Movies like Deathsport
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Deathsport (1978)
3K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states. Notorious "Desert Ranger" Kaz is forced to fight in the DeathSport, dueling on futuristic motorcycle "Death Machines". With the help of renegade vixen Deneer, Kaz must face his past and fight to save himself and his people.
Style:
serious, stylized, apocalyptic, tense, psychotronic, grindhouse, sexy, depressing, cult classic, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, biker, chase, dystopia, gladiator, motorcycle, prison, desert, torture, slave, tough guy, sword fight, nomad, dictator, capture, supernatural power, good versus evil, resistance fighter, motorcycle chase, post nuclear war, survival, battles, against the odds, vengeance, rivalry ...
Time:
future, year 1978
Place:
texas, usa
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Most similar movies to Deathsport
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out apocalyptic, futuristic, suspenseful and serious films with plots about violence, danger, distopia, blood splatter, explosion, blood and chase mostly in Action, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Deathsport: Death Race 2000 (1975), Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), Fist of the North Star (1995), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), 1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In a boorish future, the government sponsors a popular, but bloody, cross-country race in which points are scored by mowing down pedestrians. Five teams, each comprised of a male and female, compete using cars equipped with deadly weapons. ...
Style:
grindhouse, road movie, black comedy, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
car, car chase, carsploitation, dystopia, satire, dark humor, dystopian future, racing, distopia, dystopic future, danger, chases and races ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 2000, 2000s, 70s ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of a great biker horde led by the warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the wasteland, they encounter the citadel presided over by Immortan Joe. The two ...
Style:
visually stunning, exciting, apocalyptic, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, girls' night, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, female protagonist, mad max, distopia, mother daughter relationship, chase, wasteland, kidnapped girl, warrior, revenge, loss of mother ...
Time:
future
Place:
oceania, australia
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
From the immensely popular FIST OF THE NORTH STAR comic book series, comes a new hero. The fate of mankind rests with superhuman warrior Kenshiro who roams the wastelands of the future waging a battle against overwhelming evil. With the spiritual ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, nuclear holocaust, destiny, vengeance, superhuman powers, battles, lone wolves, heroic mission, life is a bitch, uninhibited rivalry, escapades, danger ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be ...
Style:
visually appealing, visually stunning, road movie, apocalyptic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night, family friendly, teens, adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, car, desert, apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, chase, on the run, dystopia, car chase, distopia, tough guy ...
Time:
future, year 2015, year 2016, near future, distant future ...
Place:
australia, los angeles
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic New York City, a policeman infiltrates the Bronx, which has become a battleground for several murderous street gangs.
Style:
grindhouse, inspirational, grim, cult classic, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang warfare, street gang, biker, post apocalyptic, bike, gang war, wasteland, social decay, mafia, monster, motorcycle, throne ...
Time:
future, year 1982, 90s, year 1990, near future
Place:
new york, usa, new york state, empire state building manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After a massive earthquake destroys Los Angeles, a new order is formed. But disagreement among the ranks leads to more war and disruption, and The Last Patrol must bring order if there's to be any hope for the future.
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, rescue, earthquake, desert, chaos and mayhem, survival, danger, rivalry, life is a bitch, post apocalypse, battles, disaster ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and American society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight ...
Style:
rough, futuristic, cult classic, exciting, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
dystopian future, cyberpunk, distopia, chase, chases and races, dystopic future, prison, danger, dishonesty, rivalry, tough heroes, social commentary ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, 20th century, year 2019 ...
Place:
los angeles, california
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
7 years on from the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run. Finally, they give in, and surrender, only to find themselves imprisoned in a new, more sophisticated fortress prison in outer space. But Brennick's not ...
Style:
dark comedy, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prisoner, dystopia, race against time, mind control, voyeur, conspiracy, escape, space station, prison guard, on the run, fugitives ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Prepare yourself for the all too deadly future. Cash, the heroine of Cyborg 2, is living safe in the free zone. But not for long. Biomechanical problems are taking down her systems and a visit to a doctor in Silica confirms her worst fears. She is ...
