Movies and TV shows like World on a Wire
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World on a Wire (1973)
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Original name: Welt am Draht
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 103 min.
TV show
Story:
Cybernetics engineer Fred Stiller uncovers a massive corporate conspiracy involving a virtual reality computer project.
Style:
psychedelic, cyber, cerebral, surreal, apocalyptic, art house, philosophical, intellectual, spiritual, atmospheric ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, simulated reality, virtual reality, computer, virtual world, dystopia, cybernetics, uncertainty, identity, mysterious death, identity theft, advanced technology, apocalypse, hacker, machine, epidemic, politics, immortality, cold war, myth, utopia, parallel universe, eye, existential crisis, surrealism ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1973
Place:
russian
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Most similar movies to World on a Wire
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, serious, atmospheric and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about dystopia, cyberpunk, distopia, virtual reality, dystopian future, technology and society mostly in Sci-Fi, Mystery and Drama genres. Some movies like World on a Wire: eXistenZ (1999), Alphaville (1965), One Point O (2004), The Thirteenth Floor (1999), Humans (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, disturbing, psychedelic ...
Plot:
virtual reality, cyberpunk, twists and turns, alternate reality, dystopia, cyberspace, bodyguard, parallel world, distopia, escape from reality, dystopian future, conspiracy ...
Time:
future, 90s, year 1999, near future
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet which is ruled by an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, atmospheric, futuristic, detective ...
Plot:
surrealism, dystopia, satire, distopia, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian future, private detective, spy, imagination, existentialism, obsession ...
Time:
future, year 1965, 50s, 1950s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Romania, Iceland
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Paranoid computer programmer Simon wakes up to find a package in his room one day. Despite attempts at securing his apartment, the packages keep arriving. While cameras watch Simon's every move, he struggles to find the answers to the ...
Style:
surreal, enigmatic, cerebral, confusing, psychological ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, computer, paranoia, mind control, neighbor, technology, existentialism, hacking, investigation, life is a bitch, robot, geek ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller has discovered something extremely important. He's about to tell the discovery to his colleague, Douglas Hall, but knowing someone is after him, the old man leaves a letter in his computer generated parallel ...
Style:
mind bending, intellectual, twist ending, philosophical, neo noir ...
Plot:
virtual reality, alternate reality, cyberpunk, cyberspace, twists and turns, time travel, computer system, artificial intelligence, consciousness, parallel world, simulated reality, imaginary ...
Time:
future, 1930s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, usa, pasadena california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Sweden
Duration: 42 min.
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In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, exciting, cyber, spiritual ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, androids and robots, robot human relationship, society, technology, female robot, robot, inventions and discoveries, friendship, androids, cyberpunk, lesbian ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
london, usa
Similarity:
100%
728K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
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31%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: South Africa, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Charlie Jade is a science fiction television program filmed mainly in Cape Town, South Africa. It stars Jeffrey Pierce in the title role, as a detective from a parallel universe who finds himself trapped in our universe. This is a Canadian and South ...
Style:
futuristic, scary, exciting, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
dystopian future, cyberpunk, private detective, imaginary, danger, society, fish out of water, escapades, chaos, life is a bitch, parallel universe, evil ...
Place:
africa, south africa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A multi-national corporation attempts to take over America while small pockets of resistance hold out against rampant technology.
Style:
disturbing, mind bending, serious, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, dystopian future, mind control, fictional reality, society, uncover truth, manipulation, conspiracy, love interest, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
29%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, cerebral, suspense, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, dystopian future, dystopia, murder, foreknowledge, precognition, frame up, psychic, murder mystery, time loop, police investigation ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Plot:
dystopia, conspiracy, food, cannibalism, death, murder, overpopulation, distopia, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, consciousness ...
Time:
future, distant future, near future, 2020s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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28%
774
Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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TekWar is a North American television series, based on the TekWar novels ghost-written by Ron Goulart from outlines by William Shatner and developed for television by Stephen Roloff. The series follows Jake Cardigan, a former police officer turned ...
