Movies like Equilibrium
If you like "Equilibrium" you are looking for futuristic, serious and philosophical movies about / with distopia, martial arts, fighting the system, gunfight, post apocalypse, cyberpunk and utopia themes of Action, Drama and Sci-Fi genre shot in USA.
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Equilibrium (2002)
336K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, psychological, clever, atmospheric, thought provoking, suspenseful, intense, political ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, fighting the system, gunfight, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, utopia, rebellion, totalitarianism, future dystopia, dystopic future, lone hero, society, apocalypse, dictatorship, government agency, fight, resistance, violence, one against many, survival, emotionless, philosophy, revolution, existentialism ...
Time:
future, 80s, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
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Most similar movies to Equilibrium
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, visually appealing, serious and apocalyptic films with plots about distopia, post apocalypse, apocalypse, technology, death, cyberpunk and storytelling mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Equilibrium: Gattaca (1997), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Minority Report (2002), The Matrix (1999), Blade Runner 2049 (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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310K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, intellectual, neo noir, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, fighting the system, genetics, twists and turns, discrimination, society, eugenics, paraplegic, future dystopia, science, utopia, deception ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
riviera, detroit, french riviera
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100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, bleak, atmospheric ...
Plot:
distopia, brainwashing, politics, totalitarianism, future dystopia, torture, fascism, surveillance, female nudity, alternate reality, political corruption, society ...
Time:
future, year 1984, 80s, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, britain
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100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, exciting, tense, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
cyberpunk, murder, suspense, future dystopia, foreknowledge, precognition, time loop, frame up, distopia, law enforcer, police investigation, time travel ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
1.9M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, surreal, intense, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
distopia, artificial intelligence, martial arts, existentialism, philosophy, cyberpunk, alternate reality, virtual reality, fight, gunfight, post apocalypse, hacker ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 22nd century ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Spain
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, ...
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, thought provoking, entertaining, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, investigation, police detective, robot, mission, mercilessness, violence, dark future, flying car, bounty hunter, police officer ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, 2020s, year 1966 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, san diego california, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, stylized, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
distopia, revolution, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, freedom, society, vigilante, superhero, rebellion, vigilantism, mysterious character ...
Time:
future, near future, 2020s
Place:
london, england, britain, big ben london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
distopia, totalitarianism, future dystopia, fighting the system, social decay, justice, resistance, secrets, culture clash, dystopic future, lone hero, rebellion ...
Time:
future, 60s, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
121K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, philosophical, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
distopia, memory, post apocalypse, youth, future dystopia, community, society, runaway, humanity, life is a bitch, utopia, rebelliousness ...
Time:
future, 2040s
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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419K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, serious, stylized, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time, distopia, immortality, fighting the system, survival, love, dystopic future, future dystopia, social differences, class differences, race against time, wealth ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
los angeles, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
130K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Brazil, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, exciting, visually appealing, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female character, strong female lead, secret movement, future dystopia, rebelliousness, woman with a gun, rebellion, cyberpunk, superhero, female killer, martial arts ...
Time:
future
Place:
berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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I Am Legend similar movies
454K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, space station, distopia, future dystopia, space, class conflict, space and aliens, dystopic future, dark future, apocalypse, post apocalypse, ecological disaster ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
los angeles, south africa, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.
Style:
futuristic, serious, heroic, biblical, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, religion, faith, lone hero, desert, protector, dystopic future, chaos, future dystopia, bible ...
Time:
future, 2040s
Place:
usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
337K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, ambiguous ending, thought provoking, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, mars, memory loss, secret agents, false memory, space colony, conspiracy, future dystopia, alien, chase, space, virtual reality ...
Time:
future, 80s, 90s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
368K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style:
thought provoking, allegory, tense, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
post apocalypse, train, distopia, survival, future dystopia, revolution, rebellion, social differences, winter, class struggle, society, snow ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2014, 2010s ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, future dystopia, crime fighter, utopia, dystopic future, time travel, maverick cop, police, violence, good versus evil, surveillance ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 80s, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Movies similar to In Time
780K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Style:
neo noir, futuristic, thought provoking, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, existentialism, distopia, artificial intelligence, future dystopia, cyborgs, a.i., robot, fugitives, police, police detective, androids ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
320K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, intense, psychological, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, escape, cloning, fugitives, technology gone awry, future dystopia, conspiracy, island, clones, utopia, lookalikes, dystopic future ...
