Movies like Armageddon 1997

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Armageddon (1997)
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Armageddon (1997)
Original name: 天地雄心
Genre: Fantasy, Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story: The world's ten most influential scientists are being mysteriously killed, one by one, spontaneously combusted, microwaved to death, or otherwise. Another scientist, software prodigy Dr. Ken, searches for clues to these bizarre happenings only to see his fiancee apparently return from the dead. As indications point to the end of the world, It appears that Dr. Ken may be the only one who can save humanity.
Style: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: ghost, apocalypse, supernatural, prodigy, conspiracy, save the world, supernatural ability, showbiz, rivalry, chaos, danger, inventions and discoveries, filmmaking, imaginary, race against time, computers and web, secret movement, violent content, bodyguard, murder investigation, investigation, graphic violence, deadly, microwave oven, adventure
Place: china, prague, hong kong, czech republic, prague czechoslovakia
Keyword: chinese

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, exciting and serious films with plots about danger, supernatural, escapades, rivalry, deadly, imaginary and heroes mostly in Horror, Action and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Armageddon: Mr. Vampire (1985), A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990), Hellbinders (2009), Werewolf Warrior (2004), Shaolin vs. Evil Dead (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Mr. Vampire (1985)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Taoist Priest and his two disciples attempt to stop the terror.
Style: scary, humorous, exciting, semi serious, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: vampire, ghost, zombie, martial arts, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, clergy, danger, heroic mission, supernatural power, undead, badass ...
Time: 80s
Place: hong kong, asia, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
A Chinese Ghost Story II (1990)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Several years after his beloved Nieh has gone, Ning is innocently put into jail. Luckily, he meets a scholar, Elder Chu Kot, in the prison who finally helps him escape. Ning then meets a young witty monk Autumn. They become friends and live in an ...
Style: exciting, atmospheric, stylized, inspirational, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, ghost, medieval, wuxia, supernatural, monster, martial artist, humour, vampire, escape, minister, rebel ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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Hellbinders (2009)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A supernatural battle for souls plays out on the streets with lots of guns and knives.
Style: suspenseful, exciting, scary, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: woman in danger, supernatural ability, apocalypse, gang, supernatural, zombie, heroic mission, mentally unstable, unlikely partners, battles, danger, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Werewolf Warrior (2004)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A werewolf samurai walks the countryside, finding himself in the middle of a village of monsters who feed on human flesh.
Style: serious, scary, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, village, rivalry, mutant, chaos, danger, heroes, deadly creature, escapades, battles, sexploitation ...
Place: japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Shaolin vs. Evil Dead (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The plot thickens as heroes Pak and Ha discover the evil Dr. Magma's plan to reanimate the dead and take on the master-fighting Shaolin monks.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, atmospheric, serious, scary ...
Plot: kung fu, vampire, master warrior, vengeance, imaginary, supernatural, martial arts, ghost, uninhibited rivalry, danger, good versus evil, battles ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Orcs! (2011)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Faced with extinction, two park rangers are forced to defend the national park against hordes of rampaging orcs. Ancient and long forgotten, these orcs are unleashed from the depths of the mountains, and they won't stop until we're all ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, independent film, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: deadly creature, supernatural, survival, rivalry, danger, gory, partner, park ranger, national park, violent content, woods, disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Sars Wars: Bangkok Zombie Crisis (2004)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The fourth generation of the virus SARS is found in Africa! It's more dangerous and causes the patients to transform into bloodthirsty zombies. The virus quickly lands to Thailand, Dr. Bryan Thompson who creates the anti-virus, ends up getting ...
Style: humorous, parody, scary, not serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: zombie, plague, supernatural, gory, mutant, disorder, rivalry, danger, chaos, rescue, zombie attack, chaos and mayhem ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Rigor Mortis (2013)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Juno Mak’s debut feature Rigor Mortis is an eerie and chilling, contemporary action- and special effects-laden homage to the classic Chinese vampire movies of the 1980s.
Style: scary, exciting, serious, stylized, psychotronic ...
Plot: ghost, vampire, supernatural, black magic, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, exorcism, deadly creature, supernatural ability, danger, down on your luck, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Cross (2011)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Given incredible power by an ancient Celtic Cross. Callan continues to fight evil... Now, joined by a team of weapons experts, Callan battles an unstoppable empire in Los Angeles.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, serious, fast
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: save the world, supernatural, superhuman powers, good versus evil, fighting crime, save the day, danger, vigilantism, rivalry, escapades, evil empire, supernatural ability ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
New Mr. Vampire 2 (1989)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Lam Ching-Ying returns as the famous "Vampire Buster," this time starring as the One-Eyebrown Priest. To save the village from paranormal menaces, he deals with and battles a host of mysterious creatures including: a little mischievous ...
