Movies like Highlander II: The Quickening
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Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)
44K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Argentina
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the year 2025, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the supposed lack of ozone. Also, flashbacks show the story behind MacLeod and Ramirez's exile from Ziest.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, rough, serious, suspenseful, stylized, cult film, surprise ending, awful, idiotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immortality, heroes, good versus evil, adventure, time travel, supernatural, supernatural ability, save the world, ecological disaster, danger, master warrior, heroic mission, escapades, future dystopia, rivalry, master villain, uninhibited rivalry, mentor, cyberpunk, alien, sword fight, distopia, outer space, runaway, violence ...
Time:
future, 21st century, 90s, 2020s, near future, 1990s
Place:
scotland, new york, usa, europe
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Most similar movies to Highlander II: The Quickening
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and cult film films with plots about rivalry, violence, heroes, danger, vengeance, escapades and tough guy mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like Highlander II: The Quickening: Highlander (1986), Tekken (2010), Zardoz (1974), Conan the Destroyer (1984), Highlander: The Source (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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122K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
Style:
sincere, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immortality, sword fight, magic, good versus evil, mythology, master warrior, mentor, supernatural, duel, supernatural ability, memory, cult ...
Time:
80s, 16th century, 20th century, 1780s, 1500s ...
Place:
scotland, new york, usa, europe, america ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of the civilization as we know it, territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations; the mightiest of which is the Mishima Zaibatsu. In order to placate the seething masses of this ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, rough, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts tournament, martial arts, ninja, heroes, distopia, vengeance, mortal combat, master warrior, danger, future dystopia, ambition, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
future, 21st century, 2030s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
20K
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.
Style:
cult film, futuristic, surreal, stylized, serious ...
Plot:
immortality, distopia, stowaway, rebellion, death wish, nudity (full frontal - brief), culture clash, a.i., escapades, imaginary, danger, society ...
Time:
future, 23rd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Starts off in the 15th century, with Connor McLeod (Christopher Lambert) training with another immortal swordsman, the Japanese sorcerer Nakano (Mako). When an evil immortal named Kane (Mario Van Peebles) kills the old wizard, the resulting battle ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immortal, cave, immortality, sword fight, good versus evil, heroes, archaeologist, katana sword, katana, vengeance, adventure, supernatural ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 16th century, 1990s, 18th century ...
Place:
japan, new york, morocco, usa, asia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
This Italian-Turkish co-production helmed by genre veteran Antonio Margheriti (using the pseudonym "Anthony M. Dawson") was cobbled together from a four-part science-fiction miniseries shown on Italian television. In prehistoric times, the ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, exciting, serious, cult film ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
village, heroes, rivalry, monster, time travel, adventure, escapades, danger, imaginary, space and aliens, village life, future dystopia ...
Time:
prehistory, future, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Based on a character created by Robert E. Howard, this fast-paced, occasionally humorous sequel to Conan the Barbarian features the hero (Arnold Schwarzenegger) as he is commissioned by the evil queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) to safely escort a teen ...
Style:
stylized, suspenseful, exciting, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
sword and sorcery, barbarian, adventure, rescue, good versus evil, heroic mission, imaginary kingdom, danger, master warrior, imaginary, heroes, magic ...
Time:
ancient history, 80s, 20th century, prehistoric times, twentieth century ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Lithuania
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The world is falling into chaos. As he roams a crumbling city, Duncan MacLeod, the Highlander, remembers happier times before the love of his life left... Hopeless and alone, MacLeod finds his way to a band of immortal companions, including his ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, stylized, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
tragic hero, supernatural, race against time, good versus evil, heroes, danger, murder, revenge, heroic mission, adventurer, adventure, obsessive quest ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s
Place:
eastern europe, rome italy, california, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
11K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Romania
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Beowulf is a wanderer who learns about a man-eating creature called Grendel which comes in the night to devour warriors trapped at the Outpost. The Outpost is ruled by Hrothgar. He has a daughter, whose husband may have been murdered by the ...
Style:
rough, suspenseful, futuristic, epic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
heroes, monster, weapons, survival, heroic mission, woman in danger, future dystopia, legends and myths, vengeance, apocalypse, supernatural, palaces castles and temples ...
Time:
future, middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, or god, has ever encountered as they battle an evil warlord ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, stylized, serious, cult film ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, save the world, fight, hand to hand combat, good versus evil, heroes, transformation, alternate dimension, battles, mortal combat, adventure ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Luxembourg
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, melancholic, sequel to cult film ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
immortality, supernatural ability, good versus evil, vengeance, adventure, gory, heroic mission, rivalry, supernatural, danger, swordsman, sword fight ...