Style:
serious, rough, bleak, futuristic, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, post apocalypse, pregnancy, bounty hunter, chase, battles, terminator, motorcycle gang, chaos, nemesis, community, androids ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the year 2074, the cybernetics market is dominated by two rival companies: USA's Pinwheel Robotics and Japan's Kobayashi Electronics. Cyborgs are commonplace, used for anything from soldiers to prostitutes. Casella Reese is a prototype ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, cyber, erotic, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, cyborgs, robot, on the run, terminator, bare breasts, doomed love, assassination plot, corporation, androids and robots, hitman ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Simon Phoenix, a violent criminal cryogenically frozen in 1996, has escaped during a parole hearing in 2032 in the utopia of San Angeles. Police are incapable of dealing with his violent ways and turn to his captor, John Spartan, who had also been ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, exciting, semi serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, dystopia, prison, utopia, psychopath, time travel, satire, maverick cop, totalitarianism, fish out of water, violence ...
Time:
future, 2030s, near future, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Bloodthirsty factions rule the barren earth. It's the 21st Century and a biological disaster has ruined the planet. Here, in a world where gunpowder is more valuable than gold, a few hundred survivors wage the final conflict for power and ...
Style:
apocalyptic, independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse, f word
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, distopia, bondage, kidnapped wife, bare chested male, dwarf, exploitation, male female relationship, village, biological warfare ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
48%
37K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A martial artist hunts a killer in a plague-infested urban dump of the future.
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, independent film, stylized, tech noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, cyborgs, martial arts, post apocalypse, violence, chase, vengeance, androids and robots, one man army, chaos, tough heroes, female robot ...
Time:
future, year 1989, year 2019, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york, georgia, usa, charleston south carolina, south carolina ...
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, serious, stylized, retro ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, cyborgs, terrorist group, terminator, terrorism, cyberpunk, conspiracy, police detective, female warrior, nude fight, microchip, dystopian future ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles, rio de janeiro, brazil, new mexico ...
Similarity:
48%
21K
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
In a world with no guns, a mysterious drifter, a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs, headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins.
Style:
surreal, suspenseful, serious, stylized, exciting ...
Plot:
martial arts, medieval, profanity, vengeance, drifter, good versus evil, revenge, danger, partner, duel, uninhibited rivalry, obstacle ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
It’s been 20 years since the corporations took over the world’s governments. Their thirst for power and profits led to the Corporate Wars, a fierce global battle that laid waste to society as we know it. Born from the ash, the Council of Nine ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, grindhouse, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, bounty hunter, vigilante, hitman, female warrior, female assassin, female killer, dystopian future, danger, society, desert, shaolin ...
Time:
near future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a bleak, postnuclear future world, warring factions struggle to claim the Equalizer 2000, the one weapon powerful enough to guarantee survival.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
wasteland, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, woman with a gun, distopia, exploitation, motorcycle gang, desert, machine gun ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After years of outrunning ruthless bounty hunters, escaped convict Riddick suddenly finds himself caught between opposing forces in a fight for the future of the human race. Now, waging incredible battles on fantastic and deadly worlds, this lone, ...
Style:
action packed, saga, exciting, stylized, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, teens
Plot:
dystopia, alien, bounty hunter, lone hero, outer space, space and aliens, one man army, distant planet, space opera, one against many, tough guy, space ...
Time:
future, year 2004, near future, 2000s
Place:
space western
Similarity:
47%
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82K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, South Africa, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A lethal virus spreads throughout the British isles,infecting millions and killing hundreds of thousands. To contain the threat, acting authorities brutally quarantine the country as it succumbs to fear and chaos. The quarantine is successful. Three ...
Style:
suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, dystopia, cannibalism, virus, rescue, infected, danger, distopia, epidemic, female fighter, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 2030s, year 2008, 2010s, 80s ...
Place:
scotland, britain, london, england, europe ...
