Movies like The Oasis 1984
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The Oasis (1984)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A plane crash in the Mexican desert leaves a small group of survivors who are desperate for food and water. Fearing that they may never be found where they are, they head for where it is hoped there will be civilization and rescue. When their hopes prove unfounded, they must face the horrible possibility of choosing between giving up and dying, or doing the unthinkable to survive.
Style:
suspense, bleak, independent film
Plot:
dehydration, survival, desert, plane crash, stranded, hunger, isolation, desperation, thirst, moral dilemma, endurance, realism, human nature, fear, rescue attempt, emergency, hopelessness, hopes, air disaster, danger, perseverance, man versus nature, trauma, slow burn, minimalism ...
Place:
mexico
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Most similar movies to The Oasis
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, tense, bleak and realistic films with plots about survival, isolation, desperation, hopes, moral dilemma, slow burn and minimalism mostly in Drama, Thriller and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Oasis: A Captive in the Land (1990), The Donner Party (2009), Ordeal (1973), Short Walk to Daylight (1972), Adrift (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An American meteorologist attempts to rescue an injured Soviet airman. A killer storm soon maroons them both and the unlikely duo must learn to overcome their differences in order to survive the real life terrors of the Arctic.
Style:
intercultural, suspense, tense, grim, psychological ...
Plot:
cold, arctic, survival, stranded, snow, man versus nature, ice, isolation, friendship, plane crash, character study, storm ...
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95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Based on the real events of The Donner Party tragedy. The Donner Party was a group of California-bound American settlers caught up in the western expansion of the 1840s. After becoming snowbound in the Sierra Nevada during the winter of 1846-1847, a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
wilderness survival, wilderness, hunger, human nature, cannibalism, moral dilemma, danger, isolation, hopes, snow, mountain, winter ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
83%
246
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Left to die in the desert by his wife and her lover, a businessman fights to survive and get his revenge.
Style:
tension, psychological thriller, suspenseful, bleak
Plot:
desert, stranded in the desert, survival, adultery, betrayal, revenge, man versus nature, isolation, struggle for survival, broken leg, love triangle, moral ambiguity ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story:
Eight people have to find their way out of a New York subway after being trapped following an earthquake.
Style:
tension, suspense, tense, intense, period piece ...
Plot:
disaster, subway, earthquake, trapped, escape, survival, fear, danger, claustrophobia, underground, urban, darkness ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
74%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Portugal
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a group of friends fail to lower the ladder of their boat, they find themselves stranded in the surrounding waters and struggle to survive.
Style:
tension, suspense, intense, realistic
Plot:
boat, man versus nature, survival, stranded, isolation, sea, dehydration, danger, endurance, fear, friendship, desperation ...
Similarity:
59%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Father and son try to rebuild their relationship after they have a paragliding accident and end up being stuck in an opening.
Style:
tension, tense, emotional, suspense, psychological
Plot:
survival, father son relationship, accident, bonding, family drama, trapped, reconciliation, paragliding, man versus nature, struggle, confined space, claustrophobia ...
Place:
italy
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Best buds since childhood, Ben and Matt have grown apart with age. Even when Ben is diagnosed with diabetes, Matt struggles to support his friend like he should. Then, while vacationing at the lake, Matt is awakened by screams and groans coming from ...
Style:
realistic, tense, intense, emotional, suspense
Plot:
capture, swimming, lake, diabetes, friendship, survival, loyalty, panic, determination, isolation, fear, moral dilemma ...
Place:
vermont
Similarity:
54%
180
Genre: Drama
Country: Greece
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Greece nowadays. Seven different stories about seven persons who have already reached their limits and finally fall apart. Despite their seemingly obvious connection they are simultaneously connected through a common desperate action: the last phone ...
Style:
melancholic, realistic, bleak, tragicomedy, avant garde ...
Plot:
social realism, multiple storylines, loneliness, isolation, mental health, hopelessness, alienation, desperation, resilience, slow burn, moral ambiguity, survival ...
Similarity:
51%
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208
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Morocco
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
On his clandestine journey from Cameroon to Europe through the Sahara desert, Léonard meets Hope, a Nigerian girl who's following the same dream.
