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Embers (2015)
2K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland, USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory. Five interwoven stories each explore a different facet of life without memory in a future that has no past.
Style:
apocalyptic, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, social, realistic
Plot:
distopia, memory loss, dystopian future, epidemic, apocalypse, memory lapse, fate of humanity, post apocalyptic, survival, memory, humanity, struggle for survival, vestiges of humanity, woman, doom, post-apocalyptic future, post apocalypse, raid, future dystopia, female director
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out apocalyptic, captivating, suspense and disturbing films with plots about distopia, apocalypse, epidemic, post apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic and disaster mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like Embers: Bokeh (2017), I Think We're Alone Now (2018), After the Pandemic (2022), See (2019), The Last Scout (2017). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
8K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Iceland
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
On a romantic getaway to Iceland, a young American couple wake up one morning to discover every person on Earth has disappeared. Their struggle to survive and to reconcile the mysterious event lead them to reconsider everything they know about ...
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captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, depressing, cerebral ...
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survival, life & death, adam and eve, loneliness, apocalypse, christian, tragedy, self discovery, lovers, doubt, isolation, post apocalypse ...
Time:
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After the human race has been wiped out, Del lives in an empty town, content in his solitude and the utopia he has methodically created for himself, until he meets young Grace, who wants to stay with him.
Style:
psychological, visually stunning, apocalyptic, suspenseful, dark ...
Plot:
apocalypse, post apocalypse, male female friendship, initially antagonists, grieving, haunted by the past, small town, dystopia, disaster, post apocalyptic, distopia, twists and turns ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
100%
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 ...
Plot:
pandemic, post apocalyptic, survival, distopia, epidemic, apocalypse, post apocalypse, struggle for survival, dystopia, coming of age, isolation, infection ...
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110K
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A virus has decimated humankind. Those who survived emerged blind. Centuries later when twins are born with the mythic ability to see, their father must protect his tribe against a threatened queen.
Style:
apocalyptic, exciting, suspense, captivating, atmospheric ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, blindness, survival, clan, distopia, blind character, medieval, warrior, tribe, blind man, lesbian, loss of eyesight ...
Time:
near future, future
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In 2065, the crew of the Pegasus are searching for a new home for humanity. As they approach their potential new world, the discovery of another ship could be the key to their salvation, or doom them and the rest of humanity to extinction.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot:
mission, space travel, space mission, space colony, struggle for survival, fate of humanity, vestiges of humanity, human existence, dystopian future, astronaut, space adventure, epidemic ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
47%
2K
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:
captivating, tense, futuristic, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, scientist, vestiges of humanity, wasteland, struggle for survival, life is a bitch, problem, fate of humanity, ecological disaster, farming, humanity, survival ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Austria
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The company soldier Hannah and the scientists Gavin and Dimitri are researching an algae project on board the Rubikon space station, which is supposed to permanently supply humanity with oxygen and food. But suddenly the earth disappears below them ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, futuristic, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
space station, planet, apocalypse, space, space shuttle, save the world, rescue mission, moral dilemma, struggle for survival, humanity, human in outer space, fate of humanity ...
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43%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In the year 2961, the time is after humanity and nature has recovered the land. A hunter named Cygnus is called to rise above his duty. He provides for Last Arc, a once nomadic band of survivors in need of food and water that is now growing scarce. ...
Style:
tense, futuristic, captivating, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, desert, trap, dystopian future, survivor, struggle for survival, human existence, dark future, humanity in peril, humanity, deathtrap, fate of humanity ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
42%
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, Romania
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A visually spectacular dystopian take on an Arab world torn apart by social disorder.
Style:
suspense, apocalyptic, disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot:
post apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, struggle for survival, life is a bitch, humanity, fate of humanity, cat versus mouse, city life, distopia, apocalypse, epidemic ...
