Movies like Hard Knuckle

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Hard Knuckle (1988)
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Hard Knuckle (1988)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Post-apocalypse thriller about snooker
Style: apocalyptic
Plot: post apocalypse, billiards, distopia, post-apocalyptic future, train, motorcycle, racism, bet, rat, nomad, chihuahua, drifter, television, robbery, swimming pool, card playing, wasteland, camel, countryside, pet dog, championship, dominoes, hustler, protege, promoter ...

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out apocalyptic, independent film, serious and psychotronic films with plots about post apocalypse, distopia, dystopia, apocalypse, wasteland, epidemic and post-apocalyptic future mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Hard Knuckle: Malevil (1981), A Feral World (2020), Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967), Strange New World (1975), Dead Man's Letters (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 951
Malevil (1981)
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, apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, wasteland, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, nuclear explosion, confined ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
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95%
 4.0
 452
A Feral World (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An orphaned boy in a post-apocalyptic world, meets a grieving woman who is trying to find her lost daughter. Their journey leads them face-to-face with a despot who may have the daughter held captive.
Style: bleak, psychotronic, apocalyptic, suspenseful
Plot: survivor, distopia, coming of age, post apocalypse, wasteland, survival, friendship, unlikely friendships, danger, group of criminals, loner, fear ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
94%
Late August at the Hotel Ozone (1967)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress born before the war, eventually stumbling into the company of a lonely old man.
Style: apocalyptic, surreal, psychotronic
Plot: post apocalypse, distopia, post apocalyptic, nuclear holocaust, matriarchy, sorority, coming of age, fishing, dystopia, minimal dialogue, renaissance, european ...
Place: czechoslovakia, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
85%
Strange New World (1975)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic
Plot: post apocalypse, snake, dystopia, epidemic, distopia, catastrophe, end of the world, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, cataclysm, anarchist, wasteland ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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Dead Man's Letters (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 87 min.
Story: In a world after the nuclear apocalypse a scholar helps a small group of children and adults survive, staying with them in the basement of the former museum of history. In his mind he writes letters to his son — though it is obvious that they will ...
Style: apocalyptic, psychedelic, spiritual, mind blowing, depressing ...
Plot: post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, distopia, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, disaster, dystopia, underground, epidemic, end of the world, spirituality, nuclear disaster ...
Time: distant future
Place: soviet union, ussr, russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
20 Years After (2008)
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, danger, society, escapades, chaos, dystopian future, babies and infants, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
The Color of Money (1986)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, ...
Style: road movie, realistic, talky, stylized, clever ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: billiards, hustler, gambling, on the road, scam, great ending, business, mentor, manipulation, youth, redemption, comeback ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: chicago, atlantic city new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Lawless Land (1988)
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: apocalyptic, independent film
Plot: post apocalypse, distopia, wasteland, woman with a gun, forbidden love, post-apocalyptic future, motorcycle, torture, interrogation, chase, rich woman poor man, police station ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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The Blood of Heroes (1989)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a ...
Style: bleak, apocalyptic, intense, exciting, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, survival, dystopian future, martial arts, distopia, post apocalyptic, violence, blood, revenge, escapades, contests and competitions, life is a bitch ...
Time: future, year 1989, near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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54 Days (2014)
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.
Plot: post apocalypse, post nuclear, distopia, dystopia, invasion, survival
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Cries of Ecstasy, Blows of Death (1973)
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: independent film, weird
Plot: post apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, motorcycle, nudity, female nudity, male nudity, bike, lesbianism, violence, rape, bare breasts ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 8.0
 86K
The Hustler (1961)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story: Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.
Style: black and white, atmospheric, suspense, psychological, cynical ...
Audience: manly, boys' night
Plot: billiards, gambling, hustler, suicide, success, ambition, lifestyle, rivalry, championship, cons and scams, obsession, idealism ...
Time: 20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place: usa, california, louisville kentucky, san francisco, kentucky
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
 4.2
 216
Survival Zone (1983)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Africa
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a post-nuclear world, a happy family of ranchers is beseiged by a roving band of ne'er do well marauders who want to eat the men and mate with the women. Having already killed and eaten an entire mission full of nuns, the family has no ...
Style: apocalyptic, futuristic, independent film
Plot: biker, post apocalypse, motorcycle gang, dystopia, decapitation, apocalypse, distopia, sexploitation, bike, motorcycle, monastery, post nuclear ...
Time: future, distant future, post world war two
Place: south africa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 3.5
 219
Empire of Ash (1988)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Action, Fantasy
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, independent film
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, wasteland, trucker, truck, distopia, post-apocalyptic future, female nudity, nudity, warrior, talking computer, rape ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
The Survivalist (1987)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: An atomic bomb falls in Siberia and the USA is blamed.
Style: apocalyptic, independent film
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, death of family, national guard, motorcycle gang, biker gang, family man, chaos, nuclear bomb, martial law ...
Place: usa, siberia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
This Is Not a Test (1962)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A highway patrolman stops motorists on a highway after he hears news reports of a possible nuclear attack.
Style: apocalyptic, surreal, political, independent film, psychotronic
Plot: end of the world, roadblock, death of pet, post apocalypse, nuclear holocaust, terror, nuclear threat, epidemic, nuclear disaster, distopia, post apocalyptic, apocalypse ...
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Planet Earth (1974)
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, serious, exciting, futuristic ...
