Movies like Atlas Shrugged: Part I
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Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.
Style:
philosophical, stylized, serious, futuristic, talky, captivating, thought provoking, spiritual, apocalyptic, patriotic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
libertarian, capitalism, politics, distopia, dystopia, totalitarianism, capitalist, corruption, greed, human spirit, society, workplace, idealism, life is a bitch, high society, fighting the system, ambition, workplace intrigue, civil rights, corporate world, dishonesty, hopes, utopia, conspiracy, illuminati ...
Time:
future, year 2017, year 2016
Place:
usa, new york, colorado, russia
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Most similar movies to Atlas Shrugged: Part I
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, thought provoking, futuristic and apocalyptic films with plots about dystopian future, distopia, dystopia, society, apocalypse, life is a bitch and post apocalypse mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Mystery genres. Some movies like Atlas Shrugged: Part I: The Giver (2014), Gattaca (1997), Brave New World (1998), Divergent (2014), Ever Since the World Ended (2001). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations ...
Style:
philosophical, thought provoking, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Plot:
politics, self fulfillment, libertarian, rebellion, ambition, visionary, radical, workplace, lifestyle, idealism, rebelliousness, human spirit ...
Time:
future, year 2012
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Approaching collapse, the nation's economy is quickly eroding. As crime and fear take over the countryside, the government continues to exert its brutal force against the nation's most productive who are mysteriously vanishing - leaving ...
Style:
serious, realistic, stylized, captivating, saga ...
Plot:
idealism, dishonesty, life is a bitch, fighting the system, hopes, ambition, rebelliousness, human spirit, rebellion, dystopian future, political corruption, workplace intrigue ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
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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:
50%
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:
100%
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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:
32%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
distopia, heroine, rebellion, survival, fighting the system, danger, chosen one, post apocalypse, choice, dystopian future, dystopia, society ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Twelve years ago, a plague swept through, wiping out most of the population; in San Francisco, only 186 people remain. Two of them use jury-rigged batteries to power a camera and make a documentary. We see a variety of approaches to survival, from ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, tense, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
found footage, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, life is a bitch, dystopian future, chaos, danger, society, introspection, escapades, wilderness, dystopia ...
Time:
future, distant future, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
In a future where a socialist government gains power, a group of women decides to organize and rebel.
Style:
independent film, underground film, cult classic, political, indie film ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
feminism, lesbian, sexual harassment, anarchism, socialist, police brutality, racism, feminist, radical, dystopia, anarchist, protest ...
Time:
distant future, future
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The story of the clone of a famous entertainment mogul created to revive the glory days of his deceased predecessor's corporation. In the process of restoring reality entertainment to a synthetic, virtual world, the clone relizes he has yet to ...
Style:
retro, contemplative, experimental, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
space station, outer space, cyberspace, workplace, cloning, workplace intrigue, ambition, rivalry, society, unfulfillment, boss and employee, life is a bitch ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, USA, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young tech worker takes a job at a powerful Internet corporation, quickly rises up the company's ranks, and soon finds herself in a perilous situation concerning privacy, surveillance and freedom. She comes to learn that her decisions and ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, grindhouse, thought provoking, tense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
technology, privacy, video surveillance, fighting the system, twists and turns, internet, hacker, media manipulation, microchip, new job, father daughter relationship, company ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2017, distant future
Place:
bay area, scotland
Similarity:
27%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the ...
Style:
clever, serious, realistic, cynical, political ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, campaign, cover up, manipulation, fighting the system, state affairs, society, journalism, legal, dishonesty, ambition ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, seattle, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This evocative faux documentary imagines a dystopian near future in which the government monitors every woman's sexual activity. At its center is Allison Golding (Ali Thomas), serving a life sentence for having an abortion. As politicians, ...
Style:
psychotronic, apocalyptic, independent film, thought provoking, serious ...
Plot:
propaganda, dystopia, catholic priest, stereotypes, distopia, dystopian future, injustice, pregnancy, fascism, social decay, society, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1992, future, near future, 2040s
Place:
usa, stockholm sweden, new york state
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A sci-fi drama about a man struggling to find his wife, who he abandoned six years ago, before their visa to emmigrate to an off-world colony expires.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspense, intense, serious ...
Plot:
dystopic future, space travel, colony, post apocalypse, fate of humanity, redemption, danger, survival, husband wife relationship, surrealism, human existence, escapades ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An acclaimed TV miniseries based on the classic sci-fi novel.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, frightening, philosophical, tech noir
Plot:
dystopia, distopia, utopia, post apocalypse, propaganda, shakespeare, eternal youth, doomed romance, totalitarianism, communism, dystopian future, underground ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychological, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot:
dystopian future, apocalypse, climate change, ice age, danger, rivalry, isolation, society, survival, life is a bitch, obsession, chaos ...
