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Sleep Dealer (2008)
7K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences, three strangers risk their lives to connect with each other and break the barriers of technology.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, stylized, cyber, futuristic, mindfuck, apocalyptic, existential, mind bending, intellectual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dam, cyberpunk, virtual reality, survival, danger, corporate crime, dishonesty, dystopian future, distopia, destruction, worker, mexican american border, remote control, border, cognitive science, death, apocalypse, epidemic, writers, planet, androids and robots, sleeping, computer, underground, disaster ...
Time:
future
Place:
mexico, latin america, tijuana mexico
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Most similar movies to Sleep Dealer
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, futuristic and apocalyptic films with plots about distopia, apocalypse, dystopian future, epidemic, post apocalypse, danger and disaster mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Sleep Dealer: Monsters (2010), Until the End of the World (1991), Omega Doom (1996), Android Apocalypse (2006), Virtuality (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Mexico, Costa Rica
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Six years ago NASA discovered the possibility of alien life within our solar system. A probe was launched to collect samples, but crashed upon re-entry over Central America. Soon after, new life forms began to appear and half of Mexico was ...
Style:
road movie, stylized, meditative, apocalyptic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
monster, alien invasion, alien, alien encounter, jungle, invasion, demolished city, ufo, quarantine, military, post apocalyptic, end of the world ...
Time:
future, year 2010, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
mexico, latin america, central america, austin texas, mexico city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, France, Australia, USA
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
Until The End of the World is an odyssey for the modern age. As with Homer's Odyssey, the purpose of the journey is to restore sight -- a spiritual reconciliation between an obsessed father and a deserted son. Dr. Farber, in trying to find a ...
Style:
road movie, futuristic, surreal, cyber, bleak ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, on the road, photograph, chase, virtual reality, post apocalypse, magic, dream, lovers, train, road trip ...
Time:
future, year 1991, 90s, near future, year 1999 ...
Place:
australia, berlin germany, china, moscow russia, venice ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
After earth is taken over by an army of robots, the small number of humans left are forced into hiding. In the nuclear winter, only droids walk the face of the earth, in fear of the rumored human resurgence, and in search of a hidden cache of ...
Style:
apocalyptic, futuristic, cyber, neo western, grindhouse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, androids and robots, robot, apocalypse, cyborgs, distopia, cyberpunk, wasteland, androids, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, dystopian future ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Machines have taken over, but left humans thinking that they are still the ones in charge. The androids need humans because of the human brain fluid; without it the android brains can't work. Until the mad scientist finds out how to make this ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, serious, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, prison, technology gone awry, chaos, survival, androids and robots, escapades, save the world, man versus machine, race against time, dystopian future, artificial intelligence ...
Time:
future
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48%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to explore a distant planetary system. In order to endure the stress of being confined to their high-tech vessel, the crew passes the time ...
Style:
exciting, atmospheric, suspenseful, futuristic, cyber ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
virtual reality, survival, save the world, danger, escape from reality, imaginary, trapped in space, murder, crew, planet, gang rape, interracial couple ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
45%
22K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A futuristic 'Brief Encounter', a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
dystopia, dystopian future, husband wife relationship, infidelity, distopia, cyberpunk, abortion, cloning, pregnancy, coitus, forgery, investigation ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future
Place:
asia, shanghai, china, middle east, seattle ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Two cops, R and Noma, hunt down renegade cyborgs. Cyborgs are used as commandos by the military, as lust objects and for companionship. Normaly they have a limited lifespan of three years but black market technology is being developed to be able to ...
Style:
suspenseful, cyber, exciting, stylized, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyborgs, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, robot as menace, apocalypse, dystopian future, androids and robots, computers and web, save the world, danger, man versus machine, rivalry ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
40%
57K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the ...
Style:
philosophical, cult classic, bleak, mindfuck, psychological ...
Plot:
distopia, totalitarianism, dystopia, dystopian future, cyberpunk, brainwashing, escape, prison, dystopic future, alone in the world, fighting the system, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1971, 90s, 1920s
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, life is a bitch, pregnancy, escapades, danger, society, dystopian future, babies and infants, post nuclear, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to ...
Style:
futuristic, cyber, stylized, tech noir, cult classic ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, hacker, dystopia, dystopian future, heroic mission, danger, computers and web, computer cracker, artificial intelligence, yakuza, hacking ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 2000s, 2020s ...
Place:
japan, arizona, beijing china, canada
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In a post apocalyptic world where technology is outlawed, Walter, a reclusive scientist, secretly creates a self-aware android, "Puzzlehead". Jealously erupts when Puzzlehead wins the affection of Julia, the beautiful shopgirl that Walter ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, man versus machine, dystopian future, chaos, love triangle, androids and robots, society, obsession, cyberpunk, technology gone awry, betrayal, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its ...
Style:
futuristic, cyber, apocalyptic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, cyberspace, computer hacker, computer, artificial intelligence, alternate reality, unrequited love, winter, apocalypse, technology gone awry, computer cracker ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
It has been 73 years since Alex failed and the Humans lost the Cyborg Wars. Since then, the Humans have been enslaved. Scientists have developed a new DNA strain, which could signal the end of the Cyborgs, and they inject it into a volunteer. When ...