Style:
detective, cyber, suspenseful, rough, stylized ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyborgs, police, investigation, government agent, fantasy world, law enforcement, danger, drug lord, virtual reality, computer cracker, surrealism ...
Time:
90s, 2040s, 21st century
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28%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Germany, USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Total Recall 2070 is a science fiction television series first broadcast in 1999 on the Canadian television channel CHCH-TV and later the same year on the American Showtime channel. It was later syndicated in the United States with some editing to ...
Style:
cyber, tech noir, relaxing, detective, serious ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, mars, androids, dark future, distopia, space, artificial intelligence, dystopian future, police detective, technology, manipulation, society ...
Time:
future, 20th century, near future
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27%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Stuck in a small Appalachian town, a young woman’s only escape from the daily grind is playing advanced video games. She is such a good player that a company sends her a new video game system to test…but it has a surprise in store. It unlocks ...
Style:
futuristic, thrilling, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
technology, cyberpunk, gamer, alternate reality, distopia, time machine, robot, female protagonist, husband and wife, supernatural, dystopian future, alternate timeline ...
Time:
future
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25%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Russia
Duration: 177 min.
Story:
A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the right path to progress. Their task is a difficult one: they cannot interfere violently and in no case ...
Style:
surreal, black and white, philosophical, serious, art house ...
Plot:
distant planet, renaissance, medieval, murder, human nature, horse, moral dilemma, society, planet, mental disorder, execution, humanity ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 2010s, year 2013
Place:
soviet union
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Israel, Germany, Poland, Luxembourg, Belgium, France, USA, India
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
More than two decades after catapulting to stardom with The Princess Bride, Robin Wright decides to take her final job: preserving her likeness for a future Hollywood. Through a deal brokered by her loyal, longtime agent and the head of Miramount ...
Style:
surreal, philosophical, cerebral, stylized, atmospheric ...
Plot:
distopia, moral dilemma, flying a kite, female protagonist, hallucination, actor's life, lifestyle, child illness, parallel world, escape from reality, one last job, society ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
israel
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be ...
Style:
futuristic, psychological thriller, stylized, serious, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, consciousness, robot, androids, murder, moral dilemma, man versus machine, technology gone awry, escapades, scientist, sex, sex scene ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 415 min.
TV show
Story:
In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, surprise ending, apocalyptic, saga ...
Plot:
distopia, utopia, satire, transhumanism, dystopia, forbidden love, conspiracy, totalitarianism, genetic engineering, brainwashing, social differences, propaganda ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Advertising executive Dale Hunter (Michael Muheny) works at the agency Arora. But after a car accident, his life changed abruptly. He has nightmares at night and by day he suffers from hallucinations. The world looks like from a computer. Numbers ...
Style:
futuristic, tense, captivating, enigmatic, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, alternate reality, fictional reality, virtual reality, uncover truth, puzzle, dark secret, escape from reality, computer game, nightmare, paranoia, hallucination ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
23%
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89K
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In the future where humans are able to “upload” themselves into their preferred choice of afterlife, Nathan meets his early death and is greeted by Nora in his version of heaven. Follow the two as Nathan grows accustomed to life away from his ...
Style:
futuristic, romantic, humorous, light, funny ...
Plot:
virtual reality, virtual world, looking for sex, mysterious death, hi-tech, life after death, afterlife, love interest, murder, technology, love and romance, sex scene ...
Time:
near future, 2030s, future, 2020s
Place:
brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
23%
56K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story:
Young computer engineer Lily Chan investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she believes is behind the murder of her boyfriend.
Style:
intellectual, philosophical, enigmatic, captivating, exciting ...
