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The Lawless Land (1988)
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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, apocalyptic, independent film, dystopian, cult film
Plot:
forbidden love, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, police station, class struggle, dystopia, forbidden romance, totalitarianism, young love, surveillance, chase, escape, rebellion, underground movement, distopia, wasteland, woman with a gun, survival, coming of age, protest, violent, tragic romance, motorcycle, civil rights, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
near future, future
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Most similar movies to The Lawless Land
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out tense, apocalyptic, independent film and futuristic films with plots about post apocalyptic, survival, post apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, wasteland and apocalypse mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Lawless Land: The Sisterhood (1988), Deadman Apocalypse (2016), Ultra Warrior (1990), The Outer Wild (2018), Death Game (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
The year is 2021 AD. Women have been enslaved by a brutal army of men who survived the nuclear holocaust. Their only hope for freedom is in the hands of a nomadic band of fierce she-warriors: The Sisterhood.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychotronic, independent film
Plot:
post apocalypse, matriarchy, desert, post-apocalyptic future, sorcery, sword and sorcery, bare breasts, ancient, distopia, woman with a gun, wasteland, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 21st century
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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:
apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopia, post apocalypse, lone wolves, desperation, redemption, revenge, anti hero, survival, escape, isolation ...
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40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Peru, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After the nuclear holocaust, one man rises from the ashes to become the leader of a ragged gang of survivors. They soon discover that their greatest challenge is yet to come; they must fight a battle for the ages against the evil minions of The ...
Style:
apocalyptic, independent film, tense, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, sword and sorcery, sorcery, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, distopia, wasteland, post nuclear, dystopian future, chaos, battles, superhero ...
Time:
future
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40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After an unnatural event leaves mankind nearly extinct, a runaway girl and a rogue bounty hunter brave a dangerous wilderness to find a fabled sanctuary that can either save or destroy what's left of humanity.
Style:
tense, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
bounty hunter, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, post apocalypse, survival, vestiges of humanity, desert, outcast, wasteland, humanity, fate of humanity, unlikely hero ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
39%
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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:
39%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
After a nuclear war with civilization's death as a result leads an adventurer, a group of hikers on their search for the Mountain of Life. On their way they meet pygmy tribes, brutal gangs and amazon women.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, action adventure, road movie
Audience:
adult
Plot:
post apocalypse, amazon, post-apocalyptic future, survival, post apocalyptic, wasteland, apocalypse, lawlessness, violent, exploitation, amazon tribe, female warrior ...
Similarity:
38%
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
Similarity:
38%
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:
35%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, catastrophe, robot, danger, distopia, mother son relationship, life is a bitch, biohazard, female robot, female martial artist, monster, teenager ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In post-nuclear "New Idaho," a lone warrior teams up with a girl to help rescue the girl's sister from a hostile warrior clan.
Style:
apocalyptic, futuristic, action adventure, fast paced, bleak ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, wasteland, post-apocalyptic future, survival, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, dystopia, post nuclear, mad max, plague, rescue mission, violent ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An able-bodied scientist has found a cure for the plague from outer space which has eradicated almost all life on the planet. A mad general who wants to repopulate the planet with a new race sends a special female assassin to take him out.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, dark, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
female assassin, apocalypse, plague, post apocalyptic, dystopia, survival, assassin, chase, conspiracy, ethical dilemma, moral ambiguity, contamination ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
33%
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 ...
Similarity:
33%
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:
32%
417
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In 2033, Mexico City is a hot, mechanical and chaotic megacity ruled by the military and a tyrannical government. It is an oppressed society with its religious faith and liberty of expression stolen. Pablo, the main character, is a young finantial ...
Style:
tense, futuristic, exciting, captivating, political thriller ...
Plot:
dystopia, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, social inequality, corruption, social commentary, high society, fight, fighting the system, resistance fighter, class conflict, society ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
The Future is now. There are no rules and no place to hide from the deadly Highway Warriors who ravage the roads in machines of destruction.
Style:
apocalyptic, futuristic, soap opera, independent film, psychotronic
Plot:
post apocalypse, rape, automobile, post-apocalyptic future, post apocalyptic, wasteland, apocalypse, female nudity, distopia, exploitation, buddies, dystopia ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
30%
602
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
It is the year 2027, eight years after the first outbreak of The Sickness, a highly contagious, adaptive and lethal virus. The world is now run by a pharmaceutical corporation called The Company, which distributes a treatment for the virus but ...
Style:
tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, exciting ...
