Movies and TV shows like Extant
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Extant (2014)
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
An astronaut returns home from a year long solo mission in space. She tries to reconnect with her husband and son in their everyday life. Her experiences in space and home lead to events that ultimately will change the course of human history.
Style:
tense, suspenseful, stylized, futuristic, serious, exciting, spooky, atmospheric, mind bending, contemplative
Plot:
astronaut, androids and robots, space and aliens, scientist, alien, family relations, fear, fate of humanity, parents and children, a.i., haunted by the past, artificial intelligence, supernatural, human existence, space, survival, post apocalypse, magic, women, technology, computer, black cast, disaster, transhumanism, black women ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Most similar movies to Extant
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, exciting and futuristic films and TV series with plots about distopia, danger, supernatural, survival, post apocalypse, apocalypse and space mostly in Drama, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Extant: V (2009), The Last Ship (2014), The 100 (2014), Threshold (2005), Under the Dome (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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V is an American science fiction television series that ran for two seasons on ABC, from November 3, 2009 to March 15, 2011. A remake of the 1983 miniseries created by Kenneth Johnson, the new series chronicles the arrival on Earth of a ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, stylized, tense, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, alien, ufo, evil alien, fate of humanity, alien encounter, fbi, conspiracy, uncover truth, invasion, world domination, space and aliens ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.
Style:
stylized, serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
navy, battleship, apocalypse, chaos, heroes, military, deadly virus, save the world, survival, plague, human existence, fate of humanity ...
Time:
21st century
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
survival, post apocalypse, fate of humanity, leadership, human existence, youth, nuclear holocaust, space station, rivalry, survivor, society, friendship ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Threshold was a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an ...
Style:
serious, exciting, stylized, suspenseful, atmospheric
Plot:
government conspiracy, invasion, infected, alien invasion, hallucination, genetically altered, government facility, human existence, dreams, encounter, alien encounter, contact ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Under the Dome is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. It tells the story of the residents of the small town of Chester's Mill in Maine, where a massive, transparent, indestructible dome suddenly cuts them off from the rest of ...
Style:
exciting, mind bending, surreal, tense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, survival, trapped, life turned upside down, twists and turns, small town, isolation, small town life, teenage girl, human existence, society, contingency plan ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Shows like The 100
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A streetwise hustler is pulled into a compelling conspiracy after witnessing the suicide of a girl who looks just like her.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, mind bending, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, killings, strong female character, female protagonist, family relations, uncover truth, lesbianism, heroine, suicide, supernatural, lesbian relationship, lgbt ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, new york
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100%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
A disgraced, 75-year-old ex-sheriff, whose life ends at the hands of corrupt cops, is brought back to life and given a second chance by a pair of young tech scientists, as a 35-year-old with unpredictable near-superhuman abilities.
Style:
captivating, tense, exciting, serious, futuristic
Plot:
genius, resurrection, superhuman, second chance, father son relationship, scientist, reanimation, investigation, supernatural, secret, friendship, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Dollhouse is an American science fiction television series that revolves around a corporation running numerous underground establishments across the globe which program individuals referred to as "Actives" with temporary personalities and ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, exciting, anime ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
memory loss, mind control, innocence lost, cyberpunk, female protagonist, life is a bitch, self discovery, undercover, mysterious character, human nature, uncover truth, fbi ...
Time:
future
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, tucson arizona
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67%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 247 min.
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Story:
After peaceful aliens invade earth, humanity finds itself living in a utopia under the indirect rule of the aliens, but does this utopia come at a price?
Style:
suspenseful, philosophical, serious, thought provoking, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
demon, alien invasion, space travel, twists and turns, alien, suspense, technology, space and aliens, humanity, science, religion, sacrifice ...
Time:
near future, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Style:
futuristic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
survival, alien, space travel, distant planet, space, androids, space and aliens, mission, spacecraft, alien life-form, mysterious planet, monster ...
Time:
future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Prometheus related movies
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
Style:
futuristic, captivating, exciting, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
space travel, human in outer space, space, spacecraft, space opera, space station, investigation, conspiracy, alien life-form, space wars, space colony, space exploration ...
Time:
future, 24th century, 23rd century
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50%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 60 min.
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Set in a parallel universe, Real Humans imagines a world where robots have become so human that they're barely distinguishable from real humans and follows the resulting emotional effects on two families as well as the trials of a group of ...
Style:
stylized, captivating, serious, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
artificial intelligence, androids and robots, robot, family relations, freedom, human nature, civil rights, conflict, gynoid, power relations, reluctant, society ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
sweden, scandinavia, eastern europe
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31%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA, Sweden
Duration: 42 min.
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Story:
In a parallel present where the latest must-have gadget for any busy family is a 'Synth' - a highly-developed robotic servant that's so similar to a real human it's transforming the way we live.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, exciting, apocalyptic, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
androids and robots, a.i., artificial intelligence, robot human relationship, technology, robot, human nature, society, inventions and discoveries, friendship, lesbian, cyberpunk ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
usa, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Resurrection is an American fantasy drama television series based on the book The Returned by Jason Mott that follows the residents of Arcadia, Missouri, whose lives are upended when their loved ones return from the dead, unaged since their deaths.
Style:
serious, atmospheric, captivating, mind bending, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
afterlife, parents and children, resurrection, back from the dead, investigation, miraculous event, supernatural, uncover truth, family relations, surprising revelation, haunted by the past, priest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A representative of an alien race that went through drastic evolution to survive its own climate change, Klaatu comes to Earth to assess whether humanity can prevent the environmental damage they have inflicted on their own planet. When barred from ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspenseful, stylized, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
end of the world, ufo, alien, alien contact, alien encounter, evil alien, giant robots, disaster, alien invasion, robot, apocalypse, first contact ...
