Movies like The Terminator
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The Terminator (1984)
995K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?
Style:
tech noir, apocalyptic, suspenseful, cult classic, breathtaking, neo noir, serious, sexy, saga, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, kids, date night, manly, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyborgs, time travel, cyberpunk, man versus machine, terminator, androids, androids and robots, dystopia, time machine, on the run, sent to the past, dystopic future, good versus evil, mission, killer robot, gunfight, car chase, altering history, killer, villain, robot, time traveler, loss of loved one, protector ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, near future, year 1984, 2020s, 21st century ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, north america, mexico, california, american
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Most similar movies to The Terminator
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, exciting, serious and suspenseful films with plots about chase, dystopia, fight, distopia, cyberpunk, death and gun mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Terminator: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Escape from New York (1981), Total Recall (1990), The Time Machine (2002), Starship Troopers (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has ...
Style:
exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, terminator, time travel, robot, man versus machine, cyborgs, dystopia, apocalypse, androids and robots, cyberpunk, chase, time traveler ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, near future, year 1997 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, persia, america, usa ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
It's been 10 years since John Connor saved Earth from Judgment Day, and he's now living under the radar, steering clear of using anything Skynet can trace. That is, until he encounters T-X, a robotic assassin ordered to finish what T-1000 ...
Style:
futuristic, intense, sexy, suspense, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, robot, dystopia, time machine, apocalypse, terminator, chase, chaos, time traveler ...
Time:
year 2003, future, 2000s, 2030s, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, beverly hills
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In 1997, the island of Manhattan has been walled off and turned into a giant maximum security prison within which the country's worst criminals are left to form their own anarchic society. However, when the President of the United States crash ...
Style:
retro, exciting, tech noir, apocalyptic, perverse ...
Audience:
manly, teens, boys' night
Plot:
prison, cyberpunk, dystopia, escape, post apocalyptic, race against time, rescue, post apocalypse, hostage, lone hero, taxi, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 1997, year 1981 ...
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, new jersey, usa, brooklyn new york city ...
Similarity:
80%
378K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Mexico, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Construction worker Douglas Quaid discovers a memory chip in his brain during a virtual-reality trip. He also finds that his past has been invented to conceal a plot of planetary domination. Soon, he's off to Mars to find out who he is and who ...
Style:
futuristic, cerebral, cult classic, mind bending, ambiguous ending ...
Audience:
kids, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, mars, dystopia, secret agent, dystopian future, virtual reality, memory, memory loss, false memory, space colony, conspiracy, chase ...
Time:
future, 20th century, near future, 90s, year 1990 ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time machine, steampunk, dystopic future, apocalypse, escapades, changing the past or future, utopia, destiny, chase, time warp, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2030s, victorian era, near future ...
Place:
usa, new york, egypt
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Set in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, sexy, exciting, action packed ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, adult
Plot:
alien invasion, military, space travel, monster, space and aliens, creature, soldier, space wars, alien, satire, fictional war, space battle ...
Time:
future, 23rd century, year 1997, 90s, jurassic ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, space western, argentina
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Hungary, Spain, China
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
The sixth film in the "Terminator" series will pick up where the second film left off, ignoring all the subsequent sequels.
Style:
saga, action adventure, apocalyptic, tech noir, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
terminator, time travel, robot, androids and robots, gunfight, technology, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, hand to hand combat, killer robot, escape, shapeshifter ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, year 2019, future, 90s ...
Place:
mexico, texas, mexico city, guatemala
Similarity:
69%
306K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, black comedy, cyber, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens, manly
Plot:
cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, androids and robots, dystopia, robocop, police, revenge, graphic violence, law enforcement, satire, gory ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, detroit, michigan
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, manly, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, philosophy, dystopia, virtual reality, existentialism, distopia, cyberpunk, alternate reality, martial arts, gunfight, hacker, simulated reality ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1999, near future, 22nd century ...
Place:
persia, los angeles
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight ...
Style:
rough, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
dystopian future, cyberpunk, distopia, chase, chases and races, dystopic future, prison, danger, dishonesty, rivalry, tough heroes, social commentary ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, 20th century, year 2019 ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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, apocalyptic, intense, serious, saga ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, apocalypse, robot, cyberpunk, future war, androids and robots, time travel, man versus machine, post apocalypse, dystopian future, terminator, dystopic future ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, 2010s, year 2003 ...
Place:
los angeles, san francisco, california
Similarity:
56%
310K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, South Africa, USA, India
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the future, America is a dystopian wasteland. The latest scourge is Ma-Ma, a prostitute-turned-drug pusher with a dangerous new drug and aims to take over the city. The only possibility of stopping her is an elite group of urban police called ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, intense, neo noir, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly, manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, post apocalypse, one man army, brutality, dystopia, distopia, organized crime, lone hero, judge, tough cop, rookie ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, near future, distant future
Place:
usa, america, seattle
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The year is 2029. John Connor, leader of the resistance continues the war against the machines. At the Los Angeles offensive, John's fears of the unknown future begin to emerge when TECOM spies reveal a new plot by SkyNet that will attack him ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, serious, suspenseful, saga ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, apocalypse, robot, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, man versus machine, dark future, terminator, killer robot ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2017, year 1997, 70s ...
