Movies like Advantageous
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Advantageous (2015)
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Genre: Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter, Jules, do all they can to hold on to their joy, despite the instability surfacing in their world.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, bleak, serious, captivating, psychological, philosophical, enigmatic, breathtaking, dark ...
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, existentialism, distopia, unemployment, corporation, imagination, parenthood, transformation, family relations, life is a bitch, society, single parent, robot, identity, woman, technology, catastrophe, relationships, artificial intelligence, loneliness, macabre, depression, obsession, science, mythology ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, new york, united states
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out thought provoking, visually appealing, cerebral and melancholic films with plots about catastrophe, dialogue, storytelling, mentor, loneliness, existentialism and life philosophy mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Advantageous: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Visioneers (2008), Bicentennial Man (1999), Testament (1983), Immortal (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final ...
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, sentimental, fairy tale, intellectual ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
distopia, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, androids and robots, a.i., future dystopia, robot, adoption, first contact, imagination, end of the world, androids ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, coney island brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Visioneer George Washington Winsterhammerman lives a comfortable but monotonous life in this slightly futuristic black comedy. When people start exploding from stress and George is showing early symptoms, he's forced to examine his life. Taking ...
Style:
surreal, melancholic, enigmatic, not serious, futuristic ...
Plot:
self discovery, workplace, distopia, existentialism, loneliness, dreams, life philosophy, estrangement, society, future dystopia, satire, alone in the world ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Richard Martin buys a gift, a new NDR-114 robot. The product is named Andrew by the youngest of the family's children. "Bicentennial Man" follows the life and times of Andrew, a robot purchased as a household appliance programmed to ...
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futuristic, philosophical, melancholic, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
robot, androids and robots, life philosophy, dystopic future, artificial intelligence, cyborgs, androids, love story, existentialism, solitude, life & death, man versus machine ...
Time:
future, near future, 23rd century, 2040s, 22nd century ...
Place:
san francisco, california
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72%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San ...
Style:
depressing, thought provoking, bleak, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
nuclear war, disaster, cold war, apocalypse, post apocalypse, tragedy, distopia, small town, death, end of the world, visceral, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, future, near future
Place:
california, usa, san francisco
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59%
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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.
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dark fantasy, surreal, futuristic, enigmatic, serious ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, future dystopia, distopia, cyborgs, mythology, parallel universe, dystopic future, transformation, mutant, genetics, society, lone hero ...
Time:
future
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Ex Machina related movies
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A Stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep seeded ...
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, bleak, art house, thought provoking ...
Plot:
stalker, post apocalypse, distopia, human nature, surrealism, existentialism, wish come true, russian, society, escapades, future dystopia, religion ...
Time:
future
Place:
ussr, russia
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55%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
An unemployed man finds his life sinking more and more into trouble as he hides his situation from his family and friends.
Style:
psychological, enigmatic, meditative, compassionate, depressing ...
Plot:
unemployment, greed, self discovery, character study, life is a bitch, down on your luck, society, couple relations, dishonesty, family problems, husband wife relationship, deception ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
tokyo, france, switzerland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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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:
suspenseful, ambiguous ending, dark, thought provoking, sinister ...
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, post apocalypse, survival, isolation, suspense, humanity, science, freezing, disaster, alternate reality, alone in the world ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, France, Canada, Spain, USA, Japan, Sweden, UK, Italy, 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:
future dystopia, cloning, lovers on the run, life is a bitch, chaos, couple relations, estrangement, distopia, clones, divorce, post apocalypse, climate change ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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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:
bleak, thought provoking, futuristic, psychological, talky ...
Plot:
distopia, totalitarianism, dystopic future, surveillance, future dystopia, cyberpunk, prison, androids and robots, alone in the world, fighting the system, utopia, prison escape ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two brothers and a sister witness the disappearance of their childhood memories when they must relinquish the family belongings to ensure their deceased mother's succession.
Style:
atmospheric, lyrical, enigmatic, stylized, sentimental ...
Plot:
art, summer, irreverent, life philosophy, family problems, family gatherings, parents and children, uncover truth, artist, family relations, loneliness, memory ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
france, california, europe, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
The story involves Rose Chismore's youth. She flashes back and remembers her coming-of-age. Her recollections are sometimes less than sweet, particularly those of her troubled and alcoholic step-father. Her memories of Robin, her first-love, ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, emotional, compassionate, cerebral ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, desert, dysfunctional family, alcohol abuse, youth, bittersweet, crumbling marriage, introspection, single parent, flashback, depression, mental illness ...
Time:
50s, 70s
Place:
las vegas, usa, nevada
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44%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
An anthropologist is brought to an arctic base when explorers discover the body of a prehistoric man who has been frozen in a block of ice for 40,000 years. After thawing the body to perform an autopsy, scientists discover to their amazement a real ...
Style:
harsh, bad ending, visually appealing, allegory, psychological ...
Plot:
caveman, survival, frozen alive, neanderthal, natural disaster, unlikely friendships, redemption, anthropology, life, life philosophy, childhood, evolution ...
Time:
prehistoric times, 80s, stone age
Place:
california, antarctica
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42%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a future Earth barren of all flora and fauna, the planet's ecosystems exist only in large pods attached to spacecraft. When word comes in that the pods are to be jettisoned into space and destroyed so that the spacecraft can be reused for ...
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, sexy, psychotronic, light ...