Plot:
murder investigation, hacker, quantum physics, virtual reality, cold blooded murder, conspiracy, robot, computer, artificial intelligence, technology, investigation, murder mystery ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
George Orr, a man whose dreams can change waking reality, tries to suppress this unpredictable gift with drugs. Dr. Haber, an assigned psychiatrist, discovers the gift to be real and hypnotically induces Mr. Orr to change reality for the benefit of ...
Style:
cyber, surreal, intelligent, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, cyberpunk, alternate reality, dystopian future, dream, moon, alien invasion, fantasy becomes reality, gnostic, psychotherapy, new world, anarchist ...
Time:
future
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in a dystopian future when women have stopped having children, "The Lottery" reveals a world staring down the barrel of impending extinction. Remarkably, 100 embryos are successfully fertilized and a national lottery is held to decide ...
Style:
atmospheric, serious, bleak, cerebral, mind bending ...
Plot:
children, infertility, conspiracy, dystopian future, embryo, pandemic, chaos, society, government agency, human nature, extinction, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Beyond Westworld was a short-lived 1980 television series that carried on the stories of the two feature films, Westworld and Futureworld. It featured Jim McMullan as Security Chief John Moore of the Delos Corporation. The story revolved around John ...
Style:
suspense, dark, atmospheric, crime drama, cult classic ...
Plot:
androids, conspiracy, robot, mad scientist, artificial intelligence, humanoid robot, paranoia, dystopia, cat and mouse, identity, hi-tech, infiltration ...
Time:
80s, near future
Similarity:
22%
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: West Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
F.M. discovers that different sonic frequencies induce different patterns of behaviour in listeners, first in his own studio but later in the local "H-Burger" restaurant where the passive muzak appears to be wiping people's emotions.
Style:
experimental, retro, psychedelic, realistic, mind bending ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, trippy, technology, surrealism, junkie, big city, fashion, ufo, dystopian future, chaos, revolution, fascism ...
Time:
future
Place:
europe, germany
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Romania, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.
Style:
surreal, philosophical, thought provoking, offbeat, psychedelic ...
Plot:
loneliness, computers and web, society, computer, computer system, virtual reality, escape from reality, computer genius, dystopian future, uncover truth, hacker, distopia ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013, distant future
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
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Story:
Gemini Division is an American science fiction series of five-to-seven minute long episodes created by Electric Farm Entertainment which went into production in March 2008. Based on an original story by Brent Friedman the online series was developed ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic, cyber
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
conspiracy, uncover truth, investigation, corporate crime, artificial intelligence, undercover, rivalry, working undercover, life is a bitch, dishonesty, imaginary, cyberpunk ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Almost Human is an American science fiction/crime drama on Fox. In 2048, the uncontrollable evolution of science and technology has caused crime rates to rise an astounding 400%. To combat this, the overwhelmed police force has implemented a new ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, cyber ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night
Plot:
fighting crime, androids and robots, hi-tech, police partner, artificial intelligence, police detective, tough law enforcer, buddy cop, law enforcement, cop, haunted by the past, bonding ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its ...
Style:
futuristic, cyber, apocalyptic, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, cyberspace, computer hacker, computer, artificial intelligence, alternate reality, unrequited love, winter, apocalypse, technology gone awry, computer cracker ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
21%
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-his-head, he teams up with a mysterious femme fatale.
Style:
mind bending, sexy, tense, enigmatic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, twists and turns, espionage, spy, conspiracy, memory loss, disorder, brainwashing, double agent, technology, undercover, power relations ...
Time:
future, year 2002
Similarity:
21%
607
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
After Aliens arrive, the story takes place in two time streams: 2017 and 2037. In twenty years, and by 2037, the world has been divided into a “Smart Earth” where artificial intelligence has created a utopian environment in which no diseases or ...
Style:
futuristic, non-linear, suspense, thought provoking, exciting ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
artificial intelligence, utopia, brother brother relationship, dystopia, alien, friendship, erased memory, clone, emotional manipulation, love and romance, walled city, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
near future, future, 2030s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
korea
Similarity:
21%
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