaster, weather, survival, race against time, love, demolished city, global warming, destruction, evacuation, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a volcano expert becomes convinced that a cataclysmic natural disaster is about to unfold, a volcanologist Professor John Shepherd and his graduate students believes that recent unexplainable volcanic activity as all of the volcanoes in the ...
Style:
tension, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, volcano, apocalypse, natural disaster, catastrophe, destruction, survival, fear, doom, evacuation, threat, lava ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
An airliner filled with 800 passengers is forced to fly fast and low, above farmlands, suburbs and skyscraper-packed cities or the tons of explosives aboard will detonate. When an elite unit of US Air Force fighter jets is sent to provide escort, ...
Style:
suspense, harsh, serious, tense, tension ...
Plot:
military, aerial combat, survival, pilot, terrorist, bomb, aviation, catastrophe, fight, fight scenes, battles, hostage situation ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Action - When a shower of massive meteors threatens an extinction level on Earth, the world's greatest minds devise a dangerous plan that will take the planet off its axis in order to avoid the impact. - Tia Carrere, Jason Brooks, Robert Davi
Style:
apocalyptic, tension, suspense, grim, dark
Plot:
disaster, asteroid, natural disaster, earth, mass destruction, catastrophe, chaos, survival, countdown, sacrifice, panic, rescue mission ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
No meteorites hit Earth, no terrorists put the world in danger, no atomic war was started, but something did go wrong. Contact between most towns on Earth has been severed. A small ring-like area in Eastern Europe still has electricity, and maybe ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, exciting, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, border, alien monster, survival, danger, soldier, death, friendship, society, russian soldier, catastrophe, dystopia ...
Time:
future
Place:
eastern europe, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When drones arrive in a flash, slaughtering humanity and stripping the Earth of its resources, a small team of scientists hiding in Los Angeles works to expel the drone menace once and for all.
Style:
psychotronic, suspenseful, exciting, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
drone, invasion, end of the world, alien invasion, fictional war, alien technology, humanity in peril, man versus machine, human existence, fear, evil alien, destruction ...
Time:
future
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
46%
94K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight ...
Style:
suspense, futuristic, apocalyptic, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
ufo, apocalypse, evil alien, alien invasion, alien, alien abduction, space and aliens, vestiges of humanity, alien encounter, fantasy world, creature, catastrophe ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, california, london ...
Similarity:
46%
496
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When three campers witness an alien mothership descending on their town and turning the population into "Altered" human beings, they team up with a reclusive stranger who offers to guide them to safety. As they're chased deep into the ...
Style:
suspenseful, mysterious, captivating, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
alien invasion, forest, survival, zombie, disaster, struggle for survival, alien, alien encounter, alien contact, infected, chase, escape ...
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a super cyclone threatens the entire American eastern seaboard, a lone meteorologist and a petroleum engineer must battle the elements to stop the threat.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating, mockbuster
Plot:
disaster, tornado, forces of nature, danger, heroes, evacuation, chases and races, escapades, lava, chase, partner, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
648
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Earth's position in the universe has become of vital strategic importance to those who have, until now, only studied us from the far reaches of space. Knowing our weaknesses, they have planned their attack, and now, in just 5 days, life on ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
alien invasion, ufo, apocalypse, human versus alien, alien attack, alien technology, society, end of the world, chase, mercilessness, alien race, humanity ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A volcanic eruption in Iceland sends a glacier towards North America, causing everything in it's path to freeze. A family man struggles to escape the onslaught of the coming ice age.
Style:
mockbuster, hilarious, apocalyptic, independent film, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ice age, disaster, natural disaster, glacier, winter, ecological disaster, snow, climate change, frozen, volcano, blizzard, catastrophe ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When a colossal tectonic shift causes the sea level to start rising, a microbiologist gathers the DNA of as many species as she can, while the military creates an "ark" in a desperate attempt to preserve life on Earth.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, mockbuster, independent film
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, mass destruction, save the day, survival, chaos and mayhem, chases and races, danger, chaos, forces of nature, escapades, hurricane ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard the mothership where they discover a portal to the aliens' home world. They manage to alert ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, mockbuster, tense ...
Plot:
alien invasion, space and aliens, evil alien, chaos, escapades, race against time, battles, danger, heroes, rescue, astronaut, epidemic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A scientist races the clock in an attempt to save Earth from a series of deadly meteor attacks.
Style:
tense, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, tension ...
Plot:
meteor shower, rescue, meteorite, disaster, save the world, earth, planet, salvation, scientist, planet earth, save the planet, catastrophe ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What happens when you ask the most powerful computer program, run by the most powerful computers, to follow, listen and predict human behavior? The program learns, becomes sentient and begins to behave like a human. When a master computer program, ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, disturbing, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, robot, computer program, danger, destruction, military, society, chaos and mayhem, humanity in peril, distopia, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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Story:
When a fearsome and ancient species emerges from the ocean, dramatically revealing themselves to humanity, an international crisis is triggered. With the entire population at risk, UNIT step into action as the land and sea wage war.
Style:
tension, suspenseful, intense, apocalyptic, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, kaiju, spectacle, international crisis, military, sea battle, disaster, survival, evacuation, first contact, fictional war, doctor who ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After the American Army shot down a UFO in 1947, generations of elite commandos were secretly trained to deal with the aliens' feared return. However, the extra-terrestrials never came back and the elite force was disbanded. Sixty-six years ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, tense, apocalyptic, psychotronic ...
Plot:
invasion, military, heroic mission, alien encounter, battles, disaster, save the world, teamwork, patriotism, chaos, machismo, destruction ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, albuquerque new mexico
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A SWAT team transporting a vicious crime syndicate boss must fight their way out of a county detention center during a catastrophic alien invasion.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, evil alien, ufo, swat team, extraterrestrial, murder, alien, space and aliens, save the world, escapades, heroes, death ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
366
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a devastating winter storm freezes over the whole of North Carolina, climatologists and disaster relief experts are called in before the entire East Coast is destroyed.
Style:
exciting, futuristic, serious, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, survival, catastrophe, ice, weather, snow, cold, cataclysm, extreme weather, freezing, science ...
Place:
usa, north carolina
Similarity:
37%
442K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
spooky, mysterious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, fear, survival horror, danger, creature, kaiju, deadly creature ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, september 11 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new york, bolivia, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
36%
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