Plot:
distopia, robot, space, space travel, environmental, loneliness, space and aliens, post apocalypse, isolation, astronaut, apocalypse, alien ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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:
thought provoking, stylized, serious, philosophical, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
distopia, capitalism, economics, politics, corruption, greed, capitalist, idealism, workplace, human spirit, society, totalitarianism ...
Time:
future, year 2017, year 2016
Place:
usa, new york, russia, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Movies similar to Blade Runner
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in a world with memory implants, Robin Williams plays a cutter, someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories. His latest assignment is one that puts him in danger.
Style:
psychological, intellectual, thought provoking, philosophical, tense ...
Plot:
distopia, surveillance, cyberpunk, memory, twists and turns, suspense, death, existentialism, dystopic future, social satire, afterlife, deception ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
A young woman witnesses a bus accident, and is caught up in the aftermath, where the question of whether or not it was intentional affects many people's lives.
Style:
psychological, emotional, enigmatic, melancholic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bus, high school, mother daughter relationship, life philosophy, redemption, character study, investigation, life is a bitch, youth, teenage life, haunted by the past, teacher student relationship ...
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Four stories including: "My Robot Baby," in which a couple must care for a robot baby before adopting a human child; "The Robot Fixer," in which a mother tries to connect with her dying son; "Machine Love," in which an ...
Style:
futuristic, enigmatic, melancholic, surreal, stylized ...
Plot:
androids and robots, robot, adoption, existentialism, parents and children, family life, society, estrangement, human nature, androids, immortality, bittersweet ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 80s, 90s
Place:
tokyo, japan
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A visual social examination in the form of ten conversations between a driving woman and her various pick-ups and hitchhikers.
Style:
talky, thought provoking, melancholic, intense, light ...
Plot:
character study, car, solitude, relationships, driver, society, life is a bitch, passenger, sibling relationship, hopes, human nature, love and romance ...
Place:
iran, tokyo, middle east, tehran iran, tehran ...
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39%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as "firemen", to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of ...
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, thought provoking, tense, stylized ...
Plot:
distopia, totalitarianism, future dystopia, fighting the system, social decay, justice, resistance, secrets, culture clash, dystopic future, lone hero, rebellion ...
Time:
future, 60s, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
11-year-old Eliza is the invisible element of her family unit: her parents are both consumed with work and her brother is wrapped up in his own adolescent life. Eliza ignites not only a spark that makes her visible but one that sets into motion a ...
Style:
thought provoking, touching, emotional, depressing, realistic ...
Plot:
judaism, dysfunctional family, redemption, mental illness, religion, depression, life philosophy, family relations, jewish, coming of age, family problems, parents and children ...
Place:
usa, washington d.c., oakland california, sacramento california, san francisco
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36%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Clay Spencer is a hard-working man who loves his wife and large family. He is respected by his neighbors and always ready to give them a helping hand. Although not a churchgoer, he even helps a newly arrived local minister regain his flock after he ...
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, family problems, family gatherings, americana, family in crisis, couples, husband wife relationship, mountain, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
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Place:
wyoming, hawaii, tokyo
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35%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A delightful dramatic comedy, a buddy picture, and, for good measure, a heist film. Curmudgeonly old Frank lives by himself. His routine involves daily visits to his local library, where he has a twinkle in his eye for the librarian. His grown ...
Style:
touching, clever, sentimental, humorous, futuristic ...
Plot:
robot, friendship, artificial intelligence, aging, androids and robots, heist, twists and turns, unlikely criminals, technology, memory loss, disorder, robbery ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Carol, a typical upper middle-class housewife, begins to complain of vague symptoms of illness. She "doesn't feel right," has unexplained headaches, congestion, a dry cough, nosebleeds, vomiting, and trouble breathing. Her family ...
Style:
disturbing, atmospheric, thought provoking, bleak, cerebral ...
Plot:
allergy, psychiatrist, psychology, isolation, environmental, environment, paranoia, mental disorder, suburbs, contamination, housewife, retreat ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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34%
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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, clever, intellectual, atmospheric ...
Plot:
distopia, surveillance, husband wife relationship, fall in love, cloning, cyberpunk, infidelity, forgery, investigation, dystopic future, future dystopia, love and romance ...
Time:
future
Place:
asia, shanghai, seattle, china, middle east ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, Italy, Switzerland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Various women struggle to function in the oppressively sexist society of contemporary Iran.
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, disturbing, harsh, atmospheric ...
Plot:
pregnancy, politics, on the run, rebellion, prostitute, life is a bitch, friendship, injustice, society, women, women's rights, discrimination ...
Time:
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Place:
iran, middle east, california
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31%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Focusing on the bonding between three female (an African American female, a half African American half Latino American female, and a Latino American female) high school members of Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" ...
Style:
disturbing, sincere, touching, thought provoking, breathtaking ...
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asthma, friendship, high school, teenager, adolescence, musician's life, lifestyle, against the odds, life is a bitch, youth, hopes, society ...
Time:
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Place:
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31%
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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, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, fighting the system, genetics, twists and turns, discrimination, society, eugenics, paraplegic, future dystopia, science, utopia, deception ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
riviera, detroit, french riviera
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30%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica.
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futuristic, exciting, tense, serious, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
future
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30%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A man planning to commit suicide hires a taxi driver to take him to his jumping-off point.
Style:
touching, thought provoking, uplifting, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, depression, suicidal, loneliness, mentor, character study, taxi driver, elderly, suicide, society, regret, taxi ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
north carolina, africa, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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