Movies like Lucy
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Lucy (2014)
574K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Style:
futuristic, intellectual, surreal, philosophical, exciting, serious, cerebral, breathtaking, mind bending, action thriller ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, intelligence, superhuman powers, brain capacity, tough girl, experimental drug, supernatural ability, telekinesis, transformation, consciousness, telepathy, human brain, mind control, strong female lead, revenge, female protagonist, strong female character, metaphysics, time travel, anti heroine, kick-butt women, quantum physics, imaginary, escapades, violence ...
Time:
year 2014, future, stone age, 2010s, 1900s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
new york, paris france, france, berlin germany, rome italy, taiwan
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Most similar movies to Lucy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, visually appealing, suspenseful and stylized films with plots about chase, dialogue, storytelling, technology, mentor, gun and death mostly in Thriller, Sci-Fi and Action genres. Some movies like Lucy: Limitless (2011), Transcendence (2014), Elysium (2013), Source Code (2011), Aeon Flux (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
642K
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract ...
Style:
clever, thought provoking, intellectual, philosophical, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
intelligence, success, drug, creativity, drug abuse, superhuman powers, ambition, rise to the top, rags to riches, brain capacity, experimental drug, prodigy ...
Time:
year 2011, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
90%
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:
90%
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:
futuristic, breathtaking, cyber, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopian future, dystopia, space station, distopia, class conflict, space and aliens, politics, robot, dark future, ecological disaster, utopia ...
Time:
future, year 2013, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place:
los angeles, seattle, peru, africa, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
579K
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, suspense, mind bending, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, train, alternate reality, parallel universe, twists and turns, memory, save the day, changing the past or future, destiny, terrorism, time ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, somalia, afghanistan, illinois
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
137K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany, Brazil, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, action packed, apocalyptic, visually appealing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female character, dystopia, woman with a gun, secret movement, cyberpunk, strong female lead, rebelliousness, superheroine, dystopian future, female killer, kick-butt women ...
Time:
future, near future, 2000s
Place:
berlin germany
Similarity:
100%
480K
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 ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, thought provoking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time, dystopian future, immortality, fighting the system, dystopia, distopia, love, dystopic future, survival, life & death, class differences, social differences ...
Time:
future, year 2011, near future, distant future, 2010s
Place:
usa, los angeles, canada
Similarity:
100%
361K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopian future, dystopia, gunfight, post apocalyptic, fighting the system, cyberpunk, violence, totalitarianism, rebellion, dictatorship ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
Similarity:
100%
119K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
After his father, an assassin, is brutally murdered, Nick Gant vows revenge on Division, the covert government agency that dabbles in psychic warfare and experimental drugs. Hiding in Hong Kong's underworld, Nick assembles a band of rogue ...
Style:
intense, suspenseful, exciting, serious, action packed ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
chase, clairvoyance, telekinesis, danger, supernatural ability, supernatural, superhero, imaginary, psychic, psychokinesis, undercover, teenage girl ...
Time:
future, 2000s, year 1945, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, asia
Similarity:
75%
Movie in collections
875K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Hong Kong
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Style:
neo noir, futuristic, tech noir, atmospheric, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopia, existentialism, dystopian future, distopia, androids, cyborgs, fugitive, police detective, fugitives, flying car ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2019, 20th century, near future ...
Place:
los angeles, california, bolivia, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, dystopia, prison, utopia, psychopath, time travel, satire, maverick cop, totalitarianism, fish out of water, violence ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
174K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies ...
Style:
mind bending, exciting, clever, action packed, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, foreknowledge, psychic, changing the past or future, danger, destiny, save the day, twists and turns, supernatural ability, a vision, precognition, terrorism ...
Time:
future, year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, usa, arizona
Similarity:
90%
336K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a ...
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, teen, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
teleportation, chase, youth, super powers, supernatural ability, good versus evil, presumed dead, young heroes, supernatural, adolescence, danger, world spanning ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
egypt, himalaya, michigan, manhattan new york city, italy ...
Similarity:
79%
2.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, cerebral, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, teamwork, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, twists and turns, fictional reality, existentialism, lucid dream ...
Time:
year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place:
japan, paris france, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
Similarity:
67%
231K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, surprise ending, neo noir, experimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, revenge, murder, surgery, microchip, dystopia, nanotechnology, technology, super soldier, cyborgs, super computer ...
Time:
near future, future, 2010s
Similarity:
71%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In the late 21st century, a subculture of humans have emerged who have been modified genetically by a vampire-like disease, giving them enhanced speed, incredible stamina and acute intelligence. As they are set apart from "normal" and ...
