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Ladybug Ladybug (1963)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Staff and students at a rural school react to a warning of an imminent nuclear attack, not knowing whether it is real or mistaken.
Style:
psychological, tense, thought provoking, bleak, serious, realistic, apocalyptic, psychotronic, allegory, disaster movie ...
Plot:
nuclear threat, youth, elementary school, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, cold war, bomb shelter, panic, nuclear, post apocalyptic, school, life is a bitch, anti war, society, countryside, apocalypse, survival, end of the world, children, nuclear war, schoolboy, house, underground, farm, fear ...
Time:
year 1963, 60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, bleak and tense films with plots about society, life is a bitch, youth, danger, family relations, disaster and post apocalypse mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Ladybug Ladybug: Special Bulletin (1983), Countdown to Looking Glass (1984), Blood Done Sign My Name (2010), Copperhead (2013), Testament (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A TV reporter and cameraman are taken hostage on a tugboat while covering a workers strike. The demands of the hostage-takers are to collect all the nuclear detonators in the Charleston, SC area so they may be detonated at sea. They threaten to ...
Style:
bad ending, captivating, thought provoking, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
found footage, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, nuclear, nuclear war, terrorism, end of the world, president, u.s. president, disaster, cold war, witch ...
Time:
80s
Place:
south carolina, usa, charleston south carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A fictional confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the Strait of Hormuz, the gateway to the Persian Gulf. The narrative of the film details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear weapons from the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, tragic ending, mockumentary
Plot:
nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, disaster, apocalypse, cold war, found footage, post apocalypse, u.s. president, president, catastrophe, distopia, post apocalyptic ...
Place:
usa, soviet union, saudi arabia, middle east
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A drama based on the true story in which a black Vietnam-era veteran is allegedly murdered by a local white businessman who is later exonerated. The plot focuses on the role of a local high school teacher and the civil unrest that followed the ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racism, murder, social differences, life is a bitch, society, introspection, discrimination, social decay, injustice, small town life, small town, murderer ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A family is torn apart during the American Civil War.
Style:
realistic, tense, touching, serious, captivating
Plot:
american civil war, anti war, family life, society, life is a bitch, farm, civil war, danger, relationships, intrigue, family relations, wartime life
Time:
19th century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Nuclear war in the United States is portrayed in a realistic and believable manner. The story is told through the eyes of a woman who is struggling to take care of her family. The entire movie takes place in a small suburban town outside San ...
Style:
depressing, disturbing, bleak, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
nuclear war, cold war, nuclear holocaust, dystopian future, apocalypse, post apocalypse, tragedy, small town, death, visceral, danger, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1983, 80s, near future
Place:
california, usa, bay area
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, ...
Style:
disturbing, futuristic, apocalyptic, harsh, serious ...
Plot:
cold war, nuclear war, disaster, post apocalypse, apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear holocaust, radiation, end of the world, dystopia, nuclear threat, nuclear ...
Time:
80s, future, distant future, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, soviet union, missouri, ussr ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in a world upended by a complete breakdown of society, two couples hide out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive this crisis.
Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
survival, infidelity, post apocalypse, life is a bitch, dishonesty, couple relations, betrayal, danger, human nature, vestiges of humanity, chaos, couples ...
Time:
future
Place:
ireland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the politically-explosive investigation of how his farm, family, and friends came to be poisoned
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
environmental, biology, farm, contamination, ecology, family relations, family problems, environmentalism, government agency, dishonesty, hopes, society ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspenseful, political ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, nuclear threat, aviation, moral dilemma, nuclear holocaust, politics, military life, disaster, danger, military, race against time, chaos ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup artist, Green has big dreams of working in Hollywood. But the ...
Style:
serious, realistic, psychological, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
social relations, family problems, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, youth, dysfunctional family, small town, hollywood, small town life, religion, abuse, exploitation ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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Movies similar to Fail-Safe
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: ...
Style:
touching, suspenseful, sentimental, serious, realistic
Plot:
missing child, young heroes, danger, youth, racism, society, family problems, parents and children, discrimination, interracial relations, family relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
alabama, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
This MTV film dramatizes the horrific hate-crime killing of 21-year-old Matthew Shepard (Cy Carter) in Wyoming. In 1998, Shepard, a gay college student, was savagely beaten by Russell Henderson (Ian Somerhalder) and Aaron McKinney (Brendan ...
Style:
disturbing, emotional, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
youth, murder, hate crime, life is a bitch, social decay, society, gay slur, gay, real life, violent content, injustice, gender ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
wyoming, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
80
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
From living a normal life to surviving homelessness in the city of Miami, Peter is a victim of the turbulent U.S. recession during late 2000's. A drama based on true events.
Style:
serious, realistic, bleak, thought provoking
Plot:
life is a bitch, life turned upside down, social misfits, family relations, misfit, unemployment, society, family problems, homelessness, character change, unfulfillment, disorder ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
miami, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
Story:
A docudrama depicting a hypothetical nuclear attack on Britain.
Style:
apocalyptic, controversial, mockumentary, disturbing, futuristic ...
Plot:
nuclear war, cold war, nuclear threat, apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, nuclear holocaust, found footage, distopia, nuclear disaster, post apocalyptic, nuclear ...
