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Returner (2002)
 6.4
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Returner (2002)
Original name: リターナー
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story: After an alien invasion threatens to annihilate the human race, a young Japanese girl, named Milly (Anne Suzuki), travels back in time from 2084 to October 2002, and enlists the reluctant aid of skilled Tokyo gunman, named Miyamoto (Takeshi Kaneshiro), to discover and prevent the start of the war. However, trouble ensues when the two protagonists are forced to deal with a Japanese mafia boss, named Mizoguchi (Goro Kishitani), who is somehow involved in the start of the war by keeping the first alien spaceship and its alien pilot captive, while our two heroes race against the clock to find a way to stop the oncoming destruction from the vengeance-seeking alien invasion fleet on its way to Earth.
Style: atmospheric, cult classic, stylized, futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, scenic, cyber, serious, fast ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: time travel, alien invasion, save the world, space and aliens, post apocalypse, life is a bitch, escapades, danger, changing the past or future, dystopian future, imaginary, hitman, alien, time traveler, terminator, cyberpunk, martial arts, revenge, assassin, betrayal, greed, robot, monster, distopia, epidemic ...
Time: future, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: japan, asia, tokyo
Keyword: gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, exciting, serious and suspenseful films with plots about heroes, danger, escapades, imaginary, alien, space and aliens and save the world mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Returner: The Fifth Element (1997), Philadelphia Experiment II (1993), A.P.E.X. (1994), Terminator Salvation (2009), Oblivion (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Fifth Element (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: France, UK, USA
Duration: 126 min.
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Philadelphia Experiment II (1993)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Place: philadelphia, europe, germany
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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Time: future, year 1973
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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Capt. William "Buck" Rogers is a jovial space cowboy who is accidentally time-warped from 1987 to 2491. Earth is engaged in interplanetary war following a global holocaust, and Buck's piloting skills make him an ideal starfighter ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: All grown up in post-apocalyptic 2018, John Connor must lead the resistance of humans against the increasingly dominating militaristic robots. But when Marcus Wright appears, his existence confuses the mission as Connor tries to determine whether ...
Style: futuristic, intense, serious, apocalyptic, action packed ...
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Time: future, year 2009, near future, 2010s, year 2003 ...
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Oblivion (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style: futuristic, mind bending, captivating, suspense, visually appealing ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, boys' night
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Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, year 2000, distant future ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When successful businessman Sam Treadwell finds that his android wife, Cherry model 2000 has blown a fuse, he hires sexy renegade tracker E. Johnson to find her exact duplicate. But as their journey to replace his perfect mate leads them into the ...
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Time: future, year 1987, near future, year 2017, 2010s ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 1.9
 865
Ultra Warrior (1990)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 81 min.
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 5.2
 75K
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 8.4
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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55%
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55%
 3.1
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
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Time: future, year 1996, 24th century, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan, USA
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⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 5.8
 256K
Battleship (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min.
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Style: exciting, serious, entertaining, futuristic, action packed ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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American Cyborg: Steel Warrior (1993)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
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