Movies like Tenet
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Tenet (2020)
677K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 150 min.
Story:
Plot unknown. The project is described as an action epic revolving around international espionage.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, mind bending, twist ending, philosophical, visually stunning, tense, entertaining, cult classic, action adventure ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
time paradox, time travel, time, special agent, time loop, espionage, mission, terrorism, teamwork, quantum physics, cia agent, technology, save the world, alternate timeline, abusive husband, time traveler, seeing the future, propaganda, tall woman, car crash, terrorist, end of the world, changing the future, fight, betrayal ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s
Place:
los angeles, mumbai india, vietnam, india, london, oslo norway, siberia ...
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Most similar movies to Tenet
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, exciting and surprise ending films with plots about death, murder, danger, race against time, betrayal, pistol and gun mostly in Action, Thriller and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Tenet: Inception (2010), Deja Vu (2006), Predestination (2014), Source Code (2011), Upgrade (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
2.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, cerebral, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, teamwork, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, twists and turns, fictional reality, existentialism, lucid dream ...
Time:
year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place:
japan, paris france, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
Similarity:
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344K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Called in to recover evidence in the aftermath of a horrific explosion on a New Orleans ferry, Federal agent Doug Carlin gets pulled away from the scene and taken to a top-secret government lab that uses a time-shifting surveillance device to help ...
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, tricky, clever, confusing ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot:
time travel, time loop, twists and turns, investigation, deja vu, terrorism, time, danger, changing the past or future, police investigation, alternate timeline, parallel universe ...
Time:
near future, 2000s, year 2006, future, 21st century
Place:
new orleans, louisiana, usa
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has ...
Style:
surprise ending, philosophical, confusing, clever, mind bending ...
Audience:
boys' night, family friendly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, plot twist, time machine, time paradox, twists and turns, parallel universe, gender, destiny, existentialism, changing the past or future, loner ...
Time:
year 1975, future, 2010s, 1940s, year 2014 ...
Place:
usa, new york, peru, cleveland ohio
Similarity:
86%
579K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France, Germany
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, discovering he's involved in a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. He learns he's part of a top-secret experimental program that enables ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, mind bending, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
time loop, time travel, train, alternate reality, parallel universe, twists and turns, memory, save the day, changing the past or future, destiny, terrorism, time ...
Time:
future, year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, somalia, afghanistan, illinois
Similarity:
78%
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231K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, surprise ending, neo noir, experimental ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
cyberpunk, artificial intelligence, revenge, murder, surgery, microchip, dystopia, nanotechnology, technology, super soldier, cyborgs, super computer ...
Time:
near future, future, 2010s
Similarity:
80%
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:
2010s, future
Similarity:
100%
49K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A group of students become trapped inside a mysterious cave where they discover time passes differently underground than on the surface.
Style:
suspense, tense, captivating, mindfuck, lovecraft ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time travel, time dilation, cave, friendship, time loop, twists and turns, college professor, youth, danger, time portal, investigation, legend ...
Similarity:
100%
626K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In the futuristic action thriller Looper, time travel will be invented but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target 30 years into the past where a looper, a ...
Style:
futuristic, mind bending, thought provoking, neo noir, cerebral ...
Audience:
family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, time loop, distopia, hitman, time paradox, cyberpunk, time, self sacrifice, assassin, changing the past or future, organized crime, revenge ...
Time:
future, 2040s, near future, distant future, year 2012 ...
Place:
shanghai, kansas, seattle, usa
Similarity:
67%
Movie in collections
301K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The fourth installment in The Matrix franchise. Plot unknown.
Style:
cerebral, psychological, saga, tech noir, cyber ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
virtual reality, dystopia, distopia, martial artist, artificial intelligence, female warrior, anti heroine, tough girl, therapist, mental health, robot, fight ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
usa, tokyo, paris france, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
44K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two old friends living in a dystopic future become trapped in a mysterious time loop — one that may have something to do with an ongoing battle between an omnipotent corporation and a ragtag band of rebels.
Style:
psychological, tense, enigmatic, cerebral, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
time loop, twists and turns, time travel, life & death, creativity, memory, dystopia, post apocalypse, time, survival, distopia, faked death ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
74K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Bulgaria
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Bill Pope is a CIA agent on a mission in London tracking down a shadowy hacker nicknamed "The Dutchman." When he gets mysteriously ambushed and killed, an experimental procedure is used to transfer his memories into dangerous ex-convict ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, intense, action adventure, disturbing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
cia, cia agent, spy, violence, swat team, terrorism, husband wife relationship, female agent, tough guy, espionage, secret service, prison ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
west virginia, london, big ben london, delaware, russia
Similarity:
50%
492K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Morocco, Italy, Austria, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Style:
sexy, suspense, entertaining, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, secret agent, espionage, secret service, revenge, one man army, chase, 007, british secret service, terrorist, undercover ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, london, italy, austria, north africa ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Rachel Stone is an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peacekeeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset.
Style:
spy action, tense, exciting, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
female protagonist, spy, ex cia agent, agent, espionage, target, chase, fight, explosions, high speed chase, woman with a gun, woman fights a man ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
london, italy, senegal, alps, iceland ...
Similarity:
60%
480K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, philosophical, thought provoking, clever ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time, dystopian future, immortality, fighting the system, dystopia, distopia, love, dystopic future, survival, life & death, class differences, social differences ...
