Movies like City of Ember
If you like "City of Ember" you are looking for exciting, dark fantasy and visually stunning movies about / with steampunk, post apocalypse, save the day, danger, dystopia, uncover truth and survival themes of Adventure, Drama and Family genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
City of Ember (2008)
73K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, visually stunning, apocalyptic, visual, suspense, stylized, fairy tale, mystical, sincere ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
steampunk, post apocalypse, save the day, danger, dystopia, uncover truth, survival, underground city, girl, underground, puzzle, ancient mystery, friendship, post-apocalyptic future, post apocalyptic, tunnel, cave, book, robot, engineer, mechanic, medieval, isolation, mayor, apocalypse ...
Time:
future, year 2008, distant future, 20th century
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to City of Ember
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, visually appealing, entertaining and serious films with plots about escapades, chase, danger, fantasy world, catastrophe, teenager and destiny mostly in Adventure, Fantasy and Family genres. Some movies like City of Ember: The Host (2013), Hugo (2011), Tomorrowland (2015), The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.
Style:
exciting, teen, breathtaking, rom com, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
dinosaur, fantasy world, lost world, adventurer, twists and turns, mysterious place, underground, expedition, cave, imaginary, obsessive quest, danger ...
Time:
year 2008, prehistoric times, prehistory, 19th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iceland, italy, europe
Similarity:
94%
121K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free ...
Style:
romantic, futuristic, exciting, teen, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
interspecies romance, alien invasion, teenage girl, apocalypse, dystopia, true love, youth, evil alien, self sacrifice, teenage love, alien, love and romance ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013
Place:
usa, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Germany, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.
Style:
surreal, cult classic, visually stunning, gothic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
steampunk, dystopia, children, childhood, friendship, good versus evil, surrealism, cloning, flea, trippy, escape, mad scientist ...
Time:
future
Place:
france
Similarity:
100%
348K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Orphaned and alone except for an uncle, Hugo Cabret lives in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. Hugo's job is to oil and maintain the station's clocks, but to him, his more important task is to protect a broken automaton and ...
Style:
touching, visually appealing, period piece, visually stunning, fairy tale ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, kids, girls' night, teens ...
Plot:
steampunk, orphan, friendship, filmmaking, boy, childhood, street kid, longing, robot, harry potter, magical, destiny ...
Time:
year 2011, post world war one, 20th century, year 1931, 1930s ...
Place:
paris france, france, madagascar, iran, europe
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
199K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Bound by a shared destiny, a bright, optimistic teen bursting with scientific curiosity and a former boy-genius inventor jaded by disillusionment embark on a danger-filled mission to unearth the secrets of an enigmatic place somewhere in time and ...
Style:
visually stunning, visually appealing, exciting, captivating, teen ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
utopia, youth, time travel, destiny, apocalypse, androids and robots, young heroes, heroes, artificial intelligence, alternate dimension, boy genius, alternate world ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2015, 60s
Place:
florida, new york, houston texas, paris france, africa
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Upon moving into the run-down Spiderwick Estate with their mother, twin brothers Jared and Simon Grace, along with their sister Mallory, find themselves pulled into an alternate world full of faeries and other creatures.
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, visually stunning, scary, spooky ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, girls' night ...
Plot:
magical creature, fantasy world, fairy, magical, imaginary, children, siblings relations, magic, family relations, estate, parent child relationship, troll ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
new england, usa
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Three wealthy children's parents are killed in a fire. When they are sent to a distant relative, they find out that he is plotting to kill them and seize their fortune. This movie is extremely alarming, an expression which here means "a ...
Style:
gothic, fairy tale, offbeat, dark comedy, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens ...
Plot:
children, orphan, death in the family, child in peril, danger, dishonesty, steampunk, child, boy, siblings relations, destiny, nobility ...
Time:
year 2004, victorian era, 1940s
Place:
peru
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspense, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, survival, maze, epidemic, young heroes, apocalypse, dystopia, immunity, danger, zombie, on the run ...
