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Afterlight (2025)
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
In a future shaped by war, AI, and fractured timelines, five interconnected sci-fi stories explore humanity’s fight for connection, survival, and meaning across time and space.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, atmospheric, anthology, existential, tense, emotional, dark, melancholic, surreal ...
Plot:
travel, artificial intelligence, dystopian future, survival, memory, identity, moral ambiguity, loss, resilience, post apocalyptic, cyberpunk, visceral, slow burn
Time:
near future
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Most similar movies to Afterlight
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, existential, psychological and suspenseful films with plots about survival, isolation, moral ambiguity, dystopia, post apocalyptic, slow burn and cyberpunk mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Afterlight: South of Hope Street (2024), Wonderland (2024), 2149: The Aftermath (2016), Dandy Dust (1998), Dream Hacker (2025). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
There is a strange event in the sky. Only a young woman, and some of her more alienated friends...notice. But they are voiceless, as it just gets stranger - even as below - on the ground, it gets more, what is ominously called, 'normal'.
Style:
captivating, mysterious, atmospheric, existential, surreal ...
Plot:
survival, alternate history, distopia, dystopian society, struggle for survival, dystopian future, problem, dystopia, mysterious event, outsider, walled city, social commentary ...
Time:
near future, 2020s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a world where an AI programme allows people to communicate with their deceased loved ones, a flight attendant and a mother question the meaning of reality and humanity.
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, philosophical, melancholic, contemplative ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
loss, artificial intelligence, grief, mourning, ethical dilemma, mother daughter relationship, memory, identity, existentialism, futuristic technology, parenthood, healing ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In an oppressive future, where everyone's only contact is their computer, one lonely young man is forced to venture forth in search of human contact.
Style:
psychological, futuristic, suspense, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
virtual reality, loneliness, social isolation, dystopia, dystopian future, real world, computers and web, social problems, life, society, social issues, confined ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Austria
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A candy colored lesbian, cyberpunk extravaganza. It takes the viewer to another dimension. The character Dandy Dust has to go to various planets to boost his/her sex drive and defeat a depraved villain. There are twins who throw flowers, a groin ...
Style:
psychedelic, experimental, surreal, existential, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lgbt, cyborgs, identity, self discovery, split personality, travel, symbolism, surrealism, dystopia, haunting, space opera, post apocalyptic ...
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Due to her age, Professor Jennifer Connelly is often described as a science prodigy. A genius of our time, with five Phd's psychology, psychiatry, neurology, physics and chemistry. Jennifer's primary studies are in dreams and the effects ...
Style:
mind bending, psychological thriller, suspenseful, surreal, tense ...
Plot:
neuroscience, consciousness, artificial intelligence, dream, ethical dilemma, identity crisis, experimental technology, female protagonist, female scientist, lucid dream, moral ambiguity, laboratory ...
Similarity:
60%
150
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the middle of a mysterious insomnia epidemic that slowly takes on catastrophic dimensions, Laura (39) and Augusto (42) flee the city in their motorhome to get away from the chaos. As they move down the route, the world becomes an increasingly ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, apocalyptic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
insomnia, survival, isolation, epidemic, road trip, male female relationship, escape from reality, worldwide chaos, relationship problems, chaos, apocalypse, travel ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Shot while the director was still in college, the film is a remake of the Russian film of the same name. The man's dead ex who had committed suicide appears in front of him. The ghost has a cross-like scar on her wrist.
Style:
psychological, contemplative, emotional, melancholic, existential ...
Plot:
ghost, suicide, grief, death, loss, memory, guilt, haunting, supernatural, identity, isolation, obsession ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jon 141 founds himself stuck in a world of out-of-control reality TV. Every week, he has to fight for higher ratings and his life. But now, the network wants more viewers, and sleazy producer Quinton McBride knows just how to do it. By destroying ...
