Movies like Super 8
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Super 8 (2011)
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Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, thought provoking, entertaining, heroic, feel good, psychotronic, apocalyptic, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
childhood, monster, alien, small town, creature, ufo, friendship, young heroes, train crash, youth, coming of age, alien invasion, investigation, evacuation, child, quarantine, suspense, children, boy, filmmaking, distopia, space, attack, twists and turns, giant ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, future, 80s, 20th century, 60s, 50s ...
Place:
ohio, usa
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Most similar movies to Super 8
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out visually appealing, suspenseful, cult film and exciting films with plots about dialogue, catastrophe, danger, mentor, chase, first contact and technology mostly in Sci-Fi, Thriller and Action genres. Some movies like Super 8: E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Signs (2002), Chronicle (2012), Cloverfield (2008), Earth to Echo (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a gentle alien becomes stranded on Earth, the being is discovered and befriended by a young boy named Elliott. Bringing the extraterrestrial into his suburban California house, Elliott introduces E.T., as the alien is dubbed, to his brother ...
Style:
sentimental, feel good, emotional, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night, teens, preschoolers ...
Plot:
alien, friendship, childhood, children, stranded, halloween, extraterrestrial, coming of age, chase, friendly alien, healing power, bicycle ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, sesame street, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Style:
scary, psychological, enigmatic, twist ending, atmospheric ...
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, ufo, single father, first contact, suspense, alien encounter, faith, survival, twists and turns, loss of faith, small town ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania, north america, mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and ...
Style:
bad ending, psychological, entertaining, stylized, intense ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, telekinesis, found footage, superhero, supernatural, adolescence, super strength, levitation, outcast, friendship, supernatural ability, teenage life ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
seattle, canada, washington d.c., usa, tibet
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, deadly creature, fear, survival horror, destruction, chaos, suspense ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a construction project begins digging in their neighborhood, best friends Tuck, Munch and Alex inexplicably begin to receive strange, encoded messages on their cell phones. Convinced something bigger is going on, they go to their parents and ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, sentimental, suspenseful, enigmatic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
alien, ufo, friendship, buddies, children, youth, found footage, childhood, investigation, friends, child, benign alien ...
Time:
80s, future, 2010s
Place:
las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A group of teens discover secret plans of a time machine, and construct one. However, things start to get out of control.
Style:
exciting, unusual plot structure, absurd, futuristic, tricky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time loop, teenager, time machine, time, time paradox, butterfly effect, alternate timeline, changing the past or future, teenage life, teleportation, suspense ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2010s, year 2014, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, woodstock, atlanta georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, distopia, apocalypse, teenager, post apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, suspense, youth, escape ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, post apocalypse, end of the world, evil alien, creature, alien, suspense, monster, apocalypse, disaster, demolished city, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him in this sci-fi action thriller. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly ...
Style:
exciting, romantic, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
alien, supernatural, youth, supernatural romance, good versus evil, supernatural ability, friendship, super strength, young heroes, high school, teenage love, heroes ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, florida, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Named after the World War II-era program, the plot revolves around a gifted high school student who decides to construct a nuclear bomb for a national science fair. The film's underlying theme involves the Cold War of the 1980s when government ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
teenager, cold war, nuclear, bomb, runaway, military, whistleblower, heist, scientist, plutonium, laboratory, chase ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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I Am Legend related movies
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
Style:
psychological, intellectual, futuristic, philosophical, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, first contact, female protagonist, linguist, scientist, extraterrestrial, time, science, alien race, alien contact, alien creature, ufo ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
montana, china, massachusetts, venezuela, russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
alien, chosen one, space wars, distopia, space, battles, training, young heroes, prodigy, space and aliens, child prodigy, space battle ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
After years of increases in the greenhouse effect, havoc is wreaked globally in the form of catastrophic hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, floods and the beginning of a new Ice Age. Paleoclimatologist, Jack Hall tries to warn the world while also ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, entertaining, serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, natural disaster, post apocalypse, end of the world, apocalypse, climate change, environmental, nature, scientist, stranded, global warming ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles, washington d.c., antarctica, california ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The life of a teenage boy is forever altered by a chance encounter with cutting edge military technology.
Style:
exciting, sincere, suspenseful, captivating, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
dog, friends, robot dog, owner dog relationship, teenage boy, friendship, best friend, pets, robot, technology, human animal relationship, human android relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find the body of a missing boy.