Similarity:
47%
30K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In the year of 2039, after World Wars destroy much of the civilization as we know it, territories are no longer run by governments, but by corporations; the mightiest of which is the Mishima Zaibatsu. In order to placate the seething masses of this ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic, rough ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
martial arts, ninja, martial artist, tough girl, kung fu, violence, female assassin, vengeance, brutality, fantasy world, heroes, master warrior ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the near future, society collapses and water becomes scarce. When a greedy water baron starts violently clearing out survivors, Kendal, a 17-year-old teenager, fights the baron's henchman to keep a well open.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, revenge, drought, female warrior, water shortage, murder, survival, thirst, strong female character, kickass women, teenage girl ...
Time:
near future
Place:
oregon
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the near future, after an unspecified holocaust, survivors are herded into prison camps. There, they are hunted for sport by the leaders of the camp. Paul, one of the newest prisoners, is determined not to go down as quietly as the others.
Style:
grindhouse, apocalyptic, cult classic, psychotronic, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
rape, dystopia, torture, brutality, lesbian rape, sex, murder of a nude woman, sadism, violence, prisoner, most dangerous game, distopia ...
Time:
future, year 1982, 21st century
Place:
australia
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Set in a post-nuclear-holocaust future, this sci-fi western takes place in the frontier city of New Hope, the only place around with a working oil refinery. Ever since a megalomaniac general and his followers took over the place, life has been ...
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, perverse, scenic, independent film ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, post apocalyptic, life is a bitch, heroes, survival, cowboy, distopia, cyberpunk, anti hero, soldier ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
space western
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A businessman on a trip to Tokyo ends up in the middle of a centuries old feud between a criminal Ninja cult and a Samurai when he witnesses a assassination performed by the Ninja-cult leader.
Style:
exciting, suspense, intense, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
ninja, violence, sword duel, samurai, assassin, sword fight, murder, brutality, vigilante, vengeance, master warrior, hitman ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
japan, asia, tokyo
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game, a disgraced mixed martial arts fighter is hunted through the jungles of Southeast Asia.
Style:
perverse, tense, captivating, disturbing, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
violence, martial arts, jungle warfare, martial artist, brutality, paranoia, female warrior, manhunt, muscleman, jungle, kickboxer, survival ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, burma, las vegas
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Argentina, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In the year 2025, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the ...
Style:
saga, futuristic, cult classic, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, immortal, sword and sorcery, immortality, female warrior, time travel, alien, future war, sword fight, heroes, sorcery, fictional war ...
Time:
future, near future, 90s, year 1999, 2020s ...
Place:
scotland, new york, usa, europe
Similarity:
46%
24K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Netherlands
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In the year 2022, a ruthless prison warden has created the ultimate solution for his most troublesome and violent inmates: Absolom, a secret jungle island where prisoners are abandoned and left to die. But Marine Captain John Robbins, convicted of ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, grindhouse, bleak, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
prison, jungle, island, dystopia, prison guard, survival, escape, all male cast, island prison, chase, male male relationship, prisoner ...
Time:
future, near future, year 1994
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Spain, Sweden
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a not too distant future, a totalitarian state run by ‘The Director” (Seagal) controls all aspects of life. All enemies of the state are dealt in the harshest way. Most of them are executed by the secret government’s assassins. The best ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, tense, captivating, independent film ...
Plot:
martial arts, female warrior, coup d'etat, aikido, violence, assassination plot, revenge, murder, corruption, political corruption, spy, chase ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
No emotion. No fear. No pain. They were the perfect soldiers to protect civilization until the drone police became the perfect enemy. With little hope left for mankind, Tallis, an electronically enhanced soldier, rescues a survivor from a failed ...
Style:
exciting, serious, bleak, captivating, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
soldier, female warrior, battles, survival, androids and robots, save the world, danger, life is a bitch, man versus machine, heroic mission, daring rescue, chaos ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
This time, a cataclysmic temblor hits Los Angeles, turning it into an island. The president views the quake as a sign from above, expels Los Angeles from the country and makes it a penal colony for those found guilty of moral crimes. When his ...
Style:
cult classic, apocalyptic, suspense, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalyptic, dystopia, race against time, post apocalypse, heroic mission, escape, dystopian future, one man army, earthquake, apocalypse, catastrophe, lone wolves ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2000s, year 2013, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, beverly hills, latin america ...
Similarity:
45%
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