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The Darkest Minds (2018)
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
After a disease kills 98% of America's children, the surviving 2% develop superpowers and are placed in internment camps. A 16-year-old girl escapes her camp and joins a group of other teens on the run from the government.
Style:
romantic, suspenseful, captivating, exciting, saga, suspense, semi serious, apocalyptic, mystic, smart ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
telekinesis, post apocalypse, teenager, good versus evil, runaway teen, mind control, superhuman powers, danger, soldier, friendship, love and romance, escape, dystopia, super powers, female protagonist, supernatural power, kidnapping, teenage love, attempted rape, president, epidemic, ambush, on the run, apocalypse, distopia ...
Time:
near future
Place:
virginia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out exciting, suspense, action adventure and surprise ending films with plots about danger, murder, fight, death, chase, teenager and violence mostly in Sci-Fi, Action and Adventure genres. Some movies like The Darkest Minds: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018), The 5th Wave (2016), I Am Number Four (2011), The Host (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. ...
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspense, serious, intense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, survival, maze, epidemic, young heroes, apocalypse, dystopia, immunity, danger, zombie, on the run ...
Time:
future, year 2015, near future, 2010s
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95%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who ...
Style:
captivating, apocalyptic, saga, action adventure, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
cure, vaccine, virus, disease, distopia, battles, desert, fight, maze, danger, post apocalypse, laboratory ...
Time:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, apocalyptic, teen, futuristic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, end of the world, alien, invasion, post apocalypse, danger, survival, virus, obsessive quest, escapades, humanity in peril ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
ohio, usa, bangkok thailand, london, tower bridge london ...
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen reluctantly becomes the symbol of a mass rebellion against the autocratic Capitol.
Style:
futuristic, teen, suspense, saga, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, female protagonist, survival, rebellion, strong female character, teenager, dystopia, society, youth, fighting the system, dystopian future, game ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Similarity:
96%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A teenage fugitive with an incredible secret races to stay one step ahead of the mysterious forces seeking destroy him in this sci-fi action thriller. With three dead and one on the run, the race to find the elusive Number Four begins. Outwardly ...
Style:
exciting, teen, suspenseful, touching, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
superpower, supernatural, alien, youth, supernatural romance, supernatural ability, good versus evil, young heroes, friendship, teenage love, high school, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
ohio, pittsburgh, usa, florida, africa
Similarity:
91%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A parasitic alien soul is injected into the body of Melanie Stryder. Instead of carrying out her race's mission of taking over the Earth, "Wanda" (as she comes to be called) forms a bond with her host and sets out to aid other free ...
Style:
romantic, futuristic, exciting, teen, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
interspecies romance, alien invasion, teenage girl, apocalypse, dystopia, true love, youth, evil alien, self sacrifice, teenage love, alien, love and romance ...
Time:
future, 2010s, year 2013
Place:
usa, paris france
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
For more than a decade, parents Andy and Vicky have been on the run, desperate to hide their daughter Charlie from a shadowy federal agency that wants to harness her unprecedented gift for creating fire into a weapon of mass destruction. Andy has ...
Style:
suspense, action adventure, lighthearted, psychotronic, crying ...
Plot:
stephen king, psychic, pyrokinesis, fear, superpower, wife, supernatural, evil, secret government organization, fire, telepathy, white supremacy ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
270K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Beatrice Prior must confront her inner demons and continue her fight against a powerful alliance which threatens to tear her society apart.
Style:
futuristic, teen, intense, saga, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
dystopian future, distopia, tough girl, post apocalypse, teenager, chosen one, good versus evil, teenage love, strong female lead, rebellion, female warrior, female fighter ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, year 2015
Place:
chicago
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. Part twisted entertainment, part government intimidation tactic, the ...
