Movies like The Satan Bug
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The Satan Bug (1965)
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The Satan Bug (1965) is a science fiction film in which a US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain, named The Satan Bug because all life can be killed off by it should it escape, may have been stolen.
Style:
neo noir, apocalyptic, cult classic, action thriller, scary, exciting, bleak, serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
biological warfare, virus, laboratory, mad scientist, race against time, apocalypse, disaster, bio weapon, dystopia, epidemic, deadly virus, blackmail, biohazard, guard dog, spy, thief, agent, escape, scientist, pandemic, cold war, infection, quarantine, suicide, occult ...
Time:
60s, 1960s
Place:
los angeles, florida, california, usa, phoenix arizona
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Most similar movies to The Satan Bug
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending and serious films with plots about danger, death, murder, gun, chase, pistol and escape mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like The Satan Bug: The Andromeda Strain (1971), The Shadow Effect (2017), Black Sunday (1977), Toxic Skies (2008), Solar Crisis (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite, the head of the US Air Force's Project Scoop declares an emergency. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
deadly virus, virus, disaster, medical, laboratory, science, race against time, plague, alien, pandemic, epidemic, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, distant future, year 1971, year 1970 ...
Place:
new mexico, usa, north america
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young man's life is turned upside down when his violent dreams begin to blend with reality.
Style:
erotic, neo noir, suspense, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
police, memory loss, confusion, amnesia, conspiracy, paranoia, brutality, violence, murder, deception, false identity, doctor ...
Time:
future
Place:
chicago, seattle
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl.
Style:
political thriller, suspense, political, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, politics, american football, cheerleader, terrorist attack, revenge, spy, betrayal, secret service, conspiracy, violence ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place:
miami, florida, usa, los angeles, mojave desert ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A doctor must find a cure for a viral epidemic that is spreading through vapors from jets.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
disaster, dystopia, save the world, supernatural, life is a bitch, survival, dystopian future, isolation, terminal illness, escapades, chaos, plague ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A huge solar flare is predicted to fry the Earth. Astronauts aboard the spaceship Helios must go to the Sun to drop a bomb equipped with an Artificial Intelligence (Freddy) and a Japanese pilot (as a back up if the Artificial Intelligence fail) at ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic, anamorphic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, space, spacecraft, post apocalyptic, fantasy world, space opera, artificial intelligence, apocalypse, dystopia, nasa, death ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, surprise ending ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, conspiracy, evil alien, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, disguise, investigation, ufo, alien, black hole, elevator, supernatural ...
Time:
90s, future, year 1996
Place:
mexico, latin america, central america
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Jian (Ken Zheng) is a counter terrorism agent who blends his skills as a martial artist and clairvoyant to bring the world's most nefarious individuals to justice. This lone wolf is is forced to make an unexpected detour to Los Angeles upon ...
Style:
independent film, detective, neo noir, surprise ending, psychotronic ...
Plot:
swat team, gift, bare chested male, shootout, woman in jeopardy, special forces, thug, psychic, gambling, black cop, cemetery, brawl ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
los angeles, syria
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Revolves around a British military contractor Lex Walker who is told his daughter has died. When he arrives in Los Angeles and discovers the body is not hers, he begins an investigation.
Style:
realistic, rough, suspenseful, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
investigation, missing person, martial arts, gunfight, mercenary, kidnapping, parent child relationship, vigilantism, family relations, parents and children, confined, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, london
Similarity:
44%
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718
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bill McNeil heads a black ops team called "Mach 1" called in to retrieve a cannister of deadly viral agent which was stolen from the government by an arms dealer. The team retrieve the weapon but the team is setup. Bill knows a traitor is ...
Style:
independent film, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female warrior, terrorist, terrorism, tough girl, biohazard, corrupt cop, airplane, die hard, 007, monster, profanity, murder ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c.
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
After Washington DC detective Alex Cross is told that a family member has been murdered, he vows to track down the killer. He soon discovers that she was not his first victim and that things are not what they seem.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, suspense, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
psychopath, twists and turns, revenge, murder, brutality, police investigation, serial killer, assassin, chase, danger, investigation, drug addict ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, michigan, indonesia, detroit ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Plot:
dystopia, conspiracy, food, cannibalism, death, murder, overpopulation, distopia, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, consciousness ...
Time:
future, distant future, near future, 2020s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ray Breslin manages an elite team of security specialists trained in the art of breaking people out of the world's most impenetrable prisons. When his most trusted operative, Shu Ren, is kidnapped and disappears inside the most elaborate prison ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, exciting, bleak, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
prison escape, prison, conspiracy, hi-tech, survival, danger, teamwork, betrayal, security system, hand to hand combat, hostage, secret place ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
chechnya, shanghai, bangkok thailand, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, West Germany, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The Cassandra Crossing is an all-star disaster spectacular telling of the terrifying odyssey of 1000 doomed passengers trapped aboard a plague-infested train. A terrorist infected with a deadly virus boards the Stockholm to Geneva Express and ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, tense, intense, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, train, terrorism, race against time, plague, survival, railway, train crash, quarantine, undercover, train wreck, disease ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
poland, europe, switzerland, germany, geneva switzerland ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, martial arts, destiny, danger, rescue, race against time, soldier, atomic bomb, government agency, daring rescue, save the world, secret agent ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, antarctica, los angeles, usa, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A madman captures a young boy and rigs him with explosives. Ray Fitzpatrick, still haunted by the loss of his own son, will defy orders to stop the clock and save a life
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, rough ...
