Movies like The Manhattan Project
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The Manhattan Project (1986)
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government secrecy and mutually assured destruction were key political and military issues.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, suspense, feel good, action adventure, serious, realistic, surprise ending, psychotronic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
cold war, teenager, nuclear, military, atomic bomb, whistleblower, nuclear war, nuclear bomb, scientist, plutonium, laboratory, bombing, betrayal, science, chase, high school, child genius, child prodigy, reporter, teenage boy, science project, bomb, culture, science and technology, fugitive ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, new york state
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Most similar movies to The Manhattan Project
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, suspense, suspenseful and serious films with plots about danger, chase, fear, paranoia, deception, escape and murder mostly in Thriller, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like The Manhattan Project: The Andromeda Strain (1971), WarGames (1983), Super 8 (2011), Rumors of Wars (2014), Futureworld (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Forbin is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer that will run all of America's nuclear defenses. Shortly after being turned on, it detects the existence of Guardian, the Soviet counterpart, previously unknown to US Planners. Both ...
Style:
intelligent, philosophical, apocalyptic, dramatic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, computer, evil computer, cold war, scientist, dystopia, science runs amok, cyborgs, cyberpunk, mathematics, super computer, talking computer ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
colorado, rome italy, canada, ussr, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
deadly virus, virus, disaster, medical, laboratory, science, race against time, plague, alien, pandemic, epidemic, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, distant future, year 1971, year 1970 ...
Place:
new mexico, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
High School student David Lightman (Matthew Broderick) has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Defense Department's war computer and initiates a ...
Style:
tense, cyber, futuristic, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
cold war, hacker, computer genius, computer hacker, computer, chess, computer cracker, nuclear threat, hacking, artificial intelligence, nuclear war, computer system ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
seattle, oregon, ussr, washington state, usa ...
Similarity:
77%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, entertaining, retro ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
childhood, small town, monster, ufo, creature, alien, friendship, coming of age, train crash, young heroes, investigation, youth ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, year 1979, future, year 2011 ...
Place:
ohio, usa
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A suspenseful, genre-bending film with two converging storylines. An aspiring college journalist records events in a diary about the turmoil of a society due to the insertion of a RFID chip mandated by the government. ? Years later in the rubble of ...
Style:
rough, realistic, serious, christian film, exciting ...
Plot:
military, post apocalypse, christian, life is a bitch, political conspiracy, wartime life, apocalypse, anti war, danger, heroes, dishonesty, college ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, serious, grindhouse, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, androids and robots, robot, robot as menace, reporter, cloning, investigation, man versus machine, society, chaos, technology gone awry, leadership ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1976, near future, 70s ...
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence (Freddy) and a Japanese pilot (as a back up if the Artificial Intelligence fail) at ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, anamorphic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, space, spacecraft, post apocalyptic, fantasy world, space opera, artificial intelligence, apocalypse, dystopia, nasa, death ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Two researchers in a green alternative energy project are put on the run when they are framed for murder and treason.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, frame up, chase, fugitive, murder, disaster, conspiracy theory, fbi, on the run, hacking, cia, paranoia ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
chicago, usa, wisconsin, langley virginia, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
Style:
romantic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
telekinesis, post apocalypse, teenager, good versus evil, runaway teen, mind control, superhuman powers, danger, soldier, friendship, love and romance, escape ...
Time:
near future
Place:
virginia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Nearly a decade after occupation by an extraterrestrial force, the lives of a Chicago neighborhood on both sides of the conflict are explored.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, date night
Plot:
alien invasion, resistance, extraterrestrial, distopia, post apocalypse, alien race, vestiges of humanity, dystopia, fight, alien technology, brutality, urban setting ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 2020s, year 2019
Place:
chicago, new york, london, north america, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, humorous, anamorphic, suspense ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
invisibility, invisible man, chase, spy spoof, invisible, espionage, fugitives, loneliness, paranoia, murder, rogue agent, laboratory ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century, 80s
Place:
bay area, switzerland, san francisco, washington d.c., california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two brilliant research scientists have invented a device capable of recording and playing back sensory experiences only to have devastating results when one of them records their own death.
Style:
suspenseful, philosophical, meditative, cerebral, futuristic ...
Plot:
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Time:
future, 80s, year 1983
Place:
england, london, europe, north carolina, rio de janeiro ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspense, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, survival, maze, epidemic, young heroes, apocalypse, dystopia, immunity, danger, zombie, on the run ...
Time:
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Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jackie Chan stars as a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At the same time, he feels a special connection to the young woman, like they met in a different life.
Style:
exciting, captivating, tense, futuristic, bleak ...
Plot:
martial arts, female warrior, criminal gang, danger, betrayal, gunfight, police, fight, transformation, police investigation, friendship, vengeance ...