Style:
exciting, futuristic, teen, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, kids
Plot:
survival, female protagonist, dystopian future, death, game of death, dystopia, distopia, competition, contests and competitions, youth, heroine, danger ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2012, 2010s
Place:
north america, seattle
Similarity:
95%
515K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
In a world divided into factions based on personality types, Tris learns that she's been classified as Divergent and won't fit in. When she discovers a plot to destroy Divergents, Tris and the mysterious Four must find out what makes ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, teen, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
distopia, heroine, rebellion, survival, fighting the system, danger, chosen one, post apocalypse, choice, dystopian future, dystopia, society ...
Time:
future, year 2014, near future, 2010s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
90%
145K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Beatrice Prior and Tobias Eaton venture into the world outside of the fence and are taken into protective custody by a mysterious agency known as the Bureau of Genetic Welfare.
Style:
futuristic, saga, apocalyptic, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, teenager, dystopia, utopia, female protagonist, chosen one, catastrophe, manipulation, brainwashing, chase, betrayal ...
Time:
future, near future, 2010s
Place:
chicago, north america
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Katniss Everdeen has returned home safe after winning the 74th Annual Hunger Games along with fellow tribute Peeta Mellark. Winning means that they must turn around and leave their family and close friends, embarking on a "Victor's ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, teen, cliffhanger, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, family outing
Plot:
female protagonist, distopia, dystopian future, survival, competition, post apocalypse, dictator, badass female lead, young heroes, fight, anti heroine, fight scenes ...
Time:
future, year 2013, near future, 2010s
Place:
seattle
Similarity:
90%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Six children genetically cross-bred with avian DNA, complete with wings, take flight around the country to discover their origins.
Style:
enigmatic, tense, suspense, exciting, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
2010s
Place:
new york, utah
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 ...
Style:
teen, saga, exciting, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, girls' night
Plot:
distopia, strong female lead, dystopia, resistance, chase, rebellion, dystopian future, brutality, chosen one, tough girl, female warrior, fight ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, future, near future, year 2016
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world, young Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow “runners” for a shot at escape.
Style:
exciting, suspense, tense, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
survival, maze, memory loss, teenager, apocalypse, fantasy world, trapped, distopia, dystopia, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, youth ...
Time:
future, year 2014, 2010s, near future
Similarity:
100%
57K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In Lincoln City, some inhabitants have extraordinary abilities. Most live below the poverty line, under the close surveillance of a heavily militarized police force. Connor, a construction worker with powers, involves with a criminal gang to help ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, tense, enigmatic, smart ...
Plot:
drug lord, distopia, telekinesis, superpower, robot, drone, police, murder, teenager, dystopia, heist, fight ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
78%
103K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
An ex-soldier, a teen and a cop collide in New Orleans as they hunt for the source behind a dangerous new pill that grants users temporary superpowers.
Style:
perverse, suspense, psychotronic, action thriller, suspenseful ...
Plot:
superpower, experimental drug, super powers, superhuman powers, drug lord, mad scientist, police, fight to the death, evolution, alligator, strength, police officer ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
north america, new orleans, mississippi
Similarity:
89%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: New Zealand, USA, China, Japan
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
Set in a world many thousands of years in the future. Earth’s cities now roam the globe on huge wheels, devouring each other in a struggle for ever diminishing resources. On one of these massive Traction Cities, Tom Natsworthy has an unexpected ...
Style:
futuristic, captivating, exciting, dark fantasy, apocalyptic ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
steampunk, post apocalypse, revenge, female warrior, chase, dystopia, good versus evil, capitalism, resistance, tough girl, post apocalyptic, danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
london, big ben london, europe, asia
Similarity:
87%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
David Rice is a man who knows no boundaries, a Jumper, born with the uncanny ability to teleport instantly to anywhere on Earth. When he discovers others like himself, David is thrust into a dangerous and bloodthirsty war while being hunted by a ...
Style:
entertaining, suspenseful, teen, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
teleportation, chase, youth, super powers, supernatural ability, good versus evil, presumed dead, young heroes, supernatural, adolescence, danger, world spanning ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
egypt, himalaya, michigan, manhattan new york city, italy ...
