Movies like After the Dark
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After the Dark (2013)
25K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Indonesia
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.
Style:
psychological, philosophical, thought provoking, captivating, surprise ending, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious, mind bending, action thriller ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
youth, teacher, teachers and students, disorder, human nature, social experiment, experiment gone awry, survival, love and romance, danger, bunker, philosophy, social relations, power relations, catastrophe, underground bunker, society, experiment, sex, disaster, trapped, logic, locked in a room, hiding place, humanity in peril ...
Time:
future, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
indonesia, asia, tokyo
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Most similar movies to After the Dark
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, thought provoking, apocalyptic and suspenseful films with plots about distopia, post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, dystopia, epidemic and dystopian future mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Mystery genres. Some movies like After the Dark: The Giver (2014), Mr. Nobody (2009), The Quiet Earth (1985), Cube (1997), Bokeh (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
100%
256K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, philosophical, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
time, destiny, philosophy, choice, alternate reality, depression, twists and turns, butterfly effect, surrealism, utopia, multiple outcomes, parallel world ...
Time:
future, year 2009, year 1975, year 2011, 2010s ...
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
Style:
philosophical, sexy, cerebral, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, alone, apocalypse, male nudity, end of the world, vestiges of humanity, survival, dystopia, love triangle, disaster, parallel world ...
Time:
future, year 1985
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
100%
260K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Seven strangers are taken out of their daily lives and placed mysteriously in a deadly cube where they all agree they must find their way out.
Style:
psychological, surreal, suspenseful, mind bending, twist ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, trap, trapped, claustrophobia, isolation, group of strangers, mathematics, maze, survival horror, death, fear, game of death ...
Time:
90s, future, 20th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
67%
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8K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On a romantic getaway to Iceland, a young American couple wake up one morning to discover every person on Earth has disappeared. Their struggle to survive and to reconcile the mysterious event lead them to reconsider everything they know about ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, depressing, cerebral ...
Plot:
survival, life & death, adam and eve, loneliness, apocalypse, christian, tragedy, self discovery, lovers, doubt, isolation, post apocalypse ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Survivors was a British science fiction television series produced by the BBC. It depicts the lives of a group of people who survived a virulent unknown strain of influenza which has wiped out most of the human species. According to the producers, ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, tense, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
apocalypse, virus, survival, deadly virus, politician, pandemic, disaster, post apocalypse, danger, group of strangers, distopia, plague ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
Style:
psychological, rough, visually appealing, reflective, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, prison, prison life, confined, gay rape, violence, brutality, experiment gone awry, bullying, prison rape, sadism, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
Similarity:
100%
905K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, imaginary friend, schizophrenia, psychology, time travel, insanity, parallel universe, suburbs, surrealism, time loop, trippy, schizophrenic ...
Time:
80s, year 2001, 2000s, future, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, america, usa, virginia, harvard university
Similarity:
100%
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13K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A reclusive man conducts a series of interviews with human souls for a chance to be born.
Style:
philosophical, psychological, melancholic, unusual plot structure, existential ...
Plot:
bullying, isolated house, existentialism, meaning of life, beach, regret, bicycle, destiny, humanity, solitude, life & death, life philosophy ...
Place:
tibet
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
psychology, prison, social experiment, human experiment, human nature, university, prison life, experiment, teachers and students, prison escape, character study, student ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 2010s
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
83%
515K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, 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 ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
distopia, heroine, rebellion, survival, fighting the system, danger, chosen one, post apocalypse, choice, dystopian future, dystopia, society ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
52%
13K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Thomas Jacobs invents a way to watch people's memories from the inside. Going against his morals, he accepts an offer to enter a heroin addict's memories to literally see if he committed a crime. However,a malfunction causes his ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, suspenseful, confusing, melancholic ...
Plot:
repeated event, time loop, murder, disorder, experiment gone awry, danger, inventions and discoveries, supernatural, scientist, time travel, mysticism, mind game ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
dystopian future, apocalypse, climate change, ice age, danger, rivalry, isolation, society, survival, life is a bitch, obsession, chaos ...
Time:
year 1979, future
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, self fulfillment, libertarian, rebellion, ambition, visionary, radical, workplace, lifestyle, idealism, rebelliousness, human spirit ...