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
In a remote part of rural, post-apocalyptic England, now occupied by unseen alien invaders, a feisty teenage girl sets out on a desperate attempt to fight back a group of bandits and defend her parents' farm, their remaining livestock, and the ...
Style:
disturbing, apocalyptic, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
alien invasion, siblings, distopia, evil alien, survival, struggle for survival, against humanity, teenager, extraterrestrial, vestiges of humanity, alien attack, alien encounter ...
Time:
future
Place:
ireland
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Twelve years ago, a plague swept through, wiping out most of the population; in San Francisco, only 186 people remain. Two of them use jury-rigged batteries to power a camera and make a documentary. We see a variety of approaches to survival, from ...
Style:
apocalyptic, serious, tense, bleak, sincere ...
Plot:
found footage, post apocalyptic, post apocalypse, life is a bitch, dystopian future, chaos, danger, society, introspection, escapades, wilderness, dystopia ...
Time:
future, distant future, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Nuclear Family begins the story of a young couple, John and Lynn, who are trying to survive in the woods after what appears to be a nuclear holocaust. They stay on the move with their 11-year-old daughter, Pauline... all the while searching for ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, captivating ...
Plot:
apocalypse, dystopian future, survival, society, chaos, family in danger, social decay, vestiges of humanity, life is a bitch, who to trust, disorder, woods ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 52 min.
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Story:
400 years after the extinction of the human race, a small group of humans are revived by an alien civilization. The colony of revived humans encounter struggles with the aliens who extinguished humankind centuries before, while trying to understand ...
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, futuristic, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival, vestiges of humanity, humanity, human existence, humanity in peril, fate of humanity, struggle for survival, human experiment, starting over, endangered species, space and aliens, against humanity ...
Time:
future
Place:
utah
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After a nuclear war decimated the northern hemisphere, the surviving population in the south become desperate and violent competing for scarce resources. Society crumbles and an infectious bacteria threatens to destroy those who remain. In an ...
Style:
apocalyptic, futuristic, suspenseful, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
distopia, post apocalypse, eye, epidemic, sole survivor, child in peril, child, humanity in peril, struggle for survival, humanity, vestiges of humanity, human existence ...
Place:
new zealand
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Set against the backdrop of a post-Apocalypse Earth, Population 2 is about a relationship that ends in tragedy forcing a woman to struggle in the aftermath.
Style:
captivating, serious, dramatic, suspenseful, reflective ...
Plot:
post-apocalyptic future, apocalypse, distopia, past life, post apocalypse, climate change, solitude, grief, isolation, ruins, loneliness, loss ...
Time:
future
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The climate change has released an ancient rabies virus trapped in the Antarctica ice. A female scientist tries to get to the laboratory to create a cure to save the world, protected by an eccentric and two members of the special forces.
Style:
apocalyptic, tense, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
walking dead, infection, virus, deadly virus, apocalypse, fate of humanity, humanity in peril, undead, pandemic, humanity, death threat, vestiges of humanity ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Jae-hyuk is a pharmaceutical worker for a medical supplies company. When a series of dead bodies are found floating in the Han River. The public is shocked to discovered that the deaths are related to a fatal outbreak of virus-infected mutant ...
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, apocalyptic, disturbing ...
Plot:
parasite, epidemic, virus, survival, apocalypse, deadly virus, victim, drowning, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, pandemic ...
Place:
south korea
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Deep in the throes of a global pandemic, up and coming TV star, Ava Boone, is forced to flee the mounting chaos in Los Angeles and return to her rural hometown. But as she struggles to acclimate to a way of life she left behind long ago, her ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, disturbing, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Plot:
small town, chores, homecoming, danger, dark past, troubled past, quarantine, female protagonist, fear, epidemic, survival, chaos and mayhem ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
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27K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Lithuania, France, Belgium, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, suspenseful, captivating, thrilling, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
distopia, dark future, teenage girl, woman, post apocalypse, dna, cyberpunk, hunger, father daughter relationship, female protagonist, experiment, man versus nature ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Following a near-fatal accident, David Chamberlain makes an unprecedented discovery that will not only determine the fate of his family, but of mankind.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
car accident, discovery, destiny, fate of humanity, problem, nuclear war, space, epidemic, alien abduction, apocalypse, post apocalyptic, disaster ...
