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Parts Per Billion (2014)
2K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the billions who are facing this human-made biological disaster.
Style:
bleak, emotional, serious, suspense, gloomy, independent film, crying, f word, disaster movie
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, chaos, virus, couple relations, post apocalypse, love and romance, couples, danger, epidemic, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, fiance fiancee relationship, war, pandemic, sex scene, distopia, infection, quarantine, post apocalyptic, disaster, profanity, basketball, money, musician ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, middle east
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, emotional and melancholic films with plots about catastrophe, death, storytelling, relationships, kiss, dialogue and pornography mostly in Drama, Romance and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Parts Per Billion: Equals (2015), Z for Zachariah (2015), Code 46 (2003), Starting Out in the Evening (2007), Only (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Indonesia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
Style:
futuristic, intense, harsh, suspense, emotional ...
Plot:
utopia, relationships, dystopic future, post apocalypse, forbidden sex, depression, sexual attraction, secret relationship, love story, love, suicide, forbidden love ...
Time:
future, near future
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, sex scene, post apocalypse, farm, love triangle, post apocalyptic, nuclear war, survivor, radiation, survival, jealousy, distopia ...
Time:
2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
22K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A futuristic 'Brief Encounter', a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
dystopia, dystopian future, husband wife relationship, infidelity, distopia, cyberpunk, abortion, cloning, pregnancy, coitus, forgery, investigation ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future
Place:
asia, shanghai, china, middle east, seattle ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Leonard Schiller once counted among New York's Literary lions, but illness and ten years of writers block have lowered his profile, almost to the point of obscurity. When Heather Wolfe, an ambitious literature major, asks to interview him for ...
Style:
touching, realistic, talky, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
older man younger woman relationship, writers, aging, writer's life, friendship, male female relationship, masseuse, starting over, character study, love and romance, couples, graduation ...
Time:
year 2007, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, lower east side manhattan new york city, california ...
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27%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a comet releases a mysterious virus that begins to kill all of the women in the world, a young couple's relationship is severely tested. They hide out (from both the illness and the savages who hunt the remaining women) in their ...
Style:
serious, intense, emotional, realistic, psychological thriller
Plot:
post apocalypse, virus, epidemic, distopia, infection, propaganda, fight, apocalypse, panic, save the world, humanity, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future
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25%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, ...
Style:
futuristic, harsh, apocalyptic, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
cold war, nuclear war, apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear explosion, disaster, nuclear bomb, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, dystopia, radiation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
80s, future, distant future, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, soviet union, kansas city, ussr ...
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23%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Canada, Poland, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Julie's son is dying of cancer and her marriage falling apart. She goes to Poland in search of a man who can heal using his hands. Julie finds not only a magical cure for her son, but also comes across a love so pure it begins to heal the ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, emotional, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
true love, cancer, infidelity, family relations, hopes, betrayal, couples, danger, dishonesty, human nature, survival, terminal illness ...
Place:
poland, nova scotia, europe, holland, canada
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Parent and child journey through the outskirts of society a decade after a pandemic has wiped out half the world's population. As a father struggles to protect his child, their bond—and the character of humanity—is tested.
Style:
apocalyptic, bleak, ambiguous ending, suspenseful, touching ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, child in peril, father daughter relationship, forest, girl, survival, immunity, virus, epidemic, distopia, post apocalyptic, fight ...
Time:
year 2019
Place:
persia
Similarity:
23%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Newly-discovered facts, court records and speculation are used to elaborate the true love story and murder mystery of the most notorious unsolved murder case in New York history.
Style:
sexy, suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
murder, missing person, disappearance, childhood trauma, dysfunctional marriage, abusive husband, mentally unstable, overbearing parent, divorce, twists and turns, investigation, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 2000, year 1982, future, year 2010 ...
Place:
new york, empire state building manhattan new york city, vermont, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Twelve years ago, a plague swept through, wiping out most of the population; in San Francisco, only 186 people remain. Two of them use jury-rigged batteries to power a camera and make a documentary. We see a variety of approaches to survival, from ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, tense, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
found footage, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, life is a bitch, dystopian future, chaos, danger, society, introspection, escapades, wilderness, dystopia ...
Time:
future, distant future, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, tense, apocalyptic, serious ...
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, cold war, dystopian future, apocalypse, post apocalypse, tragedy, small town, death, visceral, danger, parents and children ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1983, 80s, near future
Place:
california, usa, bay area, san francisco
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: France, USA, Belgium
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Juliette, a lone survivor of an apocalyptic era, fights to survive against hunger, thirst, a broken leg and strange disturbing creatures that only comes out at nighttime.
Style:
suspense, tense, bad ending, twist ending, brutal ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, end of the world, survivor, mutant, humanity, danger, infected, loneliness, human nature, monster, demolished city ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
23%
104K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Style:
clever, surreal, philosophical, independent film, touching ...
Plot:
guilt, parallel universe, tragedy, parallel world, grief, redemption, venus the planet, destiny, loneliness, janitor, earth, solar system ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, mojave desert, new haven connecticut, connecticut ...
