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20 Years After (2008)
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20 Years After (2008)
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, bleak, serious, suspenseful, independent film, futuristic, dystopian, disaster movie
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, survival, life is a bitch, pregnancy, escapades, society, chaos, danger, dystopian future, babies and infants, post apocalyptic, zombie apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, disaster, nuclear holocaust, stranded, post nuclear, woman with a gun, post-apocalyptic future, mother daughter relationship, end of the world, dystopia, ventriloquist dummy ...
Time: future, 21st century, contemporary

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out apocalyptic, serious, suspenseful and bleak films with plots about post apocalypse, apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, survival, danger and chaos mostly in Sci-Fi, Drama and Thriller genres. Some movies like 20 Years After: Dragon Day (2013), Solarbabies (1986), The Last Train (1999), Afterworld (2007), I Think We're Alone Now (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dragon Day (2013)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: When Duke Evans, out of work NSA analyst, is evicted from his home he moves his family to his grandfather's old cabin. However here they are also threatened when a hellish cyber-attack is unleashed on the US rendering anything with a computer ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating
Plot: post apocalypse, invasion, escapades, chaos and mayhem, danger, immigrant, racism, society, government agency, unemployment, epidemic, distopia ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: china, mexico
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Solarbabies (1986)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: In a future in which most water has disappeared from the Earth, we find a group of children, mostly teenagers, who are living at an orphanage, run by the despotic rulers of the new Earth. The group in question plays a hockey based game on roller ...
Style: serious, futuristic, apocalyptic, stylized, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: post apocalypse, orphan, apocalypse, survival, teenage girl, drought, dystopian future, teenager, save the world, rescue, life is a bitch, danger ...
Time: future, 20th century
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100%
 7.1
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The Last Train (1999)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: The Last Train is a British six-part post-apocalyptic television drama serial first broadcast on the ITV network in 1999. It has since been repeated on ITV2 in 1999/2001 and on numerous occasions on the UK Sci-Fi Channel. The serial was written by ...
Style: apocalyptic, gloomy, serious, captivating, suspenseful ...
Plot: post apocalypse, survival, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, top secret, distopia, dystopia, end of the world, epidemic, wasteland, tribe, train ...
Time: future, 20th century, 21st century
Place: europe, england
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100%
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Afterworld (2007)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Afterworld is a computer-animated American science fiction television series created by writer Brent V. Friedman and artist/filmmaker Michael DeCourcey. Its naturalistic future setting, modeled after traditional Western movie motifs, presents an ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, apocalyptic, bleak, computer animated ...
Plot: uncover truth, escapades, dystopian future, survival, danger, vestiges of humanity, society, apocalypse, post apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, alternate reality ...
Time: future
Place: seattle, washington d.c., usa, san francisco, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
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: apocalyptic, psychological, surprise ending, dark, bleak ...
Plot: apocalypse, post apocalypse, male female friendship, small town, initially antagonists, dystopia, disaster, distopia, post apocalyptic, haunted by the past, twists and turns, loneliness ...
Time: future
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100%
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Apocalypse (2011)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, Switzerland
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In 2016 the sun has turned the entire world into a scorched and barren wasteland. The humans who have survived are either resourceful or violent, and sometimes both. Marie, her little sister Leonie, and best friend Phillip, are in a car headed to ...
Style: apocalyptic, suspenseful, bleak, serious, rough ...
Plot: post apocalypse, survival, heat wave, cannibalism, dystopian future, life is a bitch, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, chase, danger, on the run, distopia ...
Time: future, 2010s, near future
Place: germany
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Switzerland, France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.
Style: serious, apocalyptic, psychological, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: end of the world, couples, introspection, couple relations, chaos, danger, sexual relations, disaster, global warming, post apocalypse, friendship, artist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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100%
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IO (2019)
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, bleak, thought provoking, exciting ...
Plot: post apocalypse, extinction, survival, scientist, escape, save the world, distant planet, dystopia, end of the world, disaster, apocalypse, space ...
Time: future
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100%
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The Rain (2018)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: 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: captivating, atmospheric, exciting, apocalyptic, bleak ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: post apocalypse, virus, apocalypse, pandemic, survival, brother sister relationship, illness, danger, distopia, peril, supernatural, fear ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: denmark
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100%
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Ravagers (1979)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In a post-apocalyptic world divided between two groups called the Flockers and the Ravagers, an adventurer and his "pleasure girl" try to find their way to a rumored safe haven called the Land of Genesis.
