Movies like Collapse 1990
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Collapse (1990)
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Original name: Распад
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Soviet Union
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
1986, Chernobyl disaster. Couples, friends, and a risk-taking journalist are woven into the larger framework of the disaster. Panic follows.
Style:
tense, historical drama, bleak, period piece, tragic
Plot:
survival, radiation, disaster, radioactivity, evacuation, contamination, nuclear disaster, loss, uncertainty, realism, panic, anxiety, journalist, isolation, chaos, family drama, mourning, collapse, social commentary, investigation, friends, couples, moral ambiguity, nuclear power plant, post apocalypse ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
chernobyl, soviet union, ussr, ukraine
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Most similar movies to Collapse
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out bleak, tense, period piece and historical drama films with plots about survival, realism, disaster, investigation, isolation, catastrophe and social commentary mostly in Drama, Action and Romance genres. Some movies like Collapse: Inseparable (2013), 37 (2016), Tokyo Shaking (2021), Looking for Angelina (2005), Famine '33 (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Based on the earlier bombing attack on the Twin Towers in New York
Style:
tense, suspenseful, historical drama, bleak, political thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
terrorist, world trade center manhattan new york city, rescue, terrorism, bombing, skyscraper, disaster, bomb threat, evacuation, search and rescue, resilience, urban ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Ukraine
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
It's April of 1986. Pripyat, Ukraine. A core meltdown occurred at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Power Plant. Over thirty people died during the blast but the estimated death toll as a result of the radiation fallout will reach a four-digit number. ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, historical drama, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
radiation, nuclear power plant, tragedy, love, evacuation, accident, nuclear disaster, self sacrifice, grief, heroism, loss, ecological disaster ...
Time:
year 1986
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr, chernobyl
Similarity:
73%
706
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On a March night in 1964, 37 neighbors in Queens, New York, witness the brutal murder of Kitty Genovese. None of them takes action or calls the police. 37 tells the story of a few of these people and what led up to the night when they unexplainably ...
Style:
independent film, bleak, thought provoking, historical drama, tense ...
Plot:
apathy, guilt, moral ambiguity, social commentary, silence, character study, racial tension, neighborhood, fear, apartment building, realism, family conflict ...
Time:
60s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Television drama in which miners spend their Christmas Eve in a collapsed mine.
Style:
realistic, emotional, period piece, historical drama, poignant ...
Plot:
christmas, christmas eve, danger, disaster, coal mine, rescue attempt, mining town, small town, survival, blue collar, family drama, resilience ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1951
Place:
appalachia
Similarity:
69%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
March 11, 2011. The biggest tsunami Japan has ever experienced triggers the Fukushima disaster. Risks are being downplayed but the foreign community in Tokyo is terrified by this tragic event and the fact that no one is capable of assessing its ...
Style:
tense, disturbing, captivating, suspense, bleak ...
Plot:
tsunami, moral dilemma, fukushima, disaster, nuclear threat, nuclear holocaust, problem, female protagonist, threat, choice, uncertainty, panic ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
69%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Looking for Angelina is based on one of the most important murder trials in Canada. Angelina Napolitano murdered her husband with an axe and was sentenced to be executed...
Style:
bleak, historical drama, period piece, emotional, melancholic ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, domestic violence, murder trial, marital abuse, true crime, death sentence, biopic, family drama, empathy, social realism, moral ambiguity, poverty ...
Place:
canada, ontario canada
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
The film about the Holodomor famine in Ukraine, based on the novel 'The Yellow Prince' by Vasyl Barka. The film is told through the lives of the Katrannyk family of six. It relies more on images than on words shot in black-and-white.
Style:
bleak, historical drama, grim, period piece, family saga ...
Plot:
hunger, starvation, loss, family tragedy, village life, realism, mourning, survival, social commentary, oppression, memory, political repression ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
ukraine, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Germany, Ukraine
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of friends and bandmates look to escape from the Chernobyl disaster.