Time:
future, near future, 2000s, 2020s
Place:
sydney australia, hong kong
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harness his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, conspiracy, government agency, vengeance, telekinesis, chase, secret government organization, family relations, rescue, visceral, government agent, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978, year 1977
Place:
chicago, middle east
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A boy takes in a stray dog, later finding out that its an ultra-intelligent runaway from a genetic research lab. Unknow to him, the dog is being stalked by another escaped creature thats not quite so friendly.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, rough, teen horror ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
creature, creature feature, genetic mutation, laboratory, dog, experiment gone awry, survival, boy dog relationship, genetic engineering, government agent, mad scientist, on the run ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
Style:
medical horror, suspenseful, rough, gothic, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, experiment gone awry, danger, supernatural ability, government agency, body horror, secret past, monster, burned alive, conspiracy, exploitation, scientist ...
Time:
90s, 50s, 80s, 20th century, year 1955 ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
29%
212K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
When a freighter is viciously attacked in the Pacific Ocean, a team of experts -- including biologist Niko Tatopoulos and scientists Elsie Chapman and Mendel Craven -- concludes that an oversized reptile is the culprit. Before long, the giant lizard ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed, breathtaking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night
Plot:
dinosaur, monster, godzilla, giant monster, creature, experiment gone awry, giant, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, lost world, military, disaster, human versus monster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, jurassic, year 1998, future
Place:
new york, tahiti, manhattan new york city, new jersey, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Plot unknown. The project is described as an action epic revolving around international espionage.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, mind bending, twist ending, philosophical ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
time paradox, time travel, time, special agent, time loop, espionage, mission, terrorism, teamwork, quantum physics, cia agent, technology ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
mumbai india, los angeles, india, vietnam, london ...
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, teen, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, end of the world, alien, invasion, post apocalypse, danger, survival, virus, obsessive quest, escapades, humanity in peril ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
ohio, usa, bangkok thailand, london, tower bridge london ...
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In the near future, when communications go offline at a remote nuclear power plant isolated in the desert, a young safety inspector, Abby Dixon, is forced to fly out to bring them back online. Once inside the facility, mysterious clues and strange ...
Style:
philosophical, tense, suspenseful, captivating, futuristic ...
Plot:
nuclear power, strong female lead, nuclear, scientist, insanity, desert, workplace situations, engineer, science runs amok, hi-tech, science, worker ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Six children genetically cross-bred with avian DNA, complete with wings, take flight around the country to discover their origins.
Style:
enigmatic, tense, suspense, exciting, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
female fighter, experiment, rescue, supernatural power, martial arts, heroine, mutant, female warrior, chase, strong female character, teenage boy, teenage girl ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
new york, utah
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
During a pandemic lockdown, Nico, a young man with rare immunity, must overcome martial law, murderous vigilantes and a powerful family to reunite with his love, Sara.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
pandemic, epidemic, post apocalypse, survival, disease, infection, older man younger woman relationship, apocalypse, illicit affair, disaster, immunity, isolation ...
Time:
2020s, near future
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young man's life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality.
Style:
erotic, neo noir, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
police, memory loss, confusion, amnesia, conspiracy, paranoia, brutality, violence, murder, deception, false identity, doctor ...
Time:
future
Place:
chicago, seattle
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife, Vicky (Heather Locklear), participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple's daughter, Charlie (Drew ...
Style:
scary, rough, suspense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot:
supernatural, stephen king, psychic power, psychic, experiment gone awry, creepy child, little girl, father daughter relationship, evil child, mind control, pyrokinesis, on the run ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york, vermont
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, martial arts, destiny, danger, rescue, race against time, soldier, atomic bomb, government agency, daring rescue, save the world, secret agent ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, antarctica, los angeles, usa, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
27%
130K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Colombia
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Henry Brogen, an aging assassin tries to get out of the business but finds himself in the ultimate battle: fighting his own clone who is 25 years younger than him and at the peak of his abilities.
Style:
action adventure, exciting, captivating, intense, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
hitman, cloning, clone, black ops, gunfight, assassin, female warrior, parkour, villain, secret agent, danger, tough guy ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, future, near future, 21st century
Place:
colombia, hungary, georgia, europe, belgium ...
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers.
Style:
road movie, futuristic, tricky, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
chase, on the run, father son relationship, parallel universe, woods, goggles, fbi, existentialism, hostage, supernatural, parents and children, superhuman powers ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, distant future, year 2016, 80s ...
Place:
texas, usa, louisiana, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A modern nightmare nearly becomes reality in this tension-filled story about an "incident" at a nuclear power plant. Jane Fonda stars as Kimberly Wells, an ambitious TV reporter covering a story on energy sources, who is present at the ...
Style:
suspense, tension, suspenseful, political, tense ...
Plot:
reporter, conspiracy, investigation, power plant, radiation, politics, journalism, nuclear power, whistleblower, disaster, murder, corruption ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california, pennsylvania
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Desperate to save his sick daughter, working-class Ben Richards is convinced by The Running Man's charming but ruthless producer to enter the deadly competition game as a last resort. But Ben's defiance, instincts, and grit turn him into ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, dark comedy, game show ...
Plot:
dystopia, survival, social commentary, fictional game show, violence, money problems, most dangerous game, race against time, megacorporation, media manipulation, escape, satire ...
Time:
near future
Place:
maine, boston, new york
Similarity:
27%
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