Movies like The 5th Wave
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The 5th Wave (2016)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, futuristic, absurd, serious, apocalyptic, romantic, ridiculous, bad ending, scenic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, alien, post apocalypse, end of the world, invasion, survival, virus, distopia, twists and turns, obsessive quest, youth, space and aliens, ufo, escapades, humanity in peril, catastrophe, humanity, brainwashing, teenage life, tsunami, disaster, natural disaster, teenager, mysterious character ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Place:
ohio, usa, new york, london, bangkok thailand, tower bridge london
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Most similar movies to The 5th Wave
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, futuristic, apocalyptic and serious films with plots about danger, apocalypse, post apocalypse, distopia, catastrophe, survival and gun mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Adventure genres. Some movies like The 5th Wave: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), The Host (2013), Allegiant (2016), Divergent (2014), Insurgent (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, entertaining, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, strong female lead, rebellion, chase, revolution, resistance, tough girl, chosen one, good versus evil, teenager, brutality, brainwashing ...
Time:
future
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, absurd, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, zombie, survival, teenager, desert, apocalypse, maze, young heroes, immunity, teenage hero, on the run ...
Time:
future
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91%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, romantic, suspenseful, fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
alien invasion, apocalypse, interspecies romance, youth, evil alien, true love, self sacrifice, teenage love, post apocalypse, love and romance, power of love, young heroes ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa, paris france
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
Style:
futuristic, surprise ending, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, teenager, post apocalypse, utopia, surveillance, female protagonist, chosen one, brainwashing, manipulation, survival, betrayal, chase ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
chicago illinois, north america
⇓ similarity ⇓
96%
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468K
Genre: Action, Adventure, 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, futuristic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids
Plot:
distopia, fighting the system, rebellion, survival, post apocalypse, heroine, chosen one, choice, society, youth, teenage life, training ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
Style:
exciting, futuristic, intense, entertaining, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, future dystopia, tough girl, teenager, teenage love, strong female lead, chosen one, good versus evil, rebellion, chase, fighting the system ...
Time:
future
Place:
chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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, romantic, touching, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
alien, supernatural, youth, supernatural romance, good versus evil, supernatural ability, friendship, super strength, young heroes, high school, teenage love, heroes ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, florida, africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, entertaining, touching, sad ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
female protagonist, distopia, survival, post apocalypse, future dystopia, competition, fight, young heroes, fight scenes, anti heroine, dictator, adaptation ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who ...
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic, tense, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, desert, cure, vaccine, imprisonment, virus, teenage hero, friendship, post apocalypse, battles, maze, fight ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
Style:
exciting, captivating, romantic, suspenseful, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
post apocalypse, teenager, good versus evil, telekinesis, mind control, superhuman powers, runaway teen, friendship, love and romance, super powers, escape, soldier ...
Time:
near future
Place:
virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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Movies like The Maze Runner
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
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, tense, suspenseful, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family outing, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, distopia, apocalypse, teenager, post apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, suspense, youth, escape ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, distopia, death, game of death, contests and competitions, youth, rivalry, society, future dystopia, killings, young heroes ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
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, entertaining, bleak, slasher, dystopian ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night, kids
Plot:
distopia, female protagonist, survival, teenager, rebellion, strong female character, society, future dystopia, game, youth, rivalry, fighting the system ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Ellie Linton, a teen from an Australian coastal town, leads her friends on an excursion to a camp deep in the woods, dubbed "Hell." Upon their return, the youths find that their town has been overrun by an enemy army, and their friends and ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, realistic, serious, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
military, invasion, hopes, wartime life, teenager, survival, heroes, young heroes, life is a bitch, society, youth, resistance ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, entertaining, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot:
alien, chosen one, space wars, distopia, space, battles, training, young heroes, prodigy, space and aliens, child prodigy, space battle ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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I Am Legend related movies
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
We always knew they were coming back. Using recovered alien technology, the nations of Earth have collaborated on an immense defense program to protect the planet. But nothing can prepare us for the aliens’ advanced and unprecedented force. Only ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, entertaining, parody, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, human versus alien, end of the world, space, disaster, military, alien civilization, space battle, independence day, chinawoman, ufo ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., paris france, atlantic ocean, africa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
In a universe where human genetic material is the most precious commodity, an impoverished young Earth woman becomes the key to strategic maneuvers and internal strife within a powerful dynasty…
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, fairy tale, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
space opera, life turned upside down, space, genetics, save the lady, space and aliens, destiny, space travel, space wars, creature, good versus evil, heroes ...
