Movies like Ghost in the Shell
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Ghost in the Shell (2017)
219K
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India, Hong Kong, China, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the near future, Major is the first of her kind: a human saved from a terrible crash, then cyber-enhanced to be a perfect soldier devoted to stopping the world's most dangerous criminals.
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, stylized, neo noir, cerebral, anime, controversial, exciting, mind bending, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, female protagonist, distopia, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, robot, technology, tough girl, female martial artist, chase, terrorism, one woman army, investigation, idealism, hacker, female warrior, androids, female spy, suspense, disobeying orders, strong female lead, female agent, existentialism, memory, superheroine ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
japan, tokyo
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Most similar movies to Ghost in the Shell
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out surprise ending, suspenseful, futuristic and serious films with plots about gun, murder, blood, violence, death, suspense and chase mostly in Action, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Ghost in the Shell: Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Aeon Flux (2005), Upgrade (2018), Elysium (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, Canada, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, captivating, enigmatic, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, distopia, female protagonist, cyborgs, strong female lead, post apocalypse, female warrior, tough girl, woman fights a man, martial arts, adaptation, bounty hunter ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, Spain
Duration: 164 min.
Story:
Thirty years after the events of the first film, a new blade runner, LAPD Officer K, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what's left of society into chaos. K's discovery leads him on a quest to find Rick Deckard, ...
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, thought provoking, entertaining, bleak ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, investigation, police detective, robot, mission, mercilessness, violence, dark future, flying car, bounty hunter, police officer ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, 2020s, year 1966 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, san diego california, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
130K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Brazil, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists. When Æon Flux, the top operative in the underground 'Monican' rebellion, is ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, exciting, visually appealing, sexy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female protagonist, strong female character, strong female lead, secret movement, future dystopia, rebelliousness, woman with a gun, rebellion, cyberpunk, superhero, female killer, martial arts ...
Time:
future
Place:
berlin germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
190K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, surprise ending, experimental, neo noir ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, murder, microchip, nanotechnology, distopia, cyborgs, revenge, surgery, super computer, super soldier, evil wins ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
96%
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454K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes (Jodie Foster), a hard line government ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, serious, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, space station, distopia, future dystopia, space, class conflict, space and aliens, dystopic future, dark future, apocalypse, post apocalypse, ecological disaster ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
los angeles, south africa, africa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like In Time
780K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Style:
neo noir, futuristic, thought provoking, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
cyberpunk, existentialism, distopia, artificial intelligence, future dystopia, cyborgs, a.i., robot, fugitives, police, police detective, androids ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
258K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Welcome to Rekall, the company that can turn your dreams into real memories. For a factory worker named Douglas Quaid, even though he's got a beautiful wife who he loves, the mind-trip sounds like the perfect vacation from his frustrating life ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, entertaining, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, cyberpunk, memory loss, dystopic future, post apocalypse, future dystopia, secret agents, space, virtual reality, on the run, technology, false memory ...
Time:
future
Place:
big ben london, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
506K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, Taiwan, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A woman, accidentally caught in a dark deal, turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
Style:
philosophical, futuristic, surreal, intellectual, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
supernatural, intelligence, drugs, transformation, tough girl, experimental drug, strong female lead, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, telepathy, mind control, human brain ...
Time:
future, stone age, 21st century
Place:
paris france, berlin germany, rome italy, france, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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549K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
In 2035, where robots are common-place and abide by the three laws of robotics, a techno-phobic cop investigates an apparent suicide. Suspecting that a robot may be responsible for the death, his investigation leads him to believe that humanity may ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, philosophical, serious, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, robot, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, cyborgs, androids and robots, computer, hi-tech, a.i., future dystopia, technology gone awry, man versus machine ...
Time:
future, 2030s, 21st century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Set in a near future, technology-reliant society that pits man against killing machines. Against this backdrop an elite army unit is helicoptered to a remote, off-the-grid island training facility. What starts out as a simple training exercise for ...
Style:
futuristic, intense, apocalyptic, scenic, sinister ...
Plot:
robot, man versus machine, cyborgs, military, computer program, distopia, survival, cyberpunk, violence, suspense, island, killer robot ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies similar to Inception
1.9M
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Set in the 22nd century, The Matrix tells the story of a computer hacker who joins a group of underground insurgents fighting the vast and powerful computers who now rule the earth.
Style:
thought provoking, philosophical, surreal, intense, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
distopia, artificial intelligence, martial arts, existentialism, philosophy, cyberpunk, alternate reality, virtual reality, fight, gunfight, post apocalypse, hacker ...
Time:
future, near future, 20th century, 90s, 22nd century ...
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A data courier, literally carrying a data package inside his head, must deliver it before he dies from the burden or is killed by the Yakuza. In a dystopian 2021, Johnny (Keanu Reeves) is a data trafficker who has an implant that allows him to ...
Style:
futuristic, stylized, suspenseful, bleak, cyber ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, virtual reality, hacker, future dystopia, cyborgs, heroic mission, hacking, computers and web, distopia, computer, computer cracker, cyberspace ...
Time:
future, near future, 2000s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
canada, japan, beijing china
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Set in a world with memory implants, Robin Williams plays a cutter, someone with the power of final edit over people's recorded histories. His latest assignment is one that puts him in danger.
Style:
psychological, intellectual, thought provoking, philosophical, tense ...
Plot:
distopia, surveillance, cyberpunk, memory, twists and turns, suspense, death, existentialism, dystopic future, social satire, afterlife, deception ...