Similarity:
23%
49K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
There's a deadly zombie epidemic threatening humanity, but Wade, a small-town farmer and family man, refuses to accept defeat even when his daughter Maggie becomes infected. As Maggie's condition worsens and the authorities seek to ...
Style:
touching, emotional, scary, bleak, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
zombie, father daughter relationship, apocalypse, pandemic, death, virus, zombie apocalypse, small town, transformation, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, terminal illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 21st century
Place:
usa, midwest, california
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.
Style:
romantic, touching, emotional, scenic, romantic drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
love, couples, true love, fall in love, happy ending, love and romance, couple relations, destiny, love story, enemies to lovers, hospital, moral dilemma ...
Time:
year 1946, year 1989, year 1988, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa, south carolina
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A New York couple's relationship is tested after the loss of their child. This film is the wide-released combination of the original two :him and :her volumes that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
Style:
sincere, independent film, psychological, meditative, surreal ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
couples, obsession, suicide attempt, philosophy, family relations, love affair, life turned upside down, marriage, crumbling marriage, couple relations, hopes, breakup ...
Time:
year 1951, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, connecticut, manhattan new york city, new haven connecticut ...
Similarity:
22%
930
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A slow-paced, action thriller about a virus that strikes a New Mexico county and the local veterinarian who gets caught in the middle.
Style:
suspense, bleak, serious, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
quarantine, danger, plague, dishonesty, disaster, save the day, epidemic, virus, rivalry, apocalypse, disease, found footage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new mexico
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Drama - Sean, a young thirty-something coffee shop owner, is diagnosed with terminal cancer. He desperately wants to have a baby before he dies, and asks his best friend Kristy to bear his child. - John Riedlinger, Amy Colon, Patrick Coyle
Style:
touching, uplifting, sentimental, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
friendship, family relations, best friend, terminal illness, pregnancy, tragic hero, couples, family problems, youth, hopes, life is a bitch, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
22%
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722K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, crying, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, melancholy, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, solitude, love story, relationship problems ...
Time:
near future, future, year 2013, distant future, 2030s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, USA, Japan, Sweden, UK, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous ice skating star, Elena, are about to sign divorce papers when they realise that, in spite of ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cloning, lovers on the run, dystopian future, couple relations, life is a bitch, danger, chaos, estrangement, passion, apocalypse, divorce, climate change ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, life is a bitch, pregnancy, escapades, danger, society, dystopian future, babies and infants, post nuclear, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, emotional, psychological, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
marriage, depression, dysfunctional family, couple relations, lust, husband wife relationship, passion, crumbling marriage, sexual content, lovers, love story, sex ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, brooklyn new york city, florida
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, teenage love, love story, youth, teenage life, first love, dealing with death, illness, adolescence ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam, usa, pittsburgh, ethiopia, indiana ...
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, melancholic, romantic, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
memory, amnesia, relationships, surrealism, loneliness, existentialism, melancholy, love, love story, dream, memory loss, couples ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, future, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
persia, america, usa, north america, new york
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Susan is a scientist searching for answers to important questions. So important that she has given up on other things, like love - until she meets Micheal. Susan and Michael find themselves embarking on a sensual adventure while the world around ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, philosophical, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, love story, love affair, pandemic, female nudity, one night stand, male full rear nudity, epidemic, chaos, food, human existence, blindness ...
Time:
distant future, year 2011, future
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland, iran, canada
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In 1921 New York. an immigrant woman is tricked into a life of burlesque and vaudeville until a dazzling magician tries to save her and reunite her with her sister who is being held in the confines of Ellis Island.
Style:
atmospheric, emotional, harsh, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
prostitution, immigrant, immigration, corruption, brothel, family relations, confession, american dream, love affair, exploitation, society, forceful separation ...
Time:
1920s, year 2013, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, israel, america, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.
Style:
clever, sentimental, emotional, realistic, romantic drama ...
Plot:
fall in love, murder, guilt, friendship, family relations, starting over, haunted by the past, death in the family, family problems, grief, dysfunctional family, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
year 2002, 70s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Longtime Companion follows the lives of a small circle of friends from the first mention of the disease in the New York Times in 1981. First referred to as "Gay-Related-Immune-Disorder," we watch the effect of the disease as it devastates ...
Style:
sad, independent film, lgbt cinema, eros, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
aids, gay, lgbtq, gay interest, gay relationship, gay couple, hiv, politics, glbt, friendship, loss of lover, courage ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century, year 1983, year 1985 ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, san francisco
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have ...
Style:
sexy, bleak, suspense, atmospheric, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
end of the world, disaster, cold war, nuclear bomb, newspaper, chaos, natural disaster, apocalypse, science, race against time, danger, nuclear ...
Time:
60s, year 1961, distant future, 20th century, future ...
Place:
london, england, russia, europe, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A rich college kid is taught a lesson after a joy ride ends up destroying a country restaurant.
Style:
sentimental, touching, sincere, romantic, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, date night
Plot:
cancer, fall in love, teenage love, rich and poor, small town, terminal illness, love story, teenage life, social differences, youth, couples, class differences ...
Time:
90s
Place:
minnesota, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
20%
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