Style:
semi serious, stylized, suspenseful, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rebellion, heroes, imaginary, escapades, rebelliousness, androids and robots, danger, chaos, rivalry, society, space wars, dystopia ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
54%
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245
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Cambodia, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In this Buddhist sci-fi mystery, a teenage orphan in the slums of Phnom Penh, Cambodia investigates her friend’s past-life visions, uncovering a conspiracy of scientific reincarnation.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, detective, non-linear, futuristic ...
Plot:
buddhist, spirituality, karma, multiple storylines, destiny, wisdom of life, life philosophy, philosophy, justice, human nature, identity, reincarnation ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
cambodia
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An aging convict serving out a life sentence alone on a distant planet is forced to confront his past when a new prisoner shows up and pushes him to remember his life on earth.
Style:
existential, psychological thriller, bleak, philosophical, tense ...
Plot:
identity crisis, isolation, penal colony, loneliness, mental breakdown, paranoid, guilt, dystopia, memory loss, character study, alien planet, forced labor ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
48%
308
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A man and his dog are stranded on a volatile, oval-shaped planet and are forced to adapt and escape before time destroys them both.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychological, enigmatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
distant planet, survival, accident, danger, catastrophe, isolation, one man army, dog, estrangement, save the day, bonding, adaptation ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A 21st-century genetic experiment goes chaotic, creating a race of genetically-violent mutants.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mutant, dystopia, genetic experiment, post apocalypse, laboratory, genetic engineering, mutation, survival, fear, survival horror, urban decay, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
near future, future, 21st century
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic future, the story finds a handful of ragged survivors attempting to communicate with dolphins, while another cadre of survivors have made it their crusade to destroy all the world's religions.
Style:
experimental, bleak, existential, grim, allegory ...
Plot:
transgression, dystopia, post apocalyptic, survival, isolation, moral ambiguity, resistance movement, underground, male nudity, death, erotica, masturbation ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When the apocalypse arrives, it takes the form of a biochemical virus. All social structures break down and a new world order emerges from the heart of the desert. As chaos sets in, we follow the adventures of some unlikely survivors, all searching ...
Style:
tense, captivating, bleak, grim, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, virus, desert, post apocalypse, lifestyle, social problems, survivor, new world order, chaos, moral ambiguity, desperation ...
Similarity:
44%
411
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A young man must travel to the furthest reaches of the universe to find his long lost father.
Style:
mysterious, emotional, atmospheric, futuristic, existential ...
Plot:
space, father son relationship, deep space, search for father, family reunited, odyssey, space opera, spacecraft, coming of age, journey, young adult, resilience ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
This sci-fi thriller explores the journey of the "Other Ones" and thrie search for a mysterious new super drug and it's illusuve creator Oprheum. Loaded and guided only by "The Orifice" the "Other Ones" must decide ...
Style:
suspenseful, dark, psychological, futuristic, enigmatic ...
Plot:
dystopia, identity crisis, hallucination, conspiracy, moral ambiguity, quest, cyberpunk, secret society, claustrophobia, urban, isolation, underground ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Leera the Soulmate takes place in the distant future in 6900, the humanity has lost all it's faith and love is taken as a poison, Leera(protagonist) wakes up after 4882 years to realize that world has been, she reaches the nearby habitat, and ...
Style:
futuristic, emotional, dramatic, melancholic, anime ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forbidden love, dystopia, isolation, hopes, loss of faith, waking up, post apocalyptic, tragic romance, betrayal, rebirth, identity, survival ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 173 min.
Story:
Sometime in the near future within a place of rot and wasted dreams, four men come looking for the Hall of Wishes within the contaminated zone of post-apocalyptic earth.
Style:
bleak, atmospheric, grim, mysterious, psychological ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, isolation, desolation, dystopian future, haunting, survival, moral ambiguity, radiation, slow burn, salvation, post soviet, desire ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
When a troubled model takes a new drug at a party, she suffers a shocking transformation. Pursued by authorities and a dangerous gang, she hunts for a fix to reverse these effects, only to discover her mutations could save the human race.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, intense, psychological
Plot:
transformation, genetic mutation, experimental drug, dystopia, survival, identity crisis, ethical dilemma, body horror, moral ambiguity, urban decay, visceral, corporate conspiracy ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
21st Century detective Jake Cardigan is arrested for murdering the husband of his ex-wife. It seems like a frame up, yet Cardigan refuses to let the authorities investigate further or even deny any involvement in the killing.
