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O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization (1985)
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Original name: O-bi, o-ba. Koniec cywilizacji
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Set in an underground dungeon inhabited by bundled, ragged human beings, after the nuclear holocaust. The story follows the wanderings of a hero through the situations of survival. People wait for the Ark to arrive and rescue them while their habitat falls apart.
Style:
apocalyptic, art house, ambiguous ending, crying, psychotronic, weird, cult film
Plot:
post-apocalyptic future, post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, nuclear holocaust, distopia, apocalypse, surrealism, winter, underground, wasteland, renaissance, nuclear bomb, love letter, bombing, european, hopes, virus outbreak, paranoia, dog, survival, airplane, fight, prostitute, escape ...
Time:
distant future, near future
Place:
eastern europe, central europe, russian
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out apocalyptic, bleak, serious and psychotronic films with plots about post apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, epidemic and post-apocalyptic future mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like O-Bi, O-Ba - The End of Civilization: Dead Man's Letters (1986), Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967), The Quiet Earth (1985), Malevil (1981), Golem (1980). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, allegory, corny
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
In a world after the nuclear apocalypse a scholar helps a small group of children and adults survive, staying with them in the basement of the former museum of history. In his mind he writes letters to his son — though it is obvious that they will ...
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
apocalyptic, surreal, psychotronic
Plot:
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Place:
eastern europe, czechoslovakia
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Country: New Zealand
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
france, europe
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Poland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
surreal, serious, bleak, atmospheric, futuristic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: Poland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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39%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
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Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 118 min.
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Story:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Audience:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
psychotronic, apocalyptic, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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