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
hopes, danger, fall in love, desert, survival, on the road, rescue, starting over, love and romance, immigrant, follow your dream, immigration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nigeria
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Saravanan and Magizhnila, deeply in love, are looking to secure their future together but need more financial stability. When Magizhnila lands a higher-paying job in a new town, it seems like a promising opportunity. However, she soon faces a series ...
Style:
realistic, tension, suspense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
female protagonist, love story, relationships, trust, empowerment, courage, perseverance, resilience, hopes, empathy, workplace, social issues ...
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a passenger ship sinks, a ship's officer must decide which passengers in an overcrowded lifeboat must be sacrificed so the rest can survive an approaching typhoon.
Style:
tense, intense, bleak, suspenseful, grim ...
Plot:
shipwreck, survival, lifeboat, boat, disaster, sea, storm, moral dilemma, sacrifice, desperation, human nature, character study ...
Similarity:
45%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of a traumatic event, a socially-awkward teen, Charlie, grapples with the guilt and judgement that ensues. He must confront the prison-like bondage of his fear when the perpetrator comes after him. In this tribute to contemporary ...
Style:
slow cinema, bleak, melancholic, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
guilt, character study, trauma, mother son relationship, slow burn, mental health, intimate, isolation, socially awkward, fear, family drama, claustrophobia ...
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
Day One, is an NBC made for tv sci-fi movie. It was originally written as a tv series pilot about apartment residents that survive an unknown worldwide cataclysm that destroys modern infrastructure. The series was slated to fill the Heroes time slot ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, bleak, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
survival, group of strangers, vestiges of humanity, apocalypse, worldwide chaos, chosen one, dystopian future, society, life is a bitch, danger, chaos, escapades ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
44%
33
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
EDEN deals with what could possible be a future for most people caught up in the current economic climate in Ireland and how we have taken a bite of the financial apple and borrowed beyond our means. We follow Adam who has been left unemployed and ...
Style:
melancholic, independent film, bleak, existential, grim
Plot:
homelessness, street life, realism, social commentary, unemployment, poverty, empathy, character study, working class, survival, desperation, urban decay ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The film tells the tragic story of an Iraqi-Turkish girl, Cennet, who loses her entire family during a US-led operation against insurgents in her village in US-occupied Iraq. She makes a distressing journey through the border between Turkey and Iraq ...
Style:
emotional, dark, serious, bleak, harsh ...
Plot:
occupation, massacre, grief, trauma, desperation, loss, innocence lost, realism, political conflict, us military, child protagonist, danger ...
Place:
iraq, turkey
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Between the so called restrictions of her faith and the so-called freedom of the world, Megan Hughes favors the world. Things change drastically, however, when her plane crashes on a business trip. Along with two of her co-workers -the arrogant ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, inspirational, uplifting ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
faith, survival, remote island, island, rescue, christian, love triangle, saving a life, coping, stranded on an island, relationships, problem ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Finland, South Africa, Norway, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Stranded in the heat of a barren African desert, eleven bus-passengers shelter in the remnants of an abandoned town. As rescue grows more remote by the day and anxiety deepens, an idea emerges: why not stage a play. However the choice of King Lear ...
Style:
bleak, stylized, melancholic, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
desert, dogme 95, stranded, shakespeare, dogma, isolation, culture clash, rescue, life is a bitch, danger, tragedy, bus ...
Time:
90s
Place:
africa, namibia, new jersey, australia
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama
Country: Saudi Arabia
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Trapped in an underground pit during a storm, three students from an all-girls school must confront their personal conflicts as they fight to survive.
Style:
intense, suspense, emotional, realistic, inspirational
Plot:
trapped, girls' school, survival, disaster, underground, desperation, female friendship, fear, claustrophobia, resilience, high school, isolation ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
35%
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124
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min.
Story:
A young woman returns home one year after losing her hands in a savage attack. She cannot remember who her assailant was, but a trip to the local post office leads her towards the truth.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological thriller, dark ...
