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Panic in Year Zero! (1962)
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While on a fishing trip, Harry Baldwin (Ray Milland) and his family hear an explosion and realize that Los Angeles has been leveled by a nuclear attack. Looters and killers are everywhere. Escaping to the hills with his family, he sets about the business of surviving in a world where, he knows, the old ideals of humanity will be first casualties.
Style:
apocalyptic, retro, suspense, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, rough, serious, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, dystopia, nuclear bomb, disaster, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, survival horror, nuclear explosion, post-apocalyptic future, distopia, nuclear threat, bombing, military, redneck, nuclear, nuclear holocaust, cave, father son relationship, emergency, husband wife relationship, end of civilization, fictional war, family in danger, lawlessness ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 1960s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, southern california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out apocalyptic, suspenseful, serious and futuristic films with plots about post apocalypse, danger, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, epidemic and survival mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Panic in Year Zero!: The Aftermath (1982), The Ultimate Warrior (1975), Escape from L.A. (1996), The Omega Man (1971), The Crazies (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a lengthy space mission, two astronauts (Steve Barkett and Larry Latham) return to an Earth transformed by nuclear war. As renegade gangs and mutants rule Los Angeles, the astronauts join two pretty women and a couple of kids in a growing ...
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Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Citizens of a small town are infected by a biological weapon that causes its victims to become violently insane. As uninfected citizens struggle to survive, the military readies its own response.
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Italy
Duration: 91 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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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 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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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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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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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Movie in collections
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Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 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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Place:
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Similarity:
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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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Place:
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Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 95 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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Story:
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Time:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
future, near future, 80s, 20th century, year 2019 ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, suspenseful, futuristic, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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