Similarity:
91%
226K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Gathered together by Professor Charles Xavier to protect a world that fears and hates them, the X-Men had fought many battles, been on adventures that spanned galaxies, grappled enemies of limitless might, but none of this could prepare them for the ...
Style:
entertaining, exciting, action adventure, saga, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
telekinesis, superhero, mutant, heroic mission, supernatural ability, good versus evil, near death experience, superhero team, supernatural power, mind control, school, shape shifting ...
Time:
90s, year 1975, year 2019, 70s, year 1992
Place:
paris france, new york
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido, a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens, she has no memory of who she is, nor does ...
Style:
futuristic, action adventure, captivating, exciting, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, adult
Plot:
cyberpunk, female protagonist, cyborgs, distopia, post apocalypse, female warrior, tough girl, adaptation, martial arts, woman fights a man, bounty hunter, danger ...
Time:
future, near future, year 2019, 2010s
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Blake Redding is trapped in this dark room wanting to protect his love so the only thing he will do is escape like no failed student has done before.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, social, rough, tense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
rebellion, life & death, heroic mission, escape, dystopia, good versus evil, injustice, confined, love and romance, twists and turns, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, escape attempt ...
Similarity:
91%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and ...
Style:
bad ending, intense, clever, suspense, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, telekinesis, found footage, supernatural, levitation, coming of age, adolescence, friendship, supernatural ability, bullying, teenage life, teenager ...
Time:
year 2012, future, year 2000, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa, tibet, canada
Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Story:
The story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the ...
Style:
exciting, serious, stylized, suspenseful, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, supernatural ability, youth, young heroes, escapades, superhuman powers, teleportation, telekinesis, psychic, friendship, good versus evil, danger ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
92%
206K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, China
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian beach town. Charlie, on the cusp of turning 18 and trying to find her place in the world, discovers Bumblebee, battle-scarred and broken. When Charlie revives ...
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspense, futuristic, saga ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
robot, alien invasion, car, teenager, robot vs. robot, chase, military, transforming robot, teenage girl, interspecies friendship, showdown, alien ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 2010s, 20th century
Place:
texas, california, san francisco, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Norway
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
As the Avengers and their allies have continued to protect the world from threats too large for any one hero to handle, a new danger has emerged from the cosmic shadows: Thanos. A despot of intergalactic infamy, his goal is to collect all six ...
Style:
saga, epic, surprise ending, exciting, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
superhero, superhuman powers, fight scenes, super powers, supernatural power, invasion, superhero team, good versus evil, tragedy, final battle, alien superhero, super villain ...
Time:
2010s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, africa, manhattan new york city, scotland
Similarity:
71%
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Industrious high school senior, Vee Delmonico, has had it with living life on the sidelines. When pressured by friends to join the popular online game Nerve, Vee decides to sign up for just one dare in what seems like harmless fun. But as she finds ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, teen, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience:
girls' night, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, game, internet, hacker, danger, technology, heroine, hacking, moral dilemma, friendship, teenage boy, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, year 2017
Place:
new york, seattle
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Action, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story of the New Mutants, a team of mutant heroes comprised of the first graduates from Charles Xavier's school.
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, adult
Plot:
superhero, mutant, superhero team, coming of age, bear, x men, superheroine, childhood trauma, indian reservation, girl girl kiss, sole survivor, demon ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
Place:
boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Style:
entertaining, sexy, epic, visually stunning, serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
superhero, time travel, mutant, heroes, superhuman powers, supernatural ability, avenger, changing the past or future, team, good versus evil, teamwork, mind control ...
Time:
year 2014, future, near future, year 1973, 20th century ...
Place:
usa, paris france, china, new york, moscow russia ...
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Germany, UK, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former ...
Style:
serious, exciting, action adventure, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, girls' night
Plot:
superhero, transformation, superheroine, superhero team, telekinesis, imaginary, alternate dimension, invisibility, teleportation, shapeshifting, super powers, adopted daughter ...
Time:
future, year 2007, year 2014, year 2015, 2010s ...
Place:
usa, panama, new york, pentagon
Similarity:
57%
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