Time:
future, year 2012
Place:
usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The world at an end, a dying mother sends her young son on a quest to find the place that grants wishes.
Style:
tense, apocalyptic, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, friendship, family relations, rivalry, danger, murder, society, hopes, redemption, dishonesty, disaster, heroes ...
Time:
13th century, future
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a futuristic totalitarian society, people have no control of their lives or their destiny.
Style:
apocalyptic, thought provoking, serious, atmospheric, grindhouse ...
Plot:
distopia, dystopian future, genetic engineering, post apocalypse, social differences, society, love and romance, life is a bitch, human nature, danger, doomed romance, anarchist ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
72K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.
Style:
psychological, suspense, twist ending, suspenseful, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, morality, execution, life & death, prejudice, game of death, plot twist, stranger, death, sole survivor, struggle for survival, twists and turns ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After the human race has been wiped out, Del lives in an empty town, content in his solitude and the utopia he has methodically created for himself, until he meets young Grace, who wants to stay with him.
Style:
psychological, visually stunning, apocalyptic, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, male female friendship, initially antagonists, grieving, haunted by the past, small town, dystopia, disaster, post apocalyptic, distopia, twists and turns ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Twelve years ago, a plague swept through, wiping out most of the population; in San Francisco, only 186 people remain. Two of them use jury-rigged batteries to power a camera and make a documentary. We see a variety of approaches to survival, from ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, tense, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
found footage, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, life is a bitch, dystopian future, chaos, danger, society, introspection, escapades, wilderness, dystopia ...
Time:
future, distant future, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Nuclear Family begins the story of a young couple, John and Lynn, who are trying to survive in the woods after what appears to be a nuclear holocaust. They stay on the move with their 11-year-old daughter, Pauline... all the while searching for ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Plot:
apocalypse, dystopian future, survival, society, chaos, family in danger, social decay, vestiges of humanity, life is a bitch, who to trust, disorder, woods ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a deadly virus wipes out most of humanity, the survivors are forced to wait alone in self-sustaining bunkers while the viral threat runs its course. Able to communicate through a networked video interface, the survivors wait for years and ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
communication, bunker, virus, survival, disappearance, trapped, epidemic, deadly virus, struggle for survival, quarantine, pandemic, locked in a room ...
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
distopia, memory loss, dystopian future, epidemic, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, memory lapse, fate of humanity, humanity, struggle for survival, vestiges of humanity, memory ...
Similarity:
19%
Movie in collections
38K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As a young scientist searches for a way to save a dying Earth, she finds a connection with a man who's racing to catch the last shuttle off the planet.
Style:
suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, extinction, survival, distant planet, dystopia, space, apocalypse, disaster, science, destruction, save the world, colonization ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
19%
392K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, moon, loneliness, space travel, outer space, astronaut, space, twists and turns, solitude, space and aliens, human clone, cloning ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
hawaii, mexico
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teenager becomes overwhelmed with guilt after her lies to support a friend's claim of sexual assault lead to the accused teacher's suicide.
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, sexy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
false accusation, uncover truth, teachers and students, high school life, frame up, dishonesty, friends, youth, suicide, sexual abuse, high school, teacher student relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
19%
105K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A teenage girl is raised underground by a robot "Mother", designed to repopulate the earth following an extinction event. But their unique bond is threatened when an inexplicable stranger arrives with alarming news.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, philosophical, apocalyptic, cerebral ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, adult
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, post apocalypse, bunker, apocalypse, mother, daughter, end of the world, mission, technology, man versus machine, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
australia, adelaide south australia, south australia
Similarity:
19%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
Style:
philosophical, stylized, serious, futuristic, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
libertarian, capitalism, politics, distopia, dystopia, totalitarianism, capitalist, greed, corruption, idealism, society, workplace ...
Time:
future, year 2016, year 2017
Place:
usa, new york, colorado, russia
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A man wakes up deep inside a cave. Suffering amnesia, he has no recollection of how he came to be here or of what happened to the man whose body he finds beside him. Tailed by a mysterious creature, he must continue through this strange and ...
Style:
psychological, scary, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
isolation, cave, memory loss, heroic mission, cyberpunk, captivity, supernatural, deadly creature, danger, rivalry, life is a bitch, race against time ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
18%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
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.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, teenager, apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, distopia, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, youth ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
Similarity:
18%
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