Movies and TV shows like Falling Skies
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Falling Skies (2011)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
Survivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, heroic, apocalyptic, epic, bleak, futuristic, spooky, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, post apocalypse, alien invasion, alien encounter, apocalypse, military, evil alien, resistance, life is a bitch, ufo, survival, human spirit, chaos and mayhem, space and aliens, worldwide chaos, vestiges of humanity, heroes, father son relationship, supernatural power, invasion, chaos, supernatural, leader, secret hideout, hopes ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and apocalyptic films and TV series with plots about danger, post apocalypse, distopia, survival, apocalypse, space and aliens and escapades mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like Falling Skies: V (2009), Colony (2016), War of the Worlds (2005), Jeremiah (2002), Revolution (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a ...
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suspenseful, captivating, stylized, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
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alien invasion, alien, ufo, evil alien, fate of humanity, alien encounter, fbi, conspiracy, uncover truth, invasion, world domination, space and aliens ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. While some people have chosen to collaborate with ...
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captivating, exciting, serious, suspenseful, spiritual ...
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future
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
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Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
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exciting, suspenseful, tense, futuristic, bleak ...
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girls' night, teens, boys' night
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apocalypse, alien, alien invasion, survival, end of the world, catastrophe, disaster, space and aliens, invasion, evil alien, destruction, natural disaster ...
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future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
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new jersey, new york, usa, asia, europe ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Jeremiah is an American television series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner that ran on the Showtime network from 2002 to 2004. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where most of the adult population has been wiped out by a ...
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exciting, atmospheric, tense, serious, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
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apocalypse, plague, worldwide chaos, post apocalypse, chaos, chaos and mayhem, vestiges of humanity, virus, partners, society, escapades, youth ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Revolution focuses on the struggle to survive 15 years after a global blackout.
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exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, fate of humanity, post apocalypse, future dystopia, worldwide chaos, twists and turns, chaos, society, parents and children, chaos and mayhem, dictatorship ...
Time:
near future, 2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, north america
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81%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Earth is attacked by unknown forces. As people everywhere watch the world's great cities fall, Los Angeles becomes the last stand for mankind in a battle no one expected. It's up to a Marine staff sergeant and his new platoon to draw a ...
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serious, futuristic, intense, exciting, suspenseful ...
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boys' night
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alien invasion, apocalypse, battles, survival, battlefield, evil alien, military, invasion, extraterrestrial, alien encounter, heroic mission, save the world ...
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future, 2010s, 21st century
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los angeles, usa, california, mojave desert, america ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Once again, Earth is the battleground. But now the aliens whose human guise hides their true reptilian natures are wiser. They believe the secret to their survival on Earth lies in the DNA of the newly born half-human, half-spaceling Starchild. But ...
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teens
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evil alien, alien, post apocalypse, alien encounter, space, alien invasion, super powers, girl, invasion, superhero, disguise, woman with a gun ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles, usa
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100%
43K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Defiance is an American science fiction television show that takes place in the future on a radically transformed Earth containing new species arriving from space. In the show, Joshua Nolan works as the lawman for the town of Defiance, a community ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, serious, tense, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, post apocalypse, escapades, alien invasion, interspecies romance, enemy, mayor, ex military, law enforcement, survival, lesbian, bounty hunter ...
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future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ...
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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 ...
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future, 2010s
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ohio, usa, new york, tower bridge london, london ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Threshold was a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an ...
Style:
serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot:
government conspiracy, invasion, infected, alien invasion, hallucination, genetically altered, government facility, human existence, dreams, encounter, alien encounter, contact ...
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washington d.c., usa
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100%
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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 ...
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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
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 46 min.
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Terra Nova follows an ordinary family on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a daring experiment to save the human race. In the year 2149, the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped and overcrowded, with ...
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exciting, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, dinosaur, post apocalypse, survival, human existence, extinction, changing the past or future, characters in danger, experiment, dangerous animal, alternate universe, fate of humanity ...
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prehistoric times, jurassic, prehistory, 22nd century
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72%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.
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stylized, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
navy, battleship, apocalypse, chaos, heroes, military, deadly virus, save the world, survival, plague, human existence, fate of humanity ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.
