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Riddick (2013)
185K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betrayed by his own kind and left for dead on a desolate planet, Riddick fights for survival against alien predators and becomes more powerful and dangerous than ever before. Soon bounty hunters from throughout the galaxy descend on Riddick only to find themselves pawns in his greater scheme for revenge. With his enemies right where he wants them, Riddick unleashes a vicious attack of vengeance before returning to his home planet of Furya to save it from destruction.
Style:
suspenseful, rough, saga, space horror, serious, cliffhanger, tense, retro, sweet, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, survival, tough heroes, space, space opera, one man army, space and aliens, danger, alien planet, mysterious planet, heroes, mercenary, lone wolves, escapades, outer space, alien invasion, deadly creature, intergalactic, distopia, bounty hunter, anti hero, left for dead, profanity, space adventure, chase ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s
Place:
space western
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, suspenseful, exciting and serious films with plots about chase, danger, weapons, technology, fight, distopia and gun mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Riddick: Pitch Black (2000), Predators (2010), Serenity (2005), Elysium (2013), Cyborg (1989). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
263K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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96%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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261K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
92%
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489K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, South Africa, Mexico
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
37K
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Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Story:
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69%
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Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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81%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
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Story:
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310K
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Story:
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Audience:
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Place:
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74%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: UK, France, USA, Czech Republic
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Audience:
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1.2M
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Story:
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TV show
Story:
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Story:
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