Movies like Gamer
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Gamer (2009)
144K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.
Style:
futuristic, stylized, action packed, cyber, apocalyptic, cute, serious, exciting, psychological, philosophical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
distopia, mind control, virtual reality, cyberpunk, cyberspace, hacker, profanity, dystopian future, computer game, death, danger, contests and competitions, computers and web, chases and races, lone wolves, violent, computer hacker, male nudity, bare chested male, technology, life & death, hacking, computer, nanotechnology, apocalypse ...
Time:
2030s, year 2009, near future, 2000s, future, 21st century
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Most similar movies to Gamer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, futuristic, serious and exciting films with plots about chase, violence, mentor, distopia, gun, catastrophe and dialogue mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Gamer: Surrogates (2009), Death Race 2 (2010), The Running Man (1987), Total Recall (2012), The Island (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
184K
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, cerebral, surreal, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, robot, distopia, virtual reality, androids and robots, utopia, technology gone awry, cloning, dystopian future, cyborgs, technology, dystopia ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
san diego california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, Germany
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the world's most dangerous prison, a new game is born: Death Race. The rules of this adrenaline-fueled blood sport are simple, drive or die. When repentant convict Carl Lucas discovers there's a price on his head, his only hope is to ...
Style:
bloody, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
car chase, contests and competitions, speed, car race, racing, brutality, street racing, contract killer, car, warden, tough heroes, rivalry ...
Time:
year 2011, future
Place:
south africa, iran
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight ...
Style:
rough, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
dystopian future, cyberpunk, distopia, chase, chases and races, dystopic future, prison, danger, dishonesty, rivalry, tough heroes, social commentary ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, 20th century, year 2019 ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
86%
275K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
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, entertaining, mind bending, suspense, cyber ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, virtual reality, technology, memory loss, post apocalypse, dystopic future, dystopian future, on the run, flying car, mars, false memory ...
Time:
future, year 2012, 2010s, near future
Place:
seattle, big ben london, australia
Similarity:
100%
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340K
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, psychological, suspense, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, manly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, conspiracy, cloning, escape, clone, dystopian future, dystopia, isolation, fugitives, technology gone awry, genetics, lookalikes ...
Time:
future, year 2019, year 2005, 2010s, near future ...
Place:
fictional island, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
227K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized ...
Style:
exciting, fast, visually appealing, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
prison, car chase, racing, revenge, violence, car race, murder, betrayal, survival, tough guy, rivalry, ex convict ...
Time:
year 2008, future, year 2012, 2010s, 2020s
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to ...
Style:
futuristic, cyber, stylized, tech noir, cult classic ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, hacker, dystopia, dystopian future, heroic mission, danger, computers and web, computer cracker, artificial intelligence, yakuza, hacking ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 2000s, 2020s ...
Place:
japan, arizona, beijing china, canada
Similarity:
100%
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%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Carl Lucas / Frankenstein has won four of his races and needs to win one more to win his freedom. Before his final race, Lucas and his team, car and all, are transferred to another prison where they will compete in a Death Race in the desert. Also, ...
Style:
bloody, brutal, suspense, futuristic, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, desert, street racing, prison, chase, racing, female prisoner, runaway, car, confined, survival, chases and races ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2012, future
Place:
south africa, africa
Similarity:
75%
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, saga, philosophical, reflective, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick, kids, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, virtual reality, dystopia, post apocalypse, prophecy, chosen one, distopia, man versus machine, robot, alternate reality, existentialism ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 2000s, distant future, near future ...
Similarity:
100%
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, saga, action adventure, cyber ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, robot, post apocalyptic, alternate reality, chosen one, dystopia, resistance, prophecy, one against many ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 23rd century, 2000s, distant future ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
Style:
stylized, entertaining, breathtaking, cult classic, absurd ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, adult
Plot:
violence, revenge, lone hero, tough guy, sex scene, hitman, sexual content, outdoor sex, murder of a nude woman, voyeur, assassin, one man army ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
574K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Style:
futuristic, intellectual, surreal, philosophical, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, intelligence, superhuman powers, brain capacity, tough girl, experimental drug, supernatural ability, telekinesis, transformation, consciousness, telepathy, human brain ...
Time:
year 2014, future, stone age, 2010s, 1900s ...
