Movies like Twelve Monkeys
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Twelve Monkeys (1995)
625K
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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 Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.
Style:
psychological, surreal, twist ending, non-linear, atmospheric, confusing, mind bending, futuristic, bleak, cerebral ...
Plot:
time travel, insanity, post apocalypse, apocalypse, psychology, paranoia, time loop, virus, end of the world, alternate reality, social misfits, save the world, distopia, epidemic, plague, mental illness, twists and turns, changing the past or future, pandemic, mental institution, psychiatrist, future dystopia, time traveler, suspense, underground ...
Time:
future, 90s, 2030s, 20th century, year 1996, year 1990, 1910s ...
Place:
philadelphia, canada, maryland, baltimore, usa
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Most similar movies to Twelve Monkeys
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychological, mind bending, atmospheric and surprise ending films with plots about suspense, storytelling, twists and turns, first contact, existentialism, plot twist and psychology mostly in Thriller, Mystery and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Twelve Monkeys: The Jacket (2005), Dark City (1998), The Butterfly Effect (2004), Donnie Darko (2001), The Sixth Sense (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
Style:
psychological, surreal, enigmatic, mind bending, tricky ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, psychology, time loop, supernatural, mental institution, murder, memory loss, parallel universe, hallucination, supernatural ability, suspense, butterfly effect ...
Time:
future, 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
vermont
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100%
203K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, neo noir, gothic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
distopia, investigation, memory, alternate reality, cyberpunk, suspense, alien race, alien, post apocalypse, future dystopia, amnesia, memory loss ...
Time:
future, 1940s
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95%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, dramatic, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
time travel, time loop, butterfly effect, twists and turns, memory loss, suspense, alternate reality, psychology, memory, changing the past or future, time traveler, mind control ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
811K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, surreal, atmospheric, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, psychology, insanity, time travel, imaginary friend, surrealism, parallel universe, hallucination, suspense, time loop, suburbs, schizophrenia ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
virginia, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
ghost, twists and turns, supernatural, afterlife, suspense, psychology, death, psychiatrist, life & death, plot twist, child, boy ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style:
surreal, thought provoking, futuristic, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
distopia, fighting the system, surrealism, dream, cyberpunk, christmas, bureaucracy, hallucination, twists and turns, dystopic future, mistaken identity, surveillance ...
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future, year 1984
Place:
england, brazil, canada, london, britain ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, confusing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, investigation, mental illness, insanity, suspense, plot twist, psychology, paranoia, psychiatrist, mental institution, memory, isolation ...
Time:
year 1954, 1940s, year 1945, 20th century, year 1952 ...
Place:
boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
424K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead – and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, plot twist, invulnerability, twists and turns, train crash, suspense, villain, self discovery, father son relationship, supernatural ability, supernatural power, a vision ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 60s, 2000s
Place:
philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, confusing, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suspense, amnesia, memory loss, murder, plot twist, revenge, memory, paranoia, vengeance, psychology, twists and turns, haunted by the past ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
528K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, discovering he's involved in a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. He learns he's part of a top-secret experimental program that enables ...
Style:
surprise ending, clever, mind bending, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
time travel, time loop, suspense, train, twists and turns, alternate reality, bomb, destiny, save the day, memory, parallel universe, changing the past or future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, afghanistan, chicago illinois, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Friends and fledgling entrepreneurs invent a device in their garage which reduces the apparent mass of any object placed inside it, but they discover that it has some highly unexpected capabilities - ones that could enable them to do and to have ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, surreal, intellectual, enigmatic ...
Plot:
time travel, time loop, time machine, parallel universe, changing the past or future, changing the future, twists and turns, science, inventor, time, mathematics, scientist ...
Time:
future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, exciting, tense, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
cyberpunk, murder, suspense, future dystopia, foreknowledge, precognition, time loop, frame up, distopia, law enforcer, police investigation, time travel ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
133K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, tense, confusing ...
Plot:
parallel world, twists and turns, alternate reality, parallel universe, time loop, friends, disorder, paranoia, suspense, dinner party, confinement indoors, comet ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
366K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, China
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
A set of six nested stories spanning time between the 19th century and a distant post-apocalyptic future. Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, futuristic, surreal, enigmatic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
distopia, destiny, reincarnation, life & death, multiple storylines, life philosophy, dystopic future, existentialism, death, post apocalypse, human nature, karma ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1936, year 1975, 2010s ...