Time:
year 1965, distant future, 60s, future
Place:
europe, england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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, apocalyptic, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Plot:
nuclear, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nuclear war, save the world, atomic bomb, post nuclear, post apocalypse, survival, heroic mission, race against time, chaos ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
australia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring. Director Sidney Lumet gives an atmospheric ...
Style:
tense, political thriller, political, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cold war, nuclear holocaust, nuclear war, nuclear threat, politics, military, u.s. air force, atomic bomb, nuclear, chaos, radio, president ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1967
Place:
russia, new york, usa, moscow russia, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
569
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After John’s absent father is struck by a stray bullet, Primo takes it upon himself to verse the young boy in the code of the streets—one founded on respect and upheld by fear. A member of the Bloods since the age of twelve—both in the film ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
gang, juvenile delinquency, haunted by the past, urban ghetto life, teaching the ways of the world, adolescence vs adulthood, coming of age, society, ghetto, gangster, violent content, drug dealing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Runaway teen Lexi find herself alone and pregnant on the streets. Seemingly beyond hope, she must turn to Devon, a woman with her own demons, to help her find a way back from her past mistakes.
Style:
serious, sincere, realistic, rough, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
homeless, teenage life, kids in trouble, life is a bitch, love, dysfunctional family, society, youth, family problems, pregnancy, escape, loneliness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Abandoned by her dreamer single mom, a teenage loner becomes obsessed with ecological disaster, forcing her and her grandmother, a functioning alcoholic, to rethink their futures.
Style:
realistic, touching, captivating, psychological, sexy ...
Plot:
coming of age, family relations, environmentalism, society, family problems, dysfunctional family, teenage life, gain trust, youth, life is a bitch, bittersweet, teenager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set in the not so distant future, in Any Town USA, sixteen year old Herman Howards makes a fateful decision. He enters his suburban school and kills thirty nine students, two teachers, and a police officer. Just before his arrest he emails his idol, ...
Style:
psychological, thought provoking, serious, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
school shooting, social relations, haunted by the past, youth, losing-it hero, bullying, high school, loneliness, social misfits, teenage life, high school life, murder ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Movies similar to Testament
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Germany, Ukraine
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of friends and bandmates look to escape from the Chernobyl disaster.
Style:
disturbing, serious, sincere, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
friendship, danger, survival, race against time, small town, disaster, nuclear reactor, escape, post apocalypse, rock, government facility, couples ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chernobyl, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Sören Mårtensson is a middle school teacher. His classroom occupied by half-grown children. His work is tormenting him and at night he is haunted by nightmares.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, mind bending, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teacher, school, mental disorder, bullying, children, nudity, youth, dedicated educator, mentally unstable, mischievous children, power relations ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
It's the 1960s. The height of the Cold War. The rural town of Granite Flats, Colorado, suddenly becomes a hotbed for mystery and intrigue.
Almost a year after Hershel Jenkins was released from jail, mystery is still a permanent resident in ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, serious, captivating, detective
Plot:
cold war, uncover truth, investigation, amateur detective, youth, family relations, dishonesty, small town, society, empowerment, conspiracy, single parent ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
BLACKOUT takes you inside the personal journey of what went down and what it was really like in Brooklyn, NY on August 14. It examines the nature of man to take advantage of his own fellow man outside of normal conditions, in times of weakness and ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, rough, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
society, chaos and mayhem, city life, interracial relations, blackout, lie, danger, violence, nypd, stash, urban, woman
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
When Anna and her family arrive at their holiday home, they find it occupied by strangers. This confrontation is just the beginning of a painful learning process.
Style:
disturbing, bleak, atmospheric, intense, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, society, end of the world, post apocalyptic, brutality, catastrophe, survival, chaos, danger, life is a bitch, hopes ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, year 2003
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When big-city TV journalist Kelly Faraday (Laura Leighton) gets fired, she moves back to her Nevada hometown, where a severe drought may force her aging mother, Ruth (Angie Dickinson), to sell the family farm to a casino developer. As Kelly and Ruth ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, captivating, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
corporate crime, family relations, farm, homecoming, legal, dishonesty, small town, love affair, rivalry, social relations, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In this made-for-tv movie, an adopted woman decides to find her birth mother. Her search leads her to a shocking discovery that she has to face and why her upbringing was not an easy one.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, emotional
Plot:
dilemma, mixed race, women, parents, parenting, custody, interracial, interracial relations, interracial rape, strong female presence, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 60s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Day One, is an NBC made for tv sci-fi movie. It was originally written as a tv series pilot about apartment residents that survive an unknown worldwide cataclysm that destroys modern infrastructure. The series was slated to fill the Heroes time slot ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, vestiges of humanity, chaos, society, dystopian future, worldwide chaos, chosen one, life is a bitch, group of strangers, danger, escapades ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
402
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A 20-year-old homeless girl is suffering from post traumatic stress syndrome on the streets of Hollywood and Venice beach.
Style:
realistic, serious
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
homeless, haunted by the past, youth, society, juvenile delinquency, survival, orphan, street life, life is a bitch, trouble, criminality, poverty ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, italy, texas, venice
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Peter Gifford is a likable, dedicated schoolteacher that teaches a senior life skills class. When student Janet Sommers brings up the topic of sex and dating, he asks students to write questions on the topic, and will cover them in the next class. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sexual, psychotronic
Plot:
teacher, high school, couples, power relations, urban ghetto, teachers and students, high school life, teenage life, school, looking for sex, urban ghetto life, youth ...
Time:
year 1961, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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