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
escape, friendship, race against time, danger, survival, small town, disaster, nuclear reactor, post apocalypse, rock, government facility, spouse in danger ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
chernobyl, russia
Similarity:
61%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Style:
tension, suspense, tense, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
disaster, subway, earthquake, trapped, escape, survival, fear, danger, claustrophobia, underground, urban, darkness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A young doctor tries to convince everyone about an impending epidemic, but he is accused of creating panic.
Style:
medical drama, tense, tension, dramatic, suspense ...
Plot:
panic, urban, epidemic, public health, social justice, disaster, fear, whistleblower, racial tension, infection, investigation, mistrust ...
Time:
70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: Dominican Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A fictional retelling of the Regina Express tragedy, in which 22 Dominican stowaways died from suffocation in an attempt of illegal travel in September 1981.
Style:
historical drama, bleak, grim, emotional, period piece ...
Plot:
illegal immigration, desperation, tragedy, suffocation, human rights, human trafficking, poverty, realism, claustrophobia, social injustice, guilt, moral dilemma ...
Time:
80s
Place:
dominican republic, caribbean, puerto rico
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an approaching typhoon.
Style:
tense, intense, bleak, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
shipwreck, survival, lifeboat, boat, disaster, sea, storm, moral dilemma, sacrifice, desperation, human nature, character study ...
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Two thieves wander in the chilean desert and finally get to a small town near Bolivia. There, they try to include themselves with the townspeople but their instincts betray them and tragedy ensues. Based on a true story, this film opened one year ...
Style:
bleak, tense, atmospheric, road movie, period piece
Audience:
adult
Plot:
desert, escape, criminal, tragedy, realism, outsider, isolation, moral ambiguity, small town, betrayal, survival, mistrust ...
Time:
70s, 1940s
Place:
chile, bolivia
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
On April 13th 1976, a devastating munitions factory accident shook the town of Lapua, Finland. Hundreds of kilograms of gunpowder ignited, causing an explosion that took the lives of 40 workers. Lapua 1976 tells a story of love, life, perseverance, ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, sentimental, serious, thrilling ...
Plot:
tragedy, grief, love, male female relationship, disaster, explosions, massive explosion, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love affair, female protagonist, relationships, couple relations ...
Time:
70s, year 1976
Place:
finland
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
On August 12, 1985, a jumbo jet crashes, causing 520 fatalities, making the accident the biggest single-plane accident in the world. The local press reporters are tossed about by the waves of facts and rumors. While overwhelmed by the magnitude of ...
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, intense ...
Plot:
investigative journalism, tragedy, newspaper, journalism, disaster, airplane crash, airplane accident, news reporter, accident, reporter, investigative reporter, job ...
Time:
80s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A dramatization of the Oct. 30, 1938 mass panic that Orson Welles' radio play, "The War of the Worlds" accidentally provoked.
Style:
period piece, historical drama, tension, suspense, psychotronic
Plot:
mass hysteria, panic, radio, deception, fear, anxiety, social commentary, realism, american history, biopic, live performance, dialogue ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Inspired by the story of Malik Oussekine, an affair of police violence which is believed to have caused the death of 22-year-old Malik Oussekine on the night of 5-6 December 1986, following several weeks of student protests against a university ...
Style:
bleak, historical drama, tense, political drama, tragic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
police brutality, social commentary, human rights, racial injustice, activism, mourning, civil rights, urban, political unrest, media coverage, investigation, angry ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Nepal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Badhshala is a story of torture inside an army barrack during maoist insurgency.
Style:
political thriller, brutal, intense, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
torture, human rights, oppression, political unrest, social commentary, war crime, interrogation, trauma, ethical dilemma, realism, survival, moral ambiguity ...
Place:
nepal
Similarity:
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two young scientists are exploring new fields of nuclear physics. Dmitry Gusev and Ilya Kulikov are good friends, but rivals in love. Dmitry marries Lyolya and they live happily together. Luck has it that he makes an important discovery. ...
Style:
spiritual
Plot:
science, scientist, spirituality, moving, realism, dysfunctional marriage, marriage crisis, nuclear, romantic rivalry, love triangle, love, radiation ...