Place:
san francisco, belgium, seoul, south korea, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Canada, Japan, UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Style:
bleak, disturbing, apocalyptic, thought provoking, intense ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, distopia, epidemic, plague, blindness, apocalypse, disability, society, isolation, infection, blind character ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, portugal, sao paulo brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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187K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away Planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
Style:
psychological, touching, sentimental, surprise ending, futuristic ...
Plot:
alien, patient, extraterrestrial, planet, mysterious character, psychiatrist, mental institution, hypnosis, mental illness, science, investigation, space ...
Time:
future, 90s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, grand central station manhattan new york city, albuquerque new mexico, greenland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
364K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, futuristic, bleak, philosophical, twist ending ...
Plot:
isolation, moon, astronaut, loneliness, space travel, space, solitude, cloning, suspense, twists and turns, distopia, dystopic future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate ...
Style:
mind bending, futuristic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time travel, survival, time machine, epidemic, changing the past or future, post apocalypse, existence paradox, virus, save the world, sent to the past, plague, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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120K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, scary, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
time loop, twists and turns, ship, suspense, time travel, supernatural, ocean, ghost ship, isolation, insanity, macabre, castaway ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1932, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel ...
Style:
mind bending, intellectual, twist ending, atmospheric, confusing ...
Plot:
alternate reality, virtual reality, twists and turns, cyberpunk, cyberspace, time travel, computer system, parallel universe, parallel world, distopia, dystopic future, technology gone awry ...
Time:
future, 90s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1937 ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
psychological, surreal, neo noir, atmospheric, art house ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, hallucination, hollywood, alternate reality, obsession, nightmare, doppelganger, lesbian sex, filmmaking ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, depressing, neo noir, bleak, thought provoking ...
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, end of the world, redemption, future dystopia, chaos, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, mission, childlessness, on the run ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, poland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
David Aames has it all: wealth, good looks and gorgeous women on his arm. But just as he begins falling for the warmhearted Sofia, his face is horribly disfigured in a car accident. That's just the beginning of his troubles as the lines between ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, surreal, twist ending, enigmatic ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
surrealism, hallucination, virtual reality, mind game, love, tragic love, disfigurement, psychology, dream, obsession, lost love, alternate reality ...
Time:
future, 22nd century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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11K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
4 would be astronauts spend 400 days in a land locked space simulator to test the psychological effects of deep space travel but, when something goes terribly wrong and they are forced to leave the simulation, they discover that everything on earth ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, harsh, suspenseful, confusing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
trapped in space, space, experiment, astronaut, survival, space travel, bunker, end of the world, insanity, parallel universe, isolation, catastrophe ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In this mind-bending 'Sci-Fi Noir' a daring physicist folds time to travel into the past, trying to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his ...
Style:
futuristic, surprise ending, twist ending, tricky, stylized ...
Plot:
time travel, time loop, parallel universe, suspense, travel, alternate reality, science, twists and turns, life & death, violence, corruption, revenge ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas "Locke" Lockhart, hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer whose crimes defy scientific explanation. When the killer mysteriously resurfaces nine years later, Locke's ...
Style:
enigmatic, tense, disturbing, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
time traveler, suspense, hospital, secret identity, homicide detective, time travel, paranormal investigation, time, female serial killer, police detective, teenage girl, crime investigation ...
Time:
future, year 1988, year 1997, year 2006
Place:
philadelphia
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100%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK, France
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Style:
surreal, mind bending, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
virtual reality, cyberpunk, alternate reality, twists and turns, distopia, plot twist, technology, video game, genetics, chase, escape from reality, cyberspace ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
32K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Style:
psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, thought provoking, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, memory loss, espionage, twists and turns, distopia, spy, technology, brainwashing, uncover truth, hidden identity, mysterious character, dystopic future ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has ...
Style:
surprise ending, thought provoking, clever, twist ending, confusing ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
time travel, twists and turns, time loop, plot twist, time paradox, time machine, mission, parallel universe, changing the past or future, mysterious character, existentialism, special agents ...
Time:
year 1975, future, 1940s, 20th century, year 1981 ...
Place:
usa, new york, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
81K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, surprise ending, confusing, twist ending ...
Plot:
suicide, mental illness, mentally unstable, obsession, twists and turns, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, mental institution, unfulfillment, surrealism, death, doctors and patients ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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