Style: apocalyptic, grindhouse, independent film, exciting, serious ...
Plot: post apocalypse, apocalypse, dystopia, nuclear holocaust, post nuclear, epidemic, post apocalyptic, distopia, wasteland, survival, atomic bomb, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time: year 1979, 90s, future
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50%
 4.0
 670
Deadland (2009)
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: captivating, suspense, apocalyptic, psychological, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: apocalypse, survival, missing person, danger, chaos, escapades, life is a bitch, society, post apocalypse, plague, journey, murder ...
Time: future
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37%
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Shelter (2015)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After a cataclysmic event, five strangers sealed inside an emergency shelter with all the comforts of home must learn to cope with their situation and with each other.
Style: dramatic, suspenseful, serious, bleak
Plot: disaster, apocalypse, trapped, survival, post apocalypse, distopia, nuclear holocaust, survival horror, post nuclear, struggle for survival, epidemic, post apocalyptic ...
Time: future
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35%
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Malevil (1981)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story: In southern France, in a quite little town, the mayor, who also owns a castle with some cattle, is in the wine cellar with some other people: the pharmacist, the veterinary, and some of his employees. As they are drinking wine, they hear a terrible ...
Style: apocalyptic, exciting, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, survival, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, distopia, epidemic, wasteland, post apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, nuclear explosion, confined ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: france, europe
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34%
 7.2
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The Road (2009)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones, and, when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the ...
Style: bleak, harsh, depressing, rough, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: survival, apocalypse, post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, distopia, father son relationship, cannibalism, end of the world, dystopia, starvation, on the road, catastrophe ...
Time: future, year 2009, near future, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place: pittsburgh, usa
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100%
Defense Condition 4 (1985)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two men and a woman circle the globe in a satellite armed with a nuclear device. The third world war breaks out, and a few months later the satellite crashes. They survive the crash but one man gets killed by survivors and the other man gets caught. ...
Style: apocalyptic, action adventure, suspense, independent film, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, post apocalyptic, survival, disaster, nuclear holocaust, wasteland, distopia, exploitation, post nuclear, canuxploitation, epidemic, post-apocalyptic future ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: nova scotia
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33%
The Last Man on Earth (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The year is 2022, and after an unlikely event, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller, who used to be just an average guy who loved his family and hated his job at the bank. Now, in his RV, Phil searches the country for other survivors.
Style: offbeat, humorous, sitcom, not serious, exciting ...
Audience: date night, family outing
Plot: survival, alone in the world, post apocalypse, chaos, danger, survivor, virus, save the world, distopia, partner, isolation, deadly virus ...
Time: future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: tucson arizona, usa, arizona
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100%
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Franklyn (2008)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Set between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As these worlds collide, a single ...
Style: psychological, bleak, surreal, philosophical, mind twisting ...
Plot: mental illness, goth, steampunk, dystopia, vigilantism, imaginary friend, depression, suicide, dystopian future, masked vigilante, imaginary, religions or cults ...
Time: future, year 2008, 21st century
Place: london, england, europe
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100%
 6.7
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Day One (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story: Day One, is an NBC made for tv sci-fi movie. It was originally written as a tv series pilot about apartment residents that survive an unknown worldwide cataclysm that destroys modern infrastructure. The series was slated to fill the Heroes time slot ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, bleak, suspense
Plot: survival, apocalypse, vestiges of humanity, chaos, society, dystopian future, worldwide chaos, chosen one, life is a bitch, group of strangers, danger, escapades ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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32%
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Quintet (1979)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: During a future ice age, dying humanity occupies its remaining time by playing a board game called Quintet. For one small group, this obsession is not enough. They play the game with living pieces, and only the winner survives.
Style: apocalyptic, psychological, serious, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot: ice age, dystopian future, apocalypse, climate change, rivalry, danger, isolation, life is a bitch, society, survival, obsession, chaos ...
Time: year 1979, future
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30%
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Puzzlehead (2005)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: In a post apocalyptic world where technology is outlawed, Walter, a reclusive scientist, secretly creates a self-aware android, "Puzzlehead". Jealously erupts when Puzzlehead wins the affection of Julia, the beautiful shopgirl that Walter ...
Style: serious, futuristic, suspenseful, apocalyptic, suspense ...
Plot: artificial intelligence, man versus machine, love triangle, chaos, androids and robots, obsession, society, dystopian future, cyberpunk, technology gone awry, betrayal, post apocalypse ...