Time:
future, year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, epic, thought provoking, bad ending ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, fight, virtual reality, robot, post apocalypse, alternate reality, chosen one, freedom, mission, prophecy ...
Time:
future, distant future, near future, 23rd century, 2000s ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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108K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In the future, medical technology has advanced to the point where people can buy artificial organs to extend their lives. But if they default on payments, an organization known as the Union sends agents to repossess the organs. Remy is one of the ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, bloody, twist ending, absurd ...
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, dystopic future, future dystopia, evil corporation, on the run, rebel, chase, black market, biopunk, surrealism, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
777K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In the near future, a weary Logan cares for an ailing Professor X in a hideout on the Mexican border. But Logan's attempts to hide from the world and his legacy are upended when a young mutant arrives, pursued by dark forces.
Style:
emotional, harsh, road movie, intense, futuristic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
superhero, fight scenes, mutant, x men, father daughter relationship, super strength, invulnerability, rage, protector, immortality, lone hero, road trip ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
north dakota, austin texas, el paso texas, mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Inception
258K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, memory loss, dystopic future, post apocalypse, future dystopia, secret agents, space, virtual reality, on the run, technology, false memory ...
Time:
future
Place:
big ben london, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
31K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Indonesia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
Style:
artsy, touching, intellectual, harsh, twist ending ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, utopia, dystopic future, relationships, apocalypse, depression, love, space, loneliness, genetics, character study, brutality ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
243K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
Style:
exciting, futuristic, intense, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, future dystopia, tough girl, teenager, teenage love, strong female lead, chosen one, good versus evil, rebellion, chase, fighting the system ...
Time:
future
Place:
chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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177K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others' surrogates.
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, surreal, thought provoking ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robot, distopia, cyberpunk, androids and robots, dystopic future, technology gone awry, utopia, cloning, clones, future dystopia, physical appearance, virtual reality ...
Time:
future, year 2017, 2010s
Place:
san diego california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
29K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A futuristic prison movie. Protagonist and wife are nabbed at a future US emigration point with an illegal baby during population control. The resulting prison experience is the subject of the movie. The prison is a futuristic one run by a private ...
Style:
exciting, rough, suspenseful, futuristic, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, mind control, cyborgs, isolation, escape, maximum security prison, androids and robots, prison escape, heroes, prison life, fighting the system, rescue ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Mad Max: Fury Road related movies
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Six months after the events depicted in The Matrix, Neo has proved to be a good omen for the free humans, as more and more humans are being freed from the matrix and brought to Zion, the one and only stronghold of the Resistance. Neo himself has ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, saga, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, kids
Plot:
cyberpunk, post apocalypse, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, prophecy, robot, fight, man versus machine, oracle, chosen one, alternate reality, martial arts ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 23rd century, year 2003 ...
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60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an ...
Style:
surreal, futuristic, enigmatic, cynical, allegory ...
Plot:
time travel, distopia, alternate reality, memory, post apocalypse, drugs, mad scientist, prophecy, chaos, future dystopia, apocalypse, dishonesty ...
Time:
future, year 2005, near future, 2000s, year 2008
Place:
los angeles, texas, southern california, afghanistan, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Babylon A.D Vin Diesel stars as a veteran-turned-mercenary who is hired to deliver a package from the ravages of post-apocalyptic Eastern Europe to a destination in the teeming megalopolis of New York City. The "package" is a mysterious ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, suspenseful, exciting, rough ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, mercenary, protection, future dystopia, distopia, one man army, lone hero, smuggling, survival, heroes, gunfight, world politics ...
Time:
future
Place:
russia, new york, china, usa, mongolia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, depressing, neo noir, bleak, thought provoking ...
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, end of the world, redemption, future dystopia, chaos, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, mission, childlessness, on the run ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
58K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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.
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, absurd ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, distopia, robot, post apocalypse, androids and robots, cyberpunk, ecology, robot human relationship, cyborgs, rain, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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