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Stranded (2002)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The Russian space station Avma is disintegrating, and an international team of scientists is sent to the dying station to salvage valuable technology left on board. But fate has other plans, and when a rogue meteor collides with the station, leaving them with all communications lost, and life-giving oxygen bleeding into space, one man has only hours to save all the lives on board.
Style:
atmospheric, serious, captivating, bleak
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rescue, space travel, heroic mission, undercover, escapades, danger, government agency, nasa, meteorite, space, disaster, flying, ice cream, heroes, space and aliens, chases and races, imaginary, forces of nature, spacecraft, car chase, villain, galaxy, courage, astronaut, exploitation ...
Place:
houston texas, russian
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Most similar movies to Stranded
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, serious, exciting and tense films with plots about danger, heroes, disaster, escapades, race against time, catastrophe and chases and races mostly in Action, Thriller and Drama genres. Some movies like Stranded: Fall of Hyperion (2008), Threshold (2003), Alien Siege (2005), Super Eruption (2011), Combustion (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A NASA scientist discovers that a group meteorites is heading towards Earth. Along the way, they will collide with the space station Hyperion, whose 12 astronauts are trapped and inside which there is a thermonuclear heart.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
danger, space station, collision, escapades, save the day, meteorite, scientist, society, space adventure, nasa, lgbt, chases and races ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
702
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Alien seeds hitch a ride to earth in a space shuttle crew and begin to grow. When their numbers reach the Threshold amount they will be an unstoppable swarm.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
heroic mission, save the world, supernatural, race against time, danger, dangerous animal, chaos, space travel, alien encounter, disaster, monster, evil alien ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Alien Siege is a 2005 Sci-Fi Channel Original Movie about an alien race that comes to Earth seeking a cure to a deadly virus, for which the antidote is human blood.
Style:
serious, tense, suspenseful, exciting, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
evil alien, deadly creature, heroic mission, rescue, save the world, danger, space and aliens, alien invasion, space, violent content, heroes, chaos ...
Time:
21st century
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45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A Yellowstone National Park scientist and a thrill-seeking ranger join forces to plug-up a volatile super volcano that threatens to wipe out the entire United States.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, rescue, escapades, danger, forces of nature, volcano, time travel, apocalypse, catastrophe, lava, threat ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
44%
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Genre: Adventure, Action
Country: USA
Story:
Millwood City engineer Scott Daniels, moved from Houston, investigates a series of mysterious fires. Scott's and Lourie Harper's only son Jesse, who hated the move or dad's youth home, fakes a fever and invites his new girlfriend ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
danger, survival, heroic mission, forces of nature, rescue, government agency, undercover, save the day, dishonesty, small town, mayor, disaster ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 174 min.
Story:
The world watches in awe as the Roebling Clipper is launched into space. Using state-of-the-art scalar engines to fly around the Moon and back in just hours, the maiden voyage of the first-ever trans-lunar passenger ship is about to make history. ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, suspense
Audience:
teens
Plot:
disaster, sun, space travel, survival, chaos, danger, spouse in danger, technology gone awry, escapades, heroes, apocalypse, natural disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An alien similar to Ra appears out of the Stargate, killing five soldiers and kidnapping another, a year after the original Stargate mission. A new team is assembled, including some old members, and they go in search of the missing soldier in order ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
space travel, stargate, egyptian mythology, space and aliens, danger, escapades, space opera, heroes, imaginary, confined, cosmic horror, star wars ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A crack in the world has started... we have 24 hours to stop it.
Style:
exciting, serious, bleak, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, earthquake, forces of nature, race against time, danger, chaos, save the planet, end of the world, epidemic, threat, military ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The ozone is depleted and as a result of this all sorts things are happening like lethal insects flying around. A scientist tries to warn everybody about this but no one seems to believe him. When his predictions come true they now turn to him for ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, natural horror
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, environmental, dystopian future, anti hero, forces of nature, chaos and mayhem, heroic mission, race against time, danger, survival, escapades ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the cold, dark waters off North Korea a U.S. Navy fast attack submarine meets with a mysterious disaster - it's attacked and nearly sunk by an ominous stealth submarine resulting in the deaths of the Executive Officer and the Engineering ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
submarine, rescue, heroic mission, military life, danger, underwater, survival, rivalry, government agency, undercover, military, race against time ...
Place:
hawaii, asia, korea
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The sky is literally falling in this thriller as one of the nation's leading astronomers, Madison Kelsey believes she is tracking a huge rogue asteroid rocketing toward earth. However, she can't get anyone in authority to take her ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, erotic, tense, suspense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, gay, save the world, heroic mission, survival, escapades, danger, race against time, rescue, space travel, lgbt, scientist ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In this epic disaster film of faith, a mother and father search for their only child as a giant asteroid headed for Earth triggers a series of apocalyptic events.
Style:
mockbuster, captivating, tense, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, tornado, christian, apocalypse, disappearance, race against time, escapades, danger, forces of nature, missing child, parents and children, chaos ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
This sci-fi thriller finds the world in imminent danger when a collision in outer space sends huge pieces of interstellar debris on a path headed straight for Earth. A scientist has designed a system that would stop the largest meteor fragments from ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, surprise ending
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, terrorism, asteroids and comets, asteroid, outer space, dystopia, die hard, post apocalypse, hostage, kidnapping, chases and races, race against time ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.
Style:
exciting, bleak, apocalyptic, tense, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, asteroid, space and aliens, earth, chaos, race against time, bible, society, danger, heroes, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When a new airplane that's equipped with a new computer that can fly the plane on its own, is about to have its first flight. But the son of the owner decides to upload more software, he doesn't bother to check if there are any viruses ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
airplane accident, airplane, boeing 747, computer virus, save the day, danger, chaos, escapades, rivalry, race against time, space travel, aviation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, los angeles
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a collision with a comet, a nearly 8km wide piece of the asteroid "Orpheus" is heading towards Earth. If it will hit it will cause a incredible catastrophe which will probably extinguish mankind. To stop the meteor NASA wants to use ...
