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Elysium (2013)
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Elysium (2013)
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 official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max (Matt Damon) is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.
Style: futuristic, cyber, serious, stylized, exciting, political, captivating, bleak, suspenseful, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: cyberpunk, space station, apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, class conflict, space and aliens, dark future, ecological disaster, post apocalypse, utopia, dystopian future, outer space, cyborgs, politics, fighting the system, robot, radiation, space, fight, spacecraft, society, hi-tech, death of protagonist, battles ...
Time: future, year 2013, 2010s, near future, 22nd century
Place: los angeles, africa, peru, seattle, usa, south africa
Keyword: south african, challenge

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out futuristic, serious, cyber and suspenseful films with plots about distopia, dystopia, murder, shot to death, cyberpunk, post apocalypse and dystopian future mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Thriller genres. Some movies like Elysium: District 9 (2009), Children of Men (2006), Oblivion (2013), Automata (2014), Snowpiercer (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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District 9 (2009)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa, USA, New Zealand, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story: Aliens land in South Africa and, with their ship totally disabled, have no way home. Years later, after living in a slum and wearing out their welcome the 'Non-Humans' are being moved to a new tent city overseen by Multi-National United ...
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Children of Men (2006)
Genre: Action, 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, bleak, spiritual ...
Audience: adult
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Oblivion (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
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Automata (2014)
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.
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Time: future, near future, year 2014, 2010s, 2040s ...
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Snowpiercer (2013)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 126 min.
Story: In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer, a train that travels around the globe via a perpetual-motion engine.
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, thought provoking, allegory, philosophical ...
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Time: future, near future, 2010s, year 2013, year 2014 ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
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86%
 7.3
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Duration: 107 min.
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Duration: 164 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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86%
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100%
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100%
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100%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Duration: 145 min.
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Style: futuristic, suspense, neo noir, cerebral, mind bending ...
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Terminator Genisys (2015)
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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