Time:
future, year 2015, near future, 2010s
Similarity:
80%
Movie in collections
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
This time around Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, along with their pesky cousin Eustace Scrubb find themselves swallowed into a painting and on to a fantastic Narnian ship headed for the very edges of the world.
Style:
visually appealing, captivating, christian film, fairy tale, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
fantasy world, imaginary kingdom, obsessive quest, alternate world, parallel universe, female warrior, witch, dragon, magic, christian, good versus evil, princess ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
england
Similarity:
83%
515K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
distopia, heroine, rebellion, survival, fighting the system, danger, chosen one, post apocalypse, choice, dystopian future, dystopia, society ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
Harry starts his fourth year at Hogwarts, competes in the treacherous Triwizard Tournament and faces the evil Lord Voldemort. Ron and Hermione help Harry manage the pressure – but Voldemort lurks, awaiting his chance to destroy Harry and all that ...
Style:
fairy tale, entertaining, atmospheric, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, magical, witch, harry potter, boarding school, friendship, good versus evil, dragon, chosen one, school, wizards and magicians, wizard ...
Time:
year 1994, year 2005, year 1995, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Gellert Grindelwald has escaped imprisonment and has begun gathering followers to his cause—elevating wizards above all non-magical beings. The only one capable of putting a stop to him is the wizard he once called his closest friend, Albus ...
Style:
dark fantasy, breathtaking, atmospheric, mysterious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, family outing, family friendly ...
Plot:
witch, fantasy world, wizards and magicians, magical, curse, magical creature, harry potter, sorcerer, wizard, witchcraft, circus, good versus evil ...
Time:
1920s
Place:
paris france, london, france, england, alps ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Canada, France, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After overhearing a shocking secret, precocious orphan Lyra Belacqua trades her carefree existence roaming the halls of Jordan College for an otherworldly adventure in the far North, unaware that it's part of her destiny.
Style:
fairy tale, epic, visually stunning, epic fantasy, mystical ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
fantasy world, steampunk, journey, magical, alternate reality, orphan, witch, parallel universe, parallel world, imaginary, heroes, literary ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
england, london, oxford university
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, teenager, apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, distopia, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, youth ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A teenager finds himself transported to an island where he must help protect a group of orphans with special powers from creatures intent on destroying them.
Style:
dark fantasy, fairy tale, gothic, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing, girls' night ...
Plot:
time travel, fantasy world, time loop, magic, children, monster, imaginary, youth, superhuman powers, beautiful scenery, supernatural power, orphan ...
Time:
victorian era, year 1943, year 2016, 2010s, 1940s ...
Place:
england, wales, florida, europe
Similarity:
100%
2.5M
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 169 min.
Story:
Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, cerebral, clever, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
space travel, time travel, outer space, nasa, astronaut, father daughter relationship, space, dystopian future, survival, end of the world, robot, space exploration ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, colorado
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Accident prone teenager, Percy discovers he's actually a demi-God, the son of Poseidon, and he is needed when Zeus' lightning is stolen. Percy must master his new found skills in order to prevent a war between the Gods that could devastate ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, epic, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen fantasy, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
mythology, good versus evil, greek mythology, legends and myths, demi god, superhuman powers, teenage life, centaur, monster, greek god, young heroes, half breed ...
Time:
year 2010, 20th century, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
empire state building manhattan new york city, las vegas, nashville tennessee, tennessee, ancient greece ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.
Style:
exciting, scenic, captivating, fairy tale, sad ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
island, exotic island, little girl, young heroes, writers, imaginary friend, danger, single father, scientist, child, poacher, jungle ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
fictional island, patagonia, pacific ocean, san francisco, indonesia ...
Similarity:
40%
Movie in collections
385K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China, UK, Spain
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, futuristic, spiritual, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
destiny, dystopia, reincarnation, life & death, multiple storylines, life philosophy, clone, homosexual, distopia, post apocalypse, karma, tribe ...
Time:
future, year 1936, distant future, year 1975, near future ...