Plot:
post office, trauma, female protagonist, physical disability, memory loss, survival, revenge, investigation, secret past, identity, amnesia, confrontation ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
Three friends hire a guide to take them on a fishing trip deep in the Northern Maine woods. But, when the Guide takes all their gear, they find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere.
Style:
suspense, tense, serious
Plot:
wilderness, stranded, isolation, survival, friendship, fishing, man versus nature, mistrust, escape, moral dilemma, cold weather, search and rescue ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Turkey
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
The story of Masoud, who is trying to emigrate to Europe to make a better life for himself, his mother and his fiancé. After embarking on a difficult and dangerous immigration journey with his best friend, Masoud meets a pregnant doctor and an old ...
Style:
dramatic, harsh, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
migration, refugee, hopes, truth, justice, power, mercy, social justice, fight, fight for justice, human spirit, strength ...
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An illegal Chinese immigrant falls behind on payments on an enormous smuggling debt. Ming Ding has only until the end of the day to come up with the money.
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, tense, realistic, offbeat ...
Plot:
urban, struggle, chinese immigrant, illegal immigrant, poverty, survival, debt, loan shark, realism, character study, social realism, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, Netherlands
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Five juvenile delinquents break out of jail and attempt to make their way to a house in the Mendoza foothills of Argentina.
Style:
serious, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, art house ...
Plot:
juvenile delinquency, survival, hopes, wilderness, getting home, escape, youth, escapades, human nature, society, social decay, disintegration ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
poetic realism, argentina
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A gritty tale of survival set against a city ripe with violence and corruption. The Naked City tells the tale of Alfonso and Aurelia, who with their infant daughter flee the scene of a traffic accident they inadvertently caused, leaving several ...
Style:
crime drama, suspense, dark, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
violence, city, urban, survival, violence against women, moral dilemma, gang, desperation, victimization, murder, hostage, hotel ...
Place:
mexico city
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A middle-aged bachelor farmer living in rural Ireland has to deal with isolation and loneliness.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, bleak, contemplative, existential ...
Plot:
loneliness, isolation, village life, hardship, realism, social isolation, loss, minimalism, slice of life, intimate, slow burn, small town ...
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
34%
776
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Blaise and Nessa are outcast methadone users in a small town that doesn’t offer an easy way out. Each day starts in a long lineup at the tiny pharmacy, then it’s door-to- door begging to cut grass for people who just want them to not exist. At ...
Style:
bleak, melancholic, dark, art house, moody
Plot:
drug use, addiction, small town, poverty, realism, intimate, escape, desperation, hopelessness, working class, claustrophobia, slice of life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
nova scotia, canada
Similarity:
34%
210
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A group of American doctors travel to a war-ravaged hot spot in the Middle East in order to distribute vaccines. They clash with the Russian military presence, the Middle Eastern locals, and ultimately, themselves, as they learn that being American ...
Style:
medical drama, tense, intense, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
doctor, war zone, moral ambiguity, conflict, moral dilemma, survival, trauma, frustration, culture shock, mistrust, ethics, realism ...
Place:
middle east
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Mr. Deen discovers one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Deen quickly discovers a host of dark secrets slowly tearing Nate ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, captivating, thrilling, intense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teenager, trauma, life is a bitch, teenage life, troubled past, tragic past, confronting the past, moral dilemma, self destructing, redemption, desperation, abuse ...
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
In this Australian drama, a department store collapses, trapping an old man (Barry Jenkins) and a young boy (Rowan Whitt) underneath. In hopes of keeping the child calm, the man tells him a series of folk tales which teach a moral lesson while they ...
Style:
emotional, tension, suspense, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
department store, storytelling, trapped, old man, morality, young boy, claustrophobia, imagination, survival, life & death, intimate, urban ...
Similarity:
33%
268
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A troubled woman returns to her estranged family in coastal Maine. With her lobsterman father caught up in a turf war at sea, she and an ex-boyfriend make plans to hijack local drug runners. As their desperation mounts, each character makes ...
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
moral dilemma, heist gone wrong, robbery, family drama, moral ambiguity, theft, relationship problems, heist, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, ex couple relations, relationships ...
Place:
maine
Similarity:
33%
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