Place:
france, new york, paris france, berlin germany, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, teen, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, dystopian future, death, game of death, dystopia, distopia, competition, contests and competitions, youth, heroine, danger ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
north america, seattle
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, teen, cliffhanger, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
female protagonist, distopia, dystopian future, survival, competition, post apocalypse, dictator, badass female lead, young heroes, fight, anti heroine, fight scenes ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, teenager, apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, distopia, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, youth ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
Similarity:
60%
32K
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, suspenseful, rough, cyber, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, dystopia, escape, desert, prisoner, maximum security prison, violence, overpopulation, isolation, pregnancy, strong sexual content, dream ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1992, year 2017, 80s
Similarity:
100%
480K
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, serious, philosophical, thought provoking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time, dystopian future, immortality, fighting the system, dystopia, distopia, love, dystopic future, survival, life & death, class differences, social differences ...
Time:
future, year 2011, near future, distant future, 2010s
Place:
usa, los angeles, canada
Similarity:
67%
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131K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, tech noir, exciting, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, police, dystopic future, dystopian future, dystopia, apocalypse, post apocalypse, good versus evil, brutality, superhero, law enforcement, judge ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
114K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, Japan, USA
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, suspense, absurd, visually appealing, cyber ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, dystopia, dystopian future, evil corporation, dystopic future, rebel, fight scenes, virtual reality, biopunk, chase, hitman ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2010, 2010s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Genius hacker Connor discovers Cicada 3301, an online treasure hunt that could be a recruiting tool for a secret society. Soon Conner, art-expert friend Avi, and secretive librarian Gwen are dashing from graffiti sites to ancient libraries to ...
Style:
intellectual, enigmatic, exciting, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
cybercrime, intelligence, computers and web, genius, computer hacker, computer cracker, computer nerd, puzzle, conundrum, computer, decision, secret ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, apocalyptic, freeze frame, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dystopia, cyberpunk, brutality, corporation, satire, fighting the system, fistfight, tournament, corporate executive, resentment, courage, conspiracy ...
Time:
future, 70s, near future, 2010s, year 1975 ...
Place:
houston texas, new york, tokyo, geneva switzerland, california
Similarity:
100%
101K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA, Czech Republic
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, action packed, stylized, apocalyptic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopia, mercenary, post apocalyptic, protection, dystopian future, one man army, protector, distopia, master warrior, heroes, survival ...
Time:
future, year 2008, 20th century
Place:
russia, new york, china, usa, mongolia ...
Similarity:
67%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The Law Enforcement Technology Advancement Centre (LETAC) has developed SID version 6.7: a Sadistic, Intelligent, and Dangerous virtual reality entity which is synthesized from the personalities of more than 150 serial killers, and only one man can ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, tech noir, cyber, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, serial killer, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, cyborgs, hacking, evil computer, prison, violence, computer, technology, hacker ...
Time:
future, year 1995, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
27%
82K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, cannibalism, virus, rescue, infected, danger, distopia, epidemic, female fighter, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 2030s, year 2008, 2010s, 80s ...
Place:
scotland, britain, london, england, europe ...
Similarity:
50%
231K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, surprise ending, neo noir, experimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, revenge, murder, surgery, microchip, dystopia, nanotechnology, technology, super soldier, cyborgs, super computer ...
Time:
near future, future, 2010s
Similarity:
25%
611K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, exciting, apocalyptic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, cyberpunk, cyborgs, distopia, androids and robots, dystopia, dystopian future, androids, technology gone awry, fate of humanity, hi-tech ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2030s, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
chicago, usa, north america
Similarity:
24%
17K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Julian Michaels has designed the ultimate resort: VICE, where anything goes and the customers can play out their wildest fantasies with artificial inhabitants who look, think and feel like humans. When an artificial becomes self-aware and escapes, ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
androids and robots, humanoid robot, artificial intelligence, technology, female robot, virtual reality, profanity, robot, chase, justice, resort, humanity ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
23%
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, cerebral, suspense, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, murder, foreknowledge, precognition, frame up, psychic, murder mystery, time loop, police investigation ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
Similarity:
23%
489K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa, Mexico
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, breathtaking, cyber, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, dystopia, space station, distopia, class conflict, space and aliens, politics, robot, dark future, ecological disaster, utopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place:
los angeles, seattle, peru, africa, usa ...
Similarity:
23%
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