Movies like Elixir 2015
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Elixir (2015)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
By 2115, the world has been plagued by severe environmental disasters, civil unrest, anarchy and governmental collapse, and pure chaos. Society no longer has easy access to the basic needs of survival, and everyday is a fight to survive. Elixir chronicles the adventures and struggles of a group of three skilled individuals as they traverse the Northeastern United States in search of the new mega-dam, Elixir, built by the water-controlling and ruthless Mulholland Corporation. Without technology or basic necessities, including water, to aid them our group must overcome extreme obstacles including disease, injury, internal moral dilemmas, and Skulks, the mercenary "peace-keeping" militia working for the Mulholland Corporation.
Style:
bleak, grim, tense, suspenseful, action thriller, dystopian
Plot:
survival, dystopia, post apocalyptic, anarchy, lawlessness, paranoia, violent, fight, life, water, disaster, fear, elixir, environmental, catastrophe
Time:
future
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, bleak, grim and suspenseful films with plots about survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, isolation, moral ambiguity, post apocalypse and distopia mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like Elixir: Wastelander (2018), Predator: Wastelands (2025), Shockwave Darkside (2014), Sol Invictus (2021), Death Game (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic landscape, an ex-soldier wanders in search of his lost home and family. Along the way, he joins a makeshift group of survivors who convince him to lead them through the wasteland. But when a band of pillaging raiders comes ...
Style:
independent film, serious, exciting, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
cyborgs, fight, punk rocker, post apocalyptic, dystopia, wasteland, survival, distopia, survivor, ex soldier, end of civilization, lawlessness ...
Time:
future
Place:
arizona
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When an alien hunter arrives on Earth, it takes down a gang of warlords and unexpectedly becomes a folk hero to the oppressed locals. Now, with their support, the alien sets its sights on the warlords' ruthless leader.
Style:
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Plot:
post apocalyptic, survival, wasteland, anti hero, folk hero, dystopian future, revenge, cat and mouse, isolation, moral ambiguity, shootout, alien ...
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79%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, grim, bleak
Plot:
survival, moon, military, stranded, war, space battle, soldier, behind enemy lines, claustrophobia, post apocalyptic, sniper, paranoia ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Far into the future a group of young adults are stranded on a hostile alien planet with no hope of getting home.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
stranded, alien planet, young adult, survival, survival horror, space, young woman, young man, planet, struggle for survival, fight, desperation ...
Time:
future, distant future, 2010s
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A devastating earthquake has left Los Angeles split in two. The wealthy now live in a new island metropolis, while the poor struggle to survive in the ruins of the old city. Detective Jack has been assigned to investigate the disappearance of a ...
Style:
bleak, tense, fast paced, noir, futuristic
Plot:
survival, dystopia, post apocalyptic, escape, violent, hostage situation, desperation, conspiracy, missing person, rescue mission, private investigator, wasteland ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Follows a tough cop, who after being transported to a dystopian future, must enter a deadly combat tournament to be able to return to his past.
Style:
grim, futuristic, tense, crime thriller
Plot:
survival, travel, dystopia, violent, martial arts, cyberpunk, moral ambiguity, anti hero, post apocalyptic, blood sport
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In a distant galaxy three escaped female convicts crash land on a primitive world inhabited by a race of warlike apes. They fight for survival as the humanoid apes fight for their possession, body and soul. A daring escape is their only way out. Hot ...
Style:
tense, thrilling, grim, independent film, mockbuster
Plot:
ape, escape, alien planet, survival, prison break, captivity, battles, violent, dystopia, treachery, female bonding, woman with a gun ...
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67%
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
Humanity has survived what seemed to be the apocalypse, but a threat still remains. Delta Zulu follows Clark, a freelance reporter who will be amongst the few civilians ever allowed into a Red Zone, a lawless quarantined area that still breathes ...
Style:
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Plot:
post apocalyptic, survival, lawlessness, dystopia, violence, isolation, combat, moral ambiguity, government corruption, post war, investigative journalism, black ops ...
Similarity:
65%
31
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Spain
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
In a near future, after a global war has destroyed civilization, pirate gangs attack and loot surviving people.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, exciting, dark ...
Plot:
survival, father son relationship, pirate, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, danger, intruder, end of the world, family bonds, protection, isolation, dystopia ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
62%
Genre: Action, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Set in a dystopian America where all people who aren't straight, white, Christian and cis gender are kept track of by the government with bar codes.
Style:
bleak, political thriller, grim, tense, suspenseful
Plot:
dystopia, social commentary, surveillance, bigotry, racial discrimination, injustice, oppression, fear, resistance, civil rights, totalitarian regime, gay ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A team of military operators descend into the dark, savage world of Labyrinthia to save the dying Earth from a hellish apocalypse by retrieving the water stolen by the inhabitants below.
Style:
bleak, tense, grim, action packed, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Five years ago, a tear in the fabric of reality brought creatures to our world from an alternate dimension bent on our destruction. A father hides his daughter on an island to keep her safe while he prepares her for survival and the battles to come. ...