Time:
future, 1920s, 21st century
Place:
usa, egypt, antarctica, washington d.c., virginia ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Under the Dome
Genre: Short, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 3 min.
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The 10 webisodes, entitled "The Face of the Enemy," tell a story that takes place between seasons 4.0 and 4.5 of Battlestar and follow Lt. Gaeta when he is sent off in a Raptor with a handful of strangers and one of them mysteriously dies. ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, serious, tense, stylized
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, space and aliens, space opera, race against time, confined, spacecraft, survival, isolation, galaxy, alien, distopia, alien invasion ...
Time:
future
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26%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
The adventures of a present-day, multinational exploration team traveling on the Ancient spaceship Destiny many billions of light years distant from the Milky Way Galaxy. They evacuated there and are now trying to figure out a way to return to ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, tense, epic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
spacecraft, space travel, human existence, space, human in outer space, space and aliens, technology, military, alien planet, team, space opera, alien encounter ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 2010s
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When their home security system malfunctions, a family struggles to survive an attack against a state of the art patrol guard that believes they are intruders.
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, captivating, tense, exciting ...
Plot:
killer robot, man versus machine, survival, technology gone awry, family in danger, a.i., family relations, androids and robots, home invasion, security system, androids, suspense ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
Survivors of an alien attack on earth gather together to fight for their lives and fight back.
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, heroic, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, post apocalypse, alien invasion, alien encounter, apocalypse, military, evil alien, resistance, life is a bitch, ufo, survival, human spirit ...
Time:
jurassic, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 40 min.
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Story:
Helix is an intense thriller about a team of scientists from the Centers for Disease Control who travel to a high-tech research facility in the Arctic to investigate a possible disease outbreak, only to find themselves pulled into a terrifying ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, tense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
scientist, deadly virus, zombie, survival, dna, quarantine, save the day, immortality, secret place, supernatural, epidemic, virus ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
atlanta, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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TV series similar to The Last Ship
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from orbit into deep space.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, futuristic, spooky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
space and aliens, moon, space travel, astronaut, moon base, space exploration, ufo, space, survival, man versus machine, save the world, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, year 1999, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
Defiance is an American science fiction television show that takes place in the future on a radically transformed Earth containing new species arriving from space. In the show, Joshua Nolan works as the lawman for the town of Defiance, a community ...
Style:
exciting, stylized, serious, tense, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien, post apocalypse, escapades, alien invasion, interspecies romance, enemy, mayor, ex military, law enforcement, survival, lesbian, bounty hunter ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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23%
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Almost Human is an American science fiction/crime drama on Fox. In 2048, the uncontrollable evolution of science and technology has caused crime rates to rise an astounding 400%. To combat this, the overwhelmed police force has implemented a new ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, exciting, suspenseful, anime ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
androids and robots, police detective, police partner, hi-tech, artificial intelligence, future dystopia, a.i., fighting crime, partners, buddy cop, law enforcer, law enforcement ...
Time:
future, 2040s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Set 58 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families - the Graystones and the Adamas - as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the peaceful 12 Colonies, living in a society close to our own. Entangled in the ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, atmospheric, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
artificial intelligence, space, man versus machine, androids and robots, alien planet, escapades, fate of humanity, family life, rivalry, life is a bitch, future dystopia, surgery ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
37K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
In the near future a family must make difficult decisions as they balance staying together with trying to survive. They live in Los Angeles, which has been occupied by a force of outside intruders. While some people have chosen to collaborate with ...
Style:
captivating, exciting, serious, suspenseful, spiritual ...
Plot:
rebellion, alien invasion, family in danger, occupation, distopia, space and aliens, parents and children, colony, family relations, resistance, survival, evil alien ...
Time:
future
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
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After a brutal virus wipes out most of the population, two young siblings embark on a perilous search for safety. A Scandinavian thriller series.
Style:
atmospheric, exciting, captivating, scary, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
post apocalypse, virus, zombie, illness, survival, apocalypse, pandemic, brother sister relationship, disaster, distopia, fear, desperation ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
denmark
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 415 min.
TV show
Story:
In a utopia whose perfection hinges upon control of monogamy and privacy, members of the collective begin to question the rules, putting their regimented society on a collision course with forbidden love and revolution.
Style:
thought provoking, futuristic, surprise ending, disturbing, serious ...
Plot:
distopia, life is a bitch, future dystopia, utopia, dystopic future, conspiracy, genetic engineering, satire, social differences, society, totalitarianism, apocalypse ...
Time:
future
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
The provocative story of Cole, a time traveler from a decimated future in a high-stakes race against the clock. Utilizing a dangerous and untested method of time travel, he journeys from 2043 to the present day on a mission to locate and eradicate ...
Style:
mind bending, futuristic, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
time travel, survival, time machine, epidemic, changing the past or future, post apocalypse, existence paradox, virus, save the world, sent to the past, plague, heroic mission ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
512K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 62 min.
TV show
Story:
A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin. Set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, it explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be ...
Style:
stylized, serious, thought provoking, futuristic, intellectual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
artificial intelligence, robot, moral dilemma, consciousness, androids, murder, technology gone awry, scientist, man versus machine, escapades, a.i., human android relationship ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Outcasts is a 2011 British television science-fiction drama serial, starring Liam Cunningham, Hermione Norris, Amy Manson, Daniel Mays, Jamie Bamber, Eric Mabius and Ashley Walters. It originally aired on BBC One, and BBC HD. It was broadcast in the ...
Style:
futuristic, suspenseful, captivating, psychological, tense ...
Plot:
space colony, mysterious planet, survival, distant planet, expedition, human nature, society, hopes, isolation, chaos, apocalypse, distopia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
21%
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