Style: scenic, gothic, scary, exciting, offbeat ...
Plot: vampire, martial arts, ghost, village, clergy, master warrior, escapades, danger, heroes, good versus evil, supernatural ability, imaginary ...
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
A Chinese Ghost Story III (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Having slept for a century, the monstrous Tree Devil is now awaken and starts finding lost souls again. One stormy night, a wise High Priest and his student Fong pass by the Orchid Temple and realize that it is haunted. Fong encounters two evil ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, atmospheric, tense, stylized
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: ghost, medieval, martial arts, kung fu, macabre, wuxia, vampire, fate, hiking, debt, temple, storm ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Garuda (2004)
Genre: Action, Fantasy
Country: Thailand
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In Bangkok, construction workers come across a rock which cannot be drilled, and discover dinosaur-like fossils of a creature resembling the Garuda from Thai-Hindu mythology. Two American archeologists investigate, awakening the creature which then ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, serious, daikaiju, mythical ...
Plot: kaiju, heroic mission, imaginary, save the world, danger, giant monster, rivalry, chaos and mayhem, deadly creature, escapades, chaos, graphic violence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: thailand, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Don't Open Your Eyes (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The Tao of ghostbusting; religion and policing. On January 2, 2006, three fateful things happen to Sergeant Yiu, a lackluster Hong Kong cop: he shoots a notorious criminal who vows to haunt him, his aunt dies and passes to him the ability to see ...
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, captivating, scary ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, amateur detective, rivalry, injustice, law enforcement, supernatural ability, danger, martial arts, afterlife, murder, battles ...
Time: 21st century
Place: hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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The Runestone (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: A Norse runestone is discovered in Western Pennsylvania. The prophecy upon it tells of the Norse great wolf Fenrir (Fenris), and that its release from the stone will bring about Ragnarok --- the end of the world. Archaeologist Sam Stewart and wife ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, exciting, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, supernatural, viking, save the world, curses spells and rituals, apocalypse, heroes, danger, gory, chaos and mayhem, legends and myths, prophecy ...
Time: 80s, year 1991, 90s
Place: pennsylvania, new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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The Eye 3: Infinity (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The Eye 10 (Chinese: 見鬼10; The Eye 3), or The Eye Infinity, is a 2005 Thai-Hong Kong horror film directed by the Pang brothers, starring Wilson Chen, Kate Yeung, Isabella Leong, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Ray MacDonald and Kris Gu. The number ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, scary ...
Plot: ghost, afterlife, supernatural ability, supernatural, danger, siblings relations, curses spells and rituals, woman in danger, levitation, graphic violence, extreme, violent content ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, thailand
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Ning Tsai-Shen, a humble tax collector, arrives in a small town to carry out his work. No one is willing to give him shelter for the night, so he ends up in the haunted Lan Ro temple. There, he meets Taoist Swordsman Yen Che-Hsia, and the beautiful ...
Style: atmospheric, scary, talky, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ghost, supernatural, martial arts, sword fight, good versus evil, wuxia, monster, curses spells and rituals, kung fu, fall in love, danger, rescue ...
Time: year 1987
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Knight of the Dead (2013)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Hunted by raiders, a band of crusading knights escort the holy grail through a valley of black death where they must hack and slash their way to freedom.
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, stylized, scary ...
Plot: plague, zombie, supernatural, survival, holy grail, knight, gory, clergy, heroes, rivalry, danger, escapades ...
Time: middle ages
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Ba'al (2008)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A world-renowned archaeologist must reawaken the storm god Ba'al by collecting four ancient amulets scattered around the world. As each amulet is uncovered, Ba'al's fury threatens to destroy everything in its path with the most ...
Style: scary, bleak, exciting, suspenseful, serious
Audience: boys' night
Plot: ancient mystery, chaos, forces of nature, chases and races, supernatural ability, save the world, supernatural, danger, race against time, disaster, creature, threat ...
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55%
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The Prophecy: Uprising (2005)
Genre: Thriller, Action, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Romania, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: There exists an ancient manuscript still writing itself called the Lexicon. It supposedly tells of the coming of the Anti-Christ, and happens to fall into the hands of an unsuspecting woman (Kari Wuhrer). Now, she is being pursued by angels intent ...
