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The Objective (2008)
9K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Morocco
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the supernatural thriller The Objective, writer-director Daniel Myrick locates the action in a remote mountain region on Afghanistan, where a team of US Special Ops forces is dispatched with the ostensible orders of locating an influential Muslim cleric. While on the mission they find themselves lost in a Middle Eastern 'Bermuda Triangle' of ancient evil and faced with an enemy that none of them could have imagined.
Style:
suspense, exciting, rough, serious, suspenseful, gothic, disturbing, mind twisting, spooky, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, military, mission, soldier, cia agent, survival, survival horror, supernatural, danger, terrorism, supernatural ability, taliban, parallel universe, mountain, mission gone awry, mysticism, struggle for survival, squad, secret mission, special agent, war in afghanistan, suicide, curse, supernatural power, levitation ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
afghanistan, middle east, morocco
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Most similar movies to The Objective
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, scary and suspense films with plots about danger, supernatural, deadly, survival, escapades, creature and deadly creature mostly in Horror, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Objective: Red Sands (2009), Hunter Prey (2010), Sand Serpents (2009), The Devil's Tomb (2009), Predator (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
During a mission in the Middle East, a group of US soldiers destroy a statue out of boredom only to then be visited by something the next day.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, demonic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
desert, military, soldier, ancient mystery, race against time, ghost, escapades, chaos, danger, deadly creature, supernatural ability, one man army ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, morocco, middle east
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
future
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jason Gedrick and a small group of Marines are stranded in the remote Afghan desert. But it ain't the Taliban that's worrying them, it's these giant refugees from Tremors. In fact the big worms prove to be an ally of sorts by doing ...
Style:
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Plot:
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prehistory
Place:
middle east, afghanistan
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Captain Mack leads an elite military unit on a search for a missing scientist, and comes face-to-face with an an ancient evil lying beneath the Middle Eastern desert. Evil that is not of this world. Evil that should never be unearthed.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, serious, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, desert, soldier, danger, daring rescue, survival, deadly creature, heroes, heroic mission, escapades, experiment gone awry, computer cracker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
middle east, cuba
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Dutch and his group of commandos are hired by the CIA to rescue downed airmen from guerillas in a Central American jungle. The mission goes well but as they return they find that something is hunting them. Nearly invisible, it blends in with the ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, scary, cult classic, tense ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, monster, survival, jungle, creature, military, chase, deadly creature, alien invasion, hunting, gory, special forces ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987, future
Place:
latin america, south america, central america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
20 years after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
Style:
disturbing, dark, suspense, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
found footage, ufo, alien abduction, fear, alien, dark secret, desperation, missing person, friendship, food, investigation, danger ...
Time:
90s, year 2017, year 1997
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror.
Style:
scary, suspenseful, exciting, rough, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien abduction, alien, creature, abduction, revenge, alien encounter, supernatural, hysteria, haunted by the past, friendship, danger, race against time ...
Similarity:
37%
261K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A mercenary reluctantly leads a motley crew of warriors who soon come to realize they've been captured and deposited on an alien planet by an unknown nemesis. With the exception of a peculiar physician, they are all cold-blooded killers, ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, futuristic, breathtaking, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, monster, jungle, creature, space and aliens, evil alien, deadly creature, hunting, hi-tech, predator, alien life-form, survival horror ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 2000s, 20th century, future
Place:
texas
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
People from various walks of life find themselves held captive in a desolate area surrounding a secret government installation rumored to contain extraterrestrial life
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
found footage, alien, desert, extraterrestrial, captivity, danger, alien encounter, military, government, experiment, survival, ufo ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
arizona, phoenix arizona
Similarity:
36%
24K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In the peaceful town of Snowfield, Colorado something evil has wiped out the community. And now, its up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, suspense, lovecraft ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
supernatural, small town, military, hotel, gory, monster, good versus evil, creature feature, danger, eaten alive, disaster, sheriff ...
Time:
90s
Place:
colorado, los angeles, usa, san francisco, california
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, South Africa
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After miners disappear in the Namib Desert, some scientists find their remains and the demonic creature that killed them.
Style:
scary, suspense, tense, natural horror, enigmatic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, supernatural, supernatural ability, survival, deadly creature, danger, creature feature, ant, travel, supernatural being, exploitation, mysterious disappearance ...
Place:
africa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A group of elite soldiers sent to infiltrate and extract the lead science team from Pine Gap, Australia's top secret underground military compound, after it comes under attack from unknown forces. The mission is compromised when they encounter ...