Style:
sentimental, serious, emotional, sad, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, coming of age, friendship, teenager, boy, youth, children, courage, young heroes, child, death, young kid ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1959, 80s
Place:
usa, oregon, normandy
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A group of men who were clearing bush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens. Nobody believes them, and despite a lack of motive and no evidence of foul play, their friends' disappearance is ...
Style:
suspenseful, scary, disturbing, psychological, bad ending ...
Plot:
alien, ufo, alien abduction, alien contact, alien encounter, space and aliens, space, extraterrestrial, working class, investigation, murder, natural disaster ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
112K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, absurd, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, end of the world, invasion, survival, virus, distopia, twists and turns, obsessive quest, youth ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
ohio, usa, new york, tower bridge london, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
238K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Australia
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, scary, futuristic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
end of the world, apocalypse, disaster, catastrophe, supernatural, suspense, prophecy, foreknowledge, code, alien, professor, scientist ...
Time:
future, september 11 2001, year 2009, 20th century, year 1959 ...
Place:
massachusetts, new york, usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk, who refuse to take them seriously, while government ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, slasher, serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, alien, suspense, evil alien, survival, small town, space and aliens, quarantine, body horror, cheerleading, cheerleader, teenager ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
When an asteroid threatens to collide with Earth, NASA honcho Dan Truman determines the only way to stop it is to drill into its surface and detonate a nuclear bomb. This leads him to renowned driller Harry Stamper, who agrees to helm the dangerous ...
Style:
exciting, sentimental, entertaining, apocalyptic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night, family outing
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, apocalypse, catastrophe, nasa, astronaut, space travel, space, save the world, race against time, suspense ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century
Place:
new york, washington d.c., paris france, usa, france ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Movies similar to Inception
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, absurd, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, zombie, survival, teenager, desert, apocalypse, maze, young heroes, immunity, teenage hero, on the run ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A teen gang in a grim South London housing estate must team up with the other residents to protect their neighbourhood from a terrifying alien invasion.
Style:
humorous, absurd, unusual plot structure, bleak, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids, boys' night
Plot:
gang, alien invasion, monster, alien, teenager, creature, chase, deadly creature, space and aliens, children, gangsters, teenage life ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
london, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
On July 2, a giant alien mothership enters orbit around Earth and deploys several dozen saucer-shaped 'destroyer' spacecraft that quickly lay waste to major cities around the planet. On July 3, the United States conducts a coordinated ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, tense, futuristic, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, invasion, space and aliens, end of the world, alien, ufo, survival, extraterrestrial, evil alien, first contact, alien encounter, natural disaster ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, future, jurassic
Place:
new york, washington d.c., usa, utah, moscow russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are, how long they've been asleep, or what their mission is. The two soon discover they're actually not alone – and the reality of their situation is more ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space, survival, space travel, post apocalypse, isolation, suspense, memory loss, survival horror, spacecraft, mission, end of the world, monster ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
690K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United ...
Style:
serious, cerebral, thought provoking, biting, futuristic ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
alien, distopia, suspense, alien invasion, mutation, quarantine, extraterrestrial, space and aliens, transformation, alien encounter, alien race, metamorphosis ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 1982, 21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A wealthy entrepreneur secretly creates a theme park featuring living dinosaurs drawn from prehistoric DNA. Before opening day, he invites a team of experts and his two eager grandchildren to experience the park and help calm anxious investors. ...
Style:
exciting, breathtaking, entertaining, suspenseful, epic ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, family outing, teens
Plot:
dinosaur, scientist, survival, suspense, animal attack, creature feature, children, island, dangerous animal, child in peril, research, disaster ...
Time:
20th century, prehistoric times, jurassic, 90s
Place:
central america, costa rica, dominican republic, fictional island
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
244K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, tense, harsh, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
monster, survival, creature, suspense, alien life-form, alien, space travel, escape, dark hero, space, deadly creature, space and aliens ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.
Style:
surprise ending, unusual plot structure, psychological, twist ending, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, alien invasion, suspense, alien, end of the world, kidnapping, bunker, paranoia, survivalist, bomb shelter, strong female character ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
louisiana, usa, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A sequel to 2004's Alien vs. Predator, the iconic creatures from two of the scariest film franchises in movie history wage their most brutal battle ever - in our own backyard. The small town of Gunnison, Colorado becomes a war zone between two ...
Style:
serious, rough, scary, suspenseful, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, evil alien, predator, survival, monster, alien invasion, small town, space and aliens, superhero, space, creature, suspense ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
colorado, antarctica, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
726K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style:
scary, futuristic, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
alien, strong female character, survival, space travel, monster, space, space and aliens, female warrior, human versus alien, strong female lead, deadly creature, mysterious planet ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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