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Northspur (2022)
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a violent, post-pandemic world, a peace-loving man is forced on a desperate journey to find life-saving drugs for his wife - but to get them he must first help an ornery old man defend his cabin against all-comers.
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, tense, bleak, suspense, emotional, grim
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, illness, post apocalypse, distopia, struggle for survival, life is a bitch, social problems, problem, isolation, reluctant hero, lawlessness, quest, old man, wife, sacrifice, male protagonist, intimate, gunfight, minimalism, redemption, survival horror, road trip, post-apocalyptic future, drug ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, tense, suspenseful and psychological films with plots about survival, isolation, moral ambiguity, problem, claustrophobia, struggle for survival and life is a bitch mostly in Thriller, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Northspur: Broken Darkness (2017), Nieraali (2018), The Dark: Forever Winter (2020), Supernova (2019), The Blackout (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The exciting story of Sam, a broken man who after the world ends from a massive Meteor shower and the death of his son, is forced to survive underground. He and his trusted friend Troy along with a young female Rose, are thrust on a journey that ...
Style:
tense, captivating, dark, bleak
Plot:
survival, friendship, mutant, apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, battles, struggle for survival, meteor shower, loss, underground ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A pleasant road trip takes a nightmarish turn for gemologist Sunny George when he meets with an accident. As his life hangs in the balance on the edge of a cliff in the middle of nowhere, Sunny must not only contend with the great adversity he is ...
Style:
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Plot:
accident, survival, trapped, threat, escapades, struggle for survival, desperation, road trip, isolation, escape, male protagonist, claustrophobia ...
Time:
2010s
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94%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
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Story:
It is the last days and the Forever Winter has begun. Surviving in the deep woods, 15-year-old Lizzy is no longer a child but has been hardened by her experiences in a world that's quickly going to hell.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
struggle for survival, survival, post apocalyptic, abduction, kidnapping, child abduction, end of the world, life is a bitch, kidnapped, apocalypse, child kidnapping, post apocalypse ...
Similarity:
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776
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Three men, one place and one event that will change the life of each one of them.
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
social issues, villager, changing lives, social relations, social problems, society, village life, life is a bitch, lifestyle change, male protagonist, crisis, mature ...
Similarity:
76%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An expecting couple, a survival expert and four teenagers deal with a global blackout and the disintegration of society around them. In their plight for survival, they must endure the worst of human behavior.
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
blackout, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, solar eclipse, white trash, student, fight, eclipse, human nature, fear ...
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519
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A dystopian coming-of-age movie focused on three kids who find themselves in an abandoned amusement park, aiming to unite whoever remains. With dangers lurking around every corner, they will do whatever it takes to survive their hellish Neverland.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
dystopia, distopia, coming of age, children, virus, post apocalyptic, survival, dystopian society, battles, post-apocalyptic future, fate of humanity, deadly virus ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A desperate woman kidnaps and enforces rehab on her violent brother in a last-ditch effort to save their lives.
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
addiction, kidnapping, family conflict, sibling relationship, dysfunctional family, social problems, problem, family problems, life is a bitch, abuse, hostage situation, desperation ...
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64%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After 10 years of incarceration on behalf of his employer, all Su-hyuk wants is a normal life - one he hopes will include his former girlfriend, Min-seo, and their daughter, In-bi. But once you've penetrated the upper echelons of the ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
organized crime, gang, underworld, hitman, redemption, second chance, fatherhood, changing lives, bandit, criminal, life is a bitch, male protagonist ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
When an explosion at an oil well threatens hundreds of lives, a crack team is called upon to make a deadly desert crossing with nitroglycerine in tow.
Style:
suspense, tension, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
fight, desert, bomb threat, race against time, threat, problem, survival, desperation, isolation, slow burn, class conflict, convoy ...
Place:
south america
Similarity:
60%
699
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States inspires his fellow survivors to fight for humanity. The bomb has dropped, and in the blink of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, apocalyptic, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, missing person, danger, chaos, society, escapades, life is a bitch, post apocalypse, plague, journey, violence ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
60%
69
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A secluded island somewhere on a seas of the Northern Europe. A family of four has lived here for over ten years, perfecting the art of survival. They had moved onto an island to escape a falling civilization, to live in freedom, close to nature. ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
island, isolation, family relations, life, family drama, male female relationship, problem, relationships, social isolation, social problems, marital problem, social issues ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A loser enters into a real time game to win which leads him to explore challenges and brings out the hidden secrets from his past.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
game, underdog, secret past, secret, troubled past, problem, male female relationship, life is a bitch, relationships, redemption, self discovery, competition ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A burned-out professional sniper finds himself trapped in an all-glass penthouse by a lethal competitor and must find a way to survive and escape with little to no cover between him and the killer.
Style:
tense, suspense, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
sniper, survival, hitman, cat and mouse, claustrophobia, threat to kill, threat, deathtrap, murderer, death threat, struggle for survival, trap ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A young wife hopes to convince her husband to change his short-tempered attitude toward life, but an incident on a remote highway may finally decide the matter.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful ...