Time:
future
Place:
chicago illinois, st. petersburg russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
251K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of ...
Style:
exciting, serious, entertaining, futuristic, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, military, u.s. navy, ship, battleship, evil alien, navy, alien encounter, battles, sea battle, space and aliens ...
Time:
future, year 2012, year 2005, year 2006, 2010s ...
Place:
hawaii, tokyo, new york, pacific ocean, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Movie in collections
405K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, disaster, found footage, giant monster, alien, survival, deadly creature, fear, survival horror, destruction, chaos, suspense ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, post apocalypse, end of the world, evil alien, creature, alien, suspense, monster, apocalypse, disaster, demolished city, chase ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, moscow russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Movies like World War Z
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, futuristic, bleak ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, alien, alien invasion, survival, end of the world, catastrophe, disaster, space and aliens, invasion, evil alien, destruction, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, jurassic, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, asia, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
When strange lights descend on the city of Los Angeles, people are drawn outside like moths to a flame where an extraterrestrial force threatens to swallow the entire human population off the face of the Earth. Now the band of survivors must fight ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, apocalypse, evil alien, ufo, space and aliens, suspense, alien encounter, space, vestiges of humanity, fantasy world, creature ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, new york, usa, california, london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
survival, heroic mission, jungle, apocalypse, post apocalypse, real life father and son playing father and son, space, disaster, alien, animal attack, humanity, human in outer space ...
Time:
future, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Movie in collections
243K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake in California, a rescue-chopper pilot makes a dangerous journey across the state in order to rescue his estranged daughter.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, absurd, intense, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
disaster, catastrophe, natural disaster, survival, forces of nature, earthquake, happy ending, tsunami, father daughter relationship, daring rescue, suspense, divorce ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, san francisco, los angeles, usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
An ordinary man is recruited by time travellers from 30 years in the future to fight in a war against deadly aliens.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, anamorphic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
time travel, alien invasion, alien, future war, military, soldier, evil alien, resistance, father daughter relationship, struggle for survival, future dystopia, alien encounter ...
Time:
future
Place:
dominican republic, usa, north america, russia, bahamas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A detached married couple must get their son and themselves to safety after being randomly selected to enter an underground bunker, as a massive object from space threatens to destroy the world in less than 48 hours.
Style:
exciting, scenic, apocalyptic, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
apocalypse, natural disaster, disaster, end of the world, catastrophe, humanity in peril, husband wife relationship, kidnapping, suspense, comet, panic, race against time ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
greenland, canada, atlanta georgia, kentucky, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, rough, stylized, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
alien, space, lone hero, space and aliens, bounty hunter, tough guy, one man army, distant planet, one against many, technology, survival, future dystopia ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Steve Rogers, aka Captain America is living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes ...
Style:
exciting, entertaining, heroic, epic, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, conspiracy, spy, heroes, heroism, mission, friendship, superhuman powers, chase, villain, martial arts, fight ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, fate of humanity, leadership, human existence, youth, nuclear holocaust, space station, rivalry, survivor, society, friendship ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A small group of town residents have to band together after a devastating ground invasion. As they struggle to survive, they realize they must stay one step ahead of their attackers, and work together for a chance to strike back.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, disturbing, scenic, futuristic ...
Plot:
alien, alien invasion, rebellion, destruction, military, heroism, rescue, chaos, alien technology, alien race, bravery, ufo ...
Time:
future
Place:
australia, sydney australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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