Movies like The Hunger Games
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The Hunger Games (2012)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains. Pitted against highly-trained Tributes who have prepared for these Games their entire lives, Katniss is forced to rely upon her sharp instincts as well as the mentorship of drunken former victor Haymitch Abernathy. If she’s ever to return home to District 12, Katniss must make impossible choices in the arena that weigh survival against humanity and life against love. The world will be watching.
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exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious, thought provoking, entertaining, sad, epic, slasher ...
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teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, distopia, death, game of death, contests and competitions, youth, rivalry, society, future dystopia, killings, young heroes, game, against the odds, allies, competition, heroes, post apocalypse, rivals, life is a bitch, heroine, fate of humanity, archery, training, self sacrifice ...
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Most similar movies to The Hunger Games
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, futuristic, visually appealing and suspenseful films with plots about distopia, danger, murder, gun, post apocalypse, survival and death mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Hunger Games: Divergent (2014), The Maze Runner (2014), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), Insurgent (2015), Allegiant (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's ...
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futuristic, captivating, entertaining, touching, sad ...
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teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing
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female protagonist, distopia, survival, post apocalypse, future dystopia, competition, fight, young heroes, fight scenes, anti heroine, dictator, adaptation ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
97%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
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futuristic, entertaining, bleak, slasher, dystopian ...
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teens, girls' night, boys' night, kids
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distopia, female protagonist, survival, teenager, rebellion, strong female character, society, future dystopia, game, youth, rivalry, fighting the system ...
Time:
future
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94%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 ...
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exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, entertaining, emotional ...
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teens, girls' night
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distopia, strong female lead, rebellion, chase, revolution, resistance, tough girl, chosen one, good versus evil, teenager, brutality, brainwashing ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes ...
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exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids
Plot:
distopia, fighting the system, rebellion, survival, post apocalypse, heroine, chosen one, choice, society, youth, teenage life, training ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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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.
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exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, futuristic ...
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teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, boys' night
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survival, maze, memory loss, distopia, apocalypse, teenager, post apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, suspense, youth, escape ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
96%
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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. ...
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futuristic, exciting, serious, absurd, intense ...
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teens
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distopia, post apocalypse, zombie, survival, teenager, desert, apocalypse, maze, young heroes, immunity, teenage hero, on the run ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
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exciting, futuristic, intense, entertaining, romantic ...
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teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, future dystopia, tough girl, teenager, teenage love, strong female lead, chosen one, good versus evil, rebellion, chase, fighting the system ...
Time:
future
Place:
chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
Style:
futuristic, surprise ending, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, teenager, post apocalypse, utopia, surveillance, female protagonist, chosen one, brainwashing, manipulation, survival, betrayal, chase ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
chicago illinois, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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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.
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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 ⇓
84%
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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.
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futuristic, exciting, serious, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
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alien, chosen one, space wars, distopia, space, battles, training, young heroes, prodigy, space and aliens, child prodigy, space battle ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
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The Maze Runner related movies
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, romantic, suspenseful, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, interspecies romance, youth, evil alien, true love, self sacrifice, teenage love, post apocalypse, love and romance, power of love, young heroes ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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 ...
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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 ⇓
82%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, controversial, exciting, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
game of death, survival, death, teenager, suicide, desperation, distopia, teacher, island, cruelty, school class, contests and competitions ...
Time:
future
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
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thought provoking, futuristic, philosophical, atmospheric, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, family outing
Plot:
distopia, memory, post apocalypse, youth, future dystopia, community, society, runaway, humanity, life is a bitch, utopia, rebelliousness ...
Time:
future, 2040s
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their ...
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futuristic, philosophical, serious, stylized, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time, distopia, immortality, fighting the system, survival, love, dystopic future, future dystopia, social differences, class differences, race against time, wealth ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
los angeles, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Italy
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, intense, serious, exciting, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, distopia, apocalypse, robot, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, androids and robots, man versus machine, future war, dystopic future, artificial intelligence, save the world ...
Time:
future, near future, 2000s, year 2003, 2010s
Place:
los angeles, california, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Canada, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does ...
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futuristic, exciting, captivating, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, female protagonist, cyborgs, strong female lead, post apocalypse, female warrior, tough girl, woman fights a man, martial arts, adaptation, bounty hunter ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
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thought provoking, allegory, tense, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
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post apocalypse, train, distopia, survival, future dystopia, revolution, rebellion, social differences, winter, class struggle, society, snow ...
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future, near future, 2030s, year 2014, 2010s ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
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exciting, captivating, romantic, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
post apocalypse, teenager, good versus evil, telekinesis, mind control, superhuman powers, runaway teen, friendship, love and romance, super powers, escape, soldier ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
In 2019, Lincoln Six-Echo is a resident of a seemingly "Utopian" but contained facility. Like all of the inhabitants of this carefully-controlled environment, Lincoln hopes to be chosen to go to The Island — reportedly the last ...
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futuristic, exciting, intense, psychological, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, escape, cloning, fugitives, technology gone awry, future dystopia, conspiracy, island, clones, utopia, lookalikes, dystopic future ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father ...
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futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic ...
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girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the ...
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exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, fate of humanity, leadership, human existence, youth, nuclear holocaust, space station, rivalry, survivor, society, friendship ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic future where population control is dictated by a high-school aptitude test, two students discover the test is smoke and mirrors hiding a larger conspiracy.
Style:
brutal, touching, disturbing, cynical, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
overpopulation, protest, court, youth, eugenics, distopia, high school, rivalry, dishonesty, love, teenager, humanity ...
Time:
near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Robert Neville is a scientist who was unable to stop the spread of the terrible virus that was incurable and man-made. Immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City and perhaps the world. For three years, Neville ...
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intense, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, loneliness, post apocalypse, virus, distopia, supernatural, isolation, infected, end of the world, dog ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 2000s, year 2012, near future ...
Place:
new york, usa, vermont, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who ...
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic, tense, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Hungary, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Six people unwittingly find themselves locked in another series of escape rooms, slowly uncovering what they have in common to survive as they discover all the games that they've played before.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Bahrain
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Every ten or seven years in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receiving the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of Worlds No 1, which itself ...
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exciting, suspenseful, rough, intense, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
survival, chase, martial arts, hitman, competition, female fighter, surveillance, tournament, fight to the death, prize, fight, confession ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, sexy, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
distopia, mind control, cyberspace, contests and competitions, computers and web, cyberpunk, dystopic future, hacker, technology, life & death, death, computer ...
Time:
2030s, near future, future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he ...
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futuristic, philosophical, stylized, intense, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
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distopia, revolution, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, freedom, society, vigilante, superhero, rebellion, vigilantism, mysterious character ...
Time:
future, near future, 2020s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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