Time:
future, 2010s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In a world where women have become asexual and are no longer giving birth to males, a quiet, unassuming housekeeper named Andrew Myers finds himself at the center of a battle to keep men from going extinct.
Style:
disturbing, semi serious, psychological, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
asexual, women, found footage, distopia, sorority, humanity, rivalry, struggle for survival, society, class differences, fate of humanity, female objectification ...
Similarity:
37%
706
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
In a near future when environmental havoc is causing food shortages and compelling the government to protect its organized crop system by deploying sentinel drones, a handful of locals discover a sinister connection between sick farmland inhabitants ...
Style:
futuristic, suspense, disturbing, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
food shortage, corporate greed, conspiracy, against humanity, terminator, murder investigation, robot, investigation, farm hand, fate of humanity, village life, humanity ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
37%
699
Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the radiation-infected aftermath of World War III, one man's desperate attempt to find his wife in the wastelands that were once the United States inspires his fellow survivors to fight for humanity. The bomb has dropped, and in the blink of ...
Style:
suspense, captivating, apocalyptic, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
apocalypse, survival, missing person, danger, chaos, society, escapades, life is a bitch, post apocalypse, plague, journey, violence ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
36%
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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, escapades, danger, society, dystopian future, babies and infants, post nuclear, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A sci-fi drama about a man struggling to find his wife, who he abandoned six years ago, before their visa to emmigrate to an off-world colony expires.
Style:
futuristic, exciting, suspense, intense, serious ...
Plot:
dystopic future, space travel, colony, post apocalypse, fate of humanity, redemption, danger, survival, husband wife relationship, surrealism, human existence, escapades ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
36%
150
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
In the middle of a mysterious insomnia epidemic that slowly takes on catastrophic dimensions, Laura (39) and Augusto (42) flee the city in their motorhome to get away from the chaos. As they move down the route, the world becomes an increasingly ...
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, apocalyptic, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
insomnia, survival, isolation, epidemic, road trip, male female relationship, escape from reality, worldwide chaos, relationship problems, chaos, apocalypse, travel ...
Similarity:
36%
13K
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A lowly utility worker is called to the future by a mysterious radio signal, he must leave his dying wife to embark on a journey that will force him to face his deepest fears in an attempt to change the fabric of reality and save humankind from its ...
Style:
futuristic, serious, suspense, exciting, suspenseful ...
Plot:
time travel, time paradox, climate change, deforestation, parallel world, changing the past or future, discovery, time machine, research, apocalypse, disaster, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
After a deadly virus wipes out most of humanity, the survivors are forced to wait alone in self-sustaining bunkers while the viral threat runs its course. Able to communicate through a networked video interface, the survivors wait for years and ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
communication, bunker, virus, survival, disappearance, trapped, epidemic, deadly virus, struggle for survival, quarantine, pandemic, locked in a room ...
Similarity:
36%
921
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The survivor of a deadly virus is given the chance to reclaim his lost life by stopping the man responsible for the disease.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
virus, pandemic, epidemic, post apocalyptic, time travel, choice, saving a life, fate of humanity, deadly virus, scientific experiment, save the world, struggle for survival ...
Time:
near future
Similarity:
36%
38K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
As a young scientist searches for a way to save a dying Earth, she finds a connection with a man who's racing to catch the last shuttle off the planet.
Style:
suspenseful, apocalyptic, exciting, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, extinction, survival, distant planet, dystopia, space, apocalypse, disaster, science, destruction, save the world, colonization ...
Time:
future
Similarity:
35%
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