Place:
san francisco, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, Italy, UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Two time travelers with opposing views are sent back to the present aboard a research ship in the Antarctic to prevent a global biological disaster from occuring
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, stylized, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, disease, ship, tough guy, good versus evil, race against time, heroic mission, dystopian future, imaginary, experiment gone awry, infection, one against many ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 23rd century, year 2004
Place:
south america, antarctica
Similarity:
100%
626K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, thought provoking, neo noir, cerebral ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, distopia, hitman, time paradox, cyberpunk, time, self sacrifice, assassin, changing the past or future, organized crime, revenge ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, distant future, year 2012 ...
Place:
shanghai, kansas, seattle, usa
Similarity:
67%
713K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Young teenager, Sam Witwicky becomes involved in the ancient struggle between two extraterrestrial factions of transforming robots – the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons. Sam holds the clue to unimaginable power and the Decepticons will ...
Style:
action packed, entertaining, saga, breathtaking, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, manly, kids
Plot:
car, alien, robot, military, good versus evil, giant robot, transforming robot, alien invasion, transformers, androids and robots, transformation, man versus machine ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, near future, future, 1890s ...
Place:
california, washington d.c., los angeles, usa, pentagon ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
The series picks up four years after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor trying to stay under-the-radar from the government, as they plot to destroy the computer network, Skynet, in hopes of preventing Armageddon.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, cyber ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terminator, cyborgs, female killer, time travel, killer robot, androids and robots, changing the past or future, female robot, female warrior, kickass women, kick-butt women, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
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835K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, 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:
futuristic, scary, suspense, space horror, atmospheric ...
Audience:
kids, chick flick, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
alien, strong female character, space travel, creature, female warrior, survival, space and aliens, outer space, monster, space, creature feature, spaceship ...
Time:
22nd century, 20th century, year 1986, future
Place:
space western
Similarity:
67%
99K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
After a successful deployment of the Robocop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. ...
Style:
futuristic, tech noir, bloody, cyber, stylized ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, cyberpunk, androids and robots, robot, robocop, tough girl, dead boy, extreme violence, male protagonist, police, comic book, distopia ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
michigan, texas, detroit, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Jordan, UK, Egypt
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
Style:
entertaining, exciting, action packed, saga, surreal ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, androids and robots, robot, giant robot, transformation, transforming robot, technology, battles, robot vs. robot, machine, shapeshifting, evil robot ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, near future, 18th century, stone age ...
Place:
egypt, new york, washington d.c., virginia, jordan ...
Similarity:
100%
243K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
Style:
grindhouse, retro, futuristic, apocalyptic, perverse ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, dystopia, chase, post apocalypse, vengeance, revenge, biker, car chase, car, dystopic future, chaos, criminal ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1979, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, oceania
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children.
Style:
road movie, cult classic, saga, action adventure, cyber ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, lone hero, end of the world, post apocalyptic, desert, mad max, camel, car chase, group of children, australian outback, wasteland ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 80s
Place:
australia, south australia, oceania, sydney australia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
Angel City trooper Jack Deth is sent back in time from 2247 to 1985 L.A. to inhabit the body of his ancestor. Deth's assignment is to find his archenemy, Whistler, who turns people into zombies, before the fiend is able to kill all the ...
Style:
christmas horror, independent film, retro, grindhouse, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
time travel, cyberpunk, time machine, terminator, nemesis, dystopia, police detective, distopia, christmas, mind control, homeless man, laser gun ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 80s, near future, 23rd century ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, South Korea, Cambodia
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, humorous, saga, surprise ending ...
Audience:
kids, teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
superhero, robot, artificial intelligence, good versus evil, superhuman powers, technology, tony stark character, superhero team, supernatural ability, master villain, heroes, killer robot ...
Time:
year 2015, future, year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
oslo norway, usa, europe, london, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
611K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, exciting, apocalyptic, serious ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, cyberpunk, cyborgs, distopia, androids and robots, dystopia, dystopian future, androids, technology gone awry, fate of humanity, hi-tech ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2030s, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
chicago, usa, north america
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, saga, action adventure, cyber ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, virtual reality, distopia, robot, post apocalyptic, alternate reality, chosen one, dystopia, resistance, prophecy, one against many ...
Time:
future, year 2003, 23rd century, 2000s, distant future ...
Similarity:
100%
58K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The mega corporation Omni Consumer Products is still bent on creating their pet project, Delta City, to replace the rotting city of Detroit. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of the area have no intention of abandoning their homes simply for desires of ...
Style:
futuristic, tech noir, intense, stylized, cyber ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, cyberpunk, androids and robots, robot, superhero, robocop, androids, christmas, police, comic book, yakuza, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1993, 80s
Place:
michigan, detroit, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During the alien invasion of 2022, one man flees through a wormhole to 1992, where attempt after attempt is made to catch and kill him.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, changing the past or future, time loop, time machine, terminator, soldier, danger, imaginary, heroic mission, escapades, rescue, alien invasion ...
Time:
future, year 1993, 90s, 20th century, year 1992 ...
Place:
washington d.c., usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
145K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Taiwan, Japan, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As Kevin Flynn searches for proof that he invented a hit video game, he is "digitalized" by a laser and finds himself inside The Grid, where programs suffer under the tyrannical rule of the Master Control Program. With the help of TRON, a ...
Style:
surreal, visually stunning, cyber, suspenseful, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
virtual reality, cyberpunk, computer, artificial intelligence, cyberspace, dystopia, computer game, programmer, computer genius, motorcycle race, hacking, computer hacker ...
Time:
80s, future, year 1982, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, pentagon, north america
Similarity:
100%
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