Movies like Fahrenheit 451
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Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
47K
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 his vocation.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized, clever, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, psychological ...
Plot:
totalitarianism, distopia, resistance, book, dystopia, satire, rebellion, dystopian future, fighting the system, fire, alienation, dictatorship, oppression, social decay, literary, murder, suicide, propaganda, person on fire, dual role, fireman, justice, self sacrifice, lone hero, secrets ...
Time:
year 1966, future, distant future, 60s, near future, 1960s
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Most similar movies to Fahrenheit 451
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, serious, philosophical and apocalyptic films with plots about distopia, dystopia, dystopian future, post apocalypse, society, technology and cyberpunk mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Fahrenheit 451: Equilibrium (2002), Brazil (1985), THX 1138 (1971), Brave New World (1980), Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
361K
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, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopian future, dystopia, gunfight, post apocalyptic, fighting the system, cyberpunk, violence, totalitarianism, rebellion, dictatorship ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
Similarity:
100%
221K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style:
surreal, cult classic, mind bending, psychological, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, dream, satire, distopia, cyberpunk, surrealism, surveillance, absurdism, fighting the system, bureaucracy, christmas, hallucination ...
Time:
future, year 1985, year 1984
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, brazil ...
Similarity:
100%
57K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the ...
Style:
philosophical, cult classic, bleak, mindfuck, psychological ...
Plot:
distopia, totalitarianism, dystopia, dystopian future, cyberpunk, brainwashing, escape, prison, dystopic future, alone in the world, fighting the system, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1971, 90s, 1920s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An acclaimed TV miniseries based on the classic sci-fi novel.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, frightening, philosophical, tech noir
Plot:
dystopia, distopia, utopia, post apocalypse, propaganda, shakespeare, eternal youth, doomed romance, totalitarianism, communism, dystopian future, underground ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In an oppressive future, a 'fireman' whose duty is to destroy all books begins to question his task.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, surprise ending, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
dystopia, book, shark, fire, society, firefighter, resistance, partner, childhood memory, murder, meaning of life, couple relations ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
usa, cleveland ohio
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80%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany, Netherlands
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, cult classic, political ...
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, politics, totalitarianism, dystopian future, brainwashing, technology, fascism, totalitarian state, satire, surveillance, political corruption ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1984, near future, 20th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
Similarity:
67%
344K
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, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, genetics, fighting the system, discrimination, dystopia, philosophy, society, paraplegic, eugenics, hopes, dystopian future, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 1900s ...
Place:
detroit, riviera, french riviera
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75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet which is ruled by an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, atmospheric, futuristic, detective ...
Plot:
surrealism, dystopia, satire, distopia, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian future, private detective, spy, imagination, existentialism, obsession ...
Time:
future, year 1965, 50s, 1950s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
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130K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, South Africa, USA
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, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, dystopian future, youth, community, utopia, destiny, society, danger, humanity, rebelliousness, runaway ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2040s, 2010s
Place:
peru
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
The story takes place on the desert planet "Pluke" in the "Kin-dza-dza" galaxy, where two Soviet humans previously unknown to each other ("Uncle Vova", a gruff construction foreman from Moscow, and "The ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, offbeat, enigmatic, humorous ...
Plot:
desert, surrealism, alien, absurdism, satire, distopia, post apocalyptic, racism, capitalism, transformation, time travel, totalitarianism ...
Time:
future
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia, poland
Similarity:
100%
728K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.Â
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
Similarity:
100%
870K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville ...
Style:
intense, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, infected, post apocalyptic, isolation, supernatural, plague, end of the world ...
Time:
future, year 2007, near future, year 2013, jurassic ...
Place:
new york, america, usa, vermont, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Follows the history of two robots, the members of Daft Punk, on their quest to become human.
Style:
surreal, serious, atmospheric, stylized, experimental ...
Plot:
androids and robots, desert, laboratory, artificial intelligence, on the road, fugitives, danger, life is a bitch, escapades, imaginary, social misfits, dystopian future ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Music, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In a genre bending take on a coming of age story, a group of teens in a distant future colony uncover an ancient forbidden archive of historical, cultural and musical relics. This discovery forces them to question everything they've been ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, semi serious, entertaining, surreal
Audience:
teens
Plot:
society, fighting the system, youth, rebelliousness, good versus evil, dystopia, dystopian future, sapphic, friends, friend, heroes, competition ...