Style: scary, serious, suspenseful, brutal, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, ghost, clergy, obsessive quest, supernatural ability, good versus evil, serial killer, danger, destiny, apocalypse, rivalry ...
Place: romania, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Bloody Mallory (2002)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mallory is the head of an elite government-run strike force dedicated to combating the supernatural. Her team includes the drag queen Vena Cava, an explosives expert; a mute, pre-teen telepath capable of possessing others named Talking Tina; and an ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, scary ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: vampire, female warrior, supernatural, dangerous attraction, good versus evil, femme fatale, obsessive quest, daring rescue, rivalry, supernatural ability, clergy, save the day ...
Time: 21st century
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Night of the Living Dead 3D: Re-Animation (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's inheritance-seeking younger brother unexpectantly shows up, ...
Style: rough, scary, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Plot: zombie, grave, danger, chaos, supernatural, gory, living dead, death, night of the living dead, plague, strong violent content, zombie attack ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Cat and Mouse (2003)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Zhan Zhao (Andy Lau) is a court officer who learns of a plot to assassinate Judge Bao (Anthony Wong). While on holiday he meets a young man named Bai (Cecilia Cheung) who turns out to be a woman. Zhan Zhao tries to recruit Bai to help him stop the ...
Style: semi serious, exciting, humorous, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: rivalry, heroes, vigilantism, secret identity, love affair, battles, folk hero, love and romance, escapades, hidden identity, dishonesty, martial arts ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Pumpkinhead: Ashes to Ashes (2006)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK, USA, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story: He threw their loved ones into a swamp. Now they want revenge... But when a demon does their dirty work, it comes at a price.
Style: slasher, scary, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: murder, monster, small town, curses spells and rituals, supernatural ability, demon, swamp, supernatural, police, creature, imaginary, afterlife ...
Time: year 1988
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Cadaverella (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: Cinder knew her life was over when her father came home from a business trip with a new wife and her 2 daughters when she was only 6. When her father dies soon afterwards, she pretty much has to care for herself, as her stepmother whittles away her ...
Style: serious, scary, suspenseful, suspense, independent film
Plot: danger, vigilantism, race against time, vengeance, escapades, good versus evil, rivalry, psychopath, reincarnation, parents and children, afterlife, tragic hero ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Spooky Encounters (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Sammo is Courageous Cheung, a pedicab driver in a rural community who is known around town as the man who fears nothing. Well, this is proved false before the opening credits finish when he endures a particularly frightening nightmare of ...
Style: horror comedy, semi serious, humorous, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: martial arts, kung fu, zombie, vampire, living dead, sorcery, wuxia, supernatural, black magic, terror, affair, fight ...
Place: china, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 3.8
 767
Evilution (2008)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: An alien bacterium resurrects the dead on Earth.
Style: suspenseful, rough, serious, scary, exciting ...
Plot: zombie, alien encounter, save the world, survival, apocalypse, danger, soldier, escapades, chaos, imaginary, chases and races, mentally unstable ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Puppet Master X: Axis Rising (2012)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, War
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Puppet Master X follows the characters of Danny as he attempts to rescue his girlfriend Beth with the help of Toulon's puppets. However their help is short lived as they end up getting stolen by Ozu (Terumi Shimazu). Danny and Beth must try to ...
Style: serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, suspense ...
Plot: puppet, curses spells and rituals, puppet master, supernatural, doll, good versus evil, mad scientist, danger, military, rescue, swastika, rivalry ...
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Triassic Attack (2010)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A Native American owner of a kitschy roadside museum accidentally brings to life three dinosaur fossils. Now really annoyed, the giant dinos wreak havoc on the small town and the local university.
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, scary, natural horror ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: dinosaur, fossil, survival, small town, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, save the day, escapades, deadly creature, danger, giant monster, monster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Threshold (2003)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Alien seeds hitch a ride to earth in a space shuttle crew and begin to grow. When their numbers reach the Threshold amount they will be an unstoppable swarm.
Style: suspenseful, serious, scary
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: heroic mission, save the world, danger, supernatural, dangerous animal, race against time, alien encounter, space travel, chaos, disaster, monster, evil alien ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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2002 (2001)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In Hong Kong, the special force of the police known as 2002 is composed of the twenty-two year-old cop Chiu and his ghost partner and they fight against supernatural phenomena under the guidance of the mystic Paper Chan. When his partner ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, suspense, captivating, dark
Plot: afterlife, special agent, ghost, reincarnation, martial arts, supernatural, good versus evil, vengeance, danger, fall in love, rivalry, introspection ...
Time: 21st century
Place: china, hong kong
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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