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, natural disaster, cold war, nasa, race against time, asteroid, space station, astrophysicist, scientist, astronaut, apocalypse, 007 ...
Time:
70s, year 1979, 20th century, future
Place:
new york, russia, switzerland, france, usa ...
Similarity:
39%
459
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dillan Johansen is a disorganized transit authority supervisor suffering from a serious personal tragedy. Dillan's bravery is put to the test the day a major earthquake hits Los Angeles and traps Dillan in an underground tunnel with a handful ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
subway, disaster, survival, heroes, confined, rescue, save the day, escapades, danger, race against time, isolation, forces of nature ...
Time:
90s
Place:
los angeles, scotland, california, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two hundred years ago a supernova exploded somewhere in the Lyra constellation. Now the lethal burst of radiation is headed straight for Earth, and time is swiftly running out. The only thing standing between humanity and complete devastation is ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, mockbuster, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
disaster, heroic mission, save the world, danger, save the planet, race against time, heroes, scientist, apocalypse, society, distopia, epidemic ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
america
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Just in time for the joyous holiday season, this film connects the ancient Mayan prophecy of worldwide destruction at the end of 2012, and the iconic holiday song, The 12 Days of Christmas. But there is hope: a father learns that his daughter is ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, christmas horror ...
Plot:
disaster, christmas, save the world, small town, chaos and mayhem, escapades, coming of age, xmas, natural disaster, teenage girl, catastrophe, rescue ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to earth only to find their rockets wont fire. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their ...
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, futuristic, melancholic ...
Plot:
space travel, nasa, astronaut, space, rescue, survival, spacewalk, space opera, space exploration, rescue mission, stranded, escapades ...
Time:
20th century, year 1969, 60s, 1930s, future ...
Place:
usa, antarctica
Similarity:
39%
903
Genre: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Navy SEALs launch a rescue mission after terrorists plunge a jet carrying a missile-launching computer into the sea.
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
airplane, terrorism, heroic mission, gang, heroes, rivalry, race against time, daring rescue, escapades, save the day, danger, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
38%
686
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A Presidential candidate running against the Vice-President plans a trip to the Balkans to negotiate the release of American servicemen being held hostage. Before he leaves, he receives a disk documenting evidence that the Vice-President has been ...
Style:
serious, rough, realistic, suspenseful, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, hijacking, one man army, political conspiracy, state affairs, secret agent, undercover, law enforcement, confined, race against time, danger, save the day ...
Place:
washington d.c., france
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The only hope for humanity to survive a natural disaster is to detonate a nuclear bomb in Los Angeles.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, suspense, fast, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, martial arts, destiny, danger, rescue, race against time, soldier, atomic bomb, government agency, daring rescue, save the world, secret agent ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
california, antarctica, los angeles, usa, pacific ocean ...
Similarity:
38%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a comet passes the Earth it causes a cataclysmic storm. Only a disbanded government unit with a secret weather-manipulating weapon can try to stop it.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
heroic mission, save the world, escapades, chaos, danger, environmentalism, heroes, forces of nature, weatherman, chases and races, disaster, comet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 175 min.
TV show
Story:
Suddenly the US east coast is hit by a type of natural disaster formerly reserved, except after a major earthquake, for the Pacific and Indian ocean rims: tidal waves of the destructive tsunami type. Scientist and fiction author John McAdams attends ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, exciting, captivating
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, danger, rescue, undercover, on the run, save the day, save the world, investigation, race against time, forces of nature, conspiracy, natural disaster ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia, maine
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
INTER SCI climatologist Dr. David Kotzman has evidence that a shift in the Earth's polarity triggered the last Ice Age...in a single day. Now, it's happening again, and there's no time to escape. As the temperature plummets, Miami is ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, disturbing, captivating, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, natural disaster, survival, save the world, rescue, save the day, forces of nature, race against time, husband wife relationship, winter, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future
Place:
miami, usa, florida, new york
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
On December 21, 2012 four strangers on a journey of faith are drawn to an ancient temple in the heart of Mexico. For the Mayans it is the last recorded day. For NASA scientists it is a cataclysmic polar shift. For the rest of us, it is Doomsday.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, futuristic, exciting, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, faith, post apocalypse, forces of nature, chaos, race against time, heroic mission, heroes, danger, imaginary, chases and races ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
latin america, california, mexico, san diego california, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
US Navy medical officer Jake Fuller is assigned to a goodwill visit aboard a Russian submarine. But he and his companion, Lt. Swain, end up alone among terrorists, who have taken over the submarine and threaten to fire its nuclear weapons.
Style:
suspense, independent film, serious, realistic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, terrorist, submarine, die hard, sex scene, naval battle, boat, disaster, ambassador, u.s. navy, terrorist plot, profanity ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
San Francisco becomes a target for waves of destructive meteors after a rogue comet orbits around the earth... For astronomer, Michelle Young, what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event, soon turns into her worst nightmare as ...
Style:
serious, exciting, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
meteor shower, disaster, destiny, natural disaster, escapades, danger, save the world, space and aliens, mother daughter relationship, science, meteorite, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A massive asteroid impact on the moon begins causing storms on earth due to the sudden changes in ocean tides. But when further examination is conducted it's discovered that the moon's structure is now entirely unstable -- threatening all ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, disaster, race against time, danger, chaos, heroes, ocean, space shuttle, astronomer, male female relationship, dystopia, doom ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
colorado, chicago, boston, baltimore, florida ...
Similarity:
36%
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