Movies like Control 1987
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Control (1987)
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Original name: Il giorno prima
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy, Canada, France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An experiment of psychological effects under stressful conditions in a shelter. When fifteen strangers are put into a nuclear shelter to see how long they can survive without interaction with the outside, things work out fine.
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, serious, realistic
Plot:
disaster, distopia, experiment, sex crime, pedophile, catastrophe, survival, life is a bitch, isolation, escapades, society, confined, optimism, culture clash, hopes, female nudity, scientific experiment, single mother, city, stranger, cultural difference, supermodel, panic, hiding place, visit ...
Time:
80s
Place:
germany, frankfurt germany
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, realistic and tense films with plots about danger, escapades, catastrophe, disaster, survival, life is a bitch and heroes mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Control: The Crew (1994), Tornado Valley (2009), Supervolcano (2005), Under Still Waters (2008), Survive! (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Still depressed over the suicide of his mother, Bill has no idea that he's in for a wild ride when he and his wife Jennifer board the yacht owned by her bigoted lawyer brother. Along for the trip: a rock musician and his wife, as well as the ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
rescue, hostage, survival, isolation, captivity, forces of nature, confined, husband wife relationship, cruise, lgbtq, social relations, ship ...
Time:
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Place:
bahamas
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95%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Liz McAdams is haunted by the memories of a tornado that destroyed her home 25 years ago. Now a professional storm tracker, she and her family are in danger once again as another devastating twister rapidly gains momentum. Caught in the path of ...
Style:
serious, captivating, tense, psychological, realistic
Plot:
disaster, tornado, natural disaster, race against time, forces of nature, salvation, storm, catastrophe, suspense, apocalypse, widower, farm ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, disturbing
Plot:
natural disaster, disaster, volcano, apocalypse, survival, future dystopia, chaos and mayhem, heroes, race against time, optimism, escapades, post apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A young married couple encounters a stranger who threatens their marriage and their lives.
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, tense, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
family problems, mysterious character, stranger, couples, sex scene, marriage, alcohol abuse, isolation, confined, life is a bitch, abuse, drug trade ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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547
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Sixteen plane crash survivors stranded in the Andes turn to cannibalism to stay alive. Based on a true story.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, realistic, serious, exciting ...
Plot:
air disaster, disaster, survival, death, mountain, cannibal, football team, catastrophe, wilderness, heroes, escapades, confined ...
Time:
70s
Place:
andes mountains
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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314
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Manhattan fireman Mark Decker visits, for the first time, his Steven in his ex Emma's new apartment in one of her dad Donald Richardson's development estates, at the foot of Diamand-back Mountain. But Don's ambitious executive Stewart ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, tense
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, save the day, survival, escapades, race against time, pregnancy, natural disaster, rescue, father son relationship, apocalypse, catastrophe, forces of nature ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
281
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Jason Priestley (TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210") and Andrea Roth star in this inspirational adventure story about courage, love and the power of family. Aspiring author Robert (Priestly) organizes a quick getaway with his wife and ...
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
survival, wilderness, island, escapades, forces of nature, shipwreck, isolation, human spirit, family relations, storm, stranded, spirituality ...
Place:
canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
When the dam in the town of Rutland starts to show signs of wear. David Powell, the architect who originally worked on the dam but was removed and who left town after he was black balled by Walker, the man who only cares about making a profit; ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, psychological
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dam, disaster, save the day, survival, race against time, daring rescue, rescue, mentally unstable, forces of nature, escapades, natural disaster, evacuation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Duke Evans, out of work NSA analyst, is evicted from his home he moves his family to his grandfather's old cabin. However here they are also threatened when a hellish cyber-attack is unleashed on the US rendering anything with a computer ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, tense, captivating
Plot:
post apocalypse, invasion, survival, escapades, chaos and mayhem, immigrants, government agency, racism, society, unemployment, apocalypse, distopia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
china, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lone, struggling addict takes on a dangerous underground criminal ring in his small Southern town to retrieve a stolen pendant he believes will save his marriage.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, realistic, disturbing, gloomy
Plot:
redemption, addiction, life is a bitch, obsessive quest, hopes, small town, drugs, danger
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two thousand miles from home, Jim and Jennifer Stolpa (with baby Clayton) lose their way and are stranded in an endless wilderness of deep snow, battling for survival against the elements. Using only meager supplies and resourcefulness, the young ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
snowstorm, survival, rescue, wilderness, disaster, frostbite, hypothermia, babies and infants, confined, heroes, escapades, family life ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
275
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
When a sudden, unexplained rise in local temperatures threatens to turn Los Angeles County into a parched, lifeless desert, one scientist must put her theories to the test in a desperate effort to prevent the catastrophe.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
disaster, race against time, save the day, forces of nature, catastrophe, escapades, natural disaster, scientist, suspense, apocalypse, heat wave, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A doctor must find a cure for a viral epidemic that is spreading through vapors from jets.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
disaster, supernatural, save the world, race against time, life is a bitch, survival, escapades, plague, isolation, future dystopia, chaos, terminal illness ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A group of old friends gets together for a weekend in a mountain cabin. Years have gone by and yet nothing seems to have changed between them. But lurking behind the laughter and stories is a murky episode from the past that continues to haunt them. ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, chaos, friendship, haunted by the past, isolation, distopia, wilderness survival, post apocalypse, friends, escapades, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
DIE WOLKE (The Cloud) is about a breakdown of a nuclear power station in Germany and the story of two teenager-lovers Hannah and Elmar who take refuge. 38.000 people die and Hannah unfortunately becomes contaminated.
