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ZOE's SECURITY SERVICE (2017)
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Original name: Zoe's Security Service
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The City is under corporate siege. A result of crony capitalism run-a-muck. An environmental Fallout, caused by the Company's reckless practices, poisoned the water supply and left the poorest citizens to experience slow and agonising deaths. To maintain order, the Mayor employed a private military to secure the borders. No one enters. No one leaves. On the other hand, the City's wealthiest elite may depart and return when necessary. Through a complex database of the tightest security, they carry Letters of Transit, allowing free passage to seek medical or financial help. Though, a black market has spawned in the Underground. Detlef Dos Santos, a crime boss, now provides a dubious route of escape for the City's most vulnerable and desperate. On the odd occasion, his method of departure is used by non-compliant upper class citizens - millionaire conscientious objectors of the Company and the Mayor.
Style:
tense, bleak, suspenseful, political thriller, dystopian
Plot:
contaminated water, corporate corruption, dystopia, social inequality, survival, desperation, female protagonist, black market, rescue mission, urban decay, post apocalyptic, crime boss, claustrophobia, moral ambiguity, ex lover, tiger, cat, kitten, city, basement
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, bleak, suspenseful and dark films with plots about survival, dystopia, post apocalyptic, moral ambiguity, isolation, post apocalypse and urban decay mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Drama genres. Some movies like ZOE's SECURITY SERVICE: Phoenix Point (2005), Coyote (2023), Trigger Points (2020), After the Pandemic (2022), Island City (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A 21st-century genetic experiment goes chaotic, creating a race of genetically-violent mutants.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
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Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: India
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
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Style:
political thriller, tense, dark, bleak, suspense ...
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dystopia, civil unrest, new world order, civil war, rebellion, resistance, propaganda, survival, martial law, military coup, nationalism, battlefield ...
Time:
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Story:
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Time:
near future
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73%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: South Africa, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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437
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Duration: 104 min.
Story:
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Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 80 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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Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
suspenseful, atmospheric, grim, bleak, tense
Audience:
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Plot:
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Style:
tense, suspenseful, dark, grim, bleak
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Place:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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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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Place:
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Story:
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Style:
bleak, suspenseful, serious, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
captivating, mysterious, atmospheric, existential, surreal ...
Plot:
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Time:
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