Movies like Harrison Bergeron
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Harrison Bergeron (1995)
3K
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man (Harrison) who is smarter than his peers, and is not affected by the usual "Handicapping" which is used to train all Americans so everyone is of equal intelligence.
Style:
philosophical, apocalyptic, tech noir, offbeat, futuristic, disturbing, contemplative, semi serious, surprise ending, black comedy ...
Plot:
dystopia, distopia, dystopian future, prodigy, apocalypse, monster, epidemic, psychology, underground, utopia, philosophy, libertarian, dysfunctional society, cognitive science, chubby, satire, dark humor, life is a bitch, injustice, fighting the system, self discovery, society, totalitarianism, mind control, social decay ...
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Most similar movies to Harrison Bergeron
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, apocalyptic, futuristic and suspenseful films with plots about distopia, dystopian future, society, apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia and life is a bitch mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Harrison Bergeron: Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984), Brave New World (1998), 2149: The Aftermath (2016), Encrypt (2003), The Lathe of Heaven (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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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:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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psychological, futuristic, suspense, captivating, thought provoking ...
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Time:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
2068, the ozone layer is gone and the world is a wasteland. A band of mercenaries attempt to break into a Estate that is guarded by a automated defence system called "Encrypt" in order to steal priceless artwork.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and hypnotically induces Mr. Orr to change reality for the benefit of ...
Style:
cyber, surreal, intelligent, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, cyberpunk, alternate reality, dystopian future, dream, moon, alien invasion, fantasy becomes reality, gnostic, psychotherapy, new world, anarchist ...
Time:
future
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In a futuristic society being decimated by plague, a fascist movement seizes power and quarantines not only the plague victims, but anyone related to them. Rebels trying to assassinate a particularly reactionary senator stumble onto a computer ...
Style:
serious, bleak, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
quarantine, virus, distopia, dystopia, contamination, infection, cyberpunk, pandemic, canuxploitation, concentration camp, profanity, politics ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 80s, near future
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Nuclear Family begins the story of a young couple, John and Lynn, who are trying to survive in the woods after what appears to be a nuclear holocaust. They stay on the move with their 11-year-old daughter, Pauline... all the while searching for ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Style:
apocalyptic, surprise ending, classic horror, grindhouse, mysterious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, post apocalypse, time loop, mutant, time portal, apocalypse, time, dystopia, group, post thermonuclear war, portal, distopia ...
Time:
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Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A decade after a disastrous meteor impact wipes out most of society, a group of survivalists emerge to find themselves on a twisted version of the old Earth, with a nascent society besieged by vicious marauders, ferocious mutants, and the dreadful ...
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, captivating, scary
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, mutant, survival, deadly creature, danger, chaos, dystopian future, epidemic, woman with a gun, post apocalypse, distopia, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Netherlands
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In order to combat the damage caused by the depletion of the ozone layer, maverick biologist Hank Symes unleashes his most ambitious experiment to date: accelerated evolution. Unfortunately, this not only causes the authorities to take notice, but ...
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, psychotronic, serious, futuristic
Plot:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, post apocalypse, danger, on the run, dystopian future, escapades, rebellion, society, fighting the system, vigilantism, social decay, oil ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
35%
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:
34%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Time:
future
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34%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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706
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
futuristic, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
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Time:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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cyber, tech noir, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
34%
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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:
34%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, France, Austria, UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
stylized, bleak, serious, atmospheric, captivating ...
Plot:
astronaut, found footage, ufo, save the planet, spacecraft, space travel, apocalypse, space and aliens, prodigy, dystopian future, chaos, time travel ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
34%
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Country: USA
Duration: 415 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, surprise ending, apocalyptic, saga ...
Plot:
distopia, utopia, satire, transhumanism, dystopia, forbidden love, conspiracy, totalitarianism, genetic engineering, brainwashing, social differences, propaganda ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
apocalyptic, sinister, period piece, psychotronic
Plot:
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Time:
future, 70s
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
philosophical, stylized, serious, futuristic, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
libertarian, capitalism, politics, distopia, dystopia, totalitarianism, capitalist, greed, corruption, idealism, society, workplace ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, new york, colorado, russia
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Story:
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Style:
serious, surreal, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, mad scientist, life is a bitch, dystopian future, chaos, technophobia, society, kidnapping, contamination, apocalypse, disorder, philosophy ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, tense, captivating
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
shanghai
Similarity:
34%
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:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
suspense, exciting, captivating, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
chastity, forbidden love, distopia, feminism, dystopia, totalitarian regime, sexism, matriarchy, self sacrifice, male female relationship, love, political repression ...
Time:
future
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Afterworld is a computer-animated American science fiction television series created by writer Brent V. Friedman and artist/filmmaker Michael DeCourcey. Its naturalistic future setting, modeled after traditional Western movie motifs, presents an ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic, bleak, computer animated ...
Plot:
uncover truth, post apocalypse, dystopian future, escapades, survival, danger, vestiges of humanity, society, apocalypse, distopia, post apocalyptic, epidemic ...
Time:
future
Place:
washington d.c., san francisco, new york, usa, seattle
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Allison Golding (Ali Thomas), serving a life sentence for having an abortion. As politicians, ...
Style:
psychotronic, apocalyptic, independent film, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
propaganda, dystopia, catholic priest, stereotypes, distopia, dystopian future, injustice, pregnancy, fascism, social decay, society, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1992, future, near future, 2040s
Place:
usa, stockholm sweden, new york state
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33%
1K
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The film is set in a terrorizing world of the future, where technology commands the movements of individuals, supervised by the doctors, carrying out a program to improve the human race. Thus, instead of doctors creating a monster, the monsters are ...
Style:
surreal, serious, bleak, atmospheric, futuristic ...
Plot:
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Time:
future
Place:
poland
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33%
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