Time:
middle ages, 2000s, 17th century, 90s, 18th century ...
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scotland, new york, ireland, europe, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by arch-villain Sir August de Wynter to rule the world with his weather control machine. Steed investigates the beautiful Doctor Mrs. Emma ...
Style:
stylized, humorous, semi serious, eurospy, based on cult tv series ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
mad scientist, secret agents, good versus evil, heroes, clones, martial arts, hitman, terrorism, secret agent, weather manipulation, human duplication, espionage ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
Place:
england, europe, london, big ben london
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won after seizing Grayskull and the surrounding city using a cosmic key developed by the locksmith Gwildor. The Sorceress is now Skeletor's prisoner ...
Style:
serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, cult film ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
heroes, good versus evil, battles, superhero, heroic mission, adventure, save the day, danger, supernatural, time travel, transformation, one man army ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who roams the wastelands of the future waging a battle against overwhelming evil. With the spiritual ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, serious, stylized, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, nuclear holocaust, destiny, superhuman powers, battles, adventure, vengeance, heroic mission, lone wolves, danger, life is a bitch, rivalry ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
tokyo
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, utopia, future dystopia, distopia, martial arts, police, car chase, crime fighter, foot chase, good versus evil, dystopic future, one man army ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 21st century, 90s, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During the alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992, where attempt after attempt is made to catch and kill him.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
changing the past or future, time travel, soldier, danger, wormhole, imaginary, adventure, heroic mission, escapades, rescue, one man army, survival ...
Time:
future, 90s, 2020s, 1990s, year 1992 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, seattle washington, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Mortal Engines similar movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Canada, USA, France, UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice, awakens in the heart of Umbrella’s most ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, scary, futuristic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
zombie, post apocalypse, plague, female assassin, female fighter, zombie apocalypse, future dystopia, pandemic, chase, survival, good versus evil, virus ...
Time:
future
Place:
tokyo, washington d.c., new york, moscow russia, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotics and Japan's Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are commonplace, used for anything from soldiers to prostitutes. Casella Reese is a prototype ...
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, rough, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, rivalry, on the run, chase, rescue, hitman, robot, explosion, assassin, androids and robots, graphic violence, chaos ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
7 years on from the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run. Finally, they give in, and surrender, only to find themselves imprisoned in a new, more sophisticated fortress prison in outer space. But Brennick's not ...
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suspenseful, disturbing, rough, futuristic, psychotronic ...
Audience:
boys' night
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prison, escape, microchip, on the run, prisoner, chase, race against time, heroes, rivalry, surveillance, outer space, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
mutant, time travel, supernatural ability, good versus evil, superhuman powers, changing the past or future, superhero, heroes, danger, teamwork, team, transformation ...
Time:
70s, 21st century, 20th century, contemporary, 80s ...
Place:
usa, new york, paris france, china, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
154K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to ...
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stylized, suspenseful, rough, exciting, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his ...
Style:
suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalyptic, earthquake, race against time, one man army, chaos and mayhem, future dystopia, heroic mission, chases and races, daring rescue, danger, life is a bitch, lone wolves ...
Time:
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los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, new york ...
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38%
102K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
For nine generations an evil sorcerer has been victorious in hand-to-hand battle against his mortal enemies. If he wins a tenth Mortal Kombat tournament, desolation and evil will reign over the multiverse forever. To save Earth, three warriors must ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, suspenseful, intense, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
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martial arts, adventure, tournament, good versus evil, save the world, warrior, sorcerer, heroic mission, island, mortal combat, monster, world domination ...
Time:
1990s, 90s, 80s
Place:
hong kong, los angeles, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico, Japan, Hong Kong, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The young warrior Son Goku sets out on a quest, racing against time and the vengeful King Piccolo, to collect a set of seven magical orbs that will grant their wielder unlimited power.
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feel good, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
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teens, family outing, boys' night
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superhuman powers, martial arts, dragon, good versus evil, save the world, superhero, adventure, danger, legends and myths, revenge, young heroes, rivalry ...
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38%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
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37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
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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 ...
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37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Canada, UK, China, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some ...
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37%
39K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Netherlands, Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The tyrant Gedren seeks the total power in a world of barbarism. She raids the city Hablac and kills the keeper of a talisman that gives her great power. Red Sonja, sister of the keeper, sets out with her magic sword to overthrow Gedren.
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serious, stylized, suspenseful, entertaining, light ...
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37%
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Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
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futuristic, exciting, stylized, cliffhanger, cerebral ...
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37%
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 ...
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37%
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