Time:
future, distant future
Similarity:
100%
14K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Poland
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon. When Ash, a star player, hears of rumors that a more advanced level of the game exists somewhere, she ...
Style:
bleak, atmospheric, stylized, surreal, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
virtual reality, technology, obsession, fantasy world, distopia, transformation, lone hero, battles, dystopian future, contests and competitions, gang, addiction ...
Time:
future, middle ages, near future, year 2001, 2000s
Place:
poland, japan, europe, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a futuristic totalitarian society, people have no control of their lives or their destiny.
Style:
apocalyptic, thought provoking, serious, atmospheric, grindhouse ...
Plot:
distopia, dystopian future, genetic engineering, post apocalypse, social differences, society, love and romance, life is a bitch, human nature, danger, doomed romance, anarchist ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
18%
418K
Genre: Action, 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:
suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
train, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, revolution, rebellion, violence, social differences, class struggle, winter ...
Time:
future, near future, 2030s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
Place:
east asia, britain, south korea
Similarity:
50%
Genre: 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, neo noir, depressing, apocalyptic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, chaos, redemption, end of the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, post apocalyptic, dying ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
Thomas Jerome Newton is an alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying planet. He starts a high technology company to get the billions of dollars he needs to build a return spacecraft. A British science-fiction film from director Nicolas ...
Style:
atmospheric, cult classic, surreal, cerebral, erotic ...
Plot:
space and aliens, alien invasion, surrealism, alien, sex scene, satire, female nudity, dystopia, nudity, alien life-form, hallucination, scientist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1976, distant future, 70s
Place:
usa, new mexico, new york
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for ...
Style:
philosophical, visually stunning, futuristic, apocalyptic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
robot, dystopia, space travel, space opera, distopia, space and aliens, spaceship, post apocalypse, spacecraft, dystopian future, artificial intelligence, isolation ...
Time:
future, year 1972
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's ...
Style:
apocalyptic, offbeat, cult classic, controversial, depressing ...
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, virus, survival, post apocalyptic, distopia, post-apocalyptic future, disaster, wasteland, rape, gang rape, attempted rape ...
Time:
future
Place:
england, northern england, london
Similarity:
28%
104K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting a planet called Solaris to investigate the death of a doctor and the mental problems of cosmonauts on the station. He soon discovers that the water on the planet is a type of brain which brings out ...
Style:
art house, atmospheric, cerebral, enigmatic, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
outer space, scientist, metaphysics, space travel, space and aliens, space station, dream, trapped in space, astronaut, loneliness, science, philosophy ...
Time:
distant future, 70s, future, year 1972
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia, tokyo
Similarity:
27%
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:
50%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In a post apocalyptic world where technology is outlawed, Walter, a reclusive scientist, secretly creates a self-aware android, "Puzzlehead". Jealously erupts when Puzzlehead wins the affection of Julia, the beautiful shopgirl that Walter ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, man versus machine, dystopian future, chaos, love triangle, androids and robots, society, obsession, cyberpunk, technology gone awry, betrayal, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a city that's at the point of collapse following a ...
Style:
independent film, serious, atmospheric, offbeat, stylized ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, surrealism, atomic bomb, nuclear war, wasteland, epidemic, post-apocalyptic future, naked woman, gang ...
Time:
year 1981, future, 19th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
27%
47K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Belgium
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control.
Style:
psychological, futuristic, cerebral, cult classic, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
distopia, decadence, money, violence, tower, dark humor, existentialism, violent, surrealism, male nudity, rape, orgy ...
Time:
future, 70s, 2010s, year 2015, year 2016 ...
Place:
london, england, ireland
Similarity:
27%
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:
27%
392K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, moon, loneliness, space travel, outer space, astronaut, space, twists and turns, solitude, space and aliens, human clone, cloning ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
hawaii, mexico
Similarity:
27%
633K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
psychological, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, androids, technology, existentialism, cyborgs, cyberpunk, isolation, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, consciousness ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
27%
246K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Style:
cerebral, philosophical, futuristic, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, technology, consciousness, technology gone awry, resurrection, science, scientist, nanotechnology, computers and web, chaos, hi-tech, computer ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, year 2010 ...
Place:
peru, usa, africa, europe, asia ...
Similarity:
27%
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