Time:
year 1979, future
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
"All men are not created equal. It is the purpose of the Government to make them so." This is the premise of the Showtime film adaption of Kurt Vonnegut's futuristic short story Harrison Bergeron. The film centers around a young man ...
Style:
philosophical, apocalyptic, tech noir, contemplative, semi serious ...
Plot:
dystopia, distopia, dystopian future, prodigy, epidemic, apocalypse, psychology, monster, cognitive science, chubby, dysfunctional society, underground ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as 'V' conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When 'V' rescues a young woman from the secret police, he ...
Style:
futuristic, philosophical, intense, captivating, neo noir ...
Audience:
manly, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
revolution, distopia, revenge, vengeance, fighting the system, dystopia, vigilante, freedom, anti hero, protest, society, masked man ...
Time:
future, year 2005, 2000s, distant future, near future ...
Place:
london, england, britain, big ben london, europe ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Spain, UK, Italy, Portugal, Cuba, France
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
On March 12, 1956, Basque Nationalist Jesús de GalÃndez Suarez disappears from his apartment in New York, never heard from again. He had been working with the FBI and was about to publish a book critical of Dominican strongman, Trujillo. In 1988, ...
Style:
captivating, thought provoking, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
amateur detective, uncover truth, missing person, life is a bitch, politics, dishonesty, price of justice, political conspiracy, political corruption, spy, covert operation, conspiracy ...
Time:
year 1988
Place:
basque country, new york, spain
Similarity:
26%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
An American private-eye, arrives in Alphaville, a futuristic city on another planet which is ruled by an evil scientist named Von Braun, who has outlawed love and self-expression.
Style:
neo noir, cerebral, atmospheric, futuristic, detective ...
Plot:
surrealism, dystopia, satire, distopia, artificial intelligence, cyberpunk, dystopian future, private detective, spy, imagination, existentialism, obsession ...
Time:
future, year 1965, 50s, 1950s
Place:
france, paris france
Similarity:
26%
25K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Gary Sinise plays Spencer Olham, a top-secret government weapons designer who is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, psychological thriller, thought provoking, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, cyborgs, androids and robots, manhunt, dystopian future, space, on the run, save the world, imaginary, rivalry, race against time ...
Time:
future, year 2001, 21st century
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
773
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Helen Hannah, the Christian leader of "Apocalypse" "Revelation" and "Tribulation" is being put on trial in the One Nation Earth Court of Justice. Mitch Kendrick is a lawyer assigned to defend her, and Victoria Thorne, ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, clever, depressing, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
apocalypse, courtroom, bible, tragic hero, save the world, courtroom drama, injustice, fighting the system, rescue, legal, society, woman in danger ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
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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:
distopia, memory loss, dystopian future, epidemic, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, memory lapse, fate of humanity, humanity, struggle for survival, vestiges of humanity, memory ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.
Style:
futuristic, atmospheric, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Plot:
dystopia, conspiracy, food, cannibalism, death, murder, overpopulation, distopia, police detective, investigation, law enforcement, consciousness ...
Time:
future, distant future, near future, 2020s, 70s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually ...
Style:
suspense, political thriller, clever, tense, political ...
Plot:
conspiracy, gulf war, political conspiracy, brainwashing, mind control, political corruption, assassin, politics, covert operation, senator, corporation, sniper ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, year 2004, future, 90s ...
Place:
iraq, usa, new york, washington d.c.
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Cuba
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
First of a Trilogy: In a New York ravaged with acid rains, a man in his twenties meets a mysterious, yet familiar young woman who disrupts the banality of his day-to-day existence. Together, they will embark on a surreal journey with a devastating ...
Style:
serious, surreal, suspenseful, atmospheric, futuristic ...
Plot:
incest, sex with brother, brother sister sex, genetic engineering, mysterious character, self discovery, dystopian future, danger, society, life is a bitch, haunted by the past, chaos ...
Time:
future
Place:
cuba, new york, usa
Similarity:
26%
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:
26%
207K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
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Story:
In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant underground silo that plunges hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.
Style:
captivating, tense, bleak, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
underground city, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, dystopian future, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, apocalypse, sheriff, politics, disaster, survival ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An intellectual leaves the Cuban revolution and 'underdevelopment' behind only to find himself at odds with the ambiguities of his new life in the 'developed' world. A portrait of alienation, of an outsider with no clear-cut ...
Style:
captivating, serious, atmospheric, thought provoking, surreal ...
Plot:
idealism, fighting the system, self discovery, state affairs, hopes, redemption, rebelliousness, rebellion, society, lifestyle, politics, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, japan, latin america, utah, paris france ...
Similarity:
25%
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