Place:
soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
On October 9th, 1963, at 10:39 pm, 260 million cubic meters of rock fell down from Mount Toc to the artificial lake formed by the Vajont dam, the higher dam in the world. The landslide formed a 250-meters wave and 50 million cubic meters of water ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, captivating, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
political corruption, dam, disaster, landslide, corruption, corrupt official, tragic event, social relations, society, catastrophe, mourning, cover up ...
Time:
60s
Place:
alps
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In March of 1920, just outside of Center, North Dakota, Hazel Miner and her two siblings – Emmet and Myrdith – are getting ready to leave school. The students have been sent home early as the weather has started to turn from a gentle snowfall to ...
Style:
historical drama, harsh, period piece, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
snowstorm, blizzard, family drama, siblings, search and rescue, heroism, sacrifice, mourning, isolation
Time:
1920s
Place:
north dakota
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
On the eve of the Challenger explosion in 1986 one engineer goes to the extreme to stop the launch. This hot-headed engineer makes a desperate race against the clock to call off the billion dollar multi-delayed Challenger launch, convinced the ...
Style:
historical drama, captivating, psychological, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
nasa, space shuttle, whistleblower, rocket launching, race against time, risk, corporate greed, engineer, moral dilemma, realism, bureaucracy, investigation ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Ukraine, Poland, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Tchernobyl, 1986, a few hours before the disaster. Piotr and Anya's wedding is interrupted by a fire at the power station.
Style:
bleak, realistic, serious, touching, gloomy
Plot:
nuclear power plant, dealing with death, small town, accident, radiation poisoning, wedding party, dead animal, female nudity, bare breasts, post apocalypse, tour guide, evacuation ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, year 1986
Place:
ukraine
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Lawyers must defend a prisoner accused of murdering two of his inmates during the Attica prison riots in 1971.
Style:
tense, historical drama, realistic, intense, political ...
Plot:
prison, courtroom, riot, injustice, social commentary, trial, violence, lawyer, defense attorney, civil rights, corruption, racial tension ...
Time:
70s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, noir, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
prison, women in prison, survival, moral dilemma, violence, sexism, corruption, isolation, law and order, realism, urban, redemption ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
From living a normal life to surviving homelessness in the city of Miami, Peter is a victim of the turbulent U.S. recession during late 2000's. A drama based on true events.
Style:
realistic, bleak, serious, heartbreaking, emotional ...
Plot:
homelessness, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, family relations, misfit, unemployment, social misfits, society, family problems, poverty, hardship, survival ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An abused woman escapes from prison, is recaptured, and sent back then tries to get her sentence reduced. Based on a true story.
Style:
serious, dramatic, emotional, intense, realistic ...
Plot:
domestic abuse, female protagonist, survivor, prison life, wrongful imprisonment, psychological trauma, legal battle, biopic, courtroom, escape, survival, female empowerment ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
The Death Prosecutor (...) [focuses] on a significant court case in the period of the post-1956 retaliations, through the true story of a newly graduated prosecutor, Endre Grátz.
...
Style:
historical drama, tense, serious, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prosecutor, political repression, courtroom drama, cold war era, justice, biopic, social commentary, ethical dilemma, victimization, bureaucracy, investigation, morality ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
hungary, budapest
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a poor provincial town, the ragamuffin boys are frenziedly drilled for combat, and at nights the local elite, gathered in a pool room, boasts of fictitious biographies, while bands of boys amuse themselves with bloody fights on trashy vacant ...
Style:
period piece, bleak, atmospheric, melancholic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
post war, escape, survival, poverty, desperation, coming of age, loss of innocence, realism, childhood, adolescence, obsession, mafia ...
Place:
kazakhstan, ussr, soviet union
Similarity:
48%
456
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Story of a strong-willed man, Nahapet, who lost his family during the 1915 Genocide is an eternal story of resurrection.
Style:
historical drama, melancholic, emotional, poignant, bleak ...
Plot:
armenian genocide, trauma, resilience, loss, grief, survival, symbolism, hopes, national identity, mourning, character study, rebirth ...
Time:
year 1915, 1910s
Place:
soviet union, armenia, ussr
Similarity:
48%
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