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Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
11K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Forbin is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer that will run all of America's nuclear defenses. Shortly after being turned on, it detects the existence of Guardian, the Soviet counterpart, previously unknown to US Planners. Both computers insist that they be linked, and after taking safeguards to preserve confidential material, each side agrees to allow it. As soon as the link is established the two become a new Super computer and threaten the world with the immediate launch of nuclear weapons if they are detached. Colossus begins to give its plans for the management of the world under its guidance. Forbin and the other scientists form a technological resistance to Colossus which must operate underground.
Style:
intelligent, philosophical, apocalyptic, dramatic, suspenseful, cyber, suspense, psychotronic, depressing, political ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, computer, evil computer, cold war, scientist, dystopia, science runs amok, cyborgs, cyberpunk, mathematics, super computer, talking computer, human versus computer, robot, disaster, surveillance, nuclear war, distopia, dystopic future, man versus machine, dystopian future, nuclear threat, apocalypse, hacker, computer science ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, colorado, canada, ussr, washington d.c., soviet union, moscow russia ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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tense, suspenseful, suspense, action adventure, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york state, new york
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Country: Japan
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
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Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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30%
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Place:
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK, USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: UK
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Place:
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Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
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futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
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Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2014, 2040s ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
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boys' night
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Time:
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
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