Style:
thrilling, suspenseful, tense, intense, grim ...
Plot:
survival, end of the world, struggle for survival, protective parent, post apocalyptic, family drama, father daughter relationship, alternate dimension, isolation, dystopia, desperation, sacrifice ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The year is 2036 and Earth has been invaded: hope lies with the last Robo Warrior - a towering fighting machine.
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futuristic, mecha, heroic, thrilling, grim ...
Plot:
giant robot, post apocalyptic, dystopia, monster, robot, battles, apocalypse, invasion, technology, survival, alien technology, military ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
51%
519
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A dystopian coming-of-age movie focused on three kids who find themselves in an abandoned amusement park, aiming to unite whoever remains. With dangers lurking around every corner, they will do whatever it takes to survive their hellish Neverland.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
dystopia, distopia, coming of age, children, virus, post apocalyptic, survival, dystopian society, battles, post-apocalyptic future, fate of humanity, deadly virus ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
In 2062, the last remaining humans battle each other in between hump sessions as their supply of clean, breathable air (supplied by a pipeline that's running dry) dwindles to nothing.
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
In a post apocalyptic world run by vampires, only the strong survive. John Shepard, Vampire Hunter, is one of them. John has to track down and eliminate the master vampire before he himself gets turned.
Style:
grim, dark, tense, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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546
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Similarity:
48%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A gigantic meteors enters Earth's orbit and begins to disintegrate, showering the entire planet with debris.
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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Similarity:
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Bulgaria, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The future. The corrupt regime broadcasts the illusion of a beautiful city to the chip in your head, when in fact the city is in ruins. The rebels know the truth and seek to foment revolution.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, serious, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalypse, evil computer, city, virtual reality, rebellion, dystopic future, demolished city, dystopian future, distopia, power, destruction ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In 2023 unidentifiable radiation left 99.5% of the world's female population sterile. Man's fate is now divided in to two paths: extinction or the beginning of a new dawn.
Style:
grim, bleak, tense, emotional, road movie ...
Plot:
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Time:
near future
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the future Saturn's moon of Titan houses a prison where Earth's worst criminals are kept awaiting their return to Earth for trial and execution. One of those criminals, Python Diamond, is being flown back to Earth, escorted by five ...
Style:
bleak, grim, tense
Plot:
military, gang, siege, post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, nuclear war, post nuclear, survival, wasteland, desolation, armed conflict ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Trapped inside an old mining complex, somewhere in the ruins of Chernobyl, a group of international mercenaries must band together to fight an army of mad men. 8 against 800, they just couldn't lose.
Style:
thrilling, tense, suspenseful, captivating, dark ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
virus, threat, problem, ruins, post apocalyptic, siege, survival, underground, isolation, horde, violent, claustrophobia ...
Place:
chernobyl
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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dark, suspenseful, bleak, tense, political thriller ...
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fear, civil unrest, uncertainty, dystopia, political unrest, desperation, protest, survival, anxiety, chaos, social commentary, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
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284
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, rivalry, society, dystopia, isolation, suburbs, danger, life turned upside down, chaos, confined, post apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Serbia
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
In the post-apocalyptic future, Jovan, a young man must choose whether to take revenge on his enemy Tudjin for all the crimes he has committed against his family, or peacefully continue his life in the mountain, thus securing his family legacy.
Style:
bleak, grim, tense, reflective, intense
Plot:
moral dilemma, post-apocalyptic future, nuclear war, post apocalyptic, retribution, survival, revenge, isolation, mountain, legacy, violence, father son relationship ...
Place:
balkan
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
You are following the lives of a family who have chosen not to take the microchip implant but instead live a life with no home and consistently on the run from the one world government known as the F.A.T.H.E.R.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, action adventure, futuristic, christian film
Plot:
new world order, dystopia, underground movement, government conspiracy, totalitarianism, religious persecution, mind control, post apocalyptic, survival, identity crisis, ethical dilemma, propaganda ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Action-adventure set in a world of the near-future, where young love is forbidden among the lower classes. Nevertheless, one couple defies their police-state world to fight and hold on to whatever love they can find.
Style:
action adventure, tense, independent film, apocalyptic
Plot:
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Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As a young scientist searches for a way to save a dying Earth, she finds a connection with a man who's racing to catch the last shuttle off the planet.
Style:
suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
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Time:
future
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When the apocalypse arrives, it takes the form of a biochemical virus. All social structures break down and a new world order emerges from the heart of the desert. As chaos sets in, we follow the adventures of some unlikely survivors, all searching ...
Style:
tense, captivating, bleak, grim, suspenseful ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, virus, desert, post apocalypse, lifestyle, social problems, survivor, new world order, chaos, moral ambiguity, desperation ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Members of an elite security team deployed to rescue a VIP on an exclusive island.The rescue mission becomes a desperate attempt to survive, escape the island and elude the sinister presence that seeks to harm them.
Style:
suspense, tense, bleak, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
rescue mission, survival, escape, island, mercenary, mission, struggle for survival, isolation, military, cat and mouse, chase, manhunt ...
Similarity:
38%
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