Style:
futuristic, sexy, visually stunning, action packed, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
vampire, one woman army, female protagonist, heroic mission, rescue, heroine, dystopia, strong female lead, kick-butt women, dystopian future, chases and races, cyberpunk ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2006
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Hong Kong, Canada, India
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, cerebral, suspense, visually stunning ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, female protagonist, robot, technology, distopia, hacker, dystopia, tough girl, androids, chase ...
Time:
future, year 2017, near future, 2010s, year 2011
Place:
tokyo, japan
Similarity:
64%
107K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: France, USA, Canada, Russia, Serbia, Guadeloupe
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Beneath Anna Poliatova's striking beauty lies a secret that will unleash her indelible strength and skill to become one of the world's most feared government assassins.
Style:
suspense, action thriller, satanic, period piece, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female spy, female assassin, spy, female protagonist, female agent, cia agent, one woman army, murder, double agent, russian spy, assassin, female killer ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, 90s, 80s, year 1985 ...
Place:
paris france, moscow russia, russia, bahamas, milan italy ...
Similarity:
63%
Movie in collections
2.2M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, cerebral, mind bending, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, manly, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, philosophy, dystopia, virtual reality, existentialism, distopia, cyberpunk, alternate reality, martial arts, gunfight, hacker, simulated reality ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1999, near future, 22nd century ...
Place:
persia, los angeles
Similarity:
69%
114K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Zoe Saldana plays a young woman who, after witnessing her parents’ murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin. She works for her uncle as a hitman by day, but her personal time is spent engaging in vigilante murders that she ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, action thriller ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, hitman, female assassin, vengeance, assassin, female killer, strong female lead, vigilantism, vigilante, female protagonist, haunted by the past, kick-butt women ...
Time:
year 2011, year 1992, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
colombia, chicago, latin america, south america, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
282K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, South Africa, Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and ...
Style:
touching, entertaining, exciting, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, cyberpunk, cyborgs, parents and children, androids and robots, human versus robot, technology, technology gone awry, brutality, consciousness, distopia ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2015, near future, 21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
Similarity:
100%
118K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Michael Jennings is a genius who's hired – and paid handsomely – by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects, after which his short-term memory is erased so he's incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, tech noir, thought provoking, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, memory loss, amnesia, twists and turns, time travel, changing the past or future, frame up, destiny, prophecy, technology, time machine, gunfight ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future, 21st century
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
83%
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.
Style:
futuristic, teen, suspense, saga, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, female protagonist, survival, rebellion, strong female character, teenager, dystopia, society, youth, fighting the system, dystopian future, game ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
344K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tricky, clever, confusing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot:
time travel, time loop, twists and turns, investigation, deja vu, terrorism, time, danger, changing the past or future, police investigation, alternate timeline, parallel universe ...
Time:
near future, 2000s, year 2006, future, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada, India, Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, exciting, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, alien invasion, alien, invasion, battles, space and aliens, changing the past or future, evil alien, soldier, repeated event, foreknowledge ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2020s, 2010s ...
Place:
united kingdom, france, paris france, europe, big ben london ...
Similarity:
60%
276K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and ...
Style:
bad ending, intense, clever, suspense, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, telekinesis, found footage, supernatural, levitation, coming of age, adolescence, friendship, supernatural ability, bullying, teenage life, teenager ...
Time:
year 2012, future, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa, tibet, canada
Similarity:
88%
81K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance - as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, stylized, exciting, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
assassin, female assassin, female killer, hitman, professional killer, woman with a gun, espionage, female agent, working undercover, spy, femme fatale, secret government organization ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, venice, europe, italy
Similarity:
67%
427K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Doormat Wesley Gibson discovers that his recently murdered father – who Wesley never knew – belonged to a secret guild of assassins. After a leather-clad sexpot drafts Wesley into the society, he hones his innate killing skills and turns avenger.
Style:
exciting, action thriller, entertaining, action packed, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, manly, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
hitman, gunfight, assassin, femme fatale, mentor, revenge, superhuman powers, woman with a gun, father son relationship, twists and turns, escapades, betrayal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, europe
Similarity:
59%
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 ...
Style:
exciting, teen, suspenseful, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
superpower, supernatural, alien, youth, supernatural romance, supernatural ability, good versus evil, young heroes, friendship, teenage love, high school, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
ohio, pittsburgh, usa, florida, africa
Similarity:
60%
633K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
psychological, futuristic, twist ending, philosophical, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, androids, technology, existentialism, cyborgs, cyberpunk, isolation, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, consciousness ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014 ...
Place:
england
Similarity:
67%
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