Plot: matriarchy, dystopia, post apocalypse, sorority, epidemic, end of the world, utopia, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, wasteland, anarchist, distopia ...
Time: future, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
 4.0
 3K
Omega Doom (1996)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After earth is taken over by an army of robots, the small number of humans left are forced into hiding. In the nuclear winter, only droids walk the face of the earth, in fear of the rumored human resurgence, and in search of a hidden cache of ...
Style: apocalyptic, futuristic, cyber, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, androids and robots, cyborgs, apocalypse, robot, cyberpunk, androids, wasteland, dystopia, dystopian future, distopia, terminator ...
Time: near future, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 6.1
 2K
Grain (2017)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Turkey, Germany, France, Sweden, Qatar
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The global corporations have established cities and agricultural zones in areas where the climate is relatively good. These cities are populated by the elites, while the immigrant masses struggle with hunger and epidemics. For unknown reasons, the ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense, futuristic, disturbing ...
Plot: post apocalypse, scientist, struggle for survival, wasteland, vestiges of humanity, humanity, survival, ecological disaster, investigation, farming, problem, life is a bitch ...
Time: near future
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
 4.0
 2K
Deathsport (1978)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Sport, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: 1000 years into the future, after the Great Neutron Wars, the world is divided into desert wastelands and isolated city-states. Notorious "Desert Ranger" Kaz is forced to fight in the DeathSport, dueling on futuristic motorcycle ...
Style: serious, stylized, apocalyptic, tense, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, chase, biker, motorcycle, survival, battles, against the odds, chaos, vengeance, rivalry, danger, society ...
Time: future, year 1978
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Last Warrior (1984)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story: After a nuclear holocaust, as the rest of society regresses to primitivism, a small, "elite" group that has managed to escape radioactive contamination takes it upon itself to exterminate those it sees as "unfit", including ...
Style: apocalyptic
Plot: post apocalypse, nuclear, barbarian, gang leader, mutant, radiation, automobile, distopia, wasteland, post-apocalyptic future, most dangerous game, gypsy ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Ravagers (1979)
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, apocalypse, dystopia, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, epidemic, post apocalyptic, distopia, wasteland, survival, atomic bomb, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time: year 1979, 90s, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.1
 995
The Last Train (1999)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
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Story: The Last Train is a British six-part post-apocalyptic television drama serial first broadcast on the ITV network in 1999. It has since been repeated on ITV2 in 1999/2001 and on numerous occasions on the UK Sci-Fi Channel. The serial was written by ...
Style: apocalyptic, gloomy, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: post apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, top secret, distopia, dystopia, end of the world, epidemic, wasteland, tribe, train ...
Time: future, 20th century, 21st century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Where Have All the People Gone (1974)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: A strange series of solar flares proves fatal for inhabitants of the Earth, except for the fortunate few who are somehow immune from the effects. Animals go insane and human beings turn to white powder, leaving behind only empty clothing. A handful ...
Style: apocalyptic, spooky, serious, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, disaster, dystopia, post apocalyptic, distopia, apocalypse, natural disaster, wasteland, doomsday, 666, desolation, monster ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 6.6
 2K
Stickmen (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Jack, Thomas and Wayne are the Stickmen. They like nothing more than having a beer in one hand, a pool cue in the other, a coin on the table and a sexy bird or two. They play pub pool for fun and money at Dave's bar. Desperate to get out of ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, biting, offbeat ...
Plot: billiards, ambition, buddies, rivalry, comedy of errors, contests and competitions, gangster, cons and scams, race against time, heist, gambler, gambling ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 6.2
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The Noah (1975)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Noah, the sole remaining survivor on our planet after a nuclear holocaust, finds himself unable to to accept his unique predicament. To cope with his loneliness, he creates an imaginary companion, then a companion for his companion and finally an ...
Style: apocalyptic, existential, mystic, independent film, allegory ...
Plot: dystopia, nuclear war, post apocalypse, distopia, imaginary friend, nuclear holocaust, isolation, apocalypse, alien, doomsday, post apocalyptic, wasteland ...
Time: future, post world war two
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
No Blade of Grass (1970)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's ...
Style: apocalyptic, controversial, disturbing, depressing, offbeat ...
Plot: dystopia, post apocalypse, virus, survival, distopia, post apocalyptic, disaster, wasteland, epidemic, railway, quarantine, natural disaster ...
Time: future
Place: england, northern england, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 6.9
 4K
On the Beach (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story: The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain ...
Style: tense, apocalyptic, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: nuclear, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nuclear war, save the world, atomic bomb, post nuclear, post apocalypse, survival, heroic mission, race against time, chaos ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: australia, asia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Brave New World (1980)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story: An acclaimed TV miniseries based on the classic sci-fi novel.
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, frightening, philosophical, tech noir
Plot: dystopia, distopia, utopia, post apocalypse, propaganda, shakespeare, new world, disaster, underground, communism, cyberpunk, dystopian future ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Visitor of a Museum (1989)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Soviet Union, West Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 136 min.
Story: It is the future, the world is in ruins and a large portion of the population consists of deformed mutants living in reservations. In this world a man decides to spend his vacation visiting the ruins of a museum that is now buried under the sea.
Style: apocalyptic, surreal, eighties, bizarre, weird
Plot: religion, messiah, underground, distopia, post apocalyptic, mental disorder, epidemic, nuclear holocaust, european, life changing, wasteland, apocalypse ...
Place: ussr, soviet union
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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