Place:
seoul, san francisco, belgium, persia, berlin germany ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy, UK, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Artemis Fowl the second, a young Irish criminal mastermind, kidnaps the fairy LEPrecon officer Holly Short for ransom to fund rescuing his father. Once a transaction is made, they go onto a hunt for the evil pixie Opal Koboi and rush to save Artemis ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, humorous, colorful, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick
Plot:
magical creature, fantasy life, fairy, magic, genius, dream world, humour, elf, fantasy world, mythical creature, child, mythology ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In their quest to confront the ultimate evil, Percy and his friends battle swarms of mythical creatures to find the mythical Golden Fleece and to stop an ancient evil from rising.
Style:
fairy tale, exciting, teen, epic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, pre-teens ...
Plot:
mythology, youth, monster, friendship, fantasy world, superhuman powers, heroic mission, demi god, young heroes, adaptation, legends and myths, greek mythology ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, ancient greece
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, USA, China, Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Set in a world many thousands of years in the future. Earth’s cities now roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive Traction Cities, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, exciting, dark fantasy, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
steampunk, post apocalypse, revenge, female warrior, chase, dystopia, good versus evil, capitalism, resistance, tough girl, post apocalyptic, danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
london, big ben london, europe, asia
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, suspenseful, exciting, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
disaster, end of the world, natural disaster, catastrophe, apocalypse, climate change, survival, environmental, post apocalypse, tsunami, global warming, environment ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, future, 20th century, distant future ...
Place:
new york, washington d.c., los angeles, antarctic, california ...
Similarity:
75%
85K
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
Style:
fairy tale, touching, costume drama, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, girls' night, teens, kids ...
Plot:
fictional reality, young heroes, adventurer, medieval, writers, imaginary, supernatural, book, parents and children, magic, kidnapping, heroes ...
Time:
year 2008, middle ages
Place:
alps, italy
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A Victorian gentleman hopes to find his long-lost son, who vanished whilst searching for a mysterious Viking community in a volcanic valley somewhere in uncharted Arctic regions. The gentleman puts together an expedition team to go on the search, ...
Style:
serious, stylized, atmospheric, epic fantasy, suspense
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing, kids
Plot:
steampunk, viking, island, treasure hunt, winter, archaeologist, missing child, snow, tomb raider, superhero, airplane, aviation ...
Time:
1900s, 19th century, 90s, 20th century
Place:
fictional island, london, england, france, iceland
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
While hiding from bullies in his school's attic, a young boy discovers the extraordinary land of Fantasia, through a magical book called The Neverending Story. The book tells the tale of Atreyu, a young warrior who, with the help of a luck ...
Style:
fairy tale, feel good, light, surreal, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick, kids, pre-teens ...
Plot:
dragon, magic, fantasy world, imagination, good versus evil, imaginary kingdom, book, child protagonist, evil force, child hero, boy, medieval ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s, future, 90s
Similarity:
67%
223K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a futuristic world where the polar ice caps have melted and made Earth a liquid planet, a beautiful barmaid rescues a mutant seafarer from a floating island prison. They escape, along with her young charge, Enola, and sail off aboard his ship. ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, serious, dieselpunk ...
Audience:
date night, kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, ocean, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, sailing, boat, dystopic future, water, sea, escapades, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, year 1995, distant future, near future
Place:
arizona, canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Spain, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
17-year-old Mariah Mundi's life is turned upside down when his parents vanish and his younger brother is kidnapped. Following a trail of clues to the darkly majestic Prince Regent Hotel, Mariah discovers a hidden realm of child-stealing ...
Style:
costume drama, serious, exciting, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
adventurer, steampunk, hotel, chase, youth, life turned upside down, teenage life, missing person, family in danger, young heroes, escapades, secret place ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
625
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, dystopia, post nuclear, post apocalyptic, distopia, wasteland, epidemic, survival, atomic bomb ...
Time:
year 1979, 90s, future
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, life is a bitch, pregnancy, escapades, danger, society, dystopian future, babies and infants, post nuclear, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
19%
Related movie lists
