Movies like Equals
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Equals (2015)
34K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Indonesia
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.
Style:
futuristic, intense, harsh, emotional, suspense, touching, artsy, visually appealing, sexual, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
utopia, relationships, dystopic future, post apocalypse, forbidden sex, depression, secret relationship, sexual attraction, love story, love, forbidden love, suicide, immortality, genetics, character study, infected, dystopia, robot, existentialism, post apocalyptic, distopia, epidemic, lie, medication, friendship ...
Time:
future, near future
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Most similar movies to Equals
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out thought provoking, serious, weird and interesting films with plots about love, distopia, storytelling, dystopia, catastrophe, life philosophy and kiss mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Romance genres. Some movies like Equals: The Giver (2014), THX 1138 (1971), Passengers (2016), Equilibrium (2002), Upside Down (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
130K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, South Africa, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, philosophical, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, dystopian future, youth, community, utopia, destiny, society, danger, humanity, rebelliousness, runaway ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2014, 2040s, 2010s
Place:
peru
Similarity:
84%
57K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
People in the future live in a totalitarian society. A technician named THX 1138 lives a mundane life between work and taking a controlled consumption of drugs that the government uses to make puppets out of people. As THX is without drugs for the ...
Style:
philosophical, cult classic, bleak, mindfuck, psychological ...
Plot:
distopia, totalitarianism, dystopia, dystopian future, cyberpunk, brainwashing, escape, prison, dystopic future, alone in the world, fighting the system, androids and robots ...
Time:
future, distant future, year 1971, 90s, 1920s
Similarity:
100%
491K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Hong Kong
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
Style:
futuristic, romantic, scenic, thought provoking, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
space travel, outer space, isolation, survival, love story, space program, trapped in space, love, loneliness, space station, malfunction, spaceship ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 2010s
Place:
america, los angeles, space western
Similarity:
80%
361K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. A man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, cerebral, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, dystopian future, dystopia, gunfight, post apocalyptic, fighting the system, cyberpunk, violence, totalitarianism, rebellion, dictatorship ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 2002, 2000s
Place:
china, beijing china
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In an alternate universe where twinned worlds have opposite gravities, a young man battles interplanetary prejudice and the laws of physics in his quest to reunite with the long-lost girl of his dreams in this visually stunning romantic adventure ...
Style:
surreal, romantic, stylized, touching, visually stunning ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night
Plot:
fantasy world, forbidden love, true love, gravity, parallel world, alternate reality, imagination, love story, parallel universe, amnesia, beautiful scenery, technology ...
Time:
future, year 2013, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
latin america
Similarity:
100%
140K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab ...
Style:
thought provoking, mind bending, spiritual, philosophical, enigmatic ...
Plot:
reincarnation, eye, metaphysics, genetics, buddhism, religion, atheism, death, spirituality, love story, sex scene, elevator ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 90s, year 1998, year 2005 ...
Place:
india, usa, new york, asia, delhi ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Susan is a scientist searching for answers to important questions. So important that she has given up on other things, like love - until she meets Micheal. Susan and Michael find themselves embarking on a sensual adventure while the world around ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, philosophical, cerebral, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
love, love story, love affair, pandemic, female nudity, one night stand, male full rear nudity, epidemic, chaos, food, human existence, blindness ...
Time:
distant future, year 2011, future
Place:
glasgow scotland, scotland, iran, canada
Similarity:
75%
722K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, crying, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, melancholy, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, solitude, love story, relationship problems ...
Time:
near future, future, year 2013, distant future, 2030s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of the forbidden relationship between a 'low born' boy and a 'high born' girl in an alternate reality where every person's relationships and life worth are determined by their innate 'frequencies'.
Style:
philosophical, cerebral, futuristic, humorous, semi serious ...
Plot:
philosophy, destiny, love story, parallel universe, fighting the system, culture clash, manipulation, science, imagination, life philosophy, existentialism, life & death ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A young man raised by scientists on Mars returns to Earth to find his father.
Style:
romantic, futuristic, sweet, realistic, rom com ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family outing, date night, girls' night ...
Plot:
mars, love story, teenage love, astronaut, life & death, nasa, road trip, travel, teenager, relationships, beautiful scenery, space mission ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2017
Place:
usa, california, las vegas
Similarity:
67%
344K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, intellectual, neo noir, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
distopia, genetics, fighting the system, discrimination, dystopia, philosophy, society, paraplegic, eugenics, hopes, dystopian future, twists and turns ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 1900s ...
Place:
detroit, riviera, french riviera
Similarity:
63%
22K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A futuristic 'Brief Encounter', a love story in which the romance is doomed by genetic incompatibility.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
dystopia, dystopian future, husband wife relationship, infidelity, distopia, cyberpunk, abortion, cloning, pregnancy, coitus, forgery, investigation ...
Time:
future, year 2003, near future
Place:
asia, shanghai, china, middle east, seattle ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 415 min.
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Story:
In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, surprise ending, apocalyptic, saga ...
Plot:
distopia, utopia, satire, transhumanism, dystopia, forbidden love, conspiracy, totalitarianism, genetic engineering, brainwashing, social differences, propaganda ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
100%
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two colleagues at a revolutionary research lab design technology to improve and perfect romantic relationships. As their work progresses, their discoveries become more profound.
Style:
thought provoking, erotic, captivating, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
humanoid robot, female robot, robot human relationship, robot, artificial intelligence, addiction, memory, sentient robot, forbidden love, scientist, false memory, loneliness ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The interwoven stories of three couples which are forced to make life altering decisions in the face of a disastrous war. Inspired and sometimes blinded by their love, Len, Mia, Andy, Esther, Anna and Erik are as flawed and beautiful as any of the ...