Time: future
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30%
The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Only a few people still live in New York in 2015. They are organized in gangs with their own turf. One of them is led by Baron, another one by Carrot, and they are constantly at war with each other.
Style: apocalyptic, psychotronic, depressing, grindhouse, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, dystopia, post apocalyptic, survival, wasteland, distopia, epidemic, nuclear disaster, quarantine, exploitation, nuclear holocaust, gang ...
Time: future, year 1975, 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: persia, new york, usa, north carolina
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29%
Ever Since the World Ended (2001)
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 apocalypse, life is a bitch, dystopian future, chaos, danger, society, introspection, post apocalyptic, escapades, wilderness, dystopia ...
Time: future, distant future, 21st century
Place: san francisco, california, usa
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29%
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Encrypt (2003)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: 2068, the ozone layer is gone and the world is a wasteland. A band of mercenaries attempt to break into a Estate that is guarded by a automated defence system called "Encrypt" in order to steal priceless artwork.
Style: serious, suspenseful, apocalyptic, captivating, tech noir ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: dystopia, survival, rivalry, dystopian future, life is a bitch, chaos, escapades, androids and robots, man versus machine, soldier, society, space travel ...
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27%
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On the Beach (2000)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 195 min.
Story: The world has finally managed to blow itself up and only Australia has been spared from nuclear destruction and a gigantic wave of radiation is floating in on the breezes. One American sub located in the Pacific has survived and is met with disdain ...
Style: tense, apocalyptic, serious, suspense, exciting ...
Plot: nuclear, nuclear holocaust, apocalypse, nuclear war, save the world, atomic bomb, post nuclear, post apocalypse, survival, heroic mission, race against time, chaos ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: australia, asia
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27%
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Stake Land (2010)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Martin was a normal teenage boy before the country collapsed in an empty pit of economic and political disaster. A vampire epidemic has swept across what is left of the nation's abandoned towns and cities, and it's up to Mister, a death ...
Style: scary, bleak, road movie, suspense, tense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: vampire, post apocalypse, vampire hunter, epidemic, survival, apocalypse, monster, religious fanaticism, infected, blood, coming of age, vengeance ...
Time: future, distant future, 2010s
Place: canada, usa
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27%
 4.0
 452
A Feral World (2020)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: An orphaned boy in a post-apocalyptic world, meets a grieving woman who is trying to find her lost daughter. Their journey leads them face-to-face with a despot who may have the daughter held captive.
Style: bleak, psychotronic, apocalyptic, suspenseful
Plot: survivor, distopia, coming of age, post apocalypse, wasteland, survival, friendship, unlikely friendships, danger, group of criminals, loner, fear ...
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27%
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Planet Earth (1974)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Planet Earth is a sequel to Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II (1973) made-for-TV movie, in which a NASA scientist, Dylan Hunt, is revived from suspended animation in the post-nuclear war United States. In Planet Earth, Dylan is now a sworn member ...
Style: apocalyptic, grindhouse, serious, exciting, futuristic ...
Plot: matriarchy, dystopia, post apocalypse, sorority, epidemic, end of the world, utopia, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, wasteland, anarchist, distopia ...
Time: future, 22nd century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Idaho Transfer (1973)
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A crew of young researchers escape into the future to avoid the shutdown of their project. They find that some type of 'eco-crisis' disaster has de-populated the area around their lab (in rural Idaho) and, by implication, the nation or ...
Style: apocalyptic, independent film, exciting, serious, futuristic ...
Plot: post apocalypse, bare breasts, teenager, time travel, end of the world, dystopian future, apocalypse, erotica, unhappy ending, epidemic, distopia, wasteland ...
Time: future
Place: idaho, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.3
 482
After We Leave (2019)
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: stylized, serious, philosophical, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: dystopic future, space travel, colony, post apocalypse, fate of humanity, outer space, twists and turns, danger, demolished city, apocalypse, life & death, imaginary ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.0
 3K
Omega Doom (1996)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: After earth is taken over by an army of robots, the small number of humans left are forced into hiding. In the nuclear winter, only droids walk the face of the earth, in fear of the rumored human resurgence, and in search of a hidden cache of ...
Style: apocalyptic, futuristic, cyber, grindhouse, independent film ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: post apocalypse, androids and robots, cyborgs, apocalypse, robot, cyberpunk, androids, wasteland, dystopia, dystopian future, distopia, terminator ...
Time: near future, future
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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