Movies like On the Beach
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On the Beach (2000)
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain by the Australians. The calculations of Australia's most renowned scientist says the country is doomed. However, one of his rivals says that he is wrong. He believes that a 1000 people can be relocated to the northern hemisphere, where his assumptions indicate the radiation levels may be lower. The American Captain is asked to take a mission to the north to determine which scientist is right.
Style:
tense, apocalyptic, serious, suspense, exciting, gloomy, psychotronic, remake of american film, disaster movie
Plot:
apocalypse, nuclear, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, nuclear war, save the world, atomic bomb, post apocalypse, chaos, survival, heroic mission, race against time, navy, danger, ocean, friendship between men, fictional war, submarine, cold war, post apocalyptic, lost love, post nuclear war, catastrophe, epidemic, water ...
Time:
future, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
australia, asia, san francisco, melbourne
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Most similar movies to On the Beach
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful and bleak films with plots about apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, danger and disaster mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like On the Beach: The Day After (1983), The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), Countdown to Looking Glass (1984), Z for Zachariah (2015), 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 ...
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, mockumentary, tragic ending
Plot:
nuclear explosion, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, apocalypse, world war three, cold war, nuclear bomb, post apocalypse, found footage, u.s. president, president, catastrophe ...
Place:
usa, soviet union, saudi arabia, middle east, ussr
Similarity:
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%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Switzerland, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.
Style:
serious, apocalyptic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
couples, end of the world, couple relations, introspection, chaos, danger, disaster, global warming, post apocalypse, painter, friendship, artist ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
208K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25,000 feet below the ocean's surface where he confronts a mysterious ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, exciting, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
ocean, ufo, underwater, first contact, disaster, sea, submarine, space and aliens, survival, heroic mission, alien encounter, alien ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, future
Similarity:
100%
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:
31%
625
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, dystopia, post nuclear, post apocalyptic, distopia, wasteland, epidemic, survival, atomic bomb ...
Time:
year 1979, 90s, future
Similarity:
28%
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27K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Style:
depressing, grim, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, cold war, nuclear explosion, survival, world war three, nuclear, post apocalypse, distopia, post apocalyptic, radiation ...
Time:
80s, near future, distant future, year 1984, 20th century ...
Place:
england, northern england, europe, ussr, soviet union ...
Similarity:
14%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In southern France, in a quite little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his employees. As they are drinking wine, they hear a terrible ...
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, nuclear holocaust, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, post apocalyptic, wasteland, bombing, dystopia, train ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
27%
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:
26%
284
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A rare astronomical event causes a permanent worldwide black out, forcing residents of a middle-class suburb to get by with no modern conveniences. The community pulls together and adapts to a simpler way of life, but their success draws the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, rivalry, society, dystopia, isolation, suburbs, danger, life turned upside down, chaos, confined, post apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a world after the nuclear apocalypse a scholar helps a small group of children and adults survive, staying with them in the basement of the former museum of history. In his mind he writes letters to his son — though it is obvious that they will ...
Style:
apocalyptic, depressing, poetic, spiritual, twisted ...
Plot:
nuclear war, post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, distopia, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopia, survival, nuclear explosion, atomic bomb, underground, disaster ...
Time:
distant future
Place:
soviet union, ussr, russia
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, serious, exciting, thought provoking ...
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, end of the world, apocalypse, bare chested male, failed pilot, post-apocalyptic future, epidemic, loner, wasteland, post apocalyptic, distopia ...
Time:
22nd century, near future, future, 70s, year 1979
Place:
arizona, new mexico
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Following the destruction caused on Earth by nuclear weapons, Ryan Cawdor returns after twenty years to a ravaged part of Virginia he used to call home, where his brother and stepmother plotted to kill his father, the baron. With his companions in ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, bleak, apocalyptic
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, survival, rivalry, save the world, heroic mission, heroes, chaos, rescue, escapades, dystopian future, leadership ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate few who are somehow immune from the effects. Animals go insane and human beings turn to white powder, leaving behind only empty clothing. A handful ...