Style:
futuristic, psychotronic, apocalyptic, independent film, fast ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, female bodybuilder, cyberpunk, space and aliens, terminator, androids and robots, cyborgs, alien, apocalypse, nemesis, post-apocalyptic future, bounty hunter ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, year 1995, 21st century
Place:
africa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Duke Evans, out of work NSA analyst, is evicted from his home he moves his family to his grandfather's old cabin. However here they are also threatened when a hellish cyber-attack is unleashed on the US rendering anything with a computer ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
post apocalypse, invasion, chaos and mayhem, danger, escapades, immigrant, society, racism, unemployment, government agency, apocalypse, distopia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
china, mexico
Similarity:
34%
699
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States inspires his fellow survivors to fight for humanity. The bomb has dropped, and in the blink of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, apocalyptic, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, missing person, danger, chaos, society, escapades, life is a bitch, post apocalypse, plague, journey, violence ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The Last Man Alive Must Battle a Planet of the Dead. [An Asylum film.]
Style:
mockbuster, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
virus, rescue, survival, post apocalypse, life is a bitch, rivalry, danger, supernatural, chaos, plague, dystopian future, society ...
Similarity:
33%
313
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the future, national boundaries have been broken down and two giant super-states remain—the bleak, oppressive, and totalitarian "Hemisphere," and the sprawling and futuristic "Megaville." Megaville has an elected president, ...
Style:
cyber, independent film, futuristic, serious, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, hitman, assassination, society, distopia, police officer, evil computer, dystopian future, smuggling, life is a bitch, dishonesty, undercover ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
High-concept Sci-Fi adventure about an island that actually is a computer called Kyron 5, itself created to design and manufacture super-advanced robots to be used as slaves for the rest of the world. One day Kyron decides that human beings are ...
Style:
cyber, apocalyptic, mecha, futuristic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, post apocalypse, kaiju, giant monster, post apocalyptic, man versus machine, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, terminator, future war, evil computer, deathtrap ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
texas, new york
Similarity:
32%
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13K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared, and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state of suspended animation. Two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, ambiguous ending, dark, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
isolation, bunker, science, humanity, freezing, distopia, dystopia, disaster, post apocalypse, contamination, apocalypse, trapped ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Similarity:
31%
22K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Italy, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
New York City in the year 2095 where genetically altered humans live side by side with unaltered men and women.
Style:
surreal, futuristic, serious, suspenseful, absurd ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, genetics, mythology, fantasy world, cyborgs, ancient egypt, parallel universe, dystopian future, transformation, society, dystopia, androids ...
Time:
future, year 2004
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A sci-fi drama about a man struggling to find his wife, who he abandoned six years ago, before their visa to emmigrate to an off-world colony expires.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspense, intense, serious ...
Plot:
dystopic future, space travel, colony, post apocalypse, fate of humanity, redemption, danger, survival, husband wife relationship, surrealism, human existence, escapades ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, USA, Japan, Sweden, UK, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The story of two lovers and their attempts to save their relationship in a near-future world on the brink of cosmic collapse. John, and world-famous ice skating star, Elena, are about to sign divorce papers when they realise that, in spite of ...
Style:
philosophical, psychological, enigmatic, suspenseful, stylized ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cloning, lovers on the run, dystopian future, couple relations, life is a bitch, danger, chaos, estrangement, passion, apocalypse, divorce, climate change ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
30%
130K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, South Africa, USA
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.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, philosophical, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, dystopian future, youth, community, utopia, destiny, society, danger, humanity, rebelliousness, runaway ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2040s, 2010s
Place:
peru
Similarity:
30%
Movie in collections
321
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a climate change ravaged world in 2012, after 240 days without rain Sydney has only two weeks of water left. When the city is then ringed by severe bushfires, the question becomes, how do you fight fire when you have no water?
Style:
serious, futuristic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
disaster, journalism, fire, medical examination, forces of nature, danger, investigation, politics, global warming, life is a bitch, dystopian future, media ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, sex scene, post apocalypse, farm, love triangle, post apocalyptic, nuclear war, survivor, radiation, survival, jealousy, distopia ...
Time:
2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
30%
246K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Style:
cerebral, philosophical, futuristic, thought provoking, tense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, technology, consciousness, technology gone awry, resurrection, science, scientist, nanotechnology, computers and web, chaos, hi-tech, computer ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future, year 2010 ...
Place:
peru, usa, africa, europe, asia ...
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a massive earthquake destroys Los Angeles, a new order is formed. But disagreement among the ranks leads to more war and disruption, and The Last Patrol must bring order if there's to be any hope for the future.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, rescue, earthquake, desert, chaos and mayhem, survival, danger, rivalry, life is a bitch, post apocalypse, battles, disaster ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
30%
19K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
In the near future, Cameron Turner is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Presented with an experimental solution to shield his wife and son from grief, he grapples with altering their fate.
Style:
psychological, futuristic, captivating, disturbing, intellectual ...
Plot:
illness, love, husband and wife, terminator, moral dilemma, clone, dystopian future, terminal illness, life is a bitch, father, father son relationship, love and romance ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
29%
344K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, intellectual, neo noir, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, genetics, fighting the system, discrimination, dystopia, philosophy, society, paraplegic, eugenics, hopes, dystopian future, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 1900s ...
Place:
detroit, riviera, french riviera
Similarity:
29%
885
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the 21st Century, terrorists have developed a new way to strike: disease. Not only have they created a deadly Level Four Ebola virus, their first victim is the President of the United States. The virus is particularly contagious and is spreading. ...
Style:
rough, serious, suspenseful, bleak, intellectual
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
quarantine, bio weapon, terrorism, save the day, survival, chaos, state affairs, danger, undercover, plague, antidote, infection ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
29%
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