Style:
serious, bleak, touching, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
radiation, disaster, teenage love, hospital, supportive parent, confined, survival, contamination, radiation sickness, evacuation, warning, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, hamburg germany, northern germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a quiet southern town, several lives are changed forever when an isolated mute with a dark secret is admitted to a mental institution.
Style:
serious, disturbing, psychological, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
mental institution, small town life, isolation, family problems, small town, suspense, mute, suspect, society, mental illness, forest, couple relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes place in one room, with only the two actors. The movie is set in an unidentified, ...
Style:
art house, sexual, sexy, erotic, psychological ...
Plot:
interrogation, pedophilia, sex crime, police station, victim, manipulation, human experiment, monster, distopia, totalitarianism, mind game, false accusation ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
1K
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After the rapture, three lawyers struggle to survive.
Style:
thought provoking, bleak, realistic, suspenseful, christian film ...
Plot:
religion, apocalypse, christian, hopes, legal, escapades, save the world, life is a bitch, chaos, religions or cults, future dystopia, destiny ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
the philippines, manila philippines
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as ...
Style:
neo noir, psychological, tense, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
mortician, murder, haunted by the past, redemption, emotionless, social decay, corpse, child in peril, graphic violence, urban ghetto, urban ghetto life, dealing with death ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
666
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Traumatized and suffering from amnesia after witnessing a terrible accident, a man who calls himself P.J. (Howard Nash) is admitted to a hospital, where psychiatrist Alan Shearson tries to get him on the path to recovery. But Dr. Shearson's ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Plot:
hospital, losing-it hero, memory loss, rehabilitation, mental illness, doctors and patients, curses spells and rituals, isolation, accident, spirituality, uncover truth, witnessing a crime ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Returning to a "home" they hardly know after being deported from their adopted countries for minor criminal offenses, three people from very different backgrounds try to make a new life for themselves, in Jamaica in this gutsy drama from ...
Style:
thought provoking, realistic, captivating, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
deportation, culture clash, homecoming, immigrants, hopes, life is a bitch, starting over, society, injustice, rivalry, gangsters, african american ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
jamaica, africa, england, canada, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: India, United Arab Emirates, Singapore
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After many years two mariners return to homeland with the hope of a new beginning, little did they know about a disaster that would change their destiny.
Style:
thought provoking, tense, realistic, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
disaster, forces of nature, human nature, human spirit, introspection, hopes, dam, lost love, flooding, flood, catastrophe, escapades ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
209
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Former Gulf War hero Rowdy Welles is framed for murder by unscrupulous CIA boss Dick Althorp. As his price of freedom, Welles is ordered to undertake a deadly mission to destroy a nuclear processing plant in a foreign nation, owned by dangerous ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, spy, hostage, conspiracy, battles, save the day, one man army, good versus evil, rivalry, special agents, confined, espionage ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On the trail of her missing sister, Charlotte enlists the help of Wayne, an ex-Marine and alcoholic, to infiltrate the Church of One Accord - a community of snake-handlers who risk their lives seeking salvation in the Holy Ghost.
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot:
religions or cults, rescue, uncover truth, missing person, woman in danger, clergy, religion, anti christianity, religious fanaticism, brainwashing, mountain, siblings ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
In Berlin in 1961, an American soldier and a German engineer join forces to build a tunnel under the Berlin Wall in order to smuggle out refugees, including the soldier's East German girlfriend.
Style:
realistic, serious, exciting, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
communism, cold war, escape, tunnel, new love, love letter, political unrest, against the odds, getting home, soldier, escapades, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe, east berlin, east germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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198
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Struggling with her grief, Anglican priest Rebecca Ashton tries to replace her deceased daughter with another girl.
Style:
tense, realistic, psychological, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
friendship, obsession, society, life is a bitch, clergy, immigrants, under the surface, female protagonist, dangerous attraction, folk, dealing with death, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
england, cornwall
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
346
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A chemical engineer, who recently moved to town, struggles to find a way to kill a deadly new variant of Cryptosporidium that has infiltrated the town's water supply, causing people who drink it to die of thirst.
Style:
serious, exciting, bleak, rough, suspenseful
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
disaster, heat wave, nypd, hospital, quarantine, escapades, race against time, plague, couple relations, chaos, catastrophe, city ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: China, Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
On the hottest day in 50 years, a serious fire incident happened to a busy commercial tower, a gaggle of fire fighters with an indestructible enthusiasm are going to save lives.
Style:
exciting, serious, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
firefighter, disaster, escapades, society, survival, saving a life, suspense, team, partners, office, heroes, battles ...
Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, thought provoking, realistic, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
society, life is a bitch, couple relations, misfit, job seeking, immigrants, human nature, couples, blaxploitation, horny woman, male nudity, nude ...
Time:
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Place:
belgium, africa, brussels, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
261
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
When three very different people (Mike Baldwin, Will Haza, Ali Lukowski) from three completely different worlds begin a deadly game of Russian Roulette, they soon discover that their pasts are a trilogy of overlapping events that have brought them ...
Style:
tense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, non-linear ...
Plot:
russian roulette, suicide, mind game, life is a bitch, destiny, down on your luck, game of death, woman in danger, deadly, danger, unreliable narrator, gun
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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