Style:
apocalyptic, spooky, serious, bleak, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, disaster, dystopia, post apocalyptic, distopia, apocalypse, radiation, solar flare, wasteland, doomsday, desolation, 666 ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
21%
699
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States inspires his fellow survivors to fight for humanity. The bomb has dropped, and in the blink of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, apocalyptic, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, missing person, danger, chaos, society, escapades, life is a bitch, post apocalypse, plague, journey, violence ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
21%
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:
artificial intelligence, man versus machine, dystopian future, chaos, love triangle, androids and robots, society, obsession, cyberpunk, technology gone awry, betrayal, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
21%
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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:
21%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A group of talented but rebellious 'rock-star scientists' find themselves in a race against time to save Earth when a comet makes an unexpected turn towards our blue planet where all life may cease to exist within days if our small town ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, rough, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, survival, chaos, save the world, forces of nature, end of the world, danger, post apocalypse, autism, tsunami, escapades ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
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:
apocalypse, dystopian future, survival, society, chaos, family in danger, social decay, vestiges of humanity, life is a bitch, who to trust, disorder, woods ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, futuristic, twisted ...
Plot:
isolation, nuclear war, terrorism, epidemic, post apocalyptic, infection, nuclear explosion, post apocalypse, couples, toxic, danger, race against time ...
Time:
future, year 2006, distant future
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
A highway patrolman stops motorists on a highway after he hears news reports of a possible nuclear attack.
Style:
political, surreal, apocalyptic, psychotronic, independent film
Plot:
roadblock, death of pet, post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, nuclear explosion, end of the world, nuclear war, martial law, nuclear threat, terror, epidemic, nuclear disaster ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems natural but after interviews by scientists and eyewitness seems to suggest that it is not. Three more ...
Style:
bad ending, apocalyptic, depressing, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
found footage, disaster, apocalypse, asteroids and comets, natural disaster, ufo, catastrophe, bad guys win, alien invasion, epidemic, bad guy, world war ...
Time:
90s
Place:
east asia, europe, wyoming, asia, south of france ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Planet Earth is a sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II (1973) made-for-TV movie, in which a NASA scientist, Dylan Hunt, is revived from suspended animation in the post-nuclear war United States. In Planet Earth, Dylan is now a sworn member ...
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dystopia, matriarchy, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, utopia, apocalypse, sorority, post apocalyptic, epidemic, wasteland, anarchist, suspended animation ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two hundred years ago a supernova exploded somewhere in the Lyra constellation. Now the lethal burst of radiation is headed straight for Earth, and time is swiftly running out. The only thing standing between humanity and complete devastation is ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, mockbuster, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, heroic mission, save the world, danger, save the planet, race against time, heroes, scientist, apocalypse, society, distopia, epidemic ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
america
Similarity:
20%
425
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Noah, the sole remaining survivor on our planet after a nuclear holocaust, finds himself unable to to accept his unique predicament. To cope with his loneliness, he creates an imaginary companion, then a companion for his companion and finally an ...
Style:
apocalyptic, existential, mystic, independent film, allegory ...
Plot:
nuclear war, dystopia, post apocalypse, distopia, nuclear holocaust, imaginary friend, apocalypse, isolation, post apocalyptic, bombing, wasteland, doomsday ...
Time:
post world war two, future
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.
Style:
exciting, bleak, apocalyptic, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, asteroid, space and aliens, earth, chaos, race against time, bible, society, danger, heroes, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A sci-fi drama about a man struggling to find his wife, who he abandoned six years ago, before their visa to emmigrate to an off-world colony expires.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspense, intense, serious ...
Plot:
dystopic future, space travel, colony, post apocalypse, fate of humanity, redemption, danger, survival, husband wife relationship, surrealism, human existence, escapades ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
19%
885
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 21st Century, terrorists have developed a new way to strike: disease. Not only have they created a deadly Level Four Ebola virus, their first victim is the President of the United States. The virus is particularly contagious and is spreading. ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, intellectual
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
quarantine, bio weapon, terrorism, save the day, survival, chaos, state affairs, danger, undercover, plague, antidote, infection ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
19%
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