Time:
future, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
336K
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, psychological, clever ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night
Plot:
distopia, martial arts, fighting the system, gunfight, post apocalypse, cyberpunk, utopia, rebellion, totalitarianism, future dystopia, dystopic future, lone hero ...
Time:
future, 80s, 2000s
Place:
beijing china, china
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
58K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain, Bulgaria
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jacq Vaucan, an insurance agent of ROC robotics corporation, routinely investigates the case of manipulating a robot. What he discovers will have profound consequences for the future of humanity.
Style:
futuristic, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric, absurd ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, distopia, robot, post apocalypse, androids and robots, cyberpunk, ecology, robot human relationship, cyborgs, rain, investigation, uncover truth ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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The Matrix similar movies
120K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, stylized, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cyberpunk, dystopic future, apocalypse, future dystopia, post apocalypse, superhero, police, law enforcement, good versus evil, tough cop, villain, vengeance ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany, Canada, Singapore
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An assassin teams up with a woman to help her find her father and uncover the mysteries of her ancestry.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, sexy, anamorphic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, assassin, one man army, assassination, murder, super soldier, spy, killer, fight scenes, tattoo, human experiment, final showdown ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
berlin germany, singapore
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
555K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, twist ending, futuristic, mind bending ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, isolation, technology, existentialism, cyberpunk, manipulation, suspense, cyborgs, androids, androids and robots, female robot ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan, UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins ...
Style:
anime, futuristic, mind bending, philosophical, surreal ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, androids and robots, distopia, hacker, female protagonist, future dystopia, policewoman, chase, cyborgs, female spy, existentialism ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
257K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Every child comes into the world full of promise, and none more so than Chappie: he is gifted, special, a prodigy. Like any child, Chappie will come under the influence of his surroundings—some good, some bad—and he will rely on his heart and ...
Style:
touching, stylized, emotional, entertaining, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
robot, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, cyborgs, distopia, androids and robots, technology, first contact, technology gone awry, a.i., gangsters, human versus robot ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
africa, south africa, johannesburg south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Movies like Blade Runner 2049
2.4M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, clever, surreal, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
suspense, memory, virtual reality, alternate reality, dream, subconscious, architecture, existentialism, fictional reality, mind control, imagination, lucid dream ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s
Place:
paris france, japan, los angeles, new york, kenya ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
16K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
female assassin, female protagonist, tough girl, female warrior, one woman army, heist, conspiracy, suspense, woman with a gun, deception, violence, fear ...
Place:
washington d.c., cape town south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
This intense action-thriller unfolds in real time as two embattled souls fight for their lives. Gary Oldman stars as a vicious crime boss out to kill Nick, the lone witness set to testify against him. He hires a mysterious female motorcycle courier ...
Style:
captivating, entertaining, exciting, psychotronic, surprise ending ...
Plot:
one woman army, suspense, survival, messenger, crime boss, gunfight, bomb, chase, police, gangsters, trap, deserter ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, empire state building manhattan new york city, tower bridge london, washington d.c., manhattan new york city ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A beauty contest turns into a hostage situation, when the Miss Galaxy competition is taken over by a gang, demanding a ransom of diamonds. Sharon, a kick-boxing actress, is the host of the show, and the thorn in the terrorists side.
Style:
serious, realistic, exciting, sexy, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, martial arts, beauty pageant, terrorist, gang, hijacking, showdown, women, female fight, woman with a gun, monster, daughter ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
36K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Switzerland, UK, USA, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After failing to apprehend the terrorist behind a Paris attack that claimed dozens of lives, CIA agent Alice Racine is forced to live in London as a caseworker. Her mentor unexpectedly calls her back into action when the CIA discovers that another ...
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, rough, political, entertaining ...
Plot:
terrorism, biohazard, spy, betrayal, virus, female warrior, cia agent, female protagonist, cia, rogue agent, terrorist, female spy ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2012
Place:
london, buckingham palace, paris france, moscow russia, tower bridge london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Films like Jason Bourne
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Already deep into a second Cold War, Britain’s Ministry of Defense seeks a game-changing weapon. Programmer Vincent McCarthy unwittingly provides an answer in The Machine, a super-strong human cyborg. When a programming bug causes the prototype to ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, androids and robots, robot, a.i., distopia, cyborgs, laboratory, inventions and discoveries, secret laboratory, programmer, suspense, technology gone awry ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
england
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
389K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
Natasha Romanoff, on the run from the government following her disobedience to the Sokovia Accords and for aiding Steve Rogers, finds herself on her own and is forced to deal with some of the red in her ledger.
Style:
anamorphic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
superhero, female protagonist, female assassin, heroes, female spy, superheroine, secret agents, female agent, strong female lead, spy, one woman army, heroine ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 1995, year 2016, 90s ...
Place:
budapest, morocco, norway, ohio, russia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Style:
futuristic, neo noir, exciting, tense, cerebral ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
cyberpunk, murder, suspense, future dystopia, foreknowledge, precognition, time loop, frame up, distopia, law enforcer, police investigation, time travel ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., virginia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
265K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, bloody, intense, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, kids, teens
Plot:
cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, police, androids and robots, distopia, revenge, law enforcement, graphic violence, violence, fight, superhero ...
Time:
future, 80s
Place:
usa, detroit, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
232K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, China, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two leading computer scientists work toward their goal of Technological Singularity, as a radical anti-technology organization fights to prevent them from creating a world where computers can transcend the abilities of the human brain.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, philosophical, exciting, intellectual ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, technology, scientist, consciousness, resurrection, technology gone awry, hi-tech, chaos, computers and web, a.i., nanotechnology, utopia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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