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tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, chaos, disaster, small town, leadership, twists and turns, distopia, post nuclear, courage, selflessness ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
kansas, usa
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80%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Sheriff's deputy Rick Grimes awakens from a coma to find a post-apocalyptic world dominated by flesh-eating zombies. He sets out to find his family and encounters many other survivors along the way.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, captivating, scary, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, pandemic, supernatural, virus, zombie apocalypse, graphic violence, peril, fear, plague ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
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usa, america, atlanta, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, apocalypse, evil alien, ufo, space and aliens, suspense, alien encounter, space, vestiges of humanity, fantasy world, creature ...
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future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, california, london ...
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100%
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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
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64%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In a small rural community, local police officers Zoe and Patrick begin their shift as normal but soon, strange events unfold. Residents begin behaving erratically, and suicidal panic spreads amongst the township they are trying to protect. Zoe and ...
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serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, captivating
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family outing
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alien invasion, alien, alien encounter, invasion, space and aliens, ufo, alien civilization, alien contact, evil alien, survival, struggle for survival, underground ...
Place:
england
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 247 min.
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Story:
After peaceful aliens invade earth, humanity finds itself living in a utopia under the indirect rule of the aliens, but does this utopia come at a price?
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suspenseful, philosophical, serious, thought provoking, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens
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demon, alien invasion, space travel, twists and turns, alien, suspense, technology, space and aliens, humanity, science, religion, sacrifice ...
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near future, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, israel
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100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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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.
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exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic ...
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boys' night
Plot:
terminator, cyborgs, female killer, time travel, sent to the past, androids and robots, female robot, killer robot, nuclear holocaust, female warrior, changing the past or future, escapades ...
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future, 21st century
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Earth: Final Conflict is a Canadian science fiction television series based on story ideas created by Gene Roddenberry, and produced under the guidance of his widow, Majel Barrett-Roddenberry. It was not produced, filmed or broadcast until after his ...
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anime, serious, suspenseful
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boys' night
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space and aliens, alien contact, alien invasion, space, evil alien, conspiracy, rebellion, alien, superhero, canadian, woman with a gun, alien encounter ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Invasion is an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for only one season beginning in September 21, 2005. Somewhat similar to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the show told the story of the aftermath of a hurricane in which ...
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serious, suspenseful, bleak, disturbing, tense ...
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boys' night
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space and aliens, survival, invasion, creature, deadly creature, rescue, heroic mission, evil alien, alien, father daughter relationship, alien invasion, swamp ...
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100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of ...
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Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
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alien, alien invasion, military, u.s. navy, ship, battleship, evil alien, navy, alien encounter, battles, sea battle, space and aliens ...
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50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Jack Harper is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack’s mission is nearly complete. His existence is ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, intense, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, alien, distopia, alien invasion, survival, future dystopia, space, space travel, catastrophe, destruction, disorder ...
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future, 21st century
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new york, washington d.c., pentagon, empire state building manhattan new york city
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80%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Germany, Ireland
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
When strange anomalies start to appear all over England, Professor Cutter and his team must track down and capture all sorts of dangerous prehistoric creatures from Earth's distant past and near future.
Style:
stylized, serious, exciting, suspenseful, scenic
Plot:
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100%
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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 ...
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exciting, entertaining, tense, futuristic, apocalyptic ...
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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 ...
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50%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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The six-person crew of a derelict spaceship awakens from stasis in the farthest reaches of space. Their memories wiped clean, they have no recollection of who they are or how they got on board. The only clue to their identities is a cargo bay full ...
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exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, ambiguous ending, serious ...
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teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
space travel, space, memory loss, space and aliens, space wars, time travel, distant planet, amnesia, survival, androids, spacecraft, friendship ...
Time:
future
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100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, India
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of ...
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exciting, suspenseful, serious, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, extraterrestrial, ufo, monster, evil alien, cowboy, alien contact, space and aliens, invasion, human versus alien, gunslinger ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Andromeda is a Canadian/American science fiction television series, based on unused material by the late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, developed by Robert Hewitt Wolfe, and produced by Roddenberry's widow, Majel Barrett. It starred Kevin ...
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100%
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