Plot:
countdown, wrestling, race against time, police, kidnapping, hostage, child in peril, danger, bomb squad, criminal, brutality, violence ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.
Style:
perverse, suspense, psychotronic, action thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
superpower, experimental drug, super powers, superhuman powers, drug lord, mad scientist, police, fight to the death, evolution, alligator, strength, police officer ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
north america, new orleans, mississippi
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A former soldier is taken captive and awakens in the back of a van where he learns that he only has less than 10 minutes to figure out how he got there.
Style:
exciting, suspense, futuristic, thought provoking, smart ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
conspiracy, child in peril, cyberpunk, government agent, danger, escapades, kidnapping, disorder, uncover truth, amnesia, gunfight, mind control ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s
Place:
london, rio de janeiro, shanghai, new york
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
American Neil Bowman is traveling through France when he meets British photographer Lila. They are hired by French land owner Duc de Croyter to escort a Hungarian scientist to New York. But they soon realize that the job is not a cushy number, and ...
Style:
semi serious, surprise ending, suspense, independent film
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
horse, assassin, hitchhiker, gypsy, photographer, scientist, intrigue, adventurer, chase, gang, secret agent, state affairs ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
europe, france, provence, south of france
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
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Story:
Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino, Academy and Golden Globe Award winner Anjelica Huston and Stephen Dorff star in this nail-biting tale of action and intrigue about members of an elite undercover team who race against time to locate the source of a ...
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
computer cracker, cia agent, undercover, female warrior, vaccine, laboratory, virus, secret agent, conspiracy, save the world, apocalypse, heroes ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, paris france, berlin germany, washington d.c., maryland
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A fireman takes an unexpected course of action when a man whom he's been ordered to testify against – after being held up at a local convenience store – threatens him.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
revenge, female warrior, firefighter, vigilante, brutality, murder, vigilantism, vengeance, law enforcement, police detective, secret service, gangster ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, california, los angeles, usa, phoenix arizona ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Jack Caine is a Houston vice cop who's forgotten the rule book. His self-appointed mission is to stop the drugs trade and the number one supplier Victor Manning. Whilst involved in an undercover operation to entrap Victor Manning, his partner ...
Style:
detective, suspense, rough, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug lord, reluctant partners, heroin, police investigation, buddy cop, killing spree, evil alien, humanoid alien, tough cop, investigation, good versus evil, space and aliens ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
houston texas, austin texas, texas
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A Texan with a secret past (Gene Hackman) searches Europe with his son (Matt Dillon) after the KGB kidnaps his wife (Gayle Hunnicutt).
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
chase, espionage, father son relationship, missing person, rescue, spy, daring rescue, parents and children, secret agent, dishonesty, danger, heroes ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
hamburg germany, paris france, france, usa, texas ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A psychotic sniper plans a massive killing spree in a Los Angeles football stadium during a major championship game. The police, led by Captain Peter Holly (Charlton Heston) and SWAT commander Sergeant Button (John Cassavetes), learn of the plot and ...
Style:
cult classic, sinister, intense, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
american football, disaster, terrorism, serial killer, machine gun, threat, mysterious villain, violence, kickass, natural disaster, time, crash ...
Time:
year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.
Style:
slasher, medical horror, bloody, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, serial killer, murder, psycho killer, female nudity, monster, chase, mad scientist, survival, hospital, small town, home invasion ...
Time:
80s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seagal is Nico Toscani, an Italian immigrant, American patriot, ex-CIA agent, aikido specialist, and unorthodox Chicago policeman. He is as committed to his job as he is to his personalized brand of justice: expert and thorough bone-crushing.
Style:
suspense, exciting, realistic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
martial arts, conspiracy, aikido, undercover, heroic bloodshed, corruption, drug dealing, vengeance, drug lord, police, vietnam war, kung fu ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
chicago, vietnam, usa, illinois, las vegas ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, serious, grindhouse, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, androids and robots, robot, robot as menace, reporter, cloning, investigation, man versus machine, society, chaos, technology gone awry, leadership ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1976, near future, 70s ...
Similarity:
43%
19K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
A government agent is determined to come to his son's rescue, when a sinister official kidnaps him to harness his extremely powerful psychic abilities.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, stylized ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
kidnapping, conspiracy, government agency, vengeance, telekinesis, chase, secret government organization, family relations, rescue, visceral, government agent, danger ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1978, year 1977
Place:
chicago, middle east
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, twist ending, futuristic, non-linear ...
Plot:
time travel, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, insanity, virus, post apocalypse, time loop, paranoia, end of the world, psychology, mental institution, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1990, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, maryland, pennsylvania, california, baltimore ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Ray Liotta stars as a medical examiner who has been acquitted for his wife's murder but many still question his innocence. Obsessed with finding his wife's killer, a possible solution presents itself in an experimental serum designed by a ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, suspense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
murder, memory, police detective, vengeance, justice, police investigation, race against time, false accusation, conspiracy theory, danger, haunted by the past, serial killer ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at Lake Tahoe's El Royale, a rundown hotel with a dark past in 1969. Over the course of one fateful night, everyone will have a last shot at redemption... before everything goes to hell. A young ...
Style:
suspense, neo noir, exciting, suspenseful, surprise ending ...
Plot:
hotel, motel, disorder, dark secret, surveillance, kidnapping, deception, cult leader, hotel room, multiple perspectives, gunfight, fear ...
Time:
year 1969, year 1959, 2010s, 1950s, 60s ...
Place:
california, nevada, washington d.c., reno nevada
Similarity:
43%
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