Style:
emotional, bleak, serious, suspense, independent film ...
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, chaos, virus, couple relations, post apocalypse, love and romance, danger, couples, epidemic, fiance fiancee relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
usa, middle east
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: South Africa, Ireland, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In a future where water is scarce, a farmer defends his land and hopes to rejuvenate his parched soil. However, his daughter's boyfriend schemes to steal the land for himself.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, cult classic, apocalyptic, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
water, drought, post apocalypse, desert, farm, water shortage, post apocalyptic, betrayal, murder, bandit, robot, dystopian future ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 1930s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Style:
romantic, road movie, sad, melancholic, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
road trip, end of the world, apocalypse, bittersweet, love story, loneliness, asteroid, love, existentialism, catastrophe, destiny, riot ...
Time:
year 2012, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, england, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
179K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A romantic comedy centered on Dexter and Emma, who first meet during their graduation in 1988 and proceed to keep in touch regularly. The film follows what they do on July 15 annually, usually doing something together.
Style:
romantic, sentimental, emotional, sad, sweet ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
love, love and romance, best friends in love, love story, male female friendship, couples, friends in love, friendship, relationships, life philosophy, opposites attract, best friend ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, 90s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
iran, scotland, london, paris france, england
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Iceland, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the wake of a nuclear war, a young woman survives on her own, fearing she may actually be the proverbial last woman on earth, until she discovers the most astonishing sight of her life: another human being. A distraught scientist, he’s nearly ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, apocalyptic, serious, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, sex scene, post apocalypse, farm, love triangle, post apocalyptic, nuclear war, survivor, radiation, survival, jealousy, distopia ...
Time:
2010s, future, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
104K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.
Style:
clever, surreal, philosophical, independent film, touching ...
Plot:
guilt, parallel universe, tragedy, parallel world, grief, redemption, venus the planet, destiny, loneliness, janitor, earth, solar system ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston, mojave desert, new haven connecticut, connecticut ...
Similarity:
40%
16K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Hungary, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A woman's consuming love forces her to bear the clone of her dead beloved. From his infancy to manhood, she faces the unavoidable complexities of her controversial decision.
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
parents and children, couple relations, sex scene, mother son incest, nudity, boy, incest, moral dilemma, dealing with death, tragic love, genetic engineering, death ...
Time:
year 2010, future, distant future, 21st century
Similarity:
28%
4K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a comet releases a mysterious virus that begins to kill all of the women in the world, a young couple's relationship is severely tested. They hide out (from both the illness and the savages who hunt the remaining women) in their ...
Style:
serious, intense, emotional, realistic, psychological thriller
Plot:
post apocalypse, virus, epidemic, distopia, infection, propaganda, fight, apocalypse, panic, save the world, humanity, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In a post apocalyptic world where technology is outlawed, Walter, a reclusive scientist, secretly creates a self-aware android, "Puzzlehead". Jealously erupts when Puzzlehead wins the affection of Julia, the beautiful shopgirl that Walter ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, futuristic, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, man versus machine, dystopian future, chaos, love triangle, androids and robots, society, obsession, cyberpunk, technology gone awry, betrayal, post apocalypse ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retreat into self-absorption cause potentially irreversible cracks in ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, emotional, psychological, romantic drama ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
marriage, depression, dysfunctional family, couple relations, lust, husband wife relationship, passion, crumbling marriage, sexual content, lovers, love story, sex ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, pennsylvania, usa, brooklyn new york city, florida
Similarity:
27%
65K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Hong Kong, China, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life, over the course of a few years, after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.
Style:
sexy, emotional, atmospheric, visually stunning, philosophical ...
Plot:
writers, love, writer's life, destiny, road not taken, androids, sensuality, haunted by the past, old friend, coincidence, memory, introspection ...
Time:
future, year 2004, 2040s, 2000s, y2k ...
Place:
hong kong, china, singapore, east asia, asia
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, West Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
George Orwell's novel of a totalitarian future society in which a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Style:
disturbing, thought provoking, psychological, cult classic, political ...
Plot:
distopia, dystopia, politics, totalitarianism, dystopian future, brainwashing, technology, fascism, totalitarian state, satire, surveillance, political corruption ...
Time:
future, 80s, year 1984, near future, 20th century ...
Place:
london, england, europe, britain, united kingdom
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, neo noir, depressing, apocalyptic, visually stunning ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, chaos, redemption, end of the world, dystopian future, heroic mission, pandemic, fertility, post apocalyptic, dying ...
Time:
future, near future, distant future, year 2006, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, washington state, seattle ...
Similarity:
26%
162K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws ...
Style:
sad, romantic, touching, sentimental, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
love story, 9/11, relationships, death in the family, family drama, love, suicide, young love, loss of sibling, love and romance, dealing with death, death ...
Time:
year 2010, september 11 2001, 2010s, 2000s, 90s ...
Place:
new york, iran, usa, brooklyn new york city
Similarity:
26%
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.
Style:
apocalyptic, thought provoking, serious, atmospheric, grindhouse ...
Plot:
distopia, dystopian future, genetic engineering, post apocalypse, social differences, society, love and romance, life is a bitch, human nature, danger, doomed romance, anarchist ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A service which creates holographic projections of late family members allows an elderly woman to spend time with a younger version of her deceased husband.
Style:
cerebral, suspense, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
marriage, husband wife relationship, doctor, old woman, flash forward, dead husband, friendship, aging, love, redemption, family relations, couple relations ...
Time:
near future, future, year 1979
Similarity:
26%
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