Style:
scary, disturbing, serious, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Plot:
military base, swat team, military, experiment, paranormal activity, psychic, telepath, supernatural, soldier, survival, underground, woman in danger ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, oceania, new zealand
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In July 2010, a vacationing couple discovered something disturbing on a ranch in rural Texas. Armed with a home camcorder, they captured their experience on video.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, futuristic, tense ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 2000, 21st century
Place:
texas
Similarity:
35%
213K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 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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Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
ZOMBEX tells the story of a post-Katrina New Orleans as it deals with a new disaster, a zombie apocalypse. NOLA residents are no longer experiencing the depression and post-traumatic stress due to the trauma of the hurricane, thanks to the ...
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A DNA experiment on a rare breed of spider is taking place on a NASA space shuttle, when a freak meteor shower engulfs the shuttle, causing everything to go horribly wrong. One survivor is found on the ship and watched over in a secret location deep ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, serious, scary, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
giant spider, creature feature, desert, animal attack, experiment gone awry, dangerous animal, space and aliens, danger, journalism, monster, killer animal, news reporter ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The United States Government has developed a highly effective nerve gas that is unleashed upon the residents of a small Maryland City. During the top secret exercise the infected citizens begin to convert each resident into a sort of living zombie, ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, bleak, rough ...
Plot:
zombie, danger, chases and races, supernatural, escapades, bio weapon, chaos, u.s. military, government, virus, infected, undead ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maryland
Similarity:
34%
3K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
rough, scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
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Style:
bleak, scary, exciting, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
zombie, soldier, chaos, supernatural, survival, danger, gory, blood, infected, zombie apocalypse, cooking and food, farm ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mothers biggest fan. Together with ...
Style:
scary, dark, suspense, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
creature, mutant, secrets, genetics, laboratory, mad scientist, murder, death, transformation, experiment gone awry, survival, danger ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Bulgaria
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A co-ed group of Special Forces agents search the wilderness for a predator type creature that has been on a killing spree.
Style:
exciting, rough, scary, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
supernatural, soldier, survival, escapades, cons and scams, working undercover, danger, redsploitation, monster, hell, wilderness, rivalry ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
Movie in collections
442K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
spooky, mysterious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, fear, survival horror, danger, creature, kaiju, deadly creature ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, september 11 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
new york, bolivia, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Upon the death of his great grandfather, Brandon Davis a wedding photographer inherits an antique camera famous for taking Victorian death photography. After photographing his subjects they start to die from horrible, bizarre deaths.
Style:
bleak, stylized, suspenseful, atmospheric, gothic ...
Plot:
danger, curses spells and rituals, supernatural power, missing person, wedding, photography, supernatural romance, imaginary, gory, homeless man, curse, recurring nightmare ...
Time:
victorian era
Similarity:
34%
44K
Genre: Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a group of biologists discovers a huge network of unexplored caves in Romania and, believing it to be an undisturbed eco-system that has produced a new species, they hire the best American team of underwater cave explorers in the world. While ...
Style:
suspenseful, intense, suspense, scary, dark ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cave, survival, deadly creature, diver, danger, creature, supernatural, parasite, underwater, diving, obsessive quest, transformation ...
Time:
year 2005, 70s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
romania, europe
Similarity:
34%
505
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A dedicated mythology professor finds an evil witch doctor who summons the spirit of the gorgon Medusa.
Style:
disturbing, psychotronic, suspenseful, bleak, suspense ...
Plot:
killing, paranormal investigation, deadly creature, evil, victim, peril, loss, fear, chase, heroes, rescue, violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A computer whiz named 'Bean' is among several people found dead with strange striations, odd puncture wounds and missing internal organs. Bean's brother Ted teams up with detective Gina to get to the bottom of it. With the help of a ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, suspense, tense, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, experiment gone awry, danger, plague, supernatural, rivalry, deadly creature, murder, monster, creature feature, insect, creature ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Algeria, 1960. A section of French paratroopers are sent in search of a missing aircraft in the Algerian desert. The wreckage of the plane is quickly located, but there are no survivors, just a suitcase stamped “Top Secret”. Stormed by enemy ...
Style:
serious, scary, rough, suspenseful, spooky ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
genie, fear, soldier, survival, village, supernatural, danger, isolation, confined, deadly creature, supernatural ability, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1960
Place:
algeria, sahara, morocco, africa, north africa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the desert area of Hat Creek, cows are found partially devoured and the farmers believe that a wolf is attacking the cattle. The alcoholic Sheriff Annie Flynn is called by the local farmer Rob Horn to witness the remains of an animal to request ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, rough, scary, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
desert, creature feature, deadly creature, race against time, creature, chaos, supernatural, isolation, riddles and clues, archaeologist, danger, mythical creature ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
new mexico, usa
Similarity:
33%
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