Style:
futuristic, detective, tension, crime thriller, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
investigation, murder mystery, wrongful accusation, police procedural, conspiracy, private detective, moral ambiguity, cyberpunk, false confession, corruption, betrayal, urban ...
Time:
near future, 2040s, 21st century
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the near future, a married woman secretly works for an organisation that manipulates memories, while her husband is experiencing visions from a past he can't remember which is tearing them apart.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, mind bending, existential, emotional ...
Plot:
technology, simulated reality, virtual reality, mind control, ethical dilemma, precognition, identity crisis, futuristic society, conspiracy, surveillance, social commentary, visionary ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Follows a tough cop, who after being transported to a dystopian future, must enter a deadly combat tournament to be able to return to his past.
Style:
grim, futuristic, tense, crime thriller
Plot:
survival, travel, dystopia, violent, martial arts, cyberpunk, moral ambiguity, anti hero, post apocalyptic, blood sport
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After spending three months doing experiments in space, scientists Antón and Daniel return to civilization. They're astounded to discover that the Earth has undergone an enormous cataclysm and the law of the gravity has even been altered in ...
Style:
sinister, tense, surreal, bleak, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cave, post apocalyptic, cataclysm, experiment, survival, exploration, disaster, desolation, isolation, speculation, estrangement, adaptation ...
Time:
70s, near future
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When a young man finds a time machine device, his life spins out of control.
Style:
anthology, psychological, tense, futuristic, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time, changing the past or future, time paradox, time jump, time warp, travel, sent to the past, changing lives, time portal, lifestyle change, problem, multiple storylines ...
Place:
vienna
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the year of 2008, war and sickness have overtaken the planet. The deranged government declares single women a threat to the human race. Singles women are imprisoned. The corrupt warden is determined to keep the prisoners locked up.
Style:
dark, bleak, grim, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, escape, escape attempt, corruption, sexism, oppression, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, social commentary, survival, claustrophobia, desperation ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Rebirth takes place during the early brutal stages of Dominion Industries. In this story watch Olive and other deviants undergo a series of deadly experiments lead by Laurie Harvey and her team.
Style:
psychological, captivating, dark, brutal, bleak ...
Plot:
human experiment, distopia, fight, superhuman powers, supernatural, supernatural ability, supernatural power, experiment, genetic engineering, laboratory, dystopia, survival ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In 2023 unidentifiable radiation left 99.5% of the world's female population sterile. Man's fate is now divided in to two paths: extinction or the beginning of a new dawn.
Style:
grim, bleak, tense, emotional, road movie ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, loss, desolation, isolation, fatherhood, journey, moral ambiguity, wilderness, male bonding, violence ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
39%
604
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Two scientists are selected to travel across the universe to the source of a distant transmission and potential life.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, existential, psychological ...
Plot:
space exploration, travel, scientist, universe, space travel, space, space mission, space program, space adventure, science, space shuttle, spacecraft ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Four adults are detained in their apartments with only each other and a computer for online company. They each come from a different class with differing views but they all have one defining purpose to understand why they are really being held ...
Style:
psychological thriller, tense, suspenseful, intellectual, mind bending ...
Plot:
psychological manipulation, isolation, claustrophobia, class conflict, mind game, dystopia, classism, social commentary, hostage situation, surveillance, moral dilemma, single ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
39%
373
Genre: Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world where half the population is dead or missing and the sky is full of autonomous drones, a 16-year-old boy named Kitch sets out to find his father, joined by DR1, his drone companion.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, emotional, bleak ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
distopia, father son relationship, post apocalypse, working class family, post apocalyptic, lifestyle, post-apocalyptic future, loss, survival, dystopian future, journey, coming of age ...
Place:
columbus ohio
Similarity:
38%
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