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Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It. (1970)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A gas is let loose upon the world that kills anyone over 25 years old.
Style:
surreal, apocalyptic, humorous, futuristic, experimental, cynical, semi serious, biting, psychotronic, offbeat
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, pregnancy, disaster, utopia, hippie, end of the world, distopia, counterculture, rock, satire, marijuana, camp, golf, free love, football team, cheerleader, rock concert, gas, catastrophe, survival, gangsters, heroes, obsession, politics ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, future, 1960s
Place:
austin texas, texas, alaska, new mexico
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, psychotronic, bleak and suspenseful films with plots about distopia, society, apocalypse, post apocalypse, danger, chaos and disaster mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Comedy genres. Some movies like Gas! -Or- It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It.: A Boy and His Dog (1975), 20 Years After (2008), Don't Look Up (2021), Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988), Human Highway (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Set in the year 2024 in post-apocalyptic America, 18-year old Vic and his telepathic dog Blood are scavengers in the desolate wilderness ravaged by World War 4, where survivors must battle for food, shelter, and sexual companionship in the ...
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surreal, futuristic, humorous, apocalyptic, tense ...
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teens
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dog, post apocalypse, survival, distopia, nuclear holocaust, desert, female nudity, sperm donor, coming of age, apocalypse, violent, end of the world ...
Time:
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Place:
oklahoma, phoenix arizona
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Based on the concept of "New America" in the year 2097, two decades after a nuclear apocalypse, Tex Kennedy, two robotic ex-secret service agents, and a female cannibal journey to find a famously dangerous area known as the "Threshold ...
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semi serious, humorous, futuristic, political comedy
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Time:
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Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!
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serious, bleak, suspenseful, dystopian, apocalyptic ...
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post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, life is a bitch, future dystopia, pregnancy, escapades, society, chaos, babies and infants, distopia, disaster ...
Time:
future, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Two low-level astronomers, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace.
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entertaining, feel good, funny, thought provoking, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
date night, kids
Plot:
disaster, asteroid, end of the world, meteorite, space, social satire, chaos, save the world, astronaut, apocalypse, politics, natural disaster ...
Time:
future, year 1994, 2020s, distant future, 21st century
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67%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
'Hell' is the name of the hero of the story. He's a prisoner of the women who now run the USA after a nuclear/biological war. Results of the war are that mutants have evolved, and the human race is in danger of extinction due to ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, semi serious, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, mutant, rescue, future dystopia, survival, save the world, chaos, heroic mission, female nudity, heroes, technology gone awry ...
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future, 80s
Place:
austin texas
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
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Human Highway is a 1982 comedy film starring and co-directed by Neil Young under his pseudonym Bernard Shakey. Dean Stockwell co-directed the film and acted along with Russ Tamblyn, Dennis Hopper, and the band Devo. Included is a collaborative ...
Style:
not serious, surreal, exciting, humorous, psychotronic ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, surrealism, acid, distopia, post-apocalyptic future, chaos, power relations, friends, disorder, technology gone awry, small town ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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63%
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 ...
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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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60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A comedic drama about a group of people (and several robots) living on a space station in a 1970’s-version of the future. When a new Assistant Captain arrives, she inadvertently ignites tensions among the crew, prompting them to confront their ...
Style:
humorous, stylized, light, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
space, space opera, robot, asteroid, catastrophe, satire, love and romance, space and aliens, couples, fall in love, love affair, homosexual ...
Time:
future, 70s
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58%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story:
The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain ...
Style:
tense, serious, exciting, apocalyptic, gloomy ...
Plot:
nuclear war, apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, save the world, nuclear, atomic bomb, post apocalypse, survival, heroic mission, race against time, chaos ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
australia, asia
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56%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's ...
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disturbing, depressing, apocalyptic, controversial, captivating ...
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, survival, apocalypse, pandemic, disaster, natural disaster, railway, quarantine, peril, virus, farm ...
Time:
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Place:
england, northern england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A lonely metermaid has a psychotic reaction to his medication and becomes convinced he's a superhero. A very select group of people in life are truly gifted. Special is a movie about everyone else.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, surreal, captivating ...
Plot:
mental illness, delusion, hallucination, identity crisis, obsession, misfit, society, dark humor, wannabe, superhero, employer employee relationship, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
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52%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An acclaimed TV miniseries based on the classic sci-fi novel.
Style:
psychotronic, philosophical, tech noir, propaganda film
Plot:
distopia, underground, post apocalypse, disaster, new world, conformity, utopia, individualism, dystopian society, drugs, drug use, technology ...
Time:
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize and rebel.
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feminist film, political, experimental, indie film, biting ...
Audience:
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Plot:
feminist, lesbian, feminism, revolution, anarchism, gender, racism, police brutality, sexual harassment, socialist, radical, chaos ...
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Place:
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49%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Plot:
disaster, apocalypse, natural disaster, save the world, heroes, forces of nature, catastrophe, global warming, survival, rescue, end of the world, humanity in peril ...
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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.
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distopia, genetic engineering, post apocalypse, social differences, love and romance, society, life is a bitch, human nature, helicopter, anarchist, psychopath, psychology ...
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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 ...
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Time:
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Place:
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47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Vietnam vet John Rubin returns to New York and rents a rundown flat in Greenwhich Village. It is in this flat that he begins to film, 'Peeping Tom' style, the people in the apartment across the street. His obsession with making films leads ...
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social satire, surrealism, surveillance, voyeurism, peeping tom, manipulation, suspense, couples, obsession, opposites attract, babies and infants, society ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
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In southern France, in a quite little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his employees. As they are drinking wine, they hear a terrible ...
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post apocalypse, survival, distopia, apocalypse, nuclear explosion, post-apocalyptic future, confined, mentally unstable, leadership, starting over, society, escapades ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
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46%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
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Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, satire, apocalypse, surrealism, cult, social satire, zeppelin, post-apocalyptic future, nuclear disaster, nuclear threat, absurdism ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
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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.
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Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate few who are somehow immune from the effects. Animals go insane and human beings turn to white powder, leaving behind only empty clothing. A handful ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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