Time:
future, year 2011, near future, distant future, 2010s
Place:
usa, los angeles, canada
Similarity:
67%
311
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Over one hundred years ago, a cataclysmic chain of events plummeted the earth into the dark ages which destroyed most of civilization, and the remaining few survivors attempt to change the course of events that led to the destruction.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, rough, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
time travel, female warrior, survival, danger, heroic mission, chaos, escapades, rivalry, apocalypse, imaginary, disaster, woman kills a man ...
Time:
future, year 1999, 90s
Place:
colombia, pentagon
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:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Russia, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Style:
exciting, serious, intense, suspenseful, action thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
cia, espionage, terrorism, conspiracy, undercover agent, terrorist, race against time, undercover, government agency, murder, secret agent, corruption ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, year 2013, september 11 2001, year 2001 ...
Place:
russia, new york, afghanistan, moscow russia, london ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell.
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot:
terrorist, laboratory, terrorism, terrorist plot, military, investigation, rescue, evacuation, gunfight, deception, soldier, bomb ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
iran, big ben london, london, rome italy, ukraine
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
James Bond is retired and living a peaceful life, but after a visit from Felix Leiter, Bond must follow the trail of a dangerous new villain with never before seen technology.
Style:
exciting, epic, saga, thrilling, anamorphic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot:
james bond, spy, agent, espionage, cia, cia agent, 007, secret service, british intelligence, master criminal, secret service agent, death ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
jamaica, london, havana cuba, italy, england ...
Similarity:
44%
256K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Spain, Japan, Iceland, Germany, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The most dangerous former operative of the CIA is drawn out of hiding to uncover hidden truths about his past.
Style:
exciting, suspense, captivating, action thriller, intense ...
Audience:
chick flick, family outing
Plot:
spy, espionage, black ops, hitman, cia, chase, assassin, rogue agent, cia agent, secret service, one man army, assassination ...
Time:
year 2016, 2000s, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, berlin germany, washington d.c., reykjavik iceland, greece ...
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China, France, Norway
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
When an IMF mission ends badly, the world is faced with dire consequences. As Ethan Hunt takes it upon himself to fulfil his original briefing, the CIA begin to question his loyalty and his motives. The IMF team find themselves in a race against ...
Style:
action adventure, saga, clever, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, terrorist, female spy, tough guy, cia agent, plutonium, hand to hand combat, violence, bodyguard, rogue agent, cia ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london, kashmir, ireland, france, germany ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: Bahamas, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Evan Lake, a veteran CIA agent, has been ordered to retire. But when his protégé uncovers evidence that Lake's nemesis, the terrorist Banir, has resurfaced, Lake goes rogue, embarking on a perilous, intercontinental mission to eliminate his ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, serious, rough, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
terrorism, secret agent, revenge, retirement, special agent, danger, undercover, espionage, religion, restaurant, torture, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, kenya, washington d.c., philadelphia, bucharest ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
An American links her mothers death in Bankok to a plot involving Vietnamese refugees.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, political thriller, crime drama ...
Plot:
investigation, conspiracy, american abroad, espionage, mother daughter relationship, betrayal, corruption, family tragedy, moral ambiguity, murder, revenge, organized crime ...
Time:
90s
Place:
thailand, bangkok thailand, southeast asia
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: France, Germany, USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an ...
Style:
surreal, futuristic, cynical, apocalyptic, postmodern ...
Plot:
time travel, dystopian future, apocalypse, alternate reality, memory, prophecy, chaos, distopia, dark humor, alternate history, amnesia, drug ...
Time:
future, year 2005, year 2006, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
los angeles, syria, middle east, nevada, southern california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 163 min.
Story:
The seventh installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
Style:
exciting, suspenseful, tense, disturbing, captivating ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
spy, espionage, secret agent, cia agent, disguise, mission impossible, train wreck, spy thriller, undercover agent, cia, artificial intelligence, secret service ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
usa, italy, amsterdam, venice, rome italy ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, Hong Kong
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet clash in a spectacular battle for the ages. As Monarch embarks ...
Style:
suspense, tense, exciting, suspenseful, perverse ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
godzilla, giant monster, king kong, kaiju, giant ape, giant animal, creature, monster, monster versus monster, giant creature, dinosaur, giant lizard ...
Time:
jurassic, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
hong kong, las vegas, usa, tokyo, japan ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A retired special forces officer is trapped in a never-ending time loop on the day of his death.
Style:
ambiguous ending, perverse, intense, smart, action comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
time loop, repeated event, one against many, tough guy, time travel, time traveler, time paradox, dying repeatedly, brutality, death, trapped, martial arts ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Italy, Malta
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Following the murder of his fiancée, Mitch Rapp trains under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley. The pair then is enlisted to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on military and civilian targets.
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, exciting, action adventure, tense ...
Plot:
revenge, terrorism, cia, counter terrorism, terrorist, training, kickboxing, government agent, spy, hand to hand combat, showdown, mentor ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
london, warsaw poland, romania, istanbul turkey, virginia ...
Similarity:
30%
126K
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:
50%
174K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Las Vegas showroom magician Cris Johnson has a secret which torments him: he can see a few minutes into the future. Sick of the examinations he underwent as a child and the interest of the government and medical establishment in his power, he lies ...
Style:
mind bending, exciting, clever, action packed, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, foreknowledge, psychic, changing the past or future, danger, destiny, save the day, twists and turns, supernatural ability, a vision, precognition, terrorism ...
Time:
future, year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, las vegas, usa, arizona
Similarity:
14%
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