Movies like Sweetwater 1988
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Sweetwater (1988)
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Norway, Sweden
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Allan and Lisa flee the war-torn city of Sweetwater with their young son for the safety of the municipal dump in this sleepy war drama. They join other displaced survivors who were driven from their homes. After Lisa gives birth to another child and Allan has a fling with the prostitute Mary Diamond, he trades Lisa for a gun. Allan leads a resistance group trying to retake their city who would rather fight and die than live in exile.
Style:
bleak, grim, apocalyptic, dystopian
Plot:
post apocalypse, pregnancy, survival, water shortage, dystopia, post apocalyptic, wasteland, desperation, family drama, garbage dump, poverty, refugee, resilience, hopelessness, urban decay, isolation, gang, violence, disaster, killing an animal, post-apocalyptic future, sex, apocalypse, female nudity, exile ...
Time:
future
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out bleak, tense, suspenseful and apocalyptic films with plots about survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, post apocalypse, distopia, isolation and apocalypse mostly in Drama, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Sweetwater: The Blackout (2014), Kaliyugam 2064 (2025), Air (2015), Follow the Crows (2018), Shelter (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An expecting couple, a survival expert and four teenagers deal with a global blackout and the disintegration of society around them. In their plight for survival, they must endure the worst of human behavior.
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
blackout, survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, solar eclipse, white trash, student, fight, eclipse, human nature, fear ...
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95%
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:
bleak, grim, brutal, independent film, weird
Plot:
dystopia, violence, survival, post apocalyptic, desperation, rape, mature, anarchy, wasteland, contamination, lawlessness, hopelessness ...
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Set in a dystopian future, Kaliyugam 2064 explores themes of survival, morality, and human resilience in the aftermath of a catastrophic event. The story follows a group of individuals navigating a harsh, unforgiving world, struggling with external ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, futuristic, tense
Plot:
survival, food shortage, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, dystopia, wasteland, end of civilization, desperation, violence, moral ambiguity, urban decay, human nature ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
89%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the near future, breathable air is nonexistent. Virtually all of humanity has disappeared, and those chosen to reestablish society reside in a controlled state of suspended animation. Two engineers tasked with guarding the last hope for mankind ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, ambiguous ending, dark, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
isolation, bunker, science, humanity, freezing, distopia, dystopia, disaster, post apocalypse, contamination, apocalypse, trapped ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Long after the end of the world people wander the fields and woods that once housed the cities of Britain, in search of food, warmth and anything that may help them survive. One of these survivors is The Man (Max Curtis), haunted by the terrible ...
Style:
bleak, independent film, psychological, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
dystopia, post apocalyptic, survival, end of the world, violence, isolation, wasteland, desolation, ruins, desperation, moral ambiguity, redemption ...
Similarity:
83%
584
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a cataclysmic event, five strangers sealed inside an emergency shelter with all the comforts of home must learn to cope with their situation and with each other.
Style:
suspenseful, dramatic, bleak, serious, tension ...
Plot:
survival, disaster, trapped, post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, nuclear holocaust, survival horror, isolation, confined space, bunker ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
In a time of starvation, a survivalist lives off a small plot of land hidden deep in forest. When two women seeking food and shelter discover his farm, he finds his existence threatened.
Style:
harsh, tense, stylized, disturbing, futuristic ...
Plot:
survival, starvation, post apocalyptic, visceral, post apocalypse, wilderness, bow and arrow, depression, forest, woods, wound, bare breasts ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
80%
269K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style:
bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, gloomy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, father son relationship, distopia, end of the world, cannibalism, starvation, dystopia, on the road, journey ...
Time:
future, year 2009, near future, distant future, 2000s ...
Place:
pittsburgh, usa, north america, canada
Similarity:
76%
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
After the loss of her family, a young woman struggles to survive in a world long-since destroyed by disease; but when a lonely traveler offers her a place in his community, she must decide if the promise of a better life is worth the risk of ...
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, intense, tense
Plot:
post apocalypse, plague, community, distopia, survival, secrets, female protagonist, weapons, religious, quarantine, post apocalyptic, disaster ...
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Hope, a researcher who studies infectious diseases, the struggle for survival in a world where a deadly virus but decimated the population .
Style:
suspenseful, tense, bleak, intense, grim ...
Plot:
post apocalyptic, virus outbreak, infection, pandemic, survival, dystopia, quarantine, biohazard, medical research, isolation, contamination, claustrophobia ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
61%
69
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A secluded island somewhere on a seas of the Northern Europe. A family of four has lived here for over ten years, perfecting the art of survival. They had moved onto an island to escape a falling civilization, to live in freedom, close to nature. ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, thrilling, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
island, isolation, family relations, life, family drama, male female relationship, problem, relationships, social isolation, social problems, marital problem, social issues ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
In the not too distant future, two young women who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness & starvation.
Style:
disturbing, futuristic, erotic, melancholic, mysterious ...
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, forest, isolation, rape, dystopia, father daughter relationship, sisters, death of father, post apocalyptic, family bonds, humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
canada
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
In the wake of the end of the world, a family of four desperately tries to survive. Their goal: escaping the city and traveling to the rural community they once called home. The constant threat of a violent death forcing them to stay as far away ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, family in danger, life is a bitch, on the run, woods, chaos, gory, disease, virus, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
In the middle of nowhere, 20 years after an apocalyptic terrorist event that obliterated the face of the world!
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, bleak, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, life is a bitch, pregnancy, escapades, danger, society, dystopian future, babies and infants, post nuclear, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a future in which the earth has been sent out of control, affected by a cruel and inhuman mechanism that turns back Darwin's theory of Evolution, Hamming and Liv try to survive. It seems that nothing can stand in the way of their ...
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, futuristic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
relationships, loss, survival, post apocalyptic, dystopia, evolution, against humanity, human nature, civilization, fate of humanity, humanity, end of civilization ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in a world upended by a complete breakdown of society, two couples hide out in a lakeside cabin hoping to survive this crisis.
Style:
psychological, serious, atmospheric, bleak, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
survival, infidelity, couple relations, post apocalypse, human nature, danger, dishonesty, betrayal, life is a bitch, vestiges of humanity, chaos, couples ...
Time:
future
Place:
ireland, europe
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Trying to escape danger in a post-apocalyptic world, Bannon realizes that his very existence will be put to the test.
Style:
tense, bleak, grim, dark, suspense
Plot:
survival, post apocalyptic, desperation, escape, danger, struggle for survival, desolation, wasteland, dystopia, journey, isolation, loneliness ...
Similarity:
46%
673
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A wealthy couple battles a poor laborer over the rights to a small ranch house, but events take a shocking turn after an enormous terrorist attack cuts the three off from civilization.
Style:
captivating, serious, tense, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
disorder, danger, fish out of water, isolation, couples, power relations, survival, hopes, human nature, misfit, rivalry, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
45%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
5 people trapped in a bunker after a nuclear and biological attack are forced to make an impossible decision - either one dies or they all die.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, grim, apocalyptic, thought provoking ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, post nuclear, claustrophobia, food shortage, nuclear fallout, confined space, human nature, water shortage, moral dilemma, fear, panic, contamination ...
Place:
sydney australia, australia
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Belgium, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A middle-aged couple who have renounced civilization to live in a cave in the woods are befriended by a local farmer with mysterious ulterior motives.
Style:
depressing, suspense, captivating, rough, existential ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, desperation, savage, couples, forest, isolation, grief, trauma, bereavement, depression, depressed woman, post traumatic stress ...
Similarity:
45%
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:
45%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Planet Earth is a sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II (1973) made-for-TV movie, in which a NASA scientist, Dylan Hunt, is revived from suspended animation in the post-nuclear war United States. In Planet Earth, Dylan is now a sworn member ...
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, exciting, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
dystopia, matriarchy, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, utopia, apocalypse, sorority, post apocalyptic, epidemic, wasteland, anarchist, suspended animation ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In an apocalyptical future, the world is completely destroyed and ruled by the tyrannical Stryker. He controls the unique source of food and uses young women as slaves to explore the mines in the Hell Mountain. When he abducts Shira, her lover Kal ...
Style:
bleak, grim, tense, independent film
Plot:
female nudity, women's prison, sexploitation, post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, slave labor, captivity, tyranny, escape, survival, rescue mission ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
43%
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321
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a climate change ravaged world in 2012, after 240 days without rain Sydney has only two weeks of water left. When the city is then ringed by severe bushfires, the question becomes, how do you fight fire when you have no water?
Style:
serious, futuristic, suspenseful, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
disaster, journalism, fire, medical examination, forces of nature, danger, investigation, politics, global warming, life is a bitch, dystopian future, media ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
australia, sydney australia
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Georgia and her boyfriend Sam go on a treacherous journey to escape their country, which is caught in an unexpected war with artificial intelligence. Days away from the arrival of their first child, the couple must face No Man’s Land—a ...
Style:
dramatic, suspense, thought provoking, disturbing, futuristic ...
Plot:
robot, pregnant woman, post apocalypse, journey, apocalypse, couples, couple relations, female protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, survival, pregnancy, characters in danger ...
Time:
near future, future
Place:
korea
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA, Colombia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a young woman, with the help of an abandoned dog searches for other survivors while trying to cope with an unborn child growing inside of her.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, apocalyptic, dramatic, captivating ...
Plot:
pregnancy, survival, dog, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, female protagonist, survival horror, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, apocalypse, pregnant woman, woman ...
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Yellowstone is a park, but it's also the deadliest volcano on Earth. Beneath it, a sleeping 'dragon' is stirring. When an earthquake opens a crack for magma to seep through, other warning signs of an eruption start popping up, but ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, mockbuster ...
Plot:
volcano, natural disaster, disaster, survival, chaos and mayhem, heroes, danger, dystopian future, optimism, escapades, chases and races, profanity ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In a dystopian future set in the northern part of Norway, a big corporation have stripped the sea of fish leaving locals without food and income.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, tense, political thriller, futuristic
Plot:
environmental, dystopia, survival, social commentary, ecological disaster, class struggle, nordic, desperation, social conflict, revenge, isolation, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
39%
625
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, dystopia, post nuclear, post apocalyptic, distopia, wasteland, epidemic, survival, atomic bomb ...
Time:
year 1979, 90s, future
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
In southern France, in a quite little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his employees. As they are drinking wine, they hear a terrible ...
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, nuclear holocaust, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, post apocalyptic, wasteland, bombing, dystopia, train ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
france, europe
Similarity:
38%
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