Plot:
young couple, revenge, anger management, lifestyle change, social problems, love story, love affair, changing lives, love interest, character study, domestic drama, confrontation ...
Place:
india
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54%
243
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rex and his men aim to kill the homeless people living in a local deserted school hoping it'll slow an ultra-deadly strand of COVID. Now, outnumbered 100 to 1, Hap must save his little sister.
Style:
tense, bleak, captivating, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
virus, homelessness, distopia, quarantine, pandemic, society, coronavirus, salvation, rescue, homeless, deadly virus, sibling relationship ...
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world’s population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study. Fearing for his wife’s safety, he breaks his quarantine – into a world overrun by monstrous Infected and a shadowy agency hunting ...
Style:
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Plot:
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52%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When a mysterious young man arrives on a remote Sub-Antarctic research station, secrets threaten the relationship of a married couple working on the island.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
remote island, relationships, couples, isolation, secret, relationship problems, island, job, male female relationship, problem, loneliness, secrets ...
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52%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After years on his own in a post-pandemic Oklahoma, a 17 year-old doomsday prepper meets a pregnant girl who brings companionship, but also the danger of a gun-wielding group of survivors hellbent on building a new world.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, coming of age, teenager, life is a bitch, struggle for survival, post apocalypse, adolescence vs adulthood, grownups, teenage life, dream world, maturation ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An emotionally gripping family action drama about a mother who will do whatever it takes to save her family.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disaster, rescue, fire, mother, firefighter, female protagonist, trapped, problem, trap, family drama, family in danger, marriage ...
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
48%
357
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After a meteor collides into Earth, a lonely rancher and a lost young girl are on the run from vicious mercenaries.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
survival, meteorite, survival horror, struggle for survival, crash survivor, young woman, end of civilization, armageddon, chase, pursuit, isolation, post apocalyptic ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A woman finds herself isolated in her remote home with her brother who is seeking forgiveness for the darkest moment in their family history.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
brother sister relationship, dark past, isolation, psychopath, forgiveness, trauma, family secret, family history, guilt, life is a bitch, relationship problems, family problems ...
Similarity:
48%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In a near future, normal life on Earth has been decimated. Paul and his two sons, Thomas and Joseph, have been living a half-life – tranquility by day and torment by night. Every night, after the sun sets, they face the unrelenting attacks of a ...
Style:
suspenseful, apocalyptic, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A debt-ridden father takes advantage of an unforeseen situation to disappear and live off the grid under a false identity. But a chance event occurs and the temptation to want to know his family resurfaces.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
disappearance, temptation, family bonds, family drama, fatherhood, secret, money problems, problem, social problems, regret, guilt, escape ...
Similarity:
47%
757
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Vengeance rides the open road when a young woman, traveling alone, encounters a renegade drifter and ends up in a fight for her life.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, psychological, thrilling, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drifter, revenge, car chase, female protagonist, on the road, hitchhiker, road trip, problem, risk, vengeance, criminal's revenge, threat ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Long after the end of the world people wander the fields and woods that once housed the cities of Britain, in search of food, warmth and anything that may help them survive. One of these survivors is The Man (Max Curtis), haunted by the terrible ...
Style:
bleak, independent film, psychological, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalyptic, survival, end of the world, violence, isolation, wasteland, desolation, ruins, desperation, moral ambiguity, redemption ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A young couple is compelled to leave their Christian missionary station in the Kalahari Desert after being threatened with death by an extremist militant gang. After crashing their aircraft they must battle man and beast for their lives.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Plot:
struggle for survival, plane crash, survival, lion, desert, couples, man versus nature, problem, nature, dangerous animal, stranded in the desert, wild animal ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Trapped inside an old mining complex, somewhere in the ruins of Chernobyl, a group of international mercenaries must band together to fight an army of mad men. 8 against 800, they just couldn't lose.
Style:
thrilling, tense, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
virus, threat, problem, ruins, post apocalyptic, siege, survival, underground, isolation, horde, violent, claustrophobia ...
Place:
chernobyl
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299
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Dives into the often ignored seedy underbelly of Maine and it follows Emma Maddox as she returns to her hometown years following the mysterious death of her brother, Mikey. As she reconnects with his best friend Tommy, the two rekindle their flame ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
redemption, revenge, small town, problem, bereavement, life is a bitch, lie, getting home, investigation, betrayal, friendship, coastal town ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
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179
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Germany in the not-too-distant future: The borders are closed, refugees are collected in camps and turned away or accepted. The mood is charged, a police detachment is responsible for keeping the crowd in check. Volt is one of the cops. He ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
police, civil unrest, ethical dilemma, dystopia, violence, refugee, guilt, police brutality, social commentary, xenophobia, moral ambiguity, dystopian future ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
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271
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When raw gold is discovered deep in the woods, a group of gold hunters arrive to mine it. Several neighbors in the area witness the hunters by chance and find themselves in danger. Among the witnesses, hunter Ki-sung risks his life to protect the ...
Style:
tense, suspense, captivating, disturbing, brutal ...
Plot:
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Place:
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