Plot:
survival, dystopia, distopia, betrayal, corporate conspiracy, virus outbreak, human experiment, pandemic, post apocalypse, imprisonment, good versus evil, fight ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world where rollerblading is the chief means of travel, the evil Pharoah sends his minions outside the Wheel Zone to abduct a psychic. The psychic has been trained in the way of the samurai, but has shunned her training to ...
Style:
independent film, cult classic, offbeat, apocalyptic, neo western ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, martial arts, rollerblading, post apocalyptic, psychic, samurai, rescue mission, dystopia, exploitation, survival, wasteland, revenge ...
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a bleak, postnuclear future world, warring factions struggle to claim the Equalizer 2000, the one weapon powerful enough to guarantee survival.
Style:
futuristic, apocalyptic, slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse ...
Plot:
wasteland, post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, woman with a gun, distopia, exploitation, motorcycle gang, desert, machine gun ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
alaska
Similarity:
29%
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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.
Style:
futuristic, mecha, heroic, thrilling, grim ...
Plot:
giant robot, post apocalyptic, dystopia, monster, robot, battles, apocalypse, invasion, technology, survival, alien technology, military ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In the future, a warrior nun on roller skates must rescue a seer, who is to be sacrificed by a band of mutants.
Style:
apocalyptic, surreal, psychotronic, independent film
Plot:
post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, bondage, rape, woman with a gun, distopia, nun, mutant, nudity, punk rocker, rollerblading, warrior ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
28%
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:
grim, tense, suspenseful, mockbuster
Plot:
post apocalyptic, survival, wasteland, anti hero, folk hero, dystopian future, revenge, cat and mouse, isolation, moral ambiguity, shootout, alien ...
Similarity:
28%
259
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Achilles, a normal man infected with a disease that will bring down the Erebus rulers (human/machine hybrids) escapes back in time from 2410 to the present day where he has a chance to stop the Erebus from ever rising to power. However he is ...
Style:
tense, suspenseful, captivating, bleak
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time travel, alien, robot, dystopia, travel, heroes, fight, superpower, machine, escapades, strength, post apocalyptic ...
Similarity:
28%
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:
27%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller ...
Style:
serious, futuristic, apocalyptic, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, orphan, apocalypse, teenage girl, drought, dystopian future, teenager, escapades, danger, rescue, life is a bitch, chaos ...
Time:
future, 20th century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After Leila, his boss's daughter, is kidnapped by psychopathic plague victim Decker, chauffeur Chazz teams up with plague-infected mercenary Luger to penetrate the toxic & off-limits Plague Zone and bring her back alive.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, dark, action packed, bleak ...
Plot:
plague, kidnapping, wasteland, post apocalypse, mercenary, pandemic, biohazard, infected, rescue mission, violence, survival, chase ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In a post-apocalyptic world, a soldier of fortune enters "The Forbidden Land" to find uranium that will help save mankind. However, a rival adventurer is also after the uranium, but for his own ends.
Style:
tense, apocalyptic
Plot:
post apocalypse, uranium, post apocalyptic, post nuclear, dystopia, survival, moral ambiguity, greed, desperation, dark future, mercenary, anti hero ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
After the end of the world, Earth is a thirsty planet ruled by vicious warlords. One woman is brave enough to fight back; she bands together five warriors to save her town and their precious water
Style:
apocalyptic, perverse, independent film, neo western, psychotronic
Plot:
post apocalypse, female warrior, female fighter, post-apocalyptic future, girl power, warlord, desert, duel, future war, tough guy, wasteland, exploitation ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, action adventure, independent film, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, survival, post-apocalyptic future, disaster, nuclear holocaust, wasteland, distopia, canuxploitation, post nuclear, exploitation, nuclear explosion ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, future
Place:
nova scotia, russia
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: Philippines, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
2025 A.D. A lone adventurer searches the post-nuclear wasteland for the most devastating, godless artifact in history. When he touches it, he is transported back in time to 1989 Los Angeles. Mortally wounded he requests a young couple to return the ...
Style:
grim, retro, suspense, period piece, psychotronic ...
Plot:
time travel, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, travel, nuclear holocaust, dystopian future, save the world, wasteland, artifact, survival, young couple, desolation ...
Time:
80s, near future, 2020s
Place:
los angeles, hong kong, the philippines
Similarity:
26%
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 ...
Style:
grim, bleak, tense, suspenseful, action thriller
Plot:
survival, dystopia, post apocalyptic, anarchy, lawlessness, violent, paranoia, fear, fight, water, life, environmental ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
26%
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