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Black Garden (2019)
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Set on Christmas Eve, eight days after the war ends, survivor Kate discovers a mysterious radio signal and befriends the voice. As she embarks on a journey to find its origins, Kate encounters the isolation and horror of a nuclear war and the failed hope of those who survived.
Style:
psychotronic, neo noir, dark, suspense, noir, road movie, crying, tension, minimal cast, black and white ...
Plot:
strong female lead, distopia, nuclear war, world war three, survival, false identity, psychopath, military, politics, betrayal, murder, lie, isolation, danger, delusion, saving a life, violence, radio, night, hiding place, alone, women, dystopia, christmas, apocalypse ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, suspense, tense and bleak films with plots about survival, dystopia, distopia, post apocalyptic, isolation, post apocalypse and danger mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like Black Garden: Falling Fire (1997), After the Pandemic (2022), Damnation Alley (1977), Lights (2015), Erotibot (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the not so distant future mankind has squandered their resources. A team of specialists is sent to the nearby asteroid field to retrieve an asteroid that will serve to replenish some of our natural resources. However, unbeknownst to the team, ...
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suspense, tension, intense, grim, space horror ...
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space, spacecraft, astronaut, sabotage, danger, betrayal, survival, conspiracy, paranoia, catastrophe, dystopian future, claustrophobia ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
chile
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Set in a post-apocalyptic world where a global airborne pandemic has wiped out 90% of the Earth's population and only the young and immune have endured as scavengers. For Ellie and Quinn, the daily challenges to stay alive are compounded when ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, apocalyptic, bleak ...
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pandemic, post apocalyptic, survival, distopia, epidemic, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, dystopia, coming of age, isolation, infection ...
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A small group of survivors at a military installation who survived World War 3 attempt to drive across the desolate wasteland to where they hope more survivors are living. Hopefully their specially built vehicles will protect them against the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, grindhouse, cult classic, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, cockroach, post nuclear, nuclear holocaust, abandoned city, disaster, post apocalyptic, distopia, motorcycle, wasteland, nuclear explosion ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 70s, near future
Place:
las vegas, usa, new york, detroit, california ...
Similarity:
83%
111
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Kurt and his friends disappeared during a camping trip in the California Desert. One year later, still coming to terms with her loss, Kurt's girlfriend, Lisa, is contacted by a retired sheriff who may be able to help her uncover the truth ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, tense, tension, neo noir
Plot:
desert, mysterious disappearance, investigation, disappearance, stranded in the desert, puzzle, vanished man, missing person, grief, loss, cold case, evidence ...
Similarity:
82%
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363
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Tamayo, lives her life in simple elegance. Her overprotective crimelord father, in order to protect her from outside danger, has given her 3 android bodyguards. Life is good. Until one day Tamayo's father is hospitalized for a stroke and his ...
Style:
erotic, captivating, disturbing, naughty, splatter
Plot:
sex, female warrior, robot human relationship, sex with a robot, sexual attraction, erotica, androids, heiress, japanese woman, ninja, robot, erotic fantasy ...
Similarity:
100%
479
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story of forbidden love in a dystopian future where teleportation technology enables two refugees to escape genocide. When they trust the wrong back-alley teleporter, Ekaterina and Anya are separated. In a desperate attempt to be reunited, our ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, bleak, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
dystopia, refugee, human trafficking, teleportation, sexual assault, genocide, forbidden love, problem, distopia, love story, love interest, technology ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
The film portrays a fictional nuclear war between NATO forces and the Warsaw Pact that rapidly escalates into a full scale exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union, focusing on the residents of Lawrence, Kansas, and Kansas City, ...
Style:
futuristic, harsh, apocalyptic, serious, psychotronic ...
Plot:
cold war, nuclear war, apocalypse, catastrophe, nuclear explosion, disaster, nuclear bomb, nuclear holocaust, post apocalypse, dystopia, radiation, nuclear threat ...
Time:
80s, future, distant future, 20th century
Place:
usa, kansas, soviet union, kansas city, ussr ...
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A large meteor shower unexpectedly bombards planet Earth. Scientists rush to the scene of the first impact and the race is on to find a solution to save humanity.
Style:
tense, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Plot:
natural disaster, meteorite, asteroid, meteor shower, scientist, race against time, military, survival, humanity in peril, disaster, destruction, evacuation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
10,000 Days ago, Comet 23 struck Earth with the magnitude of all the nuclear weapons in the world sending the planet into a deep freeze. Now, 27 years in the future, those who survived are locked in an epic battle of life or death.
Style:
futuristic, disturbing, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
disaster, winter, heroic mission, survival, post apocalypse, death, science, fear, courage, astronaut, self sacrifice, planet earth ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
For Millennia the Aliien force has watched and waited, a brooding menace that has now at last decided to take over the Earth. Communications systems worldwide are sent into chaos by a strange atmospheric interference and this has turned into a ...
Style:
psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, scary, disturbing ...
Plot:
alien invasion, creature, survival, human versus alien, society, alien contact, save the world, fictional war, extraterrestrial, battlefield, alien encounter, chaos and mayhem ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Based on the acclaimed novel by Doris Lessing, this dystopian science fiction tale concerns a woman struggling to make her way in a post-apocalyptic society. D (Julie Christie) is living in a city that's at the point of collapse following a ...
Style:
independent film, serious, atmospheric, offbeat, stylized ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, surrealism, atomic bomb, nuclear war, wasteland, epidemic, post-apocalyptic future, naked woman, gang ...
Time:
year 1981, future, 19th century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
67%
308
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
A man and his dog are stranded on a volatile, oval-shaped planet and are forced to adapt and escape before time destroys them both.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, psychological, enigmatic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
distant planet, survival, accident, danger, catastrophe, isolation, one man army, dog, estrangement, save the day, bonding, adaptation ...
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The plot is set in a post apocalyptic Junkyard where people take refuge from authority and are able to practice their fantasies and fetishes without being stopped by the police. These people are led by Emanou who is a sort of Messiah, who promises ...
Style:
avant garde, black comedy, transgressive, surreal, bleak ...
Plot:
dystopia, junkyard, surrealism, post apocalypse, distopia, post-apocalyptic future, punk rock, post apocalyptic, absurdism, anti establishment, christ allegory, counterculture ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
66%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the year of 2008, war and sickness have overtaken the planet. The deranged government declares single women a threat to the human race. Singles women are imprisoned. The corrupt warden is determined to keep the prisoners locked up.
Style:
dark, bleak, grim, tense, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, escape, escape attempt, corruption, sexism, oppression, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, social commentary, survival, claustrophobia, desperation ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The plot explores the devastation of civilization and issues of brutality, hostility and isolation. Pierre Jolivet stars as the main character (identified only as "The Man" in the end credits) who is menaced by "The Brute" ...
Style:
black and white, bleak, apocalyptic, experimental, stylized ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, dystopia, wasteland, dystopic future, survival, isolation, dystopian future, minimal dialogue, post-apocalyptic future, battles, post apocalyptic, loneliness ...
Time:
future, year 1983, near future
Place:
japan, france, california, paris france
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A 21st-century genetic experiment goes chaotic, creating a race of genetically-violent mutants.
Style:
dark, suspenseful, tense
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mutant, dystopia, genetic experiment, post apocalypse, laboratory, genetic engineering, mutation, survival, fear, survival horror, urban decay, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
near future, future, 21st century
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Sequel to "Mindgame" (1998) which follows the fate of the three prisoners after their escape from their asteroid prison cell. Sontaran Sarg faces death against overwhelming odds on a desolate battleground, Draconian Merq faces trial after ...
Style:
anthology, suspense, tension, tense, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
escape, spaceship, survival, fighter pilot, desperation, isolation, alien species, battlefield, trial, space opera, heroism, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
61%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Eccentric scientist Dr .Daniel and his shy assistant Max lead a quiet life on their space station, carrying out illegal research on androids, until they receive an unwelcome visit from three fugitives one of whom is female. Both Dr. Daniel and Max ...
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, mysterious, futuristic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
androids, dystopia, robot, cyberpunk, space, androids and robots, alien, cyborgs, space travel, mad scientist, female android, humanoid robot ...
Time:
future, year 1982, 70s
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
60%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A decade after a disastrous meteor impact wipes out most of society, a group of survivalists emerge to find themselves on a twisted version of the old Earth, with a nascent society besieged by vicious marauders, ferocious mutants, and the dreadful ...
Style:
exciting, serious, tense, captivating, scary
Audience:
teens
Plot:
apocalypse, mutant, survival, deadly creature, danger, chaos, dystopian future, epidemic, woman with a gun, post apocalypse, distopia, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future
Place:
usa
Similarity:
60%
437
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
As the world faces a deadly plague, humanity's hope for a cure lies with a scientist who awakens imprisoned in a metal chamber. She desperately works to escape her confined cell to save the last of humanity.
Style:
tense, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
plague, epidemic, isolation, scientist, pandemic, claustrophobia, save the world, deadly virus, humanity, confined space, threat, virus ...
Similarity:
58%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, Czech Republic
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A master jewel thief in 21st century Los Angeles targets the illegal emerald smuggling operations of a highly-connected crime syndicate. During what he believes to be a routine heist, cat burglar Harry Maxwell discovers that his target, notorious ...
Style:
crime thriller, tense, suspenseful, suspense, noir ...
Plot:
jewel thief, cat burglar, heist, police raid, hijacking, organized crime, kidnapping, criminal syndicate, criminal underworld, corruption, survival, rescue mission ...
Time:
future, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
When the leader of the evil Coalition threatens to destroy a Rebel planet for its resources, his daughter will have no choice but to join the Rebel side and fight for what is right.
Style:
suspenseful, disturbing, suspense, exciting, psychotronic ...
Plot:
space wars, intergalactic, outer space, good versus evil, galaxy, male protagonist, creature, danger, death, evil empire, super villain, space travel ...
Time:
distant future
Similarity:
54%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Somewhere in deep space, Someone is playing a manipulative game of chess between The Doctors former companions and his enemies.
Style:
atmospheric, tension, suspense, intense, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
time travel, space, deep space, manipulation, betrayal, space opera, travel, strategy, claustrophobia, moral dilemma, isolation, alien ...
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the backdrop of Earths polluted future a female FBI agent removes Danner, a pleasure android from an asylum in order to coerce him into helping her hunt down the criminal psychopath Plughead. But Plughead who has tangled with Danner before has ...
Style:
tech noir, apocalyptic, independent film, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
post apocalypse, cyberpunk, androids and robots, distopia, post-apocalyptic future, evil computer, heroes, dystopian future, special agent, corporate crime, heroic mission, technology gone awry ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Estonia
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
9-year old girl, vacationing with her parents in a remote bog, gets trapped in a secret bunker where an AI-startup is nearing the completion of super-intelligent AI. Both the girl and the AI want to escape.
Style:
psychological, captivating, intellectual, serious, bleak ...
Plot:
artificial intelligence, girl, bunker, parents, child, mind control, family holiday, weekend getaway, parents and children, mind, escape, curiosity ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Based on a novel by Mary Shelley
Style:
apocalyptic, suspense, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
post apocalypse, disease, epidemic, pandemic, virus, apocalypse, bio weapon, isolation, nuclear, survival, frankenstein, cannibalism ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Mankind is nearly extinct in this post-apocalyptic creature thriller. Most humans died from a deadly plague and the ice age they manufactured to eradicate it. A man named Vargas leads a group of survivors on a quest to reach Shangri-La, the last ...
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, captivating, serious, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, ice age, mutant, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, struggle for survival, cold, mutation, plague, survivor, creature feature ...
Similarity:
50%
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, sinister, period piece, psychotronic
Plot:
suspended animation, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, dystopia, post-apocalyptic future, exploration, eternal life, snake, survival, advanced technology, lost civilization, social commentary ...
Time:
future, 70s
Similarity:
50%
27K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Style:
depressing, grim, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nuclear war, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, cold war, nuclear explosion, survival, world war three, nuclear, post apocalypse, distopia, post apocalyptic, radiation ...
Time:
80s, near future, distant future, year 1984, 20th century ...
Place:
england, northern england, europe, ussr, soviet union ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
ADAM is a graduate student in theoretical astronomy and working on his dissertation. He’s always been interested in what’s ‘out there’ and he finds a perfect opportunity to both work and play…..in Roswell, New Mexico.
Style:
serious, sexy, suspense, tension, funny ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
alien, gay, ufo, danger, space and aliens, camp, abduction, extraterrestrial, fear